Sliced Bread

10/10/2020 5:14:00 PM
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Do you know?

  • Bread is one of the world’s oldest prepared foods. Sliced bread, however, has been around for less than a century.
  • Sliced bread is a loaf of bread that has been pre-sliced with a machine and packaged for convenience, as opposed to the consumer cutting it with a bread knife. 

Let's get to know this food!

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This type of bread is around 90 years old. Image: wikipedia.org

 

Listen and choose the correct answer.

  • What was the problem of the electric toaster?
  • Why didn't the bakers want to sell sliced bread?

What was the problem of the electric toaster?

  • It was too big.
  • It was too thick.
  • It sliced bread unevenly.

Why didn't the bakers want to sell sliced bread?

  • The sliced bread went off too fast.
  • The sliced bread was eaten so quickly.
  • The sliced bread was easy to burn.
Complete the text you are listening to by dragging the correct word to each blank.
 
Sliced Bread
 
Buy a of bread. It is sliced. Before, if you bought a loaf of bread, it was not sliced. When did it change?

The toaster was invented in 1905. This invention made it easier to toast bread, but there was a . Too thick or unevenly sliced bread burned. So another new invention was made. This invention was a bread slicer. It was invented in 1928.

What did think? They still did not want to sliced bread. Why not? The sliced bread would become stale too quickly. Yet another new invention changed this! What was it? It was a type of bag. It was made of cellophane. The thin, light cellophane kept the sliced bread from going .

Read and answer the following questions.

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Sliced bread

Buy a loaf of bread. It is sliced. Before, if you bought a loaf of bread, it was not sliced. When did it change?

The electric toaster was invented in 1905. This invention made it easier to toast bread, but there was a problem. Too thick or unevenly sliced bread burned. So another new invention was made. 

This invention was a bread slicer. It was invented in 1928.

What did bakers think? They still did not want to sell sliced bread. Why not? The sliced bread would become stale too quickly. Yet another new invention changed this! What was it? It was a type of bag. It was made of cellophane. The thin, light cellophane kept the sliced bread from going stale.

Source: Daily Warm-ups 2

The electric toaster was invented _____

  • in 1928.
  • after the bread slicer.
  • before the bread slicer.
  • before bread became stale.
What is the opposite of stale?
  • fresh
  • light
  • sliced
  • black

From the story, you can tell that _____

  • nothing new needs to be invented.
  • the best inventions were before 1905.
  • all inventions have to do with bread.
  • one invention may lead to another invention.
Put the right word in each blank. The sentences are from the text. 
 
1. Buy a of bread.
 
2. The toaster was invented in 1905.
 
3. This invention made it easier to toast bread, but there was a . 
 
4. What did think?
 
5. They still did not want to sliced bread.
 
6. The thin, light cellophane kept the sliced bread from going .
 

Put the right word in each blank. These are new sentences for words in the text.

1. The noise from his guitar made me irritated.

2. The cake had gone so let's eat something else.

3. The grocery store near my school drinks and snacks.

4. I'm having with my online learning.

5. Ask the to slice the for you.