PAU Anglès 2017 · Juny · Sèrie 1 · Part 3 · Listening comprehension

Part 3: Listening comprehension ARE INSECTS THE FUTURE OF FOOD? In this radio programme you are going to hear some new words. Read and listen to them. Make sure you know what they mean. locust: llagosta / langosta cricket: grill / grillo mealworm: cuc de la farina / gusano de la harina livestock: bestiar / ganado gross: fastigós / asqueroso Ready? Now read the questions on the following page. Read them carefully before listening to the radio programme. Presenter: Are insects the future of food? By the year 2050, the planet will be packed with 9 billion people. In low- and middle-income countries, the demand for animal products is rising sharply as economies and incomes grow; in the next few decades, we’ll need to find new ways to produce enough protein for billions more mouths. I’m Jennifer Raz and today my guest is Professor Marcel Dickie, who investigates the ecology of insect-plant interactions, and researches the viability of insects as food. [Now listen to the interview.] QUESTIONS Choose the best answer according to the recording. Only ONE answer is correct. [2 points: 0.25 points for each correct answer. Wrong answers will be penalized by deducting 0.08 points. There is no penalty for unanswered questions.] 1. Marcel Dickie and his wife usually have a rice dish with vegetables for dinner. eat insects for dinner because they taste like chicken. have insects for dinner about once a week. have three species of insects for dinner every week. 2. Which of these sentences is TRUE? The species of insects for sale in the Netherlands are freeze-dried. The species of insects for sale in the Netherlands are from farms. You can buy lots of species of insects in the Netherlands. You can buy edible insects alive in the Netherlands. 3. Which of these dishes does NOT appear in Marcel Dickie’s cookbook? Pancakes with mealworms. A quiche with mealworms. Chocolate topped with locusts. Chicken with bugs. 4. According to Professor Marcel Dickie, eating insects might be a little unusual. about 30 per cent of the population eat insects on a regular basis. about 2 billion people want to eat insects regularly. about 30 per cent of the people don’t know they are eating insects. 5. Insects are the future of food because only 70 % of all agricultural land is used to produce livestock. they need much less agricultural land than livestock. the land used to produce livestock will be limited to 70 %. they are very expensive to produce on a large scale. 6. Insects are a good alternative to regular meat because they have better quality protein. they are lower in calories. they take little time to cook. they can be eaten frozen. 7. From a biological point of view, locusts, crickets and shrimps are closely related. a locust and a cricket are the same as a shrimp with wings and legs. locusts and crickets are nicer than shrimps. when you look at a shrimp you look at an insect. 8. According to Marcel Dickie, if we could get over the cultural aversion in the West to eating insects, the world population would eat less meat. dinner tables would be more enjoyable. the world population would eat less animal proteins. new meats would be replaced on dinner tables.