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UNIT 1

GLOBALIZATIONLEARNING OBJECTIVESKey Reading Skills

Making predictions from a text
type; scanning topic sentences;taking notes on supporting
examplesUnderstanding key vocabulary;annotating; reading for details;
working out meaning; making
Additional Reading Skills inferences; reading for mainideas; paraphrasing; identifying
purpose and audience;synthesizing
Language Development

Academic alternatives to phrasal
verbs; globalization vocabulary

ACTIVATE YOUR KNOWLEDGE
Work with a partner. Discuss the questions.
1

What types of food are made in your country and sold in others? Do
you buy food and other products from other countries?

2

Does it matter that people now import so many goods from othercountries? Why or why not?

3

What effects has globalization had on your country?

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READING 1

PREPARING TO READ
1

UNDERSTANDING KEY VOCABULARY

Read the sentences and write the words in boldnext to the definitions.
1

A food critic wrote that she was impressed by the sushi restaurant’s authenticity andhow it is run by chefs from Japan.

2

The chef at this restaurant is well known for being a perfectionist. He takes a long time toprepare his dishes, and he will not serve them unless they look exactly right.

3

The fish at this restaurant is always extremely fresh. If it has been in the kitchen for morethan one day, they will not use it.

4

The restaurant is situated near the river, which is a very popular place.

5

The food critic insists that people must visit the restaurant.

6

The restaurant is offering a discount: anyone who eats dinner before 7:00 p.m. on
Monday only has to pay 50% of the menu prices.

7Besides the delicious food, according to the critic, another selling point of the restaurant
is that it has beautiful, traditional Japanese furniture and art on the walls.

8Good chefs use the best ingredients when they cook to make sure the food is flavorfuland delicious.

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READING 1a(adj) recently made, collected, or cookedb(n) a feature that persuades people to buy a productc(n) a reduction in the usual priced(n) food that is used with other foods in the preparation of aparticular dishe(n) a person who wants everything to be perfect and demands
the highest standards possiblef(adj) in a particular placeg(v) to say firmly or demand forcefullyh(n) the quality of being real or true

1SKILLS
MAKING PREDICTIONS FROM A TEXT TYPE
Different text types, such as essays, articles, and blogs, have different characteristics.
Some will be more suitable for academic study than others. Before reading a text,
you can make predictions about the information and the style of the writing. Thesource, title, and any pictures can help you predict the content.

2

PREDICTING CONTENT You are going to read a blog post. Before reading, which ofthe statements do you think will be true?

1

The style will be informal.

2

The contents will be appropriate for an academic essay.

3

The writer will give his or her personal opinions.

4

The information will be up-to-date.

Shinjuku’s Omoide Yokocho is a popular eating area in Tokyo, Japan.

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F OL L OWER S
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1 Hello Minneapolis foodies!

MODA IN EAST CALHOUN
2 I’m kicking off this week’s blog by talking about a fantastic newTurkish restaurant in East Calhoun called Moda. I can’t remember
ever eating better Turkish food—it was so delicious! In fact, thisis one of the things that the restaurant prides itself on1—the fresh
ingredients and authenticity of the cooking. Apparently, thechef insists that the fruit and vegetables be brought over twicea week from his home region in Turkey—and from nowhere
else. He may be a perfectionist, but it was so delicious that
I can’t complain. Moda isn’t cheap, but it’s definitely worth
every penny.
3 And I have great news for you. When I told him that I write afood blog, he said he’d give all my readers a 10% discount!
Just mention this blog when you make a reservation.
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1CHEZ FITZ DOWNTOWN
4 A very different restaurant, where I had lunch last Monday,is Chez Fitz. Situated near downtown, its main selling
point is that its food is all locally sourced2 within 20 miles(32 kilometers) of the restaurant. My friends and I werecompletely amazed—we had no idea that so much could
be grown so close to central Minneapolis. But it turns outthat there are pockets of green all over the city—you justneed to know where to look.
5 One final point: I couldn’t believe how pricey my weekly

grocery shopping trip was this week. Normally, it’s about$40, but this week, it was more than $55 for more or lessthe same amount of food. Any ideas why?

TwinCitiesMom

October 10

Hi—regarding your last point, I’ve found the same thing recently. I read somewhere that the average“shopping cart” has already increased by 20% this year. The prices have gone up so much becauseof the awful weather we’ve been having, and they may go up even more. How are we supposed tofeed our families?
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Ecovore11 replies

October 10

I’m not sure we should be supporting restaurants like Moda. They are very bad for the environment.
What about all the extra carbon emissions from the transportation that’s required to bring over thoseingredients from Turkey? That kind of transportation wastes fuel and creates pollution.
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Anonymous

5 replies

October 11

I know what you’re saying, Ecovore, but you can’t just blame places like Moda. If we grow exotic
vegetables in Minnesota, then we have to use heated greenhouses, and that probably uses evenmore energy.
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1

prides itself on (phr v) is proud of

2

locally sourced (adj) originating from a nearby location; not requiring lengthy transportation

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WHILE READING
3

ANNOTATING Read the blog on pages 18−19. Check your predictions in Exercise 2.
Highlight information in the blog that supports the correct answers.

4

READING FOR DETAILSAnswer the questions with information from the blog.

1

Why does the blog’s author like Moda?

2

What is the main selling point of Chez Fitz?

3

What question does the blogger ask at the end of the post?

4

What is TwinCitiesMom angry about?

5 Read the blog again. Write T (true), F (false), or DNS (does not say) next to thestatements. Correct the false statements.
1

It is impossible to grow food in urban areas.

2The author has noticed an increase of almost 40% in the costof food.

3Restaurants like Chez Fitz will become more common in the future.

4Chez Fitz tries to minimize food transportation that wastes fuel andcreates pollution.

5

Food prices are going up in Turkey.

6

To eat at Moda regularly, you would have to be relatively wealthy.

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READING 1

1

READING BETWEEN THE LINES
67

WORKING OUT MEANING The blog author uses informal language. Match informal words
and phrases to formal words. Use the context to help you.

1

kick offaexpensive2

priceybimport3

bring overc

begin

MAKING INFERENCESWork with a partner. Discuss the questions.

1

Do you think the blog author likes perfectionists?

2

Why do you think the chef gave a discount to the blog’s readers?

3

Why do you think the blogger’s shopping trip was more expensive?

CRITICAL THINKING
8 Work with a partner. Discuss the questions.
APPLY

ANALYZEEVALUATE

Do you read blogs or reviews
online? Why or why not?

What kind of information
should be in a restaurant
review? Why?

Should you believe
restaurant reviews you read
online? Why or why not?

COLLABORATION
9 A Work in a small group. Choose a restaurant that you know. Complete the T-chartwith things you like and the things you dislike about the restaurant.
Name of restaurant:
Likes

Dislikes

B

Write a review of the restaurant for a food blog. Use Reading 1 as a model.

C

Share your reviews with the class. As a class, decide which restaurant you would
most like to visit.

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READING 2

PREPARING TO READ
1

UNDERSTANDING KEY VOCABULARY Read the definitions. Complete the sentences with thecorrect form of the words in bold.

consumption (n)the using of goods and services in an economy

convenience (n) something that is suitable to your purposes and causes nodifficulty for your schedule or plans
ensure (v)to make certain that something is done or happens

experiment (v)increase (v)to test or to try a new way of doing something

to become larger or greater

influence (n) the power to have an effect on people or things, or someone orsomething that is able to do thisrelatively (adv) quite good, bad, etc. in comparison with other similar things orwith what you would expect
specialty (n)1a product that is unusually good in a particular place

Many shoppers have switched to ordering groceries online because ofits

2. Now they don’t leave their homes to buy food.

Others, however, prefer to see the food before they buy it tothat the food is fresh.

3of certain foods when those

People sometimes reduce theirfoods become more expensive.

4

If bad weather affects the supply of some fruits or vegetables, it can cause
their prices to5.

People who live in big cities tend to be

familiar with international

food compared to people who live in rural areas.
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6

Larger cities often have more1

food stores, which sell foreign

and less-familiar items.
7

Recently, the popularity of cooking programs on television has had a bigon the ingredients that people use. People want to cook withfoods they see on TV.

8Some travelers like to eat familiar food, but others prefer towith unfamiliar dishes.

SKILLSSCANNING TOPIC SENTENCES
Good paragraphs in formal, academic writing usually start with topic sentences.
These tell you the subject of the paragraph. By reading the first sentence of eachparagraph in a text, you can often get a good idea of the overall content and also
which paragraph to look at if you need some specific information.

2You are going to read an essay about changing eating habitsin Italy. Read the topic sentences. Work with a partner and discuss what you think therest of each paragraph will be about.
SCANNING TO FIND MAIN IDEAS

1

In Italy, changing trends have affected the preparation of food.

2Italians’ food tastes have changed because of globalization.

3A third major change in Italy’s food culture has been the rise of large restaurant chains.

3 After you read the essay on pages 24–25, check your answers from Exercise 2.

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