Use the words from the text to complete the sentences: 1) You can preserve plums if you dry them in hot, dry places. 2) Scientists found that freezing makes ______ grow much more slowly. 3) If you have electricity, you can ______ food to preserve it. 4) There are many different ______ for preserving food, like salting and drying. 5) Food is ______ by lorries from farms to supermarkets. 6) Bacteria ______ meat if it is not kept in the fridge. 7) When we dry something, the water is ______ from it. 8) Ice cream is a frozen ______. 9) In ______, people put vegetables into cans before they are taken to shops. 10) Scientists ______ different ways to preserve food a long time ago. 11) Although drying is a ______ method, people still use it today. 12) If food is completely sealed into a ______, no air can get in.

1. You can preserve plums if you dry them in hot, dry places.
2. Scientists found that freezing makes bacteria grow much more slowly.
3. If you have electricity, you can freeze food to preserve it.
4. There are many different methods for preserving food, like salting and drying.
5. Food is transported by lorries from farms to supermarkets.
6. Bacteria spoils meat if it is not kept in the fridge.
7. When we dry something, the water is removed from it.
8. Ice cream is a frozen food.
9. In the past, people put vegetables into cans before they are taken to shops.
10. Scientists invented different ways to preserve food a long time ago.
11. Although drying is a traditional method, people still use it today.
12. If food is completely sealed into a container, no air can get in.

Перевод слов: bacteria — бактерии; freeze — замораживать; methods — методы; transported — перевозится; spoils — портит; removed — удалена; food — пища; the past — прошлое; invented — изобрели; traditional — традиционный; container — контейнер.