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Listening the lower classes in places as diverse as Egypt, Slovakia, Peru,

Indonesia, China and Japan. 3___ Thus, variety was soon to be
1 Listen to four people talking about different found in the streets too.
restaurant experiences. Match statements a‒e with speakers The mobile food truck itself is believed to have its origins in
1‒4. There is one extra statement. Texas, US. In the late 1800s, the original cowboys would spend
This speaker months travelling the land. Because working conditions were so
harsh, Charles Goodnight, the best known livestock farmer in the
thought that the service staff required more West, decided to provide food and water for his staff. So, he took
a
training. an old US Army wagon and fitted it with hobs and other kitchen
b was not impressed by the quality of service. equipment for their use. The first actual commercial food truck,
however, was opened in the state of Rhode Island, New England,
and had a very different set of customers. In 1872, Walter Scott
c appreciated the opportunity to help other people.
cut holes in the side of a wagon, parked his vehicle outside the
suggests that the experience requires a certain offices of a busy newspaper publisher, and sold sandwiches, hot
d pies and drinks to reporters.
amount of courage.
liked the idea of being unusually involved in the From there, food trucks grew in popularity in the States and
e
dining experience. served builders, factory workers and other members of the busy
__ / 5 working class. 4___ So practical, in fact, that in the 1950s they
were adopted as mobile canteens catering to soldiers stationed in
Reading the U.S. Army camps dotted around the country.

2 Read the text. Match sentences (A–F) with gaps (1-5). None of this, however, explains the recent trend for food truck
meals – especially among the fashion conscious hipsters. 5___ As
There is one extra sentence. the construction business began to struggle, a large number of
A Understandably, perhaps, the higher classes looked down food trucks went out of business. At the same time, restaurants
on street food and viewed it as something exclusively for were also hit by low spending, as a result of which many top-level
the poor. chefs found themselves looking for employment. These newly
B Much like the original street food dating back centuries, out-of-work specialists set about purchasing used trucks and
they offered cheap meals and were practical. started their own mobile restaurants. They were then able to cater
C Each country sold its own distinct dishes but this began to to people in the suburbs, as well as operating in increasingly
change with increased colonisation and immigration. wealthy areas of LA and New York. No longer did these vendors
sell basic food to those with little money, but they were offering
D Due to this, however, people had to look for other sources high-quality dishes to film companies shooting on location, as
of cheap food. well as providing meals for sophisticated wedding parties and
E They do, nevertheless, have a number of particular large corporate events.
features in common.
Food trucks, then, may have had their humble origins in street
F Although some claim their popularity is merely down to food for the poor, but they are no longer frowned upon by the
nostalgia, in the States at least, there are possible elite. Indeed, the rich and famous are now just as likely to turn up
economic factors too. for a burger and chunky fries as the next man in the street.

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Although eating in the streets in nothing new, the current fad for food
trucks might have you believing otherwise. Everywhere you go
Language functions
nowadays you can see these mobile restaurants serving a wide 3 Complete the sentences with phrases that have a similar
variety of foods – from the local to the more exotic cuisine. And the
colour and style of these catering vehicles vary as much as the meaning to the phrases in brackets.
menus. 1___ Typically, they serve ‘finger food’ which is bought for 1 Online product reviews can have a p________ (powerful)
immediate consumption. Prices tend to be lower than when eating influence on consumers’ decisions.
out in a traditional restaurant. And finally, the place you bought your 2 Almost three-quarters of respondents commented
food from may not be there should you return to sample their delights f________ (positively) on the new company’s logo.
again.
3 The m________ (more than half) of gourmet restaurants
The origin of food trucks arguably goes back to the street food of are located in urban areas.
ancient Greece. There, it was possible to buy fried fish from street 4 Cheap advertising tricks cut no i________ (don’t affect)
vendors. Such a way of eating proved popular with the poorer with me.
members of society, many of whom did not possess the facilities to
5 Celebrity endorsement can significantly e________
cook at home. 2___ Indeed, eating in the streets continued to be
(increase) the product’s impact on the target market.
regarded by many as unclean and ‘common’ for centuries to come.
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There are historical reports of local vendors catering for

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Vocabulary cooked fish if you wish.

4 Complete the sentences with the missing words. The first

letters have been given.
1 The hybrid rose is a perfect choice for inexperienced
gardeners due its high r________ to pests and diseases.
2 The government made it illegal for retailers to
d________ unsold food, forcing them to donate the
surplus products to charities.
3 The survey participants were asked to r________ the ice
cream brands by popularity.
4 Neuroscientists may soon be able to e________ genetic
engineering to treat Alzheimer's disease.

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5 Complete the sentences with the missing words. Some

letters have been given.
1 Roll the fish fillets in beaten eggs and b_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _s
to create a coating and fry until golden brown.
2 My mum often uses leftover vegetables and bones to cook
chicken _t_ _ _ and freezes it for future use as a basis for
soups and sauces.
3 Wash the whole b_ _ _ _ of parsley and cut away the
stalks.
4 Cover the pan with a _ _d and bring the soup to the boil.
5 _r_ _ _ the spinach leaves on a sieve until completely dry
and arrange them on a large plate.
6 Divide the whole garlic into separate _ _ _v_s.
7 C_ _ _ the carrots before frying them in oil.
8 You can give the broccoli soup a _ _n_ by adding some
chillies.

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6 Choose the correct option.

1 The Internet is awash / eschew / emblazoned with
contradictory information regarding a healthy lifestyle.
2 There are plenty of gourmet restaurants in the city centre –
one is split / spilled / spoilt for choice.
3 Diets shouldn’t be adopted incontrovertibly / ubiquitously
/ indiscriminately but ought to be tailored to one’s
individual needs and health condition.
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7 Complete the sentences with from, of or with.

1 When making a brownie, it's best to choose dark
chocolate made ______ as few ingredients as possible.
2 Garden furniture is typically made ______ weather-
resistant materials such as aluminium or wicker.
3 Sushi is usually made ______ raw fish, but you can use

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10 Rewrite the sentences using the words in bold.

4 Whenever possible, schools and offices should use
recycled paper made ______ disposed waste instead of 1 I hired a professional event planner to organise my hen
ordinary paper containing wood fibres. party. GOT
5 Vegans often replace animal milk with milk made ______ ____________________________________________
hazelnuts, almonds, or coconut. 2 The carpenter is installing the new kitchen cabinets for
6 The dish is made ______ clear glass which lets you keep me. HAVING
an eye on how your food is baking. ____________________________________________
__ / 6 3 It is assumed that ice cream originated in China, about
3,000 years B.C. HAVE
8 Complete the sentences with the correct idiomatic ____________________________________________
expressions, including the words below. There are four 4 The whole place looks shabby and wants cleaning. BE
extra words. ____________________________________________
pip butter spice tea platter bacon crop __ / 4
cheese

1 Peter hired a luxury limousine for the guests to

_________________ at his birthday party.
11 Complete the sentences based on the prompts below.
2 Returning to his job as line cook is out of the question for
him. He wouldn’t do it for _________________. Add any necessary elements.
1 The contestant’s last dish of roasted butternut squash
3 It’s high time you rolled up your sleeves and got down to ______________________ (reward / compliments) from
work instead of waiting for someone to give you the judges.
a Michelin star _________________.
2 Unhealthy eating habits ______________________
4 He is the _________________ in the company, so don’t (consider / be) among the most important factors leading
tread on his toes or you will be quickly dismissed. to obesity.
3 Eating out ______________________ (can / see / gain)
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4 Low-fat ingredients ______________________
Grammar (tend / undergo) much more processing than their full-fat
equivalents.
9 Translate the Polish parts of the sentences in brackets __ / 4
into English.
1 I can only repeat what I’ve heard _________________ (co
mówią eksperci): elimination diets can be unsafe.
2 Wheat _________________ (jest wykorzystywana) as
a food grain for around 20,000 years.
3 I still remember being made _________________
(zmuszany to jedzenia) broccoli in kindergarten, which has
resulted in my lifelong reluctance to eat green vegetables.
4 Sometimes, the best regional cuisine _________________
(może być znaleziona) at streetside food stalls rather than
fancy restaurants.
5 Evidently, something delicious _________________ (było
przygotowywane) in the kitchen as a pleasant sweet smell
was spreading all over the place.
6 Our guests _________________ (podaje się im) with
a sumptuous breakfast consisting of a variety of local
produce.
7 Don’t buy seafood in supermarkets. By the time it reaches
your table it _________________ (będzie trzymana) in
freezers for months.

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English in use
12 Decide if the following sentences are correct or not.
Rewrite the incorrect parts of the sentences.
1 Paradoxically, when the first fast food restaurants went
into existence in the 1950s, they mostly used natural and
organic ingredients.
____________________________________________
____________________________________________
2 Despite her best efforts, Mary has never managed to get
her daughter to eat pumpkin soup.
____________________________________________
3 My grandmother often steams a whole bulb of cauliflower
and serves it with a herb dressing.
____________________________________________
____________________________________________
4 In many Slavic countries, it used to be customising to
greet guests with bread and salt.
____________________________________________
____________________________________________
5 Gordon Ramsay is said to open almost fifty restaurants
throughout his culinary career.
____________________________________________
____________________________________________

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Writing
13 Read the instructions and do the writing task.

Znany magazyn kulinarny rozpisał konkurs na najciekawszą

recenzję lokalu gastronomicznego. Napisz recenzję
(200 –250 słów), w której opiszesz mocne i słabe strony
odwiedzonej przez ciebie restauracji.

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