Thank you for the questions. Here is a mock interview with Matt O'Connor:
Who are you and what is your business?
My name is Matt O'Connor and I run Icecreamatists, an ice cream shop in Covent Garden, London.
What inspired you to make breast milk ice cream?
I wanted to completely reinvent ice cream and do something interesting that hasn't been done in over 100 years. Breast milk seemed like a natural ingredient to explore.
Why did you decide to use human breast milk?
Breast milk is one of the most natural substances for babies. I thought if it's good enough for babies, why not try using it in ice cream? It has
3. Agree or disagree with the following statements. Explain your opinions.
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Women are better at looking after babies than men
Babies should be fed with mother’s milk
Babyfood is better than do-it-yourself
It is okay for babies to drink the milk of another woman
Ice cream is good for babies
babies
4. What do you think?
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Breast-milk Ice Cream
Breast-milk ice cream is on sale in….
a. London b. Rome c. Madrid
The name of this new ice cream is…
a. Lady Gaga b. Gaga Googoo c. Baby Gaga
The ice cream costs…
a. £5 b. £8 c. £14
For a third of a litre of breast milk, the ice-cream parlour is offering mothers…
a. £6 b. £9 d. £15
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5. Match the words on the left with their definitions on the right scoop
Match the phrases left to right
6. Read and complete with the words below
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Breast-milk Ice Cream
Would you eat a breast milk ice cream? One London ice cream maker is so sure the public will go
_______ for his new breast milk flavour, he’s enlisted the services of 15 _______ mums to stock
the fridge at his Covent Garden parlour.
Matt O’Connor, who runs Icecreamatists, is offering mums £15 for a third of a litre of breast milk.
“No one’s done anything interesting with ice cream in the last 100 years,” said Matt, explaining
the unusual move. “We wanted to completely reinvent it.”
One mum who’s supplying the parlour is Victoria Hiley, from Leeds. “What’s the _______ in using
my _______ for a bit of extra cash? There’s nothing more natural than fresh, free- _______
mother’s milk in an ice cream,” she told The Metro.
The ice cream is flavoured with Madacagascan vanilla and lemon zest and will be freshly _______
into an ice cream, called Baby Gaga, retailing at a _______ £14!
“Some people will hear about it and go, yuck!” said Matt. “But actually it’s ______, organic and
totally natural.”
Is Matt’s plan gaga or genius? Let us know what you think.
7. What adjectives do you think you will hear in the video?
How do you think the adjectives will be used? Make sentences. scoop
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“What! Breast milk ice cream? That is disgusting,” I hear you cry as you _______ on your Corn Flakes.
It’s pure, it’s ______, it’s organic, and it’s ___________ .
If it’s good _______ for our kids, it’s good _______ to use in our ice cream.
In response to an internet advert, some women _______________...
But what does the average _________ on the street _______?
What do the _________ girls in the world think?
It’s a really disgusting thought, but after ________ it it’s really good.
The ice cream is screened to ________ standards…
How could anybody _________ say this is disgusting?
Just joking. It’s very healthy ________ and perfectly normal.
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