Exercício:

Fast Food
The American fast-food culture dates back to the period
after the Second World War. During the War, the
Americans had developed the production of dehydrated,
tinned and powdered food on an industrial scale; most of
this was sent abroad to feed troops at the front.
When the War ended, the USA found itself with a
massive production potential for this type of food but no
starving soldiers to eat it – so the manufacturers began
to market it to the general public. Housewives started
baking cakes out of packets and made sure they kept
up their stock of powdered milk.
The present scenario is well known: American fast food
and fizzy drinks like Coca-Cola and Pepsi are being
successfully exported to countries around the world.

(Adapted from: Speak Up – no 143. Abril 1999.
Insert p. IV)

05) Read the following propositions. Some make
sense and some don’t.
Select the one(s) that MAKES(MAKE) SENSE,
according to the text.
 
 
01. As soon as the Second World War ended, the
Americans sent their troops abroad.
02. Starving soldiers didn’t eat fast food because
they were not sufficiently hungry.
04. Nowadays American fast food is sold all over
the world.
08. Housewives refused to use powdered food,
therefore they started baking cakes out of
packets.
16. The producers of dehydrated, tinned and
powdered food decided to market their products
to people in general, when they realized that
with the end of the War there would be no
starving soldiers to eat that kind of food.
 
 
 
 
06) Identify the proposition(s) which contains
(contain) the CORRECT explanation for the
expressions from the text.
 
 
01. tinned food – food that has been preserved by
being sealed in a can.
02. powdered milk – a product from which water
has been eliminated through dehydration.
04. fizzy drinks – they are full of little bubbles of gas
and make a hissing sound.
08. fast food – food that is already prepared and so
is served quickly.
16. massive production – the process of making
goods in small quantities.
32. industrial scale – a system in which products are
made on a very restricted scale.
 
07) Read these short descriptions of certain kinds of
food and choose the proposition(s) in which the
name of the food CORRESPONDS to the
description.
 

 
01. A food made from flour, water and usually
yeast. The mixture is baked in an oven. It is
often cut into slices and eaten with butter, jam,
etc...
Food being described: corn.
02. They are eaten in many countries around the
world. They grow in the ground, are round and
have a thin skin. They can be cooked in many
different ways – boiled, fried or baked.
Food being described: potatoes.
 

 
04. They are small, round and juicy, green or dark
purple in color. You can eat them raw or use
them to make wine.
Food being described: grapes.
08. This is the seed of a plant grown in warm, wet
places. You boil it in water and eat it usually
with meat or vegetables. It is eaten everywhere
in the world, but particularly in China, Japan,
and other Asian countries.
Food being described: rice.
16. They are really a fruit although many people
regard them as a vegetable. They are soft,
juicy, red and round. They have a lot of seeds
and you can eat them raw in salads, or cooked
as a vegetable or in sauces.
Food being described: tomatoes.
 

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