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Vocabulary practice

The life cycle of food


1 Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first. Use the words
below.

biodegradable   carbon footprint   locally sourced   packaging   reusable   transport

1 Supermarkets use a lot of boxes and bags for their products


Supermarkets use a lot of for their products.
2 I only use bags that you can take to the supermarket again and again.
I only use bags that are .
3 Don’t throw plastic in the ocean because it doesn’t naturally decompose.
Don’t throw plastic in the ocean because it isn’t .
4 We only eat fresh food that is grown on farms in our area.
We only eat fresh food that is .
5 I worry about how much damage we do by using coal, gas, and oil.
I worry about our .
6 We should reduce the long distances that our food is carried by trucks or trains.
We should reduce the distances and amount that we our food.

2 Complete the article with the correct form of the words below. There are four extra words.

biodegradable  carbon footprint  consume  grow  landfill  locally sourced


non-biodegradable  packaging  reusable  transport

FRESH KILLS
A1
is a place where
2

garbage and waste from our


cities is buried or incinerated.
The world’s biggest used to be
at Fresh Kills on Staten Island in
New York City. Eight million people live in New York City, and they
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an enormous amount of food and other products, and they
produce a similarly large amount of waste. In the second half of the 20th century, all that
waste was sent to just one place – Fresh Kills. Between 1955 and 2001, hundreds of trucks
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residential waste from the city to Fresh Kills every month. It
held approximately 150 million tons of solid waste and was among the largest man-made
structures in the history of the world! No plants 5 at Fresh
Kills – it was too polluted. And nobody could live near the place either – the smell was awful.
Eventually, New York City authorities closed the site. They wanted to reduce the city’s
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by stopping the release of greenhouse gases from Fresh Kills.
Today, a massive park is being built on the site, parts of which have already opened, although
most of it won’t be ready until the 2030s. The legacy of Fresh Kills will be a green park with
clean air.

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Vocabulary practice

Collocations
3 Complete the collocations with the best words below.

big   developed   fast   carbonated   organic   small   soft   status   political

food food drinks drinks

4 Match the sentence halves 1–7 with a–g.


1 I run a small
2 Most people in the developing
3 Vegan food is now a big
4 Designer shoes are a status
5 Adams ran a successful political
6 We learned the chemical
7 Most businesses in the developed
a world have a low income.
b campaign and became president.
c world are highly industrialized.
d business making designer umbrellas.
e symbol for young men in my neighborhood.
f business in many countries.
g symbol for lead – it’s Pb.

Food and nutrition


5 Match the definitions with the words below.

calories   carbohydrates   preservatives   protein   serving   sweetener   vitamins

1 chemicals added to products to make them last longer


2 a food group typically found in pasta and potatoes
3 a certain amount of food for one person
4 a food group typically found in meat, fish, eggs, and dairy
5 something that acts like sugar or honey when you put it in food
6 a food group typically found in citrus fruit
7 energy that we get from food

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Vocabulary practice

6 Complete the blog posts with the words below.

artificial  calories  fat  fiber  preservatives  protein  serving  vitamins

What’s Best for Breakfast?


I always have muesli with low-1 yogurt, a fresh fruit salad, and an omelette.
Fresh fruit is full of 2 , and eggs have a lot of 3 . It’s a great
start to the day!
Stuart

For me, everything has to be natural. I don’t want anything 4 . So, honey
not sweeteners, and a big 5 of fruit and nuts. I never eat supermarket jam
because it has 6 in it to make it last longer.
Grace

In the morning, I want lots of 7 to give me energy, and lots of


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, which is very healthy. It’s a type of carbohydrate that the body can’t
digest, and you get it in whole wheat products and in delicious fruits like raspberries.
Penny

7 Answer the questions with your own ideas. Write full sentences.
1 What locally sourced food do you eat?

2 What sort of packaging is used with milk, eggs, and butter?

3 What fast food and soft drinks do you avoid?

4 What do you have for breakfast and how nutritious is it?

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