Better Reading English by Jenni Currie Santamaria

Author:Jenni Currie Santamaria
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Published: 2017-09-18T04:00:00+00:00

VI. READ IT AGAIN

Read the passage again. Answer the question.

The writer is talking about international influence on American eating habits. What specific regions does he mention?

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HUNTING FOR DINNER

I. PRE-READING

A. Background information

This passage is from the book The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan. An omnivore is an animal that eats both plants and animals. Pollan writes about the food system in the United States. He describes large-scale farming and ranching and compares them to more traditional small-scale food production. He talks about the health effects, the economic effects, and the ethical aspects of modern food production. In one section of the book, Pollan describes his effort to eat a meal that only includes food that he has planted, gathered, or hunted himself. The passage below comes from the chapter where he hunts and kills an animal for the first time in his life.

B. Words to know before you read

These words are all related to guns. Match them to their definitions.

____ 1. cocked

a. the tube-shaped part of the gun

____ 2. safety

b. the part you pull to fire the gun

____ 3. barrel

c. a device on a gun that you look through

____ 4. trigger

d. ready for shooting

____ 5. sight

e. the part of the gun that prevents accidental firing

C. Reading strategy

The italicized text in this reading indicates people talking (direct speech). Look quickly through the passage, and find all of the sentences with italicized words. Answer the question.

What is the name of the man who is teaching Pollan how to hunt?

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