Module 4

Food & Restaurants

'Tell me what you eat and I will tell you who you are.'

Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

Part 1

1. Answer the questions.

1) What time do you eat the main meals of the day?

2) What do you most eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner?

3) Is it better to invite people for meal at home or to a restaurant?

4) What restaurants do you like going to? What criteria may people use when choosing a restaurant?

5) When was the last time you ate out? What did you have?

6) Do you like eating local dishes when you are on holiday? Why (not)?

2. Do you know any typical dishes from these countries? Discuss with the class.

Spain	Japan	Mexico
Italy	England	The United States
Germany	China	Russia

3. Do you agree or disagree?

- Eating can be a therapy for unhappy and stressed people.

- Some people say that the best chefs are men.

- Eating in restaurant is a waste of time and money.

- It is better to celebrate family holidays at home.

- Vegetarians have found the secret of good living.

4. Make up the proverb and translate it.

1) The proof of the pudding	a) with eating.
2) You can't eat a cake	b) by bread alone.
3) The appetite comes	c) spoil the broth.
4) Man does not live	d) and have it.
5) Too many cooks	e) without breaking eggs.
6) First catch your hare	f) is in the eating.
7) You cannot make an omelette	g) then cook him.
8) . Hunger is	h) the best sauce.

Part 2

1. Look at the list of food and complete the task.

Fruit and Vegetables	Meat and Fish	Other
lemons, oranges, cherries, grapes, peaches, tomatoes, spinach, carrots, aubergine, peas, mushrooms, red peppers, cucumber, onions,garlic,beans,	chicken, sausages, trout, prawns, sardines, salmon, a steak, tuna, ham.	tea, soup, sparkling water, still water, coffee, milkshake, brown bread, soft drinks, strong drinks, herbs, spices, cream

1) Circle the items of food you have eaten in the last three days.

2) Underline the items you really like.

3) Cross out the items you don’t like very much.

2. Answer the questions with words from the box in exercise 1.

1) Which are the fruits that grow on trees?

2) Which is used to make wine?

3) Which is a river fish?

4) Which lives in the sea, but is not a fish?

5) Which is a vegetable that can be red or green?

6) Which looks like a small onion?

7) Which is an orange vegetable that grows underground?

8) Which is purple on the outside and white inside?

9) Which can be black and green?

10) Which is a bird?

3. Look at the vocabulary below and match it to a container

1. a bottle of	biscuits	orange juice
2. a tin of	tuna	Coke
3. a can of	milk	shampoo
4. a carton of	tissues	matches
5. a box of	beer	chocolates

6. a packet of beans crisps

4. For each sentence, circle the ending which isn’t possible, as in the example.

menu

1. The dish is made with ……. onions / chicken / / rice.

2. The tomato is filled with ………. cream / coconuts / sauce / spices.

3. Pizza is topped with ………….. cheese / tomato / cream / chocolate sauce.

4. It’s cooked ………… in wine / under the grill / in the oven / in lettuce.

5. It’s served …………. in the oven / with salad / raw / with bread.