Discuss the following questions in groups or pairs.
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What did you like as a treat when you were a child? How many chocolate bars do you think you would be able to eat in the same day? Do you have a sweet tooth or do you prefer salty food? |
Candy is everywhere
during Halloween season. It is stacked for weeks in ceiling-high piles at the
supermarket. It is pooled in giant bowls on people's desks at work. Teachers
hand it out at school. On Halloween night, homeowners everywhere load it by the
handful into trick-or-treaters' pumpkin buckets. And even after the big night
itself, it is sold in discount bins throughout the land.
So adding it all
together, how much Halloween candy do we devour?
Confectionery sales for Halloween in the United States are around $2.3 billion. Indeed, Halloween candy sales continue to rise by 1 to 3 percent
each year. Divvying up the total
among the U.S. population, the average American will spend about $7.36 on
Halloween candy this year. "Snack-sized versions of the candies that are
popular year-round are also the most popular at Halloween," Whiteside told
Life's Little Mysteries. "The focus is typically on small, individually
wrapped single-serve packages of chocolate and non-chocolate candies."
Of course, one type of
candy becomes popular during Halloween that is not often eaten the rest of the
year: candy corn. "About 35 million pounds of candy corn was made
for the season," Whiteside said. That's 1.76 ounces, or about 27
individual candy corns, for each and every American.
As you might have
suspected, Halloween is "the largest confectionery holiday,"
Whiteside said, followed by Easter, the Christmas/winter holiday, and finally
Valentine's Day.
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Adapted from
an article in LiveScience.com by Natalie Wolchover
Reading Comprehension: Say whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE
1.During the Halloween season you can find special sizes of typical chocolate bars.
2.Candy sales are always increasing.3.People spend hundreds of dollars on candy.
4.Candy corn is the most popular candy in this season.
5.In terms of candy consumption, Easter is slightly bigger than Halloween.
Vocabulary: Match the verbs to their definitions. Find the examples in the text to help you.
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1.Stack
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A. Accumulate within a contained area.
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2.Pool
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B. Divide or share.
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3.Hand out
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C. Cover or envelop something.
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4.Divvy up
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D. Place or arrange in a pile.
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5.Wrap
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E. Distribute.
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