1. What is the text about?
2. What is the purpose of the text?
3. What are chopsticks made from?
4. Which country (countries) use chopsticks for eating?
5. Have you ever eaten with chopsticks? When and where do you usually eat with chopsticks?
6. What do the underlined words refer to?
a) "It may look complicated..." (opening paragraph)
b) "it lies at the base of your thumb..." (step 1)
c) "toward the stationary one." (step 4)
d) "as you lift it toward your mouth." (step 6)
7. Find the words in the text that have the same meanings as these words orphrases.
a) at the same position :
b) not move
c) strongly
d) seize firmly
e) lower part
