Unit 1: Nourishment
LIVING WITH SUPERMARKETS
Before you watch
Work with a partner. Answer the questions.
1 Where do you do your food shopping?
2 Are you happy with the choices you have for food shopping? Is there a variety?
3 Do you shop at the same kinds of stores as your parents and grandparents used to? Why or why not?
While you watch
Watch the film about supermarkets and answer questions 1 to 7.
1 Five good points about supermarkets are given in the introduction. Write down three of them.
2 What is the first disadvantage discussed in the video?
3 How many independent stores were lost? When may they all be gone?
4 What is the second disadvantage discussed?
5 What percentage of household waste is packaging?
6 What is the third disadvantage discussed?
7 What solution does the film suggest?
After you watch
Work with a partner. Read the sentences from the film script and decide if you agree or disagree with the ideas.
1 “People can be very loyal to their favorite supermarket, almost like soccer supporters.”
2 “We may lose the labels, but we will be able to smell and choose our fruit for ourselves.”
3 “Can’t we learn to enjoy the seasonal treats that local farming brings once again?”