eng8-u2-time-to-watch· UNIT 2. FOOD AROUND THE WORLD· ~16 min

Unit 2 Time to Watch: Preparing for a food-vlogger video

Read a short profile and learn six words before viewing.

Prewatch reading gives you a topic map before a video starts. The printed profile introduces food vlogger Mark Wiens through his posting schedule, subject matter, audience, other hobbies, travel, and Azerbaijan visit. Read each question with the short profile detail supplied, then distinguish a main focus from a supporting number or example. Six words prepare you for food and travel contexts: hospitality, sour, homemade, traditional, disaster, and ruin. Use the surrounding action or description to confirm each meaning.

Key terms

hospitality — friendly and generous behaviour towards guests
sour — having a taste like lemon
homemade — made at home rather than bought from a shop
traditional — following customs continued by a group over time
disaster — something extremely unsuccessful or very bad
ruin — spoil or destroy something completely
Prewatch detail map
Detail typeQuestion to askPrinted-profile clue
FrequencyHow often?two videos a week
TopicWhat are they mainly about?travelling, food, culture, traditional recipes
AudienceHow many follow?nearly nine million subscribers
InterestsWhat else does he enjoy?hiking, backpacking, nature
TravelWhere and when?several named destinations; Azerbaijan in 2022
✎Infer a word from context
  1. 1Read the result: Too much salt spoiled the sauce completely.
  2. 2Match the meaning: Ruin means spoil or destroy something completely.
  3. 3Check the form: The past form ruined correctly describes what happened to the sauce.
💡Classify the detail

A number may answer how many, but it does not by itself state the main topic.

🚫Stay with the printed preparation

Keep predictions separate from the profile details and vocabulary you can verify before viewing.

Rules

  1. 1Base reading answers on the profile; distinguish its facts from your predictions.
  2. 2Separate frequency, topic, audience, hobbies, destinations, and date as different kinds of detail.
  3. 3Hospitality describes friendly and generous behaviour towards guests.
  4. 4Sour describes a taste like lemon; homemade means made at home rather than bought.
  5. 5Traditional describes customs continued by a group over time.
  6. 6A disaster can be something extremely unsuccessful; ruin means spoil or destroy something completely.
  7. 7Use context first, then compare the exact meanings of all choices.

Practice

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Up to 10 random questions per test

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