FAST FOOD Vocabulary sponsor pay for an event or tournament in order to advertise a company or brand in return fast food hot, often unhealthy, food such as hamburgers or pizza that is quick to cook and serve brand attachment a deep emotional connection between humans and brands health halo the perception that something is healthy for you even though there is little evidence to support this ultra-processed food foods containing added artificial ingredients that you wouldn’t add when cooking homemade food beverage any type of drink’ Task 1.Listening to BBC Learning. Task 2.Questions: McDonalds had a long history with the Olympic Games until the company ended the partnership ahead of the 2024 games in Paris. But why did McDonalds choose to quit? Was it because: a) they wanted to change the name of French fries to McFries? b) they didn’t want to call their hamburger, ‘Le Big Mac’? or, c) they wanted to be the only company selling cheese for cheeseburgers? Listen to the programme to find out the answer. Task 3.Read and translate. 11 interesting facts about McDonald's that you won't believe 1. The first item on the McDonald's menu was originally hot dogs, not hamburgers 2. 3. Caesar salad at McDonald's is more calorific than a hamburger 3. 4. The McDonald's chain feeds 68 million people every day. This is more than the entire population of the UK 4. 5. McDonald's daily profit is $75 million 5. McDonald's Corporation is the largest distributor of toys 6. One of the restaurants of the McDonald's chain is owned by the Queen of Great Britain — it is located near Buckingham Palace 7. Oddly enough, McDonald's is not the largest restaurant chain. The leadership belongs to Subway 8. In Japan, Ronald McDonald is called Donald McDonald due to the lack of a clear "r" sound in Japanese 9. It takes an average McDonald's employee seven months to earn the same amount that a McDonald's CEO receives per hour 10. To burn all the calories gained from eating "Big Mac", French fries and a large cola, you need to walk for at least seven hours in a row 11. Every 14.5 hours, McDonald's Corporation opens a new establishment Task 4.Retell the text. Kentucky Fried Chicken (с англ. — «Жареный цыплёнок из Кентукки»)- an international chain of catering restaurants specializing in chicken dishes. The company is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky. KFC is the second largest cafe chain in the world, second only to McDonald's. KFC was founded by entrepreneur Harland Sanders, who started selling fried chicken dishes during the Great Depression(1929). The original KFC product is fried chicken pieces in breadcrumbs consisting of eleven herbs and spices. The components of this mixture, developed personally by Sanders, are a trade secret. The company uses the slogan It’s finger lickin' good (так вкусно, что пальчики оближешь), which was replaced by Nobody does chicken like KFC (Никто не готовит курицу так, как KFC),then So good (Очень вкусно). Then the slogan was changed back to the first one. Harland Sanders was born in 1890 and grew up on a farm near Henryville, Indiana.[1] At the age of five, he lost his father, after which Sanders' mother began working at a cannery.[2] As the eldest son, Harland looked after the two younger children.[2] When Harland turned seven, his mother began teaching him how to cook.[1] At the age of thirteen, Sanders left his father's house and began to earn a living on his own. He changed several professions, working with more or less success[3]. In 1930, he took possession of a Shell gas station on U.S. Route 25. The station was located near the town of North Corbin, Kentucky, based on the edge of the Appalachian Mountains[2]. By June of the same year, he had converted the station's pantry into a small dining room, putting his own dining table in it. Sanders offered steaks and country ham to passing motorists. It took Sanders 35 minutes to cook the dish in an iron pan. He intended to shorten the duration of the procedure, but he did not want to cook deep-fried chicken, considering that he makes the dish dry, hard and unevenly fried [10]. On the other hand, when he prepared portions in advance, he did not always manage to sell them all[1]. In 1939, pressure cookers first appeared on the market, primarily intended for cooking vegetables[11]. Having acquired a pressure cooker, Sanders adapted it for frying under pressure ruen and began using it in his cafe [12]. The new method reduced the cooking time to the level of deep-frying, while, according to Sanders, it retained the culinary advantages of the old method[10]. In July 1940, Sanders created the final recipe for his famous blend of 11 herbs and spices[13]. He never fully disclosed it, however, mentioned the use of salt and pepper. Sanders claimed that all the other ingredients "are on everyone's shelf" Canada Due to the fact that a significant part of the population of the Canadian province of Quebec is French—speaking, the company in this area operates under the HALL brand (French Poulet frit Kentucky - fried chicken from Kentucky). As of 2013, the chain had more than 200 restaurants and fast food cafes. 68 KFC restaurants have been opened in Kazakhstan. Of these, 30 are located in Almaty. As of October 9, 2020, 960 KFC restaurants have been opened in Russia. China KFC is the largest restaurant chain in the People's Republic of China, 4,563 outlets of the company are located in the country[142]. The first of them opened in November 1987 near the city gates of Beijing, becoming the first Western cafe in the country.
