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7. In Australia the favourites are shrimps and pineapple.

8. The English love tuna and sweetcorn.

7. Read the text again and answer the questions.

1. What year was pizza invented?

2. Which came first, picea or plakuntos? How are they different from pizza?

3. Why are Mexico and Peru important in the development of pizza?

4. What do the Italian flag and a Pizza Margherita have in common?

5. When and how did pizza become really popular in the United States?

8. What do you think?

1) Which facts in the text do you find most interesting ? Why ?

2) Why do different countries prefer such different toppings?

3) Do you like pizza? What are your favourite toppings?

Part 3

1. Complete these sentences about food in Britain. Compare your ideas.

1 A typical breakfast is _______________

2 The main meal of the day is__________

  1. Dinner is usually eaten between _______ and ___p.m.

  2. A lot of office workers have_____ for lunch.

  3. The national dish is ______________

  4. The national drink is_____________________

  5. People eat _______ nearly every day.

  6. __________and Indian restaurants are very popular.

2. Now write sentences about your country.

3. Look through the words in the box and do the following tasks:

1) Write the following words in the correct list.

2) Which of these ways of preparing and cooking food can you use with the different food on the first list.

boil, cheese, cucumber, cut, fry, grill, lemon, milk, chop, peel, onions, bake, omelette, roast, grate, stew, potatoes, mushrooms, fish, slice, bread, mix, stir

food / drink

ways of preparing food / drink

4. Read this extract from a website about bananas. Tick the dishes you would like to try.

Things to do with a banana.

I like bananas. I respect bananas. I find bananas interesting. But I don’t love bananas. My wife loves bananas and she eats them every day. So do I, but eating a fresh banana every day has become a bit boring. That’s why I have collected 104 recipes for bananas. Here are some ways you can eat bananas.

You can…..

- peel them, cut them in half and fry them in butter;

- boil them in milk with sugar and coconut;

- grill them with brown sugar on top;

- mix them with rice for a Cuban dish;

- bake them in the oven in their skin;

- fry them in batter to make banana fritters;

- slice them in half and add vanilla ice cream to make a banana- split;

- chop them and eat them raw in fresh fruit salads.

5. Read the list of dishes again and note down words which describe a) different ways of preparing food ( peel, ….)

b) different ways of cooking food (boil, …..)

c) one word meaning not cooked.

6. Read and translate the instructions for making a fried egg sandwich.

Take some bread. Slice it. Cut two slices. Butter it. Spread butter on both slices. Take two eggs. Break them into a dish. Mix the eggs. Add a little salt and pepper. Stir the eggs. Take a frying pan. Pour in a little oil. Heat the pan. Pour the eggs into the pan and fry them. Put the fried eggs on the bread. Put the other slice on top.

7. Give instructions to these recipes.

A. Cheese and cucumber sandwich.

B. Vegetable omelette

C. Mixed salad

8. Think about your favourite dish.

What ingredients do you need?

How do you prepare the ingredients?

How do you cook the ingredients?

9. Think of three typical dishes from your country or region. You are in a restaurant with a client who doesn’t know these dishes. Describe them, using these phrases.

It’s made with ………

It’s filled with ……..

It’s topped with ………..

It’s cooked in / under ………….

It’s served in / with ………

10. Writing project «The food of my region».

Think about what you can say about each of the following aspects of your local food.

1) the influences;

2) the history;

3) the ingredients;

4) the way of cooking the meal;

5) the way of eating the meal;

6) the most representative dishes.

Part 4

1. Tell each other about your favourite restaurant.

  • Where is it?

  • What kind of restaurant is it?

  • What’s it like?

  • What food and drink can you have there?

  • Who do you go there with?

  • Is it expensive?

2. What do we call places where people go to eat? Match the words (1-9) in the box with the definitions (A-I).

1. snack bar 2. café/cafeteria 3. pizzeria 4. refectory 5. buffet 6. night club 7. canteen 8. pub 9. restaurant

A. originally a British public house licensed to serve beer and other alcoholic beverages. Customers get their drinks from the counter and either stand there or sit at the tables. Some light snacks like pies and sandwiches are served.

B. a counter where food and drink may be bought and eaten (e.g. in a railway station or on a train)

C. small restaurant mainly concentrating on cakes, sandwiches, coffee and tea. Choice of food is often very limited.

D. a place where guests normally come fairly late and stay until the

small hours. Always with dancing and often also with floor shows.

Food is sometimes available.

E. a place where students or workers have their lunch, usually connected with a school, office or factory.

F. a nice place where meals are served to customers.

G.a modest restaurant where customers collect their food on trays at counters and carry it to tables. Choice of dishes is based on convenience and speed, with food like hamburgers, sausages and sandwiches.

H. a restaurant specializing in pizzas, and other Italian-type food.

I. a university café

3. What types of restaurant would you recommend to:

1. A young couple who want food and some entertainment late at night.

2. A man who wants a meal in a place where he can meet some local people.

3. Someone wanting a quick, cheap meal.

4. Someone at a railway station.

5. Someone who wants non-English food.

6. A student staying at the university all day.

7. A factory worker at lunch-time.

8. A family who wants to celebrate some special occasion.

4. Complete the following chart.

Advantages

Disadvantages

McDonald’s

expensive restaurant

eating at home

snack bar

5. Listening. Match these questions with the sentences. Are the dialogues in a restaurant or cafe, or in someone’s house? How do you know?

a How would you like the steak?

e Would you like to see the wine list?

b Do you want some more ice-cream?

f Would you like anything else?

с Shall I lay the table for you?

g Could we have the bill, please?

d How much is that?

h Could you pass the salt, please?

6. Put these dialogue in the right order.

Planning the barbecue.

  1. Ok. I’ll make an apple pie.

  2. She likes most things, I think. Meat, fish ……

  3. Ok. I won’t.

  4. If I do the main course, will you do the dessert?

  5. What shall we make for dinner when your sister comes? What does she eat?

  6. If the weather was good, we could have a barbecue.

  7. And I’ll do hamburgers and some green salad.

Listening 7. Put these dialogues in the right order. Listen and check your ideas.

At the restaurant.

  1. I’ll have the vegetable soup to start...

  2. Are you ready to order, sir?

  3. The salmon with a salad.

  4. I’ll have the vegetable soup too, please.

  5. And I’ll have a steak, I think.

  6. Two vegetable soups.

  7. Yes, I think so. Darling?

  8. Thank you very much, sir. Would you like to see the wine list?

  9. And for you, sir?

  10. How would you like it, sir? Rare, medium, or well done?

  11. The vegetable soup. And to follow, madam?

  12. Very rare-blue if you can.

8. Listening a) Put the words in the correct order.

1. cooked / like / would / How / you / it /?

2. main course / your / for / And / ?

3. to / you / Are / order / ready / ?

4. glass / a / of / white / like / wine / I’d

5. like / what / you / to start / would / ?

6. I / roast / have / chicken / the / Can

b) Use them to complete the conversation.

Waiter:

(1) Are you ready to order?

Jane:

Yes, we are. Mike, (2) _________________.

Mike:

I’d like the seafood cocktail, please.

Jane:

And I can have tomato soup?

Waiter:

Certainly (3) ___________________

Mike:

I’d like a steak, please.

Waiter:

(4) ______________

Mike:

Medium.

Waiter:

Certainly. And for you?

Jane:

(5) _______________, please?

Waiter:

And what would you like to drink?

Jane:

(6) ________________, please.

Waiter:

Very good/ And for you ?

Mike:

Can I have a glass of mineral water? please?

Waiter:

Thank you.

9. What are the questions about?

  • Black or w__?

  • Red or w____?

  • M___and sugar?

  • English or c__breakfast

  • With or ____sugar?

  • Ice and l______?

  • Brown or _______bread?

  • Still or s______?

10. Listen to this pattern. Repeat the questions. Try to sound exactly the same.

Would you like some toast?

Like some toast?

Some toast?

Toast?

11. Practise the pattern with these words.

pepper coffee orange juice tea

12. Look at this dialogue. Take out as many words as you can.

Waiter

Are you ready to order? Ready to order?

Customer

Yes, I’d like to have the potato soup?

Waiter

Would you like white or brown bread?

Customer

I’d like some white bread, please.

Waiter

And what would you like to follow?

Customer

I’d just like a chicken salad, please.

Waiter

And what would you like to drink?

Customer

I’ll have a glass of mineral water.

Waiter

Would you like still or sparkling?

Customer

I’d like sparkling, please.

Waiter

Would you like ice and lemon?

Customer

I’d like both, please.

13. Act out a restaurant situation. Student a, you are a visitor. Student b, you are the waiter. Try to describe the dishes. Use the following menu.

TO START

seafood cocktail

tomato soup

MENU

MEAT

steak and fries

roast chicken and salad

TO DRINK

red wine

white wine

beer

orange juice

still water sparkling water

coffee

tea

BURGERS

hamburger, salad, and fries

cheeseburger, salad, and fries

SANDWICHES

ham

chicken

cheese

DESSERTS

ice-cream

chocolate cake

apple pie and cream

fruit salad

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