Reading and Writing 3

Q: Skills for Success

Unit 2 Student Book Answer Key Third Edition

UNIT QUESTION Activity E, pp. 34–35

Activity A, p. 29 1. b
Answers will vary. Sample answers: 2. c
1. rice, soup, sandwiches, beans, etc. 3. b
2. olives, honey, cheese, apricot pudding, etc. 4. c
3. Yes, I think presentation affects how food tastes. I think that 5. a
if food looks delicious, you expect it to taste delicious, so
CRITICAL THINKING STRATEGY
it does. / No, I don’t think presentation is important. I think
Activity F, p. 35
food served on a paper plate tastes the same as food served
1. about 20,000 (twice as many as medium tasters, who
on fancy china.
typically have 10,000)
Activity B, p. 29 2. no, because it depends on how many taste buds you have
Answers will vary. Sample answers: Answers may vary. Possible answers:
1. Homemade food has less salt than prepared food and uses 3. foods that don’t have a lot of flavor
fresher ingredients. 4. They might be at risk for diseases like heart disease and
2. I think that vegetables, foods low in fat, and foods without diabetes.
sugar help people to lose weight.
WRITE WHAT YOU THINK
READING 1 Activity A, p. 36
PREVIEW THE READING Answers will vary. Sample answers:
Activity A, p. 30 1. I think I’m a nontaster because I eat everything. I like very
✓   to compare different kinds of tasters spicy food. I also like very sweet and fatty foods. My favorite
✓   to give advice about people’s food choices foods are desserts and fried foods. I also like strong coffee.
2. I really like strawberries because they are sweet. They taste
Activity B, p. 30 good fresh, and they’re also good in pie or jam. When they
Answers will vary. Sample answer: are ripe, they taste like candy. I also like them because I
Cake is an important food in my culture. We eat it on special know they are good for me. They are full of vitamin C.
occasions. For example, people eat cake to celebrate birthdays. 3. People like foods they grew up eating or foods that remind
Another time people in my culture have cake is during them of happy times. Sometimes it’s hard to like food that’s
weddings. Cake helps to bring families together. Without cake, different from the food you grew up eating. If a food looks
people in my culture wouldn’t know how to celebrate. strange or unusual, people might not like it. People often
dislike foods that have made them sick. They might also
WORK WITH THE READING
dislike foods that they had to eat a lot when they were
Activity B, pp. 32–33
young. For example, when I was young, my mother made
1. recognize
me eat broccoli all the time. Now I don’t like it.
2. is made up of
3. system READING SKILL
4. likely Activity A, p. 36
5. typically Step 1:
6. identify 1. Eating with Our Eyes
7. balanced 2. The Rise of the Food Pic; The Tastiest Food Photos; Getting
8. at risk That Perfect Pic
9. sensitive Step 2:
a nicely prepared dish from a restaurant and a piece of
Vocabulary Skill Review, p. 32
chocolate cake
Adjectives: (3) digestive, (4) likely, healthy, (5) healthy, (7)
Step 3:
balanced, different, (9) sensitive
Paragraph 1: If you have ever shared a picture of a beautiful
Nouns used like adjectives: (7) health, (9) room
plate of food online, you’re not alone.
Activity C, p. 33 Paragraph 10: In all, the method you use to photograph your
1. b food will influence the way others feel about it.
2. d
Activity B, p. 37
3. b
food photography
4. a
Activity C, p. 37
Activity D, p. 34
why food photos are so popular; why food photos make food
1. sweet, sour, bitter, salty; Paragraph 2
look tastier; how to take a perfect food pic
2. 5,000 (or half the number that medium tasters have);
Paragraph 3 READING 2
3. a woman from Korea; Paragraph 3 PREVIEW THE READING
4. bitter, fatty, sweet, spicy; Paragraph 4 Activity A, p. 37
5. Because their tastes may cause them to make unhealthy Answers will vary. Sample answers:
choices. Supertasters might avoid healthy vegetables. Lots of my friends like to post pictures of the food they eat
Nontasters might eat too much fat.; Paragraph 5 at restaurants on social media like Twitter and Facebook. It’s

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Reading and Writing 3 Q: Skills for Success
Unit 2 Student Book Answer Key Third Edition

almost like a normal thing now. Other friends who like to cook 4. the fancier salad
post photos of their own food. 5. the flash on your phone
I think I feel hungrier when I see a photo of delicious food. It’s 6. food photographers
even stronger when I can smell the food. I don’t actually think
about it. It just happens automatically. Activity G, p. 42
✓  1
Activity B, p. 37 ✓  3
Answers will vary. Sample answers: ✓  5
I post photos of food on social media because I love to cook. ✓  6
When I cook something new, I like to share it with my friends
and family. Sometimes they ask for the recipe and make it, too. Activity H, p. 42
I think it’s a great way to show people a little about your life. Answers will vary. Sample answer:
I’m proud of the food that I cook, so I’m not embarrassed to I don’t really care if food is presented neatly and symmetrically.
share photos of it with the people in my life. / I know that many All I really care about is how the food tastes, not what it looks
people like to share food photos on social media, but I think it like. If a dish is plated neatly, I don’t think it will taste any better
is bad manners to take pictures of your food at a restaurant. It’s to me. It will just look prettier. / I think it depends. When I
more important to focus on enjoying the food and being with eat at a restaurant, I like when the food is plated neatly and
your friends and family. Having a good meal is not just about symmetrically. It shows that the chef cares about how the food
the food. It’s also about the experience of sharing it with other looks, and I feel I’m getting a little something extra. However,
people. when I make food for myself at home, I never really care about
how it looks. It can look messy, and I’m OK with it.
WORK WITH THE READING
WORK WITH THE VIDEO
Activity B, p. 40
a. identical Activity A, p. 43
b. occasion Answers will vary. Sample answer:
c. principle I enjoy eating foods from other countries because the cuisine of
d. arrange each country has its own special ingredients, flavors, and spices.
e. method I don’t like eating the same kind of food all the time because
f. influence it gets boring. I like to try new things and learn about popular
g. in terms of foods from other cultures.
h. artistic Activity B, p. 43
i. be willing to 1. South London, England
j. status symbol 2. West Indian food
Activity C, p. 41 3. at 5:00 in the morning
d 4. Middle Eastern/Iranian foods
5. culture, a mix of flavors, and good friends
Activity D, p. 41
1. 6 Activity C, p. 43
2. 2 Answers will vary. Sample answer:
3. 5 I think it is important for families to share at least one meal per
4. 8 day. Today, families are so busy, and they don’t get to spend a
5. 3 lot of time together. Having a meal together is a great way for
6. 9 them to connect with each other and share what happened
during their day. When families share a meal, I think it makes
Activity E, p. 41 them feel closer together.
1. F There are over 17 million pictures of pizza on Instagram.
2. F Posting a picture of broccoli and rice shows others you are WRITE WHAT YOU THINK
healthy / Posting a picture of lobster shows others you are p. 44
have money. Answers will vary. Sample answers:
3. T 1. To me, food is more attractive depending on the weather.
4. F The study at the Montclair State University asked people For example, when I see a hot bowl of soup on a cold day,
how they felt about neatly arranged food versus messy it makes me want to eat it. I can feel my stomach getting
food. / The study at the University of Oxford asked people to hungry. Likewise, when it is hot outside, a bowl of ice cream
compare salads. looks very attractive to me because I know it will cool me
5. F Using the flash on your phone can make food look worse down.
cause shadows. 2. When I was a child, I didn’t like sushi. Even though I am
6. F It’s best to light food from the side when you take a Japanese, sushi never tasted good to me. I didn’t like the soft
picture. texture of the raw fish. Now, as an adult, I love sushi. I think
7. T food preferences change because you get more mature.
8. T You’re more willing to try things even if you didn’t like them
as a child. When you’re young, you don’t want to give things
Activity F, p. 42 you don’t like a second chance.
1. the food we consume 3. I think food makes people feel good for different reasons.
2. researchers For example, the dishes that my mother used to make
3. the people in the study at Montclair State University when I was a child always make me feel good. It makes me

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Unit 2 Student Book Answer Key Third Edition

remember the delicious meals she made for our family with 4. bitter, fresh
love and care. I also feel good when I eat foods from my 5. excellent, favorite
country. I don’t live in my country right now, so when I miss
my country, I can eat my country’s traditional dishes, and I GRAMMAR
feel better. Activity A, p. 49
Answers will vary. Sample answers:
VOCABULARY SKILL 1. I love to eat sweet milky white chocolate.
Activity A, pp. 44–45 2. I am going to visit my nice, friendly elderly grandmother.
1. tastes, menus, ingredients, eating habits, and nutritional 3. I am wearing a comfortable orange silk blouse.
benefits 4. Yesterday I ate spicy, tasty Korean food.
2. pizza and lasagna 5. I am reading a funny, interesting modern book.
3. the way a dish tastes, or how a meal is prepared and served 6. My favorite place to eat is a common, traditional American
4. They have a taste for sugary foods. restaurant.
5. in textures
6. cool and warm foods Activity B, p. 50
Opinion/Quality cheap, common, elegant, fashionable,
Activity B, p. 45 friendly, funny, interesting, lovely, nice,
1. makes pretty, tasty, ugly, uncomfortable,
2. meals unusual, wonderful
3. think about
4. a liking Size huge, little
5. ways that things feel Age ancient, antique, elderly, modern,
6. a good combination teenage, traditional
Activity C, p. 45 Shape oval, rectangular, triangular
Answers will vary. Color orange
WRITING SKILL Origin American, Brazilian, Korean, Omani
Activity A, pp. 46–47 Material ceramic, cotton, glass, metal, plastic, silk,
1. Whenever I think of my mother’s cooking, I always wool
remember her delicious Yorkshire puddings. Kind/Purpose hiking, jogging, medical, racing, wedding,
2. Yorkshire pudding is such a simple and common English writing
food, but it will always be special to me because of my
mother.
3. Yorkshire pudding tastes delicious, light, crisp, and sweet.
4. her mother, her British ancestry, and her mother’s history
5. delicious, best, traditional, simple, light, crisp, sweet, special,
delicious, homemade, special, simple, common, English,
special

Activity B, p. 47
Circled: crisp and sweet; holidays; sweet with strawberry jam;
fight with sister; homemade; British ancestry; family

Activity C, p. 47
Answers will vary. Sample answer:
The author was writing down key words and phrases. The
author probably didn’t use some of the words in order to keep
the focus of the paragraph.

Activity D, pp. 47–48

Nothing tastes better than the ceviche in Lima, Peru.

Activity E, p. 48
1. simple
2. hot
3. raw
4. special
5. sliced
6. fresh
7. famous

Activity F, p. 48
Answers will vary. Sample answers:
1. traditional, old-fashioned
2. big, yellow
3. bold, bland

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