Food traditions in the UK and the USA

Food traditions in the UK and the USA

III) 1) Read and translate the text. Learn underlined words:

Food traditions in the UK and the USA

Meals are a very important part of the life of every Englishman and American. This is what their daily food routine consists of.

Breakfast is the first meal of the day. Nutrition experts believe that breakfast is the most important meal of the whole day. Breakfast consists of the following things: toasted bread, spread with butter, jam, marmalade or honey; followed by a 'fry-up' or cooked breakfast of fried bread, beans, sausages, bacon, mushrooms, eggs and tomatoes. It is usually served with hot tea with milk. Some people have cereal or scrambled eggs, milk or orange juice for it. Lunch is a meal that is eaten in the middle of the day. Moreover, both the British and Americans like to eat. A Packed lunch usually consists of few sandwiches, a bag of chips, an apple and a can of something to drink, such as Coca-Cola. Pork pie,sausage roll, even a Scotch egg turn the body over between meals. The most popular combination for lunch is also soup and salad. Since most people don't have a very long lunch break, fast food is very popular too. Americans drink a lot of juice and soda, iced tea. They love their coffee, but in the UK you will find a big assortment of tea.

Dinner –is the biggest and the main meal of the day too. In the UK it begins with soup. The most typical thing to eat for dinner is ‘meat and two vegs’. This consists of a piece of meat accompanied by two different boiled vegetables. One of the vegetables is almost always potatoes. Brits love a meat pie. Although Americans may enjoy a chicken or turkey pie.

The traditional Christmas dish is Turkey, pudding and pie.Christmas pudding is a special rich pudding made with a lot of dried fruits (raisins, currants), eggs, mastic and a very small amount of flour. Christmas Turkey pudding, Christmas pie,juicy mince pies are signals of the beginning of the Christmas season in the UK.

Tiny tartlets are traditional for holidays in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. They are often served with mulled wine\глинтвейн, and they start popping up (появляться) everywhere, from work canteens and coffee corners to the local Starbucks (кофейнаякомпаниявАмерике), as the days begin to shorten. It is considered a great fortune to eat meat pie every December day.

Roast ham and Turkey are the most popular Christmas dinner main courses across the country, but some regions also serve seven fish seafood salad,roast pork, roast goose with red cabbage. 1

At Easter, people eat colored and chocolate eggs, especially those like children. Moreover, mothers prepare traditional hot cross buns and famous Apple pies! Apple pies are usually made with apples, sugar, and eaten with custard\заварнойкрем.

Thanksgiving Day was originally a celebration of expressing gratitude and appreciation to God (признательностьиблагодарность), as well as to family and friends for material well-being and kindness.

Thanksgiving dinner is the largest food event in the United States; people eat more on Thanksgiving than on any other day of the year.

In the UK, people usually eat pickles, green olives, celery, roast Turkey, stewed oyster, cranberry sauce, giblet sauce (соусизпотрошков),dressing, asparagus cream (приправленныйкремомизспаржи), potatoes with snowflakes, baked carrots, , fruit salad,meat pie, fruit pie, candy, grapes, apples, fish, and many other foods on Thanksgiving Day.

2) Answer the questions based on the text:

1) Is breakfast the first meal of the day?

2)Is breakfast the most important meal of the whole day?

3)What things does breakfast consist of?

4)Do people eat lunch in the middle of the day?

5) Do British and American people like to eat?

6) What food does a packed lunch usually consist?

7) What is the most popular combination for lunch?

8) Is fast food very popular in America?

9) What British people like to drink best of all tea or coffee?

10)Does dinner in the UK begin with soup?

11)What is the most typical thing to eat for dinner?

12) What is the traditional Christmas dish?

13) What is traditional Easter meal?

14)What are apple pies made of?

15) What do people usually eat onThanksgiving Day in the UK?

3) Find the end of the sentence \Закончитепредложения:

1)The usual meals in England are……. a) breakfast, lunch and dinner.

2)English breakfast is usually …

3)For breakfast English people may have …….

4)For lunch the English people may have….

5)Working people (работающиелюди) usually have lunch

6)Afternoon tea is between ….

7)Five o’clock tea is an old English tradition:

8)Traditional English food….

9)Most Americans eat three meals during the day:

10)For breakfast Americans have different kinds of…..

11.For lunch the Americans have ….

12.For dinner they have salad …

13.The Americans never eat herring (селедка)….

14.American have traditions that is popular at ….

15.The American traditional food is ice-cream, …

16.60 per cent of the Americans ….

a) breakfast, lunch and dinner.

b) at the canteen, in the café or at small restaurant.

c) substantial and varied

d) five and six o’clock.

e) a sandwich with wholemeal bread (цельнозерновой хлеб), a banana, soup and fruit juice.

f) at that time friends often come for a chat (поболтать) and they have their cup of tea, cake or biscuit.

g) porridge (каша) or cornflakes with milk (кукурузные хлопья), bacon and eggs, fried mushrooms (жареные грибы), baked beans (консервированная белая фасоль).

h) is fish and chips with peas, steak and kidney pie (пирогсмясомипочками), sausage and mashed potatoes

i) breakfast, lunch and dinner. They have brunch on Sundays. It is a combination of breakfast and lunch.

j) and seldom soup. But they may eat puree soup or cream soup (суп-пюре).

k) with vegetables, they also like to eat fried chicken, steaks (бифштексы), ribs (телятина), beef (говядина), fish; baked (вареный), fried (жареный) and mashed potatoes (картофельное пюре).

l) cereal (каши из злаков): cornflakes (кукурузные хлопья), oatmeal (овсянка), cream of wheat (каша из мелкодробленых зерен пшеницы); scrambled eggs (яичница болтунья), an omelet with potatoes, or a cup of yogurt.

m) weekends (выходные). They go outside and very popular food is barbecue (шашлык) and food in cans (еда в консервах).

n) pizza, potato chips, Mc Donald’s food, sandwiches, hot dogs, hot corn (горячая кукуруза), sweet gas water, fruit and salads.

o) are overweight (имеют лишний вес)

p) cookies, hot dogs and hot corn.

4)Выполните упражнение:

• Name\назовите 7-10 fruits.

• Name 7-10 vegetables.

• Name 7-10 drinks.

• Name 5 sweet foods.

• Name 5 salty foods.

• Name 5 bitter foods.

5) Соотнесите идиомы и их значения:

1. Chew the fat\ F chat – точитьлясы

2. Mouth is watering

3. Half-baked idea

4. Your finger in the pie

5. Cook your goose

6. Eat dirt

7. Cry over spilled milk

8. Hungry as a horse

9. Go bananas

A. to be involved in something

B. to make someone want to eat or drink

C. to hurt or ruin someone

D. to act humble

E. to not think about or study carefully

F. chat

G. to complain about something that has happened

H. able to eat a lot

I. to become too excited and behave crazily

6)Fill in the missing word. There are three words you don’t need to use\Заполнипропуски (естьлишниеслова)

poached, roast, scrambled, diet, of stock, meal, sparkling, grilled,fruit, vegetables, meat, dairy, bread, cereal, fats, sugar.

1. Many Americans are barbecue fans; so they eat a lot of … sausages during a year.

2. For breakfast, many people make … eggs because it’s very easy and you don’t need to worry about egg whites and yolks mixing.

3. … water causes gases in the stomach; therefore, people with poor digestion shouldn’t drink it.

4. Freshly baked bread is out … in the evening.

5. Nutritionists recommend not to have a heavy … in the evening.

6…helps you have strong and healthy body by providing protein.

7…builds strong teeth and bones by providing calcium.

8…help you have healthy gums, good eyesight etc. by providing vitamins A and C.

9…gives you energy by providing protein, iron and several vitamins B.

10…fast sources of energy.

7) Find Russian equivalents to these proverbs \Найдирусскиеэквивалентыканглийскимпословицам:

1. Eat at pleasure, drink with measure\ Ешь в волю, а пей в меру.

2. Appetite comes with eating.

3. Hunger is the best sauce.

4. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

5. Half a loaf is better than no bread

6. Не who would catch fish must not mind getting wet

7. Appetite comes with eating

8. Hunger breaks stone walls

9. One man's meat is another man's poison

10. Too many cooks spoil the broth

7)Choosetherightvariant \Выберите правильный вариант:

1. It was easy to find your house. With the detailed map you gave me, it was a piece of ___.

1.salt 2. bread 3. cake 4.tea

2.Talking about racism is a real hot ___ for many Americans.

1.potato 2. salt 3.tea 4. cake

3. Don’t believe anything my grandma says. She’s really nutty as a ___.

1. salt 2. bread 3.cake 4. fruitcake.

4. Looking at that cake makes my mouth ___.

1. water 2.bacon 3.milk 4.cheese

5. After I realized my mistake, I had to ___ my words.

1. drink 2. eat 3. swallow 4.cheese

6. When I eat too much sugar I am full of ...

1.gravy 2. soup 3. beans 4. pasta

8) Соедини идиому с ее значением:

1.topbanana a) важная персона

2.egghead b) закон, защищающий покупателей неисправных машин

3.couchpotato c) заучка, ботан

4.toughcookie d) скверный человек

5.lemonlaw e) главарь, заправила

6.sourgrapes f) крутой мужик

7.bigcheese g) домосед

8.badapple h) притворное равнодушие

IV)Imagine you live in English or American family and you should plan what you will eat for breakfast, dinner and lunch. Compose the dialogues:

Dialogue 1. (The American family)

-Good morning! How did you sleep at night?

-Very well! Let’s have breakfast. What shall we have for it?

-………………………………………………………………………………………………………

-Do we have enough foodstuffs in our fridge? What shall we eat for lunch?

-………………………………………………………………………………………………………

-We invited some guests in the evening. What are we going to treat them to?

-……………………………………………………………………………………………………..

-And tomorrow will be Sunday. Let’s have a picnic. What products shall we buy for it?

-………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Dialogue 2. (The English family)

-Good morning! How are you?

-Very well! Let’s have breakfast. What do you want to eat for it?

-………………………………………………………………………………………………………

-Do we have enough foodstuffs in our fridge? What shall we eat for lunch?

-………………………………………………………………………………………………………

-My sister and her family will arrive at five o’clock in the evening. What are we going to treat them to?

-Let’s go to the park on the week-end! What delicious things can we cook there for all of us?-------

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