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Unit 3 Overview In this unit you will: Read a report about GM food Take a test on fast reading Read a humorous story about preparing dinner through the Internet Read an interesting essay on the metaphors of food D. Discussing the following topics. 1. What is “genetically modified food”? Are you in favor of consuming GM food? Why? 答案：Genetically modified food is made from crops and vegetables genetically changed by scientists. GM food has aroused great dissentions among governments, scientists, farmers, and consumers. On one hand are the high quality crops due to the gene technique, on the other hand are the potential risks.（ While giving your ideas, consider the interests of different peoples.） 2.Whats your comment on the last sentence of the article: “its consumers who will have the final word”? From the text? we can see that the food fight between the U.S. and the E. U. comes as much from the concern for their own interests as from safety considerations. While the E. U. banned the non-proved GM food from the U.S., France is still churning out GM crops. Anyway, it shows? that people are more alert to the potential dangers of the GM food. （Your comments can be positive or negative. Consider that while the consumers attitudes determine the popularity of the GM food, the government, scientific research, media propaganda and other factors can influence the consumers decisions.） B. Discussing the following topics. 1. Please illustrate briefly how Margaret arranged her feast. If you have had the experience of shopping through the Internet, please give an account of it. 答案 Since Margaret had to get all she needed though the Internet, she first ordered a new salt shaker and a tablecloth through , and got coffee and beans respectively at and . After a lot of troubles, she finally got goose liver at G for real food. She then got a cake at in California. To solve the problem of fresh vegetables she hit . And she got ham through / collection. She also ordered flowe