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READING & WRITING

1 READING

a Answer the following questions.

1. What does "food" mean to you?
2. Do you prepare special food on special
occasions?
b Read the text, choose the correct heading,
and write in the blank.
a. More than feeding c. Unhealthy feeding Another aspect of eating is joy. By looking at

b. Facts about feeding all those snacks, it can be said that they have
nothing to do with feeding. Chocolates, biscuits,
crisps are there just to make people feel good.
Taking the necessary substances to the body is Because eating is more than feeding, some special
called feeding, but is this what we humans do? foods are prepared on some special occasions or
No. Humans don’t feed. We eat. celebrations, too.
Feeding and eating are different. We don’t only For example, on Hıdırellez celebrations in some
gather or hunt for food to survive, but also we regions of Turkey, an animal is sacrificed, braised
produce food. Agriculture has changed many meat and rice is prepared and eaten all together
things about food. It makes food available for with joy.
us at any time. Choosing foods to combine On Good Friday -the day of Jesus Christ’s death-
with other foods prompts some customs and in Germany only fish is eaten, not the other
regulations in a society. And this isn’t something kinds of meat.
separate from the geography. On Shab-e Yalda celebrations in Iran -the birthday
of the sun- saffron and carrot halva is prepared.
There are different foods and different customs
all around the world. They can be appealing or In the USA, Christmas celebrations can’t be
imagined without cookies. Mostly, gingerbread
disgusting for others. An old saying is that “One cookies are prepared for Christmas.
man’s meat is another man’s poison.” We might
like or not, we should respect the differences. As a final word, we can say that food means more
than nutrition to human beings.
c Read the text again and find how many examples of special occasions were given in the text?
What are they?

d Match the special occasions, countries, and special foods.
1. Braised meat and rice Iran Christmas
2. Cookies Germany Good Friday
3. Saffron and carrot halva The USA Hıdırellez
4. Fish Turkey Shab-e Yalda

e Match the highlighted words in the text with the definitions.
1. _________________ one part of a situation, problem, or subject
2. _________________ being cooked slowly within a covered dish in a little fat and liquid

3. _________________ an important event or ceremony
4. ________ _________ to cause something
5. __________ _______ material

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