Foreigners enjoy a piece of English cake
After reading the article on the right, answer these questions on it?
France goes all sweet on Britain’s exceedingly good cakes
Exercise 1
a) What is the total export value of the food the British sell to the French?
b) What conveys to you the idea that France has a very famous reputation for cakes?
c) What phrase conveys a sense of astonishment that France is so keen on English cakes and puddings?
d) Which of the countries from the former USSR buys the most British cakes, biscuits, puddings and sweets?
e) What was the value of the sales of crisps abroad until last year?
f) Which country seems to be indulging in a new-found appetite for crisps?.
Exercise 2 Can you pick out these words in the text?
1. the expression used meaning ‘become keen on / fond of’?
2. from Britain
3. change from how things usually are, or change in the way in which something happens
4. improve or increase
5. rise very quickly to a high level
6. caused to happen
7. things that make life more pleasant, such as good food, convenient gadgets, warmth and good facilities
8. small square chocolate cakes, often with nuts in them
9. filling made from bananas, cream, toffee and condensed milk
10. topping for a fruit pudding made from a mixture of flour, butter and sugar rubbed together into small pieces, which is baked and eaten hot, usually with custard
11. fondness for cakes, chocolate, biscuits and sweets
12. planned or focused attack
13. charges or list of charges either for services or on goods entering a country
14. increased the amount, size or value of something
15. having an effect
16. resourceful or imaginative approach
17. at the top of the market
18. old-fashioned, or literary for quickly
19. unexpected
20. over in the USA / over in America
21. large shops
See the document attached for answers and notes!
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