Practice SVIP

Read the text and decide if each statement is true (T) or false (F).

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Australia is a huge country and it has a lot of different kinds of . In the past, the Aboriginal people of Australia ate animals like crocodiles and some insects like the witchetty grub. Aboriginal Australians travelled around the Australian countryside, or "bush", to find food.

When the first British and Irish people moved to Australia in the 1830s, they brought sheep and cows from Europe. They also brought traditional English and Irish recipes. Many of these , like fish and chips and pies, are still popular today. They also created new Australian recipes such as the pavlova (a fruit dessert - named after a Russian dancer) and damper (a bread cooked in the bush).

After 1945, a lot of people came to live in Australia from countries like Italy, Germany, Greece, Thailand and India. They brought recipes with them and Australians began to eat and drink different things. People started to drink coffee and eat Mediterranean and Asian food.

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A lot of modern Australians love with fresh food. They often cook food on in their gardens or on the beach. Today more people also eat food like kangaroo and . Mark Olive, an Aboriginal chef, has a popular TV program about traditional; food. There are always new recipes to try in Australia!

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Humans have a long history of eating insects, and it turns out that they can be a very

part of a person's regular . Insects have a lot of protein, and they are often easier to catch than animals. Therefore, it is no wonder that when our ancient saw some tasty worms or grabs wiggling on the ground, they made a quick snack of them.

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In Thailand, insects are a regular part of the street food that can be found. The

that people snack on are crickets, grasshoppers, giant water bugs, and assorted worms. They are often deep-fried and salted, so they have a crunchy texture that makes them a perfect snack food. If you can get past the that you are eating a cricket, it will crunch in your mouth just like a corn chip!

For a lot of people, however, it is difficult to get

the fear of eating insects. People tend to see insects as invaders, especially when they are crawling on the food that we are about to eat. , being able to eat insects feeling disgusted is cultural. Some people cannot eat French cheese or stinky tofu because they weren't brought up doing so. To many of us, insects fail right into that category, making it difficult to even try them.

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the chance, though, be courageous, insects can be nutritious and tasty, so long as you can get over the “yuck” factor.

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Isn't it amazing how much time we spend about food? “Have you ever eaten ...?” “What did you have for lunch?” and so on. And when you travel from one country to another, you find that people have quite different about food. People often feel that what they eat is normal and that what other people eat is strange or silly.

In most parts of Asia, for example, no is complete without rice. In England, people potatoes every day. (cont.)

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(cont.) In the Middle East, bread is the main part of every meal. Eating, like so many things we do, becomes a that is difficult to change. Americans like to drink a lot of orange juice and coffee. The English tea four or five times every day. Australians drink a large amount of beer and the French drink every day.

The sort of meat people like to eat also differs from one country to another. Horse is thought to be delicious in France. In Hong Kong, some people enjoy eating snakes. New Zealanders eat sheep, but they never eat goat meat. The Japanese don't like to eat sheep meat because of its smell, but they enjoy raw fish.

So it that although eating is a topic that we can talk about for hours, there is very little sense in what we say about it. People everywhere enjoy eating what they have always been eating, and it is very little we can do to change our eating habits.

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Vietnamese food culture by region from the north to the south. In Northern Viet Nam, Vietnamese food is by light and balanced flavors with a combination of many Northerners have been using many kinds of meats like pork, beef, and chicken to cook; besides, some kinds of freshwater fish, crustaceans, and other mollusks like , crabs, and oysters, etc. Many famous dishes of Viet Nam are cooked with these ingredients such as Bun Rieu, Pho, Bun Thang, Bun Cha, Banh Cuon, etc.

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Then food culture in Central and Southern Viet Nam has developed suitable in each region. In Central Viet Nam, the regional cuisine of Central Viet Nam is famous for its spicy food, which differs from two other parts with mostly non-spicy food. Hue cuisine is typical of Central Viet Nam's food culture. of Hue cuisine are decorative and colorful, which expresses the influence of the Vietnamese royal in the feudal period. Food in the region is often decorated and used with chili peppers and shrimp sauces, namely, Bun Bo Hue, Banh Xeo, or Banh Beo, etc.

In Southern Viet Nam, the region is characterized by warm weather and fertile soil, which creates favorable conditions for planting a variety of fruit, vegetables, and . Thus, food in the region is often added with garlic, shallots, and fresh herbs. Particularly, Southerners are favored sugar; they add sugar in most dishes. Here, there is also an of western and Asian cuisines on southern food, such as influences from China, India, France, and Thailand.

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Many health believe that children and young people today are more than they used to be. So why has this happened?

One reason is bad eating habits. of young people don't have a healthy diet. They eat too much fast food hamburgers and pizza and not enough fruit and vegetables. In the US, many children have been eating fast food since they were very young. (cont.)

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(cont.) In fact, almost one-third of American children aged four to nineteen have been eating fast food all the time. They also don't exercise and spend too of their time watching TV, surfing the Internet, or playing computer games.

So how can you change your habits if you have been following an unhealthy lifestyle for a long time? First, change your and eat more fruit and vegetables. Next, find an activity you enjoy. Why not try something different like rock climbing, surfing, or hiking? Many young people have found that fit and healthy can be a lot of fun.