Vocabulary

A brekkie – a breakfast (informal)

Absolutely stuffed – you have eaten too much and you are full (informal)

The works – everything (informal)

It was the business – it was really, really good (informal)

To keep you going – the food is very filling and you don’t need to eat again for a long time

To pour – to move liquid from one container to another

Grease – fat from food

To fry up – to cook food with a lot of oil

Anyway – people use this expression to change the direction of the conversation

Er/erm – this is the noise that people make while they are thinking about what to say next

Discuss in small groups of 3-4 students. Then give your resolution to the whole class.

– Is breakfast important for you? When do you usually have breakfast? What do you usually have for breakfast?

– What is ideal breakfast for you?

– Have you ever stayed without breakfast? How did you feel?

– After breakfast when do you usually want to eat again?

What do your tastes in food and drink reveal about your character? Read about Charlie Chilli, Suzie Sweet-Tooth, Hungry Harry and Picky Polly and see which one you identify with! The character analysis is at the end of the Unit.

Vocabulary

To reveal – обнаруживать, показывать

Sweet-tooth – сластена, сладкоежка

Picky – разборчивый, привередливый

To identify – совпадать, отождествлять

As long as – пока, если

To adore – обожать

Dessert – десерт, сладкое

Milk shake – молочный коктейль

Hot – зд. острый

Spicy – острый, пряный

Speciality – фирменное блюдо

Exotic – экзотический, необычный

Two days running – два дня подряд

I would rather go hungry – я скорее останусь голодным

To be keen on – быть без ума, очень любить

Quantity – количество

Quality – качество

I can’t stand – я не выношу

Room – зд. место

Stomach – желудок, живот

Vocabulary (Character analysis)

Adventurous – безрассудно смелый, авантюрного склада, любящий рисковать

Restless – беспокойный, неугомонный, неспокойный

Easy-going – веселый, беззаботный, с легким характером

Sociable – общительный, коммуникабельный

They lack confidence – им не хватает уверенности в себе

Sympathetic – чуткий, полный сочувствия, благожелательный

Reliable – надежный

Generous – щедрый

Ambitious – честолюбивый, целеустремленный

Sensitive – чувствительный, ранимый, впечатлительный

To lose one’s temper – выйти из себя

To fail – потерпеть неудачу

Discuss in small groups of 3-4 students. Then give your resolution to the whole class.

– Has anything in the test surprised you? Is it true about your character? Do you agree with the results?

– Do you really think that we are what we eat?

– How does food influence on our character? Give examples.

Two chefs, Evelyn Winters, a British chef, and Monsieur Leblanc, a French chef, are having a hot discussion where the best food in the world comes from. Read it and answer the questions:

1. Have you ever tried British/French food?

2. What is your opinion about them?

ML: Well, I know this is going to upset you, my dear friend, but frankly speaking, French food is the best in the world. For a start we have vichyssoise. It is the best soup in the world.

EW: The best soup? It’s just cold soup. You couldn’t be bothered to heat it up. We have tomato soup.

ML: OK, but we have the great French baguette.

EW: A thin bit of bread! Rip-off! What about a good old loaf?

ML: And, for example, our coffee is some of the best in the world. “Cafe au lait” is the best thing to wake you up in the morning.

EW: Yeah, with a stupid machine. Instant coffee is easier and quicker, and tastes just as good.

ML: OK, and “pommes frites”. You don’t get better “pommes frites” in the whole world.

EW: Yeah, that’s just chips with a fancy name. And anyway we invented them. First mentioned in Charles Dickens’ book ‘A Tale of Two Cities’.

ML: And we have great dishes like “pies e pacquets”.

EW: Lamb’s feet and tripe in a vomit sauce! Yuck!

ML: How dare you! It’s our national delicacy, and our “cuisses de grenouilles”. Where do you find a dish like this?

EW: Frog legs. That’s disgusting!

ML: OK, and what about our “coq au vin”? What have you got to say about “coq au vin”?

EW: Chicken in a wine sauce. Roast chicken and a pint of beer? Can’t get better than that, can you?

ML: OK, and our internationally famous “quiche lorraine”. What have you got to say about that, mister?

EW: What do you mean, “mister”? Madame!

ML: Sorry, I thought you had changed sex.

EW: Egg with pastry and a bit of bacon. Mmm… If we want bacon and eggs, we have our breakfast.

ML: I refuse to listen to this rubbish any more. French food is the best in the world, and you cannot say anything that will make me change my opinion.

EW: Yeah, the only one saying that is you, because everyone knows that British food is the best.

Vocabulary

To upset – to make angry or sad

Vichyssoise – a type of soup made from leeks (a long, green vegetable)

Couldn’t be bothered – if you “couldn’t be bothered” to do something, you are too tired to do that thing

To heat up – to make food warm/hot

A rip-off – a trick; something that deceives you

A loaf – a rectangular piece of bread

Instant coffee – coffee grains that you use to make coffee. You just add boiling water

Pommes frites – literally, fried pieces of potato; “chips”, in British English

Fancy – expensive and elaborate in the negative sense

Tripe – an animal’s stomach

How dare you! – this is an expression of anger. It is used when someone has been disrespectful to you

A national delicacy – a plate of food that is considered representative of a country

Pastry – food made from flour, fat and water. It is then cooked in the oven

To refuse – to say that you will not do something

Rubbish – an expression used to refer to something that you think is untrue or ridiculous

Discuss in small groups of 3-4 students. Then give your resolution to the whole class.

– What cuisine do you prefer? Do you have any special likes in this cuisine? How often do you eat dishes of this cuisine? Do you cook them yourself or do you order them in the restaurants?

– Do you like restaurant food? Do you have favourite restaurants? How often do you go there? Is it expensive? What do you usually order there? Would you recommend it to your friends?

1. Tom: I eaten seven hamburgers for breakfast.

Teacher: Ate, Tom! Ate.

Tom: No, Miss, seven. There were eight on the plate but I couldn’t manage the last one.

2. Mother: How was your cookery lesson?

Daughter: Awful. I was sent out of the class because I burnt something.

Mother: That wasn’t very fair. What did you burn?

Daughter: The classroom.

3. Teacher: Are you chewing gum?

Pupil: No, I’m Andrew Brown.