| . | I feel peckish. |
| . | I am faint from hunger. |
| . | I am as hungry as a hunter. |
| . | I am a poor eater. |
| ? | How much is the bill? |
| . | I am a hearty eater. |
| , . | Here you are. |
| . | We shall pay separately. |
| . | Keep the change. |
| . | Help yourself. |
| ... | Id rather... |
| ... | Id prefer... |
| ... , ... | I like... more/better than... |
| . | Ill pay for all. |
| , . | No, its at my cost. |
| . | Lets halve the bill. |
May I offer you another
? cup of tea?
He ? Will you have some more?
... . Passme... please.
11. What do we call places where people go to eat? Match the words in the left column with the definitions in the right column.
1. snack bar A. originally a British public house licensed to serve beer and other alcoholic beverages. Customers get their drinks from the counter and either stand there or sit at the tables. Some light snacks like pies and sandwiches are served.
2. café/cafeteria B. a counter where food and drink may be bought and eaten (e.g. in a railway station or on a train)
3. pizzeria C. small restaurant mainly concentrating on cakes, sandwiches, coffee and tea. Choice of food is often very limited.
4. refectory D. a place where guests normally come fairly late and stay until the small hours. Always with dancing and often also with floor shows. Food is some times available.
5. buffet E. a place where students or workers have their lunch, usually connected with a school, office or factory.
6. night club F. a nice place where meals are served to customers.
7. canteen G. a modest restaurant where customers collect their food on trays at counters and carry it to tables. Choice of dishes is based on convenience and speed, with food like hamburgers, sausages and sandwiches.
8. pub H. a restaurant specializing in pizzas, and other Italian type food.
9. restaurant I. a university cafe
12. What types of restaurant would you recommend to the following people?
1. A young couple who want food and some entertainment late at night.
2. A man who wants a meal in a place where he can meet some local people.
3. Someone wanting a quick, cheap meal.
4. Someone at a railway station.
5. Someone who wants non-English food.
6. A student staying at the university all day.
7. A factory worker at lunch-time.
8. A family who wants to celebrate some special occasion.
Read the text and be ready to discuss it.
Healthy food
Healthy eating is essential to your health and well being. In your great grandparents days, healthy eating was easy. Food was grown on nutrient rich soil without herbicides and pesticides. It was whole, natural and unprocessed. Meals, breads and desserts were cooked or baked in the home from scratch, not produced in a laboratory from chemicals not intended for human consumption.
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All food is made up of nutrients which our bodies use. There are different kinds of nutrients: carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins and minerals. Different foods contain different nutrients.
Before we cut down on fat, sugar and salt, we have to know a bit more about the kind of food these things might be in. The biggest problem comes when these things are hidden in other foods: biscuits, crisps, sausages, meat pies, soft drinks and so on.
The best way is to get into the habit of checking the ingredients and nutritional value on the sides of packets although this isn't always easy to do. Another thing to know is, for example, that we do need fat to live, it's an essential part of our diet and physically we couldn't exist without it.
But we all know that to eat much fat is bad for our health. The matter is that there are different kinds of fat. There are fats that are good for us and fats that are bad for us. Eating less of the bad ones and more of the good ones can actually help us to live longer! Bad fats are the saturated fats, found in animal productions, like red meat, butter and cheese.
Friendly fats are the unprocessed fats found naturally in foods like nuts and seeds, olives, avocados and oily fish, including tuna.
One more thing to know is that when food is cooked, its structure changes. It can change the vitamin and nutrient contents of food.
More and more people feel strongly about the way, their food is produced. Nowadays so much of the basic food we eat meat, fish, fruit and vegetables is grown using chemicals and additives.
Although fertilizers and pesticides have greatly increased the quantity of food and helped to improve its appearance, there is a growing concern about the effects of these chemicals in the food chain. This concern has led to a growth in the demand for organically grown products.
Today there is another problem. It is modified food, which is cheaper that ordinary one. There is a rumour that such food can cause cancer and other problems. Nobody knows, either it is just an imagined fear or a real problem. This problem could be solved and examined, but it will take some time.
The food we eat, depends on lots of things. Taste is a big factor. Culture, religion and health also play a part in what food we eat. Advertising and social factors also have a big influence.
Income is also an important factor. That is why not surprisingly, money, rather than a lack of knowledge about how to eat well, is at the heart of the problem.
Finally, there are three main messages to follow for healthy eating:
First, we should eat less fat, particularly saturated fat. Secondly, we are to cut down on sugar and salt. Thirdly, we must eat more fresh fruit and vegetables.
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