Question

food waste
pre-reading
a. warm-up questions

1. how much of the food that you

buy do you think goes to waste?

1. what can restaurants and grocery

stores do to waste less food?

1. how does improper food

storage lead to food waste?
b. vocabulary preview
match up as many words and meanings as you can.
check this exercise again after seeing the words in context on page 2.
____ 1. go to waste a) to reject
____ 2. portion b) to take responsibility for paying for a service or product
____ 3. disregard c) too soon
____ 4. foot the bill d) to break down organic material and reuse
____ 5. prematurely e) not good enough
____ 6. edible f) to not be used as planned, to be put in the garbage
____ 7. inadequate g) to not think about, to ignore
____ 8. greenhouse gas h) a single part or amount
____ 9. discard i) good enough to eat
____ 10. compost j) something that traps heat in the atmosphere
and contributes to the greenhouse effect

Explanation:

To solve the vocabulary matching, we analyze each word:

1. "go to waste" means not used as planned, so match f.
2. "portion" is a single part/amount, match h.
3. "disregard" means to ignore, match g.
4. "foot the bill" means pay for, match b.
5. "prematurely" means too soon, match c.
6. "edible" means good to eat, match i.
7. "inadequate" means not good enough, match e.
8. "greenhouse gas" traps heat, match j.
9. "discard" means to reject, match a.
10. "compost" breaks down organic material, match d.

Answer:

1. f) to not be used as planned, to be put in the garbage
2. h) a single part or amount
3. g) to not think about, to ignore
4. b) to take responsibility for paying for a service or product
5. c) too soon
6. i) good enough to eat
7. e) not good enough
8. j) something that traps heat in the atmosphere and contributes to the greenhouse effect
9. a) to reject
10. d) to break down organic material and reuse