Vending machines

The needs of today’s market place are constantly changing. Demands for product and service are growing. Various vending machines help to meet the needs of modern society by providing economical and consumer-orientated light refreshment systems.

Vending machines have many advantages. They save consumer’s time, bring high-demand commodities to places of work and recreation, improve standards of service. Vending machines can be widely used at railway and underground stations, at airports and bus terminals, in department stores and supermarkets, at popular resorts. Automatic cafes, cafeterias and buffets equipped with vending machines can operate there.

Depending on the version vending machines may sell a variety of the following drinks: cold soft drinks carbonated or still, in cups, bottled, canned or in square cartons, fresh-brew coffee or tea, black or white, with or without sugar, broth, juices. They can also sell sandwiches, dairy products, bread and cakes, chocolate, sweets, fruit, chewing gum, vegetable oils, as well as newspapers and all kinds of dairy necessities.

Food is held in vending machines at optimum temperature and humidity, some of it is made ready for consumption just before being sold. The weight of volume of helpings is automatically controlled.

Standard equipment also includes coin changes with change coins of different value to obtain the right combination for insertion in vending machines.

2. Найдите в тексте слова и словосочетания, эквивалентные следующим: порция; предметы первой необходимости;  свежезаваренный; молочные продукты; торговые автоматы; жвачка; преимущества;  оптимальная температура;   безалкогольные напитки;  ориентированное на потребителя; растительные масла.

3. Назовите в какой последовательности перечисленные ниже утверждения встречаются в тексте.

         1) Места установки торговых автоматов.

         2) Достоинства торговых автоматов.

         3) Разменные автоматы

         4) Значение торговых автоматов для современного общества.

         5) Условия содержания продуктов в торговых автоматах.

         6) Продукты, реализуемые с помощью торговых автоматов.

4. Исходя из содержания текста заполните пропуски в следующих высказываниях:

Vending machines help to meet the needs of a modern society because …. Vending machines have many …. They save …, bring …, improve …. Venders can be used at …, at … and …, in … and …, at popular ….

Vending machines can sell the following drinks: …. Venders can also sell such foods as … and many kinds of daily necessities, such as ….

5. Замените модальные глаголы их эквивалентами (can – to be able to; may – to be allowed to; must – should, to have to, to be to):

1. Sunflower seeds must be transported to the factory to further processing. 2. You may use either fat or oil in breadmaking.  3. Corn germ must be separated from the kernel. 4. In this case edible oils must be substituted for mineral ones. 4. Fat tissues of meat could be used for recovering fat. 5. Many plant seeds can be used for oil production.