## Introduction

Introduction - Supermarkets in France

We live in a throwaway society. If it doesn’t work, throw it away and buy another one. And food is no different. We are faced with servings on huge plates and no one needs to eat that amount of food. So we don’t finish it and we throw it away. Fruit and vegetables rot in our fridges, what do we do? We throw them away. And yet a large percentage of the world’s population has no food. They are starving. In this section we look at a move that France has made to combat this.

In this next lesson, we look at dealing with too much Food.

Discuss with a classmate:

Which do you think are the best ways for dealing with too much food?
Give an advantage and a disadvantage for each.

1. donating the food to charities

2. eating the food beyond the expiration date

3. producing less food

4. composting the food

5. taking food home from a restaurant in a doggie bag.

This lesson contains 5 steps and an evaluation.
Work them through step by step.

Step | Activity |
|  | Introduction | Find out what you already know.
Step 1 |  | Speaking | Makes notes about the food you ate yesterday. Compare and discuss your answers with a classmate.
Step 2 |  | Reading | Read a text and write a summary. Choose the correct words to fill in the gaps in the text. Give advantages and disadvantages for dealing with too much food. Read the complete text.
Step 3 |  | Listening | Listen to the live radioshow and answer questions.
Step 4 |  | Grammar | About past perfect. Complete sentences with the correct form. Read the theory in the Grammar Desk.
Step 5 |  | Task | Make true sentences with a partner about the things you did before you came to this class.
|  | Evaluation | Reflecting on what you have learned.

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