Reading & Writing: Globalization of Foods

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Lesson idea

Reading about international fast-food chains and ethnic foods around the world; ordering in a restaurant; writing a recipe with sequence words.

Key points

• Pizza in New York tastes more or less like pizza in Italy or Hong Kong, but food changes according to local tastes.
• In Japan: a shrimp burger at McDonald's; in KSA: the McArabia sandwich with chicken or beef.
• In Peru, Inca Kola was and still is the most popular soft drink; Coca Cola bought the factory.
• China has about 4,800 Starbucks coffee shops; the U.S. has over 78,000 pizzerias; shawarma is also called doner.
• Sequence words: first, next, then, after that, finally.

Vocabulary

Lesson questions (14)

1. According to the text, what is popular in KSA at McDonald's?
   Answer: the McArabia sandwich
2. Where can you get a shrimp burger at McDonald's?
   Answer: in Japan
3. What is the most popular soft drink in Peru?
   Answer: Inca Kola
4. What did Coca Cola do when it couldn't compete in Peru?
   Answer: It bought the Inca Kola factory.
5. How many Starbucks coffee shops are there in China?
   Answer: about 4,800
6. In China, people usually drink tea, but ____ is becoming more and more popular.
   Answer: coffee
7. Where is pizza originally from?
   Answer: Italy
8. How many pizzerias are there in the U.S.?
   Answer: over 78,000
9. What is another name for shawarma?
   Answer: doner
10. Is pizza similar in Italy and New York?
    Answer: Yes, it tastes more or less the same.
11. What does Brandon order as a main dish?
    Answer: the steak
12. What does Brandon want to drink?
    Answer: some water, no ice
13. To boil an egg, ____ boil the water in a pot. (the first step)
    Answer: first
14. Fry the onion in oil ____ it is golden brown.
    Answer: until

More lessons in Unit 5: Is There Any Ice Cream?

• Unit 5 Vocabulary: Food & Ordering
• Grammar: Count/Noncount Nouns, Some/Any, Would Like, Too & Enough
• Unit 5 Test