[E] Zipping Through The Drive-Thru

LET'S UNLOCK WORDS AND PHRASES 🔐

exhausted

[ ig-ˈzaws-tid ]

adjective

- really, really tired

My father is completely exhausted.

cashier

[ ka-ˈsheer ]

noun

- the person who takes the money when you buy something

I work at a bookstore as a cashier once a week.

vegetarian

[ vej-i-tair-ee-uhn ]

adjective

- without meat products

There are plenty of vegetarian dishes to choose from.

picky eater

phrase

- someone who doesn't like many different kinds of food

He's a very picky eater .

in the mood

phrase

- wanting to do something

I am not in the mood to argue.

LET'S READ! 📖

Direction: Read the passage aloud. Then, read it silently.

23-RE-Zipping Through the Drive-Thru

COMPREHENSION CHECK 🧠 A. Direction: Choose the correct answer to the following questions.

COMPREHENSION CHECK

What has made the person in the text hungry?
a. Waiting for the bus and hailing taxis.
b. Walking around the park.
c. Talking to a friend.
d. Waiting for the train
1. What is the person's mood regarding cooking?
  a. The person doesn't know how to cook.
  
  b. The person wants to cook.
  
  c. The person is not in the mood to cook.
  
  d. The person likes eating.
What are some of the restaurant choices mentioned in the text?
a. Fries, steak, vegetable salad, and Asian cuisines

b. Egg, fruit, pizza, salad, and Japanese cuisines

c. Steaks, vegetarian meals, burgers, pizza, and ethnic cuisine from various countries

d. pizza, burgers, salad, spaghetti, and seafood
What do restaurants now post on their menus?
a. carbohydrate counts

b. protein counts

c. calcium counts

d. calorie counts
How can you order fast food at a drive-thru?
a. You have to go directly to the cashier's window and then pay.

b. You can tell a machine your order, and when you reach the payment window, the cashier will have your order ready.

c. You have to use a mobile app to pay for your order.

d. You can just pay online and have your order delivered to your home.

B. Direction: Answer the following questions based on the article.

What are people conscious of?
What healthy choices do restaurants provide?
What does the speaker feel while waiting for the bus?
Based on the text, who will also feel happy about the choices the restaurant has offered?
What are the two things the speaker mentioned that are hard to decide?

C. Direction: Match the words in column A with their synonyms in column B.