- •Vocabulary Names of meals
- •Be sure that you know the names of plates, dishes and cutlery which we use when we lay the table or cook a meal
- •Names of primary products
- •Names of dishes
- •Names of dishes the English people like to have for breakfast
- •Names of sweet things and nuts
- •Here are the names of things that make our food more tasty and piquant
- •Learn the names of some drinks (beverages)
- •Here are the names of vegetables you should remember
- •Let’s learn the names of some berries and fruits
- •Remember the adjectives which people usually use when they speak about dishes, drinks, fruit and berries
- •Important phrases that can come in handy when speaking about meals
- •Learn the wordlist which can help you to describe the way of preparing your favourite dish
- •Exercises
- •Visiting the British at Home
- •Entertaining a guest at the table
- •Speaking practice
- •2. Find in the dialogue English equivalents for the following:
- •3. Answer these questions:
- •4. Say if the phrases below are true or false:
- •If the phrases are false If the phrases are true
- •5. Paraphrase using the words and phrases from the text:
- •6. Fill in the blanks with the pronouns some, any, anything, somewhere, anywhere:
- •10. What might you say to the person/people with you in a restaurant if ...
- •12. A. Close the right column of the table and try to translate the left one. Then check up yourselves. Work in pairs.
- •1. Act the following dialogues in English:
- •2. Render the texts. Еда в Британии.
- •Еда в нашей семье.
- •Правила поведения за столом.
- •Compare english, american, russian and mordovian meals
- •The Public Talks
- •In Favour of British Food
- •Baked beans
- •Fat America
- •Virgins & Cheese Products
- •Hamburger Heaven
- •38 Billion Burgers
- •American Drinks
- •Eating out in britain
- •Eating out in the usa
- •Note the lexical difference between British and American English.
- •Russian meals
- •2. Do you know … ?
- •6. Complete these sentences about yourself and your country.
- •7. Think about the typical cooking in your country and make a list of ten or twelve basic ingredients. Mordovian Meals
- •2. Do you know … ?
- •Boiled meat-pies
- •Ingredients
- •Fried meat
- •Ingredients
- •Crucian in sour cream
- •Ingredients
- •1. Match the names of the Mordovian dishes with their descriptions.
- •2. Fill in the blanks.
- •1. Read the texts. Mark the stresses and tunes. Learn them by heart. A) The Custom of Having Meals in England
- •B) The Custom of Having Meals in Russia
- •Meals in the priestleys’ family
- •2. Compare the procedure of laying the table in your family and in the Priesteys’ family. Restaurants in hungary
- •Listen to the tape and mark true and false statements.
- •Listen to the tape again and fill in the missing words and prepositions.
- •Answer the following questions in written form.
- •II Listening and comprehension
- •2. 1. Listen to the manager at Burger Palace discussing with Carol. Check your comprehension choosing the correct answer to the following questions.
- •Eating out
- •1. Look through the vocabulary.
- •3. Listen to the people who are going out to eat. Write numbers in the box on the right to show in which order the events take place on the tape.
- •4. Answer the questions below.
- •5. Listen to the dialogues again and choose the correct continuation of the sentences.
- •6. Here is the second part of the conversation. Listen to the recording and put down the missing words and the pronouns.
- •7. Make up your own conversation using the vocabulary of the recording. What's on the menu
- •I. Listening and comprehension tasks
- •1.1. Listen to the people complaining about the service at a restaurant and answer the questions that follow.
- •At the table
- •1.3. Here some more new words and word combinations that you will hear in the recording.
- •II. Listening and comprehension tasks
- •2.2. Listen to the interview again. It has been divided into three parts and you will hear a beep at the end of each part. Choose the answer which best expresses the main idea of that part.
- •2.3. Listen to each part of the interview again and decide whether the statements below are True or False.
- •III. Follow up activity
- •Comparing table manners
- •II. Listening and comprehension tasks
- •2.1. Listen to the recording and decide whether the statements below are True or False.
- •2.2. Listen again and from the list below choose the table manners that are being discussed in the сonversation.
- •2.3. When listening this time note down briefly what Stephen answers to the following questions.
- •2.4. Listen to the interview again comparing the table manners indifferent countries so as to complete the chart below.
- •III. Language focus and auditory memory check
- •3.1. The adverbs in the box are all from the recording. Listen to it again and insert the suitable adverb in the gaps.
- •3.2. Translate into English using the vocabulary of the recording.
- •IV. Follow up activity
- •Mr. Jone's visit
- •2. Mark statements as True or False.
- •3. Fill in the missing part of the sentence.
- •Meals in different countries
- •Recipes
- •Karen and pat
- •3. What do you have for a typical breakfast, lunch and dinner? Complete the You column in the chart.
- •5. Find out what sort of things other people in your class eat, drink or use in their cooking.
- •Watching the first date
- •1. Matthew is on a first date with Dawn. Watch Part 1 and decide whether these statements are true or false.
- •3. What went wrong? Watch part 2 and put the sentences in order.
- •4. Watch again and complete these extracts.
- •5. Match the sentences in 3 with the extracts in 4.
- •8. Complete the expressions below. They are all things you may hear in a restaurant. What is the hidden expression?
- •9. Put the expressions in 8 in the order you would expect to hear them.
- •10. Do you know any more expressions you might hear in a restaurant?
- •11. Work in groups of three. Act out a situation between a waiter/ waitress and two customers. Use some of the expressions in 2 and 8 and the menu below. Restaurant Co Co
- •Additional material russian proverbs about meals:
- •Proverbs and sayings
- •Recipes warm lobster with herb & almond dressing
- •836 Cals per serving
- •Ingredients:
- •Lobster & summer vegetable tartlets
- •445 Cals per serving for 4 as a starter;
- •665Cals per serving for 4 as a main course
- •Ingredients:
- •4. To serve, divide the vegetables between the pastry cases. Add the lobster meat and a spoonful of the cream. Garnish with chopped chervil and serve with lime slices. Mussel & saffron pilaff
- •435 Cals per serving
- •Ingredients:
- •Mussel, leek & herb salad
- •225 Cals per serving
- •Ingredients:
- •Crab & orange salad
- •740Cals per serving
- •Ingredients:
- •Hot devilled crab
- •842Cals per serving
- •Ingredients:
- •Chicken and apple salad
- •Ingredients:
- •Apple and cream cheese pudding
- •Ingredients:
- •Veal chops with apple sauce
- •Ingredients:
- •Eating the alphabet
- •Grape fruit
- •Grapefruit fruit
- •Literature
The Public Talks
What do you think of British food? If you've been to Britain, we're sure you've got an opinion. We asked the general public for their ideas, and this is what they said. Do you agree with any of the comments?
Against British Food
“No matter where you stop to eat in France, you are guaranteed good food. Even the more basic meals such as steak-au-poivre or chips and salad are always great. The same cannot be said of Britain; and it's normally a surprise if any cheap meal in this country is decent”. Graeme, England.
“Traditional British food gives me indigestion”. Tina, Norway.
“I don't want to hurt anyone but English food is boring if you compare it with French food. There is a real lack of imagination and creativity”. Paula, Italy.
“I went to England for 3 months and I found that English products are without any taste. All foreigners complain about English food. It's famous”. Elena, Russia.
“I'm a Scotsman who is married to a French lady and I can honestly say that there is not a lot of difference between everyday French food and everyday British food. However, the big difference is that most motorway service stations in France serve better food than is served in restaurants in Britain!” Jim, Scotland.
“Traditional British cooking is unappealing, unimaginative and unappetizing. As has been said before: “The French live to eat; the British eat to live”. Sam, Lichtenstein.
“Talking of British Cuisine is like talking about German humour, French generosity; Italian self-control; and American modesty”. Mark, Canada.
“The service that is provided in restaurants and cafes must be the world's worst”. Lee, China.
In Favour of British Food
“Well, if British food is bland compared to the rest of Europe – at least its safe to eat. The French for example have an extremely bad reputation for hygiene”. Jim Brunton, Wales.
“OK, so British food isn't great, but what great contributions have other countries made? Germany? Sauerkraut and sausages! France? Horse meat, snails and frogs' legs! Eastern Europe? Boiled meat and potatoes!” Sandra, Spain.
“People's opinion of British food is all based on ignorance. They assume that we eat potatoes with everything. But did you know, you rarely get a cheap meal anywhere in Europe that does not come with chips, especially France. The difference is that we don't boast about our local cuisine”. Michael, England.
“The British are much more adventurous when it comes to food – and that's why they have one of the most varied selection of international restaurants anywhere. When I was in Britain, I once went to a pub in the East End of London that was serving Columbian tapas!” Paula, Luxembourg.
“British food is great. When I'm in England I can wake up and have an “English” breakfast, a slice of “Italian” pizza at lunchtime, “Indian” curry for dinner and a “Turkish” kebab on the way home from the club. What more could you ask for!” Kenneth, Mongolia.
“I first went to England as a student many years ago and I remember that all the food had no spices. You had to put black pepper and salt on everything. However, all those cheap dinners of fish and chips and baked beans kept me alive and healthy during my days as a student, and I'll never forget it”. Bobby, USA.
“There's no country like England for a good, healthy nourishing bowl of thick soup”. Crac, Ireland.
“Having just finished a lunch of meat pies, I can honestly say that I enjoy British food. Oh French cuisine is fine, but I just find it difficult to hold my nose for any length of time”. Juice, USA.
‘The best thing about visiting the UK is traditional British food. The best breakfast I've ever had is served at the bus station in Exmouth for 3,75 British pounds. So to blazes with the French! And pass the brown sauce please”. Peter, USA.
“Anyone who says they don't like British food hasn't tried roast gammon in cider with fresh vegetables”. Shirley, Switzerland.
“Who gives a damn what the French think of our cooking!” Jeanette, England.
“Britain has the best choice of foreign and ethnic restaurants in the world.” Pauline, Canada.