- •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
Eating out in britain
Eating out in a restaurant is now a very popular pastime. In most towns there is a wide variety of restaurants serving different types of food at different prices. Most British towns now have Chinese or Indian restaurants which serve quite cheap food; Italian restaurants are also popular and French restaurants are famous for high quality (and expensive) cooking. Many pubs now have restaurants or grill-rooms. In some you can get a full range of food; in others the choice is more limited.
When you have looked at the menu and chosen what you want to eat, the waiter will come and take your order. Normally you tell him what you want for the first two courses; he will take your order for dessert and coffee later. (Remember that if you order coffee in Britain it will normally be served white.)
When you have finished eating, ask the waiter to bring you the bill I. In most restaurants a service charge (10-12%) is added as well as government tax (VAT). If a service charge has been added it is not necessary to give the waiter a tip, but if he has been very helpful some people like to give a small tip.
As well as restaurants most towns have a number of snack burs and cafes where you can get sandwiches and other snacks. There are also hamburger restaurants in most towns specialising in cheap meals — especially, of course, hamburgers.
A fairly recent development is the growth of take-away restaurants. Fish and chip shops have been a part of the British scene for many years and are still popular, though less so than in the past. Now there are take-away Chinese and Indian restaurants in many towns and special take-aways serving fried chicken are also popular. You go in and give your order which is cooked while you wait and packed in special containers for you to take away with you. Take-away food is cheaper than eating in restaurants, particularly because you do not have to pay VAT on it.
Read the text and discuss the cultural differences in this sphere between Britain and the USA.
Eating out in the usa
Americans eat many meals away from home, partly because they enjoy it and partly because a busy lifestyle makes cooking at home difficult. Therefore, eating while walking in public is not considered rude. It is common to eat in the car while driving, and you will notice the popularity of drive-in, fast-food restaurants. Such places provide an inexpensive meal in less than five minutes.
The United States also has many restaurants where fast-food is not served. They offer traditional American meals as well as foods from around the world. At a restaurant where you are served by a waiter or a waitress, you leave a tip (service charge) of at least 15%. A few restaurants include this charge in the bill, but most do not.
Restaurant employees rely on tips as an important part of their regular income because they do not receive high salaries. At fast food establishments, you do not leave a tip, but you should clear your table when you leave.
Unless specifically invited to eat out at a host's expense, Americans pay for their own meals when dining with friends. This is called splitting the check or getting separate checks. If you an invited out and your host does not offer to pay for your meal, you should be prepared to pay for it or decline the invitation.
Because Americans come from many different cultural backgrounds, eating styles and habits also differ. Most Americans eat with a fork in the right hand. A knife is only used for cutting and spreading. Otherwise, it is laid on the table. When a knife is used for cutting, the fork is switched to the other hand. Many foods are eaten with the fingers. Napkins are usually placed in the lap.