Battered: why half of UK’s fish and chip shops face closure
This is a list of key vocabulary and expressions from the article in order of how useful they are. The student must choose 6 items from the list to study in the lesson.
To be committed (to something/ someone)
To rely on (someone/ something)
To end up (somewhere/ doing something)
To put on weight/ To lose weight
To drop (something/ someone) off
It might have been caught
To be deeply ingrained (in something)
15 conversation-provoking questions related to the article.
1. What did you see in Grimsby?
2. What did you see with Rob ‘the friendly fishman’?
3. What were some of the more depressing things that you heard about the industry?
4. Do British people understand the reality of fish & chips and where the fish comes from?
5. What did the young guys say at the end of the video?
6. What do you think of fish & chips?
7. Would you fancy running your own chippy, or other small business?
8. What’s your nations equivalent of fish & chips?
9. Do you admire the young guys at the end of the video?
10. If I came to your native town, how would you give me an authentic culinary experience?
11. What fishing experience have you had?
12. Do you think people’s food habits are changing?
13. How have your food habits changed over time?
14. Did you ever go through a period of eating unhealthily?
15. How often do you get takeaway food?