Read this news why McDonald's Pulls Out of Iceland
เด็กๆ วัยรุ่นและ ผู้ใหญ่ในบ้านเราชอบกิน McDonald กัน แต่ในทางกลับกันในบางประเทศเขาจะยกเลิกการของกันแล้ว เช่นในประเทศ Iceland มาอ่านข่าวนี้กันว่าเป็นเพราะเหตุใด เนื้อหาเหมาะสำหรับนักเรียนช่วงชั้น 3 และ 4
McDonald's Pulls Out of Iceland
McDonald’s restaurants in Iceland sold their last hamburgers on Saturday night as the fast food giant pulled out of the country. Rising food costs forced executives to pull the plug on operations in Iceland. Thousands of people lined up at the fast food giant’s three Icelandic restaurants. The world's biggest restaurant chain announced its outlets were packed in the last few days of business. Managers said they were selling 10,000 burgers a day. A customer called Siggi told the Reuters news agency: "It's my last chance for a while to have a real Big Mac. With the economy as it is, I won't be traveling abroad any time soon." He added: "It's not that I'm a big fan of McDonald's, but a Big Mac now and then adds to variety."
A combination of things led to MacDonald’s closing its doors in Iceland. The country was hit particularly hard by the global financial crisis. Many of its banks collapsed, causing a lack of confidence and a sharp decrease in the value of Iceland’s currency. This greatly increased the cost of importing food from abroad. Another factor that caused McDonald’s to close was a global trading rule that it must buy ingredients from Germany. The ‘Iceland Review’ newspaper reported: "The low exchange rate in addition to high tariffs have doubled the company's expenses for meat, cheese, vegetables and other products and challenged its profitability.” The paper said a new burger restaurant would start using Icelandic produce.
1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).
| a. | Iceland’s government asked McDonald’s to leave the country. | T / F |
| b. | The price of food in Iceland forced McDonald’s to quit the country. | T / F |
| c. | McDonald’s restaurants in Iceland usually sell 10,000 burgers a day. | T / F |
| d. | A customer said he would leave Iceland soon to eat a Big Mac. | T / F |
| e. | Iceland suffered very badly in the global financial crisis. | T / F |
| f. | The value of Iceland’s currency increased a lot. | T / F |
| g. | McDonald’s in Iceland had to buy its food from Germany. | T / F |
| h. | A paper said there would be no more burger restaurants in Iceland. | T / F |
2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.
| 1. | pulled out | a. | food |
| 2 | pull the plug | b. | crowded |
| 3. | lined up | c. | especially |
| 4. | packed | d. | quit |
| 5. | any time soon | e. | fall |
| 6. | combination | f. | in the near future |
| 7. | particularly | g. | exited |
| 8. | decrease | h. | taxes |
| 9. | tariffs | i. | queued |
| 10. | produce | j. | mix |
3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)
| 1. | the fast food giant pulled out | a. | last few days |
| 2 | pull the plug | b. | Icelandic produce |
| 3. | its outlets were packed in the | c. | fan of McDonald's |
| 4. | It's my last | d. | particularly hard |
| 5. | I'm a big | e. | on operations |
| 6. | A combination of things led | f. | importing food |
| 7. | The country was hit | g. | of the country |
| 8. | greatly increased the cost of | h. | exchange rate |
| 9. | The low | i. | chance for a while |
| 10. | a new burger restaurant would start using | j. | to MacDonald’s closing |
กิจกรรมเสนอแนะ
1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘fast’ and ‘food’.
| fast | food
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- Share your findings with your partners.
- Make questions using the words you found.
- Ask your partner / group your questions.
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