UNIT 3

Giving a treat lead-in

• What kinds of food do you like?

• Do you like different types of food in summer or winter?

• Is the food you like good for you?

• What kind of food do you eat on special occasions?

You may find these words useful:

meat	fish	poultry	vegetables	fruit
snacks	dairy	bakery	cereals	soups
drinks	seafood	cornflakes	sandwiches	salads
sauces	spices	berries	nuts	desserts
a delicacy	a special treat	many courses	sound food	fresh ingredients

• Choose the correct word for the gap in each sentence.

tough	tasty	balanced	tender	take-away	root	lean	beans
bun	pie	raw	staple	tart	fast food	instant

1. If you want to be healthy you should be sure to eat a _____________ diet.

2. Kevin enjoys eating the fat on the meat, but his wife says it’s better to eat only __________ meat.

3. A number of nutritionists point out the value of eating uncooked food, such as salad and __________ vegetables.

4. I sent back my steak because it was _____________.

5. ___________ vegetables, such as carrots, parsnips and turnips taste very good when made into thick winter soups.

6. Potatoes, rice and pasta are examples of ____________ foods.

7. The lamb Sarah cooked was so _____________ it seemed to melt in the mouth.

8. When Richard and Kate turned up unexpectedly, Sam dashed out and got a ___________ from the Chinese restaurant.

9. Most children love the sort of _____________ they serve in places like burger restaurants.

10. Mary doesn’t like ______________ coffee. She prefers to buy the ______________ and grind them herself.

11. Jane manages to prepare really ______________ dishes from the simplest ingredients.

12. Tom’s favourite dish is steak and kidney _____________.

13. Anna made a lovely jam _______________.

14. A _______________ is a sweet bread roll which often contains currants or spices.

• Choose the correct word or phrase for the gap in each sentence.

main	cereal	heavy	dinner	go out	mugs	bar
green	hot	fillings	flavour	pudding	courses	slice
fruit	vegetables

Lucy, aged fourteen, describes the sort of food she eats.

‘Well, when I get up in the morning the most I can face is a ………… (1) of toast and two big …………. (2) of tea. My brothers head straight for the cornflakes, but I’m not into …………….. (3). At least this means we don’t argue. During break in the morning, I have a biscuit. It keeps me going till lunchtime. Usually I eat in the canteen, and it’s not bad, we have a bit of choice. If I’m being sensible, I avoid the chips and go for a baked potato. There are usually three …………… (4) to choose from, and baked beans are my favourite. I always take some …………… (5) with me, so that’s when I eat it. It’s usually an apple, an orange or a banana. On the way home from school, I usually stop at the sweet shop and get a …………….. (6) of chocolate. It raises my spirits a bit when I think about all the homework I’ve got to get done in the evening.

Mum always cooks ……………… (7) for us in the evening, and she tries to make sure we are all there to eat it together. It’s a proper meal and we usually have two …………. (8). The …………….. (9) course will be either meat or fish, usually meat, and Mum likes us to eat lots of vegetables, especially ……………….. (10) ones. My favourites are broccoli and spinach. Sometimes she cooks us a casserole, and I think this is quite a good way of combining meat and ………………. (11). You can also vary casseroles quitea lot by changing the ……………… (12) of the sauce. After that, we have a ……………… (13), and my mother often cooks fruit in different ways. It’s not too ……………… (14), which is good for me because I have to get on with my homework.

Occasionally, on special occasions, we ……………… (15) to eat in a restaurant. I like trying different sorts of cooking, and I really like anything that is ……………….. (16), like curry. I don’t think I’d like to eat this every day but it’s really good for a change.’

• Find English equivalents to the following word-combinations.

1. ломтик (кусочек) хлеба

2. я не ем / не люблю хлопья / каши

3. это позволяет мне продержаться

4. если я веду себя благоразумно

5. стараюсь не есть жареную картошку

6. выбираю печеный картофель

7. плитка шоколада

8. поднимать настроение

9. запеканка

10. время от времени, иногда

11. по особым случаям

12. для разнообразия

• Retell the text.

• Tell about your eating habits.

• Read the text below and see what happened to Sally the day she had invited people to dinner.

A DINNER PARTY

After finishing work, Sally rushed to the supermarket to buy the things she needed for the dinner party she was giving for three friends. The first disaster occurred on the train home. It was so crowded and there was such a crush that the tomatoes were squashed and the pot of cream burst open in the bag. As soon as she got home she took out the chicken, rubbed it with salt, put butter under its skin and then put the chicken in the oven. She started to slice the carrots and chop the onion but the knife slipped and she cut her finger. She ran cold water over it to stop the bleeding, then put on a plaster. She couldn’t be bothered to peel the mushrooms so she cut them in half and threw them in the pan with other vegetables. She started to wash the lettuce and was disgusted when two beetles crawled out. A strange smell seemed to be coming from the oven and she opened the door to have a look. The chicken looked al right – it wasn’t burnt. Then she realised with horror that she had left some plastic wrapping under the chicken and it was melting. She swiftly removed it and hoped the smell would go away before the chicken finished cooking.

She turned her attention to the salad again and salvaged as many squashed tomatoes as she could. On looking in the cupboard for the rice, she was appalled to find she had run out. She threw on her coat and rushed to the corner shop to buy some more – at an exorbitant price. She got back just in time to prevent the vegetables from burning. She remembered that the strawberries were still in her bag and got them out. She was horrified to find, as she rinsed them, that the ones at the bottom of the box were mostly squashed and couldn’t be used.

When everything was more or less all right, she dashed upstairs to get herself ready. She was in the middle of having a quick shower when her friends rang to apologise for telling her at such short notice that they could not come after all, but could they come at the same time next week?

• Find a word or phrase in the text which, in context, is similar in meaning to:

1. crushed

2. cut

3. didn’t want to make the effort

4. take the skin off

5. quickly

6. rescued

7. very expensive

8. washed gently

9. hurried

10. without very much warning

• Make a list of the things that went wrong on the evening Sally had invited her friends to dinner.

• Find English equivalents to the following word-combinations.

1. стремительно нестись, мчаться

2. устраивать ужин на троих

3. раздавливать

4. тереть, натирать

5. нарезать ломтиками

6. рубить, резать кусочками

7. очистить от кожуры

8. заняться ч-л

9. спасать имущество

10. быть в ужасе, сильно напугаться

11. купить по непомерно высокой цене

12. броситься, ринуться

13. предупреждать за очень короткий срок

• Summarize the text.

• Retell the text

• Write an essay "A dinner party" (250-300 words)

Points to cover:

Occasions on which you give parties

Food and dishes you treat people with

Recipe of your favorite dish, how to cook it

Ways to make guests feel at home

Vocabulary to cover:

Core and Active Vocabulary, Word combinations

What kind of food do you like to have when you want to entertain people?

Do you make the preparations in advance, or on the day?

How do you make your guests feel really at home?

What do you eat / cook when you are at home on your own and feel hungry?

ENGLISH IN USE:

• Read the text below and look carefully at each line. Five lines are correct, and ten have a word which should not be there. Tick the correct lines and underline the wrong words in the incorrect lines.

EXAMPLE: 0 √

00 is

Soup

0 00 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Soup is one of the world’s most popular dishes. There are various types of thin soup, the first is being clear soup made from meat, poultry, fish or vegetables. Semi-clear soup has added in meat, vegetables or rice. Thick soups include those with starchy ingredients, such as like flour, pulses or potatoes. Cream soups are thickened with either butter, cream or egg yolks. The thickening agents produce a richer texture than for the soup as well as changing its colour. Soups are often improved by the addition of such a garnish, which improves the flavour or provides a contrasting texture. Pasta is used to garnish many of thin soups, while cheese goes on well with vegetable soups. To add colour to plain cream soup, a vegetable garnish is appropriate. Celery leaves, watercress or parsley look good on the top surface of the soup. Cucumber makes an attractive garnish for chilled soups. Soup provides you a tasty and nutritious dish with little of preparation.

Do you agree that food is as much a part of a country’s culture as its landscape, language, and literature?

What do you think influences a country’s food?

What influences the food in your country?

What is your opinion about English food?

What traditional British dishes can you name?

A FOOD REVOLUTION

Meat 'n' two veg?

What comes into your mind when you think of British food? Fish and chips might be your first thought, closely followed by 'meat and two vegetables' type of dishes. One widely held perception is that British food is bland and uninteresting and while this perception is held for a reason - some of our food does meet this description! - we also have a long tradition of interesting and tasty regional dishes as well as having embraced dishes and cuisines from around the world.

Regional cuisine

The four countries of the UK have produced some diverse foods and dishes including over 400 types of cheeses, haggis, soups such as mulligatawny, black pudding, Lancashire hotpot, Welsh Rarebit, Norfolk pork sausages... So, definitely not just roast beef and Yorkshire pudding. There has been a huge resurgence of interest in these 'traditional' British dishes in recent years reinforcing their importance to our national culture.

What do people eat?

However, do people in the UK actually eat food like this most of the time? The closest answer is that although certain dishes have maintained their popularity with those who like them (black pudding is a regular feature of many fried breakfasts, or 'fry-ups') the foods that are eaten by British people everyday often have their origins in other countries.