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The Starving Sudan
food waste
Although millions of people die of hunger each year, we continue to waste shocking amounts of food.
Fighting food waste
What should we do before listening?
analyze
predict
question
options
answer
situation
relationship
Prepare yourself
1. Why does the speaker use restaurants in America as an example?
a. To tell us something about American restaurants.
b. To let us know how food is wasted in American restaurants.
c. To show the seriousness of food waste in American restaurants.
2. What requires large amounts of energy?
a. Dealing with solid waste in landfills.
b. Producing and transporting food.
c. Breaking down uneaten food.
Listen to a podcast about food waste and finish A1 on Page 22.
Listening
3. How powerful is the greenhouse gas produced when food breaks down
in landfills?
a. Up to 9 times more powerful than carbon dioxide.
b. Up to 17 times more powerful than carbon dioxide.
c. Up to 86 times more powerful than carbon dioxide.
Listening
Situation
Causes
Negative effects
Listen to the podcast again and complete A2 on Page 22.
Listening
Food waste
Situation
• (1) _________________ people suffered from hunger.
• More than (2) ___________ tonnes of food were wasted.
Causes
• Imperfect fruit and vegetables are often rejected at retail stores.
• Restaurants (3) ___________________, and customers overorder.
• Private households waste food mainly because of (4) ____________.
Almost 690 million
930 million
prepare too much food
poor planning
Listening
Negative effects
• It impacts the environment negatively: wasting energy and contributing to
(5) _________________.
• It makes (6) _________________ more severe, leading to health problems
such as malnutrition.
the issue of hunger
global warming
Reading
Read the article on Page 23 and fill in the table about its outline.
Paragraphs Main ideas
Para. 1 (1) ______________ to the topic of saving food
Para. 2 Th