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B2 – Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fast food is\u00a0extremely popular. A huge number of people consumes it on a regular basis. Globally, the fast food market is valued at over $700 billion and it seems that it is only going to continue to grow.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you sometimes wonder, despite it\u2019s infamous reputation now being very unhealthy they are for our body, how cheap and easy food spread and become so popular around the world?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen to this audio and read the transcript about on how the world came to love fast food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/learningenglish\/english\/features\/6-minute-english_2025\/ep-250123<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vocabulary Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. What does \u201ccan-do attitude<\/strong>\u201d mean? \u201cIn the 1950s, when the famous brands we know today were just beginning, anyone with a\u00a0<\/em>can-do attitude<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0could sell fast food.<\/em>\u201d Use this phrase in a sentence and give a synonym.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. What does \u201cthe final nail in the coffin<\/strong>\u201d mean? “McDonald\u2019s weren\u2019t as successful in Iceland as they\u2019d been elsewhere. And the global financial crash of 2008 was\u00a0the final nail in the coffin.<\/strong><\/em>\u201d Use this idiom in a sentence and give a synonym.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. What does \u201cto open one\u2019s arms in welcome<\/strong>\u201d mean? \u201cNowadays, you can visit two McDonald\u2019s on opposite sides of the planet and eat exactly the same meal. But not every country <\/em>opened its arms in welcome<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 the tiny island of Iceland for one.\u201d<\/em> Use this expression in a sentence and give a synonym.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. Share your thoughts on this: To this day, there are no McDonald\u2019s in Iceland.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. How about this, There are 42,000 fast-food restaurants in Britain?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. Are you a fast food fan? Why or why not?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. How popular is fast food in your country? Why do you think this is the case?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    5. Is there a\u00a0long-standing\u00a0burger culture in your country? Talk about it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Globally, the fast food market is valued at over $700 billion and it seems that it is only going to continue to grow.\u00a0 Do you sometimes wonder, despite it\u2019s infamous reputation now being very unhealthy they […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[49,291,292,290],"class_list":["post-30227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-homework","tag-audio","tag-b2-upper-intermediate","tag-first-certificate-fce","tag-listening"],"yoast_head":"\nHow the World Learned to Love Fast Food | phone english blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2025\/04\/how-the-world-learned-to-love-fast-food\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How the World Learned to Love Fast Food | phone english blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"B2 – Upper Intermediate  Fast food is\u00a0extremely popular. 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