I. THE WAY YOU EAT
| Vocabulary |
1. to be hungry
2. to be starving (Im starving.)
3. to be thirsty
4. -to be on a diet
5. -to keep to a diet
6. -to be slimming (Im slimming as I have put on some weight.)
7. -to have 3 meals a day
8. -to keep regular meals
9. -to have _ breakfast/ lunch/ dinner/ supper
10. -to have a light/ substantial lunch/ dinner/ etc.
11. -to have a full-course dinner
12. -to have something (smth.) to eat
13. -to have a snack
14. -to have smth. for _ breakfast/ dinner/etc.
15. -to have smth. for the first/ second course
16. -to have smth. as a starter
17. -to have smth. for the main course
18. -to have smth. for _ dessert
19. -to have meals home/ in
20. -to have meals out (at a restaurant, at a café, at a refectory, at a canteen, at a snack -bar)
21. -to dine in/ out
22. -to do the cooking
23. -to cook meals
24. -to lay the table
25. -to clear the table
26. -to do the washing up/ to wash up/ to wash the dishes
27. -to run out of smth.
28. -to buy smth.
29. -to do the shopping/ to go _ shopping
30. -to enjoy a meal
31. -to be a good cook
32. -to like the way they cook
33. -to prefer smth. to smth.
34. -to be tasty/ delicious
35. -It makes my mouth water.
36. -to have/ to be a sweet tooth
37. 10.-to do smth. on an empty stomach
| Vocabulary Practice |
1. Try to paraphrase the following using the vocabulary given above:
-I want to eat very much.
-I want to drink.
-Im not eating sweets and fatty food at the moment.
-I like to eat chocolate, sweets and cakes.
-When I smell fried potatoes, I want it eat them right away.
-You shouldnt go to the institute without having breakfast.
-Theres no bread at home.
-I like the taste of this pudding.
-I usually eat something sweet at the end of the meal.
-I never eat any soup.
2. Make sure you can answer the following questions:
1. -How many meals a day do you have?
2. -Where do you usually have breakfast/ dinner/ etc.?
3. -When do you have dinner/ lunch/ etc.?
4. -What are the most substantial meals of the day?
5. -Can you work on an empty stomach?
6. -Can you say you keep regular meals?
7. -Who does the cooking for you?
8. -Do you like to cook/ wash up? Why?
9. -Do you prefer to have meals at home or out?
10. -Have you ever been on a diet?
Stories and Dialogues
About Meals
Im a student and live in a hotel. So I have my meals out. Mostly I have them at the institute refectory. As a rule, I try to keep regular meals, its good for your health. I cook my breakfast and have it in.
As for my dinner I usually have it out. Usually its a four-course meal. At four oclock I have tea with some cake or a piece of cheese. I seldom have my supper out. Anyway its very light. I dont believe in having a substantial meal before going to bed.
About Meals
If you ask me, I wouldnt say I keep regular meals, though I live at home. I make it a rule to eat something before going to work. But normally its a very light breakfast: just a cup of coffee and a sandwich. I have a substantial meal in the middle of the day and call it dinner. But when I have no time to cook,
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I can do with some sandwiches. In the evening I have a light supper only.
My Mother Is Good at Cooking
My mother is very good at cooking. She spends a lot of time in the kitchen. She collects recipes and always invents new dishes.
We always have a houseful of guests. My friends say that the smell from the kitchen makes their mouth water when they are still in the doorway.
My mother knows that I have a sweet tooth and always cooks something delicious. Frankly speaking Im constantly putting on weight because of that.
I m afraid Ill have to start thinking of keeping to a diet.
Afternoon Tea
- Good afternoon, Mrs. White, how are you?
- Very well indeed, thank you, and how are you?
- Quite well, thank you, wont you sit down? Excuse me, please, I think thats my niece at the door.
- Hallo, Betty, dear! Im so glad to see you. You do look well. I dont think youve met each
- other before. Let me introduce you. This is my niece, Miss Smith. Mrs. White, Mr. White.
- How do you do.
- How do you do.
- And now lets have some tea. How do you like your tea, Mrs. White, strong or weak?
- Not too strong, please, and one lump of sugar.
- I like my tea rather sweet, but my husband prefers him without sugar.
- Well, whats the news, Mr. White? Hows business?
- Pretty good, thank you. And how are things with you?
- Well, not too good, Im afraid, and going bad to worse. In fact, its the worst year had for a long time.
- Im sorry to hear that. I hope things will soon improve.
- Yes, lets hope for the best. And hows you nephew Richard getting on?
- Oh, hes getting on quite well, thank you. Hes staying in the country just now with his Uncle William and his cousins.
- How long is he going to stay there?
- I dont know exactly, but hes having a very pleasant time and its doing him a lot of good, so the longer he stays, the better.
Vocabulary:
-How do like your tea, strong or weak?
-Its going from bad to worse.
-Its the worst year weve had for a long time.
-Its doing him a lot of good.
-The longer the better.
Comprehension Question:
1. How many people have gathered to have tea?
2. Who are the guests and the host and hostess?
3. What are they discussing at tea?
Discussion Question:
1. What do you think of the age and social status of the people talking?
2. Is the situation of the dialogue formal or informal?
3. Would people of your age talk like that?
Recurrent Speech Acts:
1. Offering Something to Eat
-Lets have something to eat.
-What about having lunch/ dinner?
-Would you like to have something to eat?
-Have some more coffee.
-Have another cup of coffee.
2. Accepting/ Refusing
-Id love it.
-Why not? Im hungry
-No, thanks, Im not hungry.
-No, thanks, Ive had though.
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II. THE NAMES OF FOODSTUFFS
Vocabulary
For breakfast
a) sandwiches (a cheese/ sausage sandwich, bread and butter)
b) eggs (hard/ soft boiled eggs, fried eggs, an omelette)
c) cereals (porridge, buckwheat porridge, rice, semolina)
d) dairy produce (milk, butter, cream, sour-cream, curds)
e) bread (a loaf/ a piece of white/ rye/ fresh/ stale bread)
f) pastries (biscuits, a cake, a pie, a pancake)
For dinner
a) for the first course (borscht, clear/ meat/ vegetable/ cabbage/ noodle soup)
b) for the second course (- a beefsteak, a chop, a cutlet, sausages;- meat: fried, roasted,smoked; beef, pork, veal, mutton;- poultry: chicken, duck, turkey;
- fish: perch, salmon, herring,sardines, cod, trout; - macaroni;
- vegetables: potatoes, (boiled, mashed, fried), cabbage, carrot, cucumber (pickled), tomato, cauliflower, mushrooms, onion, egg-plant, garlic, parsley)
c) for dessert (sweets/ candy, a bar of chocolate, jelly,
honey, marmalade, an ice-cream.
3. Soft drinks
a) tea (strong, middling, weak, sweet)
b) coffee (black, white (with cream), instant)
c) cocoa
d) water (fresh, mineral, soda)
e) lemonade
f) juice
