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The picture below shows a couple of young people choosing their food from a food truck. They seem to be enjoying what they are doing. When did food trucks start? What did they offer? Who came up with the idea? Read the text to find out.

Poniższe zdjęcie przedstawia młodych ludzi zamawiających jedzenie w food trucku. Wygląda na to, że sprawia im to przyjemność. Kiedy powstały food trucki? Jaką miały ofertę? Kto jest pomysłodawcą food trucków? Przeczytaj tekst, aby się dowiedzieć.

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What’s the history of food trucks?
Jaka jest historia food trucków?
Źródło: dostępny w internecie: www.freepik.com [dostęp 24.08.2022], domena publiczna.
Exercise 1
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Match the words to their definitions. chuckwagon Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. a person who cuts down trees, 2. a vehicle with four wheels pulled by horses where was food was served, 3. a thin, red-brown sausage, 4. a place where men can have their hair cut, 5. a person who sells something logger Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. a person who cuts down trees, 2. a vehicle with four wheels pulled by horses where was food was served, 3. a thin, red-brown sausage, 4. a place where men can have their hair cut, 5. a person who sells something wiener Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. a person who cuts down trees, 2. a vehicle with four wheels pulled by horses where was food was served, 3. a thin, red-brown sausage, 4. a place where men can have their hair cut, 5. a person who sells something barbershop Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. a person who cuts down trees, 2. a vehicle with four wheels pulled by horses where was food was served, 3. a thin, red-brown sausage, 4. a place where men can have their hair cut, 5. a person who sells something vendor Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. a person who cuts down trees, 2. a vehicle with four wheels pulled by horses where was food was served, 3. a thin, red-brown sausage, 4. a place where men can have their hair cut, 5. a person who sells something
Źródło: GroMar Sp. z o.o., licencja: CC BY-SA 3.0.

Have you ever tried anything from a food truck? Read the text to learn more about the history of food trucks.

History Of Food Trucks
Dorota Giżyńska History Of Food Trucks

Did you realise that there are more than 23,000 food trucks in America? In recent years, the culture of food trucks has gainedgained [gain]gained enormousenormousenormous popularity, but how did it all start? Food trucks have been used for hundreds of years since the Roman era, when the first food cartscarts [cart]carts appeared. This idea graduallygraduallygradually evolvedevolved [evolve]evolved into the food truck as we know it today as trucks developed and turned into functional mobilemobilemobile kitchens.

The first food truck was the chuckwagonchuckwagonchuckwagon. It providedprovided [provide]provided loggersloggers [logger]loggers and cowboys in the American wilderness with perishableperishableperishable food. You'd often find beans, curedcured [cure]cured pork, coffee, and biscuitsbiscuits [biscuit]biscuits on a chuckwagon. Additionally, it would transport wood for fires and water. Many also served as mobile dental offices and barbershopsbarbershops [barbershop]barbershops. If you move forward to the 1890s, these early food vendorsvendors [vendor]vendors started serving food to college students. Wagons would be parked and sell sausages outside the residences of such famous universities as Yale, Princeton, and Harvard.

The Wienermobile, built in 1936, was maybe the very first food truck that we would identify as such. The Wienermobile, which sold hot dogs while it travelled the United States, was designed to promote Oscar Meyer wienerswieners [wiener]wieners. It showed up at schools, orphanagesorphanages [orphanage]orphanages, festivals, and different medical facilitiesfacilities [facility]facilities. By the 1950s, ice cream trucks began travelling across American communitiescommunities [community]communities. Children (and adults) from all around the area were drawn towere drawn to [be drawn to]were drawn to them by their upbeatupbeatupbeat music, and the food truck's popularity was starting to become clear.

Mexican loncheras (lunch trucks) have been serving delicious cuisinecuisinecuisine since the 1960s, but the first food truck to serve tacos wouldn't appear until 1974. Raul Martinez established King Taco after purchasingpurchasing [purchase]purchasing an outdatedoutdatedoutdated ice cream van. Even though his friends thought he was insaneinsaneinsane, he started a shop outside an East LA club and made $70 worthworthworth of taco sales (over $530 in today’s money) on the first night. Martinez was the first taco truck owner, but he wasn't alone for very long. „GreasegreaseGrease trucks” were a typical sight if you attended Rutgers University in 1979. These mobile food vendors offered „fat sandwiches,” which were simply rolls loaded with two cheeseburgers, fries, lettuce, and tomatoes. So wonderful, yet so unhealthy. In a few places, these food trucks were becoming very successful. The larger currentcurrentcurrent food truck revolution wouldn't start until 2008, though. You will learn more about modern food trucks in the next section.

1 Źródło: Dorota Giżyńska, licencja: CC BY-SA 3.0.
Exercise 2
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Read the text and match the numbers and dates with the correct information. 23,000 Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. real food truck revolution started, 2. how much Ral Martinez earned in one night, 3. current number of food trucks in the USA, 4. Raul Martinez started King Taco, 5. the Wienermobile was built, 6. food vendors sold sausages to American students, 7. ice cream trucks gained popularity, 8. “Grease trucks” gained popularity the 1890s Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. real food truck revolution started, 2. how much Ral Martinez earned in one night, 3. current number of food trucks in the USA, 4. Raul Martinez started King Taco, 5. the Wienermobile was built, 6. food vendors sold sausages to American students, 7. ice cream trucks gained popularity, 8. “Grease trucks” gained popularity 1936 Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. real food truck revolution started, 2. how much Ral Martinez earned in one night, 3. current number of food trucks in the USA, 4. Raul Martinez started King Taco, 5. the Wienermobile was built, 6. food vendors sold sausages to American students, 7. ice cream trucks gained popularity, 8. “Grease trucks” gained popularity the 1950s Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. real food truck revolution started, 2. how much Ral Martinez earned in one night, 3. current number of food trucks in the USA, 4. Raul Martinez started King Taco, 5. the Wienermobile was built, 6. food vendors sold sausages to American students, 7. ice cream trucks gained popularity, 8. “Grease trucks” gained popularity 1974 Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. real food truck revolution started, 2. how much Ral Martinez earned in one night, 3. current number of food trucks in the USA, 4. Raul Martinez started King Taco, 5. the Wienermobile was built, 6. food vendors sold sausages to American students, 7. ice cream trucks gained popularity, 8. “Grease trucks” gained popularity $70 Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. real food truck revolution started, 2. how much Ral Martinez earned in one night, 3. current number of food trucks in the USA, 4. Raul Martinez started King Taco, 5. the Wienermobile was built, 6. food vendors sold sausages to American students, 7. ice cream trucks gained popularity, 8. “Grease trucks” gained popularity 1979 Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. real food truck revolution started, 2. how much Ral Martinez earned in one night, 3. current number of food trucks in the USA, 4. Raul Martinez started King Taco, 5. the Wienermobile was built, 6. food vendors sold sausages to American students, 7. ice cream trucks gained popularity, 8. “Grease trucks” gained popularity 2008 Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. real food truck revolution started, 2. how much Ral Martinez earned in one night, 3. current number of food trucks in the USA, 4. Raul Martinez started King Taco, 5. the Wienermobile was built, 6. food vendors sold sausages to American students, 7. ice cream trucks gained popularity, 8. “Grease trucks” gained popularity
Źródło: GroMar Sp. z o.o., licencja: CC BY-SA 3.0.
Exercise 3
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Źródło: GroMar Sp. z o.o., licencja: CC BY-SA 3.0.
Exercise 4
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1. The first mobile perishable wagons later turned into food trucks.
2. In the wild west, food wagons sold beans and cured outdated meat.
3. Ice-cream trucks were playing upbeat grease music to attract customers.
4. The Wienermobile would stop at orphanages and medical communities facilities.
5. The insane current food truck revolution started in 2008.
Źródło: GroMar Sp. z o.o., licencja: CC BY-SA 3.0.
Exercise 5
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Read the sentences and replace the words in bold with the phrases from the text. You can type in from one to four words. 1. In recent years, food trucks have become very popular. In recent years, food trucks have Tu uzupełnij. 2. The idea of a Roman food cart slowly developed into the food truck as we know today. The idea of a Roman food cart Tu uzupełnij into the food truck as we know today. 3. Ice cream trucks attracted the attention of children and adults with their upbeat music. Children and adults from all around the area Tu uzupełnij to them by their upbeat music. 4. Raul Martinez first bought an outdated ice cream van and then he set up King Taco. Raul Martinez established King Taco after Tu uzupełnij an outdated ice cream van. 5. Raul Martinez earned $70 on the first night from selling tacos. Raul Martinez made $70 Tu uzupełnij taco sales on the first night.
Źródło: GroMar Sp. z o.o., licencja: CC BY-SA 3.0.
Exercise 6

Answer the questions below. Write 2–3 sentences.

  1. What surprised you the most about food trucks from the text?

  2. Do you buy food from food trucks? Why? Why not?

  3. Why have food trucks gained so much popularity recently?

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Źródło: GroMar Sp. z o.o., licencja: CC BY-SA 3.0.

Słownik

barbershops [barbershop]
barbershops [barbershop]

/ ˈbɑːrbərʃɑːps / / ˈbɑːrbərʃɑːp /

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Nagranie dźwiękowe

męskie zakłady fryzjerskie [męski zakład fryzjerski]

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Nagranie dźwiękowe
biscuits [biscuit]
biscuits [biscuit]

/ ˈbɪskɪts / / ˈbɪskɪt /

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Nagranie dźwiękowe

chleb biszkoptowy (in America a savoury, flour‑based bread served almost always at breakfast time)

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Nagranie dźwiękowe
carts [cart]
carts [cart]

/ kɑːts / / kɑːt /

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Nagranie dźwiękowe

wozy [wóz]

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chuckwagon
chuckwagon

/ ˈtʃʌk ˌwaɡ(ə)n /

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Nagranie dźwiękowe

wóz z kuchnią i zapasem jedzenia ciągnięty przez zaprzęg konny

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Nagranie dźwiękowe
communities [community]
communities [community]

/ kəˈmjuːnɪtɪz / / kəˈmjuːnɪti /

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lokalne społeczności [lokalna społeczność]

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Nagranie dźwiękowe
cuisine
cuisine

/ kwɪˈziːn /

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Nagranie dźwiękowe

kuchnia lokalna

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Nagranie dźwiękowe
cured [cure]
cured [cure]

/ kjʊəd / / kjʊə /

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wędzony, marynowany [wędzić, marynować]

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current
current

/ ˈkʌrənt /

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obecny/obecna, aktualny/aktualna

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enormous
enormous

/ ɪˈnɔːməs /

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ogromny/ogromna

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Nagranie dźwiękowe
evolved [evolve]
evolved [evolve]

/ ɪˈvɒlvd / / ɪˈvɒlv /

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Nagranie dźwiękowe

rozwijały się [rozwijać się]

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Nagranie dźwiękowe
facilities [facility]
facilities [facility]

/ fəˈsɪlɪtɪz / / fəˈsɪlɪti /

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Nagranie dźwiękowe

obiekty [obiekt]

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gained [gain]
gained [gain]

/ ɡeɪnd / / ɡeɪn /

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zyskały [zyskać]

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gradually
gradually

/ ˈɡrædʒʊəli /

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stopniowo

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Nagranie dźwiękowe
grease
grease

/ ɡriːs /

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tłuszcz

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insane
insane

/ ɪnˈseɪn /

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Nagranie dźwiękowe

szalony/szalona

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Nagranie dźwiękowe
loggers [logger]
loggers [logger]

/ ˈlɒɡəz / / ˈlɒɡə /

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Nagranie dźwiękowe

drwale [drwal]

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Nagranie dźwiękowe
mobile
mobile

/ ˈməʊbaɪl /

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Nagranie dźwiękowe

mobilny/mobilna

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Nagranie dźwiękowe
orphanages [orphanage]
orphanages [orphanage]

/ ˈɔːfənɪdʒɪz / / ˈɔːfənɪdʒ /

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Nagranie dźwiękowe

sierocińce [sierociniec]

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outdated
outdated

/ aʊtˈdeɪtɪd /

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przestarzały/przestarzała

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Nagranie dźwiękowe
perishable
perishable

/ ˈperɪʃəbl̩ /

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Nagranie dźwiękowe

łatwo psujący się/łatwo psująca się

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Nagranie dźwiękowe
provided [provide]
provided [provide]

/ prəˈvaɪdɪd / / prəˈvaɪd /

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Nagranie dźwiękowe

dostarczały [dostarczać]

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purchasing [purchase]
purchasing [purchase]

/ ˈpɜːtʃəsɪŋ / / ˈpɜːtʃəs /

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Nagranie dźwiękowe

nabycie, kupowanie [nabywać, kupować]

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Nagranie dźwiękowe
upbeat
upbeat

/ ˈʌpbiːt /

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Nagranie dźwiękowe

wesoły/wesoła, optymistyczny/optymistyczna

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Nagranie dźwiękowe
vendors [vendor]
vendors [vendor]

/ ˈvendəz / / ˈvendə /

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Nagranie dźwiękowe

sprzedawcy [sprzedawca/sprzedawczyni]

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Nagranie dźwiękowe
were drawn to [be drawn to]
were drawn to [be drawn to]

/ wə drɔːn tuː / / bi drɔːn tu /

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Nagranie dźwiękowe

byli przyciągani [być przyciąganym/przyciąganą]

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Nagranie dźwiękowe
wieners [wiener]
wieners [wiener]

/ ˈwiːnərz / / ˈwiːnə /

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Nagranie dźwiękowe

kiełbaski, frankfurterki [kiełbaska, frankfurterka]

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Nagranie dźwiękowe
worth
worth

/ wɜːtheta /

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Nagranie dźwiękowe

wartość

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Nagranie dźwiękowe

Źródło: GroMar Sp. z o.o., licencja: CC BY‑SA 3.0

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Źródło: GroMar Sp. z o.o., licencja: CC BY-SA 3.0.