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TEXT THIRTEEN                      FAST FOOD AND TV DINNERS                 From 26. -- fast dinners at home the next step was quick eating while
                                                                            on 27. the road. At this time also the love for TV was combined with
Americans are 1.a very energetic and mobile people, always on 2. the        28. the fascination for 29. the automobile. It is not odd that with the
run, rushing from one appointment to another, from a PTA meeting to a       development of the superhighways America saw the beginning of 30. --
social planning committee. They have very little time to spend prepar-      fast food chains. McDonald’s paved the way with its variety of burgers
ing 3. -- elaborate everyday meals to be eaten at 4. -- leisure. In many    and shakes soon to be followed by all kinds of 31. -- other foods. To-
homes it is rare for 5. the whole family to sit down at 6. -- supper to-    day dozens of fast-food chain franchises can be found along 32. --
gether. Clubs and commitments force them to grab 7. a quick meal            highways, in 33. -- modern shopping malls and scattered throughout
rather than 8. a sit-down supper.                                           34. -- neighborhoods in America. Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, Roy Roger’s,
When they do have 9. the chance to eat at home often the working            Burger King and Wendy’s are just 35. a few of the fast-food chains
housewife prefers to prepare meals which can be quickly heated and          which are now part of American culture. They offer chicken, donuts,
consumed. It is no wonder, therefore, that America has become 10. a         tacos and pizza, all quickly produced in great quantities for the masses.
sanctuary for 11. -- fast food consumption.
                                                                            TEXT FOURTEEN               HITCHHIKING ON THE OPEN ROAD
This great transformation occurred after 12. -- World War II when
many women began to work 13. -- full-time jobs and were spending            Since 1. the auto is 2. the main source of 3. -- travel in America and
less time at home with their families. Women, however, wanted to            distances between major cities are far, 4. a common way of getting
function well in the capacity of homemaker, as well as that of career       around the country is by 5. -- hitchhiking. Although it is not illegal, 6.
woman but time became 14. a precious commodity which had to be              -- law enforcers and most people in 7. -- authority, especially school
carefully used.                                                             administrators, try to discourage people, especially the young, from
                                                                            traveling this way. Most people, however, are aware of 8. the dangers
Therefore, it was necessary to make her life easier at home in the          which one can encounter by hitchhiking but 9. the money saved by
preparation of the family dinner. Simultaneously with 15. – women           doing so is often 10. a just compensation for 11. the risk involved. 12.
entering 16. the job market there was also 17. a shifting of the focus of   The word hitchhiking entered the English language around 1925 when
home entertainment from 18. the radio to 19. the television. Television     13. the automobile became 14. a popular means of transportation.
became the latest fad in the fifties and no one wanted to miss his or her   Anyone can hitchhike. There are no age limitations but it is especially
favorite televised program. 20. The place for the evening’s supper          popular with 15. -- college students trying to go cross-country or 16.
shifted from the dining room to the living room.                            an overseas traveler hoping to discover America. Some hitchhikers
                                                                            may even be 17. -- homeless or runaway youths who have no real sense
As the customs changed, so did the culture. The immediate solution for      of where they are going but are eager to leave their hometowns. The
this was 21. the invention of the TV dinner. These were 22. -- frozen       hitchhiker usually stands at the entrance ramps of highways or along
meals which were sectioned off into 23. -- portions of meat and vege-       the road itself with fingers clenched and 18. the thumb of 19. the right
tables. They could easily be popped into 24. an oven and prepared           hand extended and pointing to 20. the direction of the traffic. This is
within 25. -- minutes. The tin trays in which they were served were         called “thumbing 21. a ride”, 22. an expression coined in 23. the late
conveniently carried into the living room and dinner was consumed in        1930s, which is also another name for hitchhiking. Any motorist seeing
front of a TV set. Cleaning up afterwards was no problem. The tin trays     24. a person on the roadside with this hand gesture is quick to recog-
were easily tossed into the garbage.                                        nize his intention and reserves the right to give or decline him 25. a lift

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