Look at the list below. What do these people eat?

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WARM-UP

 

1. Look at the list below. What do these people eat?

 

fruitarians                                                                                   flexitarians

 

nutarians                                                                                     freegans

 

pescatarians                                                                             raw vegans

 

 

2. Complete questions with words from the box.

 

Dairy

protein

carbs

plant-based

poultry

staple

foodie

organic

 

soy

 

 

 

 

 

 

a) Do you consider yourself a …………………? Do you always try some unusual dishes or products?

 

b) Have you ever considered going ………………… and not eating meat?

 

c) Do you like coffee with …………………

 

milk?

 

d) Why is ………………… food more expensive? Is it really more expensive to produce it?

 

e) Can you imagine living without such

 

………………… products as cheese, milk or butter?

 

f) Do you think that ………………… cause weight gain?

 

g) What can be other sources of

 

………………… apart from meat?

 

h) What is the ………………… diet in your country, i.e. the main food people eat regularly?

i) What is more popular in your country: eating ………………… or beef?

 

 

3. In pairs, ask and answer questions from exercise 2.

 

 

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4. Discuss questions below before you watch a video about veganism.

• Can you observe that there are more and more vegans? What’s the reason for that?

 

• Do you think veganism is just a fad?

 

• What might be some good/bad consequences of a lot of people going vegan?

 

• Do you think there are business lobbies behind veganism?

 

 

5. Watch the video [http://bit.ly/VeganEconomy] and decide whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F).

 

a) The mainstream restaurant industry doesn’t adapt to the vegan trend.

 

b) Almost 30% of evening meals in the UK don’t include meat.

 

c) People reduce the amount of meat they eat because of the environmental impact of farming.

 

d) Allplants produces 50 thousand meals a week for their customers.

 

e) Facebook is also investing in vegan economy by supporting startups.