Bài tập & Lời giải
The food of the future
There are a lot of hungry people in the world, so how do we deal with it? In the next thirty years, we'll need to provide enough protein for billions more mouths, and with all these extra people there will be even less space for farming. One solution is for us to eat insects. They are a great source of protein and they don't need as much space or water as farm animals.
So why don’t we eat insects regularly? The fact is that many people in Asia, Africa and South America already do. The problem is that Europeans and North Americans don’t want to. Some governments are now trying to convince them why it is a good idea. The Nordic Food Lab in Copenhagen, for example, developed the ‘Insect Deliciousness’ project. Its chefs have been to five continents to discover an incredible world of insect flavour. In Australia, they tasted honey ants. They ate fried caterpillars in Tanzania, and in Mexico, they enjoyed desert-ant eggs. Will they and other similar organisations persuade Europeans and Americans to take a bite from a caterpillar or an ant? What's your view? How many people will eat insects in the future? How much food made with insects will you eat?
1. Read the article. Which problems does the text mention?
(Đọc bài báo. Văn bản đề cập đến những vấn đề nào?)
pollution resources farming crime
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2. Read and listen to the article again and answer the questions.
(Đọc và nghe lại bài viết và trả lời câu hỏi)
1. What problem will we have in the next thirty years?
2. Why are insects the solution?
3. What does the word they in bold refer to?
4. In what parts of the world do people eat insects?
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3. VOCABULARY PLUS. Use a dictionary to check the meaning of the words in blue in the text.
(Sử dụng từ điển để tra nghĩa của những từ tô màu xanh trong đoạn văn)
deal with solution convince persuade view
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4. USE IT! Work in pairs. How worried are you about world hunger? Is it a good idea to eat insects? Why / Why not?
(Làm việc theo cặp. Bạn lo lắng thế nào về nạn đói thế giới? Có phải là một ý tưởng tốt để ăn côn trùng? Tại sao tại sao không?)