The future of food :)
This quiz is an activity developed from the video "BOX SET: 6 Minute English - 'Food and Drink' English mega-class! One hour of new vocabulary!" (36:39 The future of food). Enjoy it! :) - Manuela da Silva Tarouco Língua Inglesa III
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With the possible and already perceptible climatic changes, we will have a rigid change in our diet in the near future.
TRUE
FALSE
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"There are some scientists that try to develop the growing of ARTIFICIAL meat". What do the highlighted word means?
ARTIFICIAL means "made or produced by human beings rather than occurring naturally, especially as a copy of something natural"
ARTIFICIAL means "made or produced by nature, with some human interference, but it is not really necessary".
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DR. Morgaine Gaye is a futurologist and her particular area of expertise is the subject of food. In your opinion, what would a "futurologist" be?
a person who works with predictions, such as a psychic.
someone who studies the way humanity will be living in the near future, based on facts from the present.
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What does Neil define as "trend" and how is this related to "the future of food"?
He says it's something that is currently popular or is about to become popular in general. In this way, "Trend" can give an idea of what reality will be like in the near future, and what we (humans) will be consuming as food.
Trend is a way of explaining what is popular exclusively on social media.
Regarding food, "trend" is nothing more than the food preferences of the great influencers on TikTok, Instagram and Twitter
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Which example below can be defined as a current trend in relation to "the future of food"?
Low consumption of red meat
Higher consumption of organic food
Use of different seasonings and spices
More variations of meats for human consumption
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Information about future trends is not really important for companies in the food business.
FALSE
TRUE
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A hunch is:
something that requires, at least, one real evidence to prove it as fact.
the way it is used to predict future trends, and it can be shaped from our experiences and the feeling that something is true.
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There are some restrictions on the subject of food. Select the option that says what this is about and why.
SAFETY - she explains that there must be security when selecting what the population can consume. Dr. exemplifies with the UK food safety law, which is extremely strict.
ORIGIN OF FOOD - some places on the planet do not have the necessary conditions to produce food.
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Select the “podcast keywords”, the expressions that were recapitulated at the end of the podcast.
futurologist - trend - hunch - stringent rule
future - food - trend - hunch
trend - eating - meat - food.
