Task 2. Give a detailed plan of the text. Make its summary according to the plan done
Task 3. Think over the information provided by the text. Fill in the chart:
Country | The role of agriculture | Branches of agriculture | Size of thefarms | Rate of the development | Main crops | Majour livestock |
Britain | ||||||
The USA |
Task 4. Compare agricultural development in Britain and in the USA.
TEXT 11 QUALITY OR QUANTITY
Task 1. You are going to read a text about genetically engineered food. Five sentences have been removed from it. Choose from the sentences A-E the one which fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).
You didn’t ask for it, and you might not about it. But you’ve probably already eaten some of it. It’s genetically engineered food.
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Every living thing has genes.
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Genetic engineers put duck genes into chicken to make the chickens bigger. They put hormones into cows to make them produce more milk. They put genes from flowers into soya beans and from scorpion into corn. This does not make them cheaper, tastier or healthier. It makes them easier and faster for the farmer to grow.
The effects of genetic engineering on our health are not known. Many of the genes which are used – such as those of scorpions, rats, mice and moths – are not part of our diet so we do not know how dangerous they maybe. For example, people can develop allergies to food which has been genetically engineered.
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We must all be aware of what is happening.
Some people believe, though, that genetic engineering could be the solution to the problem of famine. Plants which grow faster, or cows which produce more milk, can save the lives of starving people.
We would all like a better, healthier and longer life, and genetic engineering might give us this. On the other hand, it may be a dangerous experiment with nature. In the story, Frankenstein created such a terrible and dangerous monster that he had to destroy it. We must make sure that it remains a story – and no more than that.
A. The experiment failed.
B. Genes carry information.
C. Some – but not all – supermarkets are telling their customers which foods are genetically engineered.
D. It may be your land they fight for – or you that they kill.
E. These new life forms have been described as a “real-life Frankenstein”.
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