English Brekfast improved

However, the traditional English breakfast is a big meal. Visitors to Britain often think that breakfast is the best meal of the day. These pictures show a traditional English
Sbreakfast served in many British hotels and bed and breakfast places.

As you can see it is so big that you can easily go without lunch. However, there is a lot of fat in this kind of breakfast and today many people eat a healthier one.

It is healthier because muesli and fruit juice contain less fat and more fibre. Fibre is present in plants. You don't digest it but it is useful because it helps food to go faster through your body.

Vegans (Veggies)

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1 )How many people in the class are vegetarians? When did they become vegetarian? Do you think the number of vegetarians is increasing?

2) Correct each of these statements.

a Most teenagers stop eating meat because they are worried about their health.
b At rock concerts, some animal-rights groups show videos of terrible diseases you can get from eating meat.

c Most parents are worried that their children will not get enough vitamins if they are vegetarians.

d Teenagers say there is a big selection of high quality vegetarian food in their school cafeteria.
e Giving up meat is always a sign of a psychological problem.
f Linda Ahkami cooks vegetarian food for the whole family every night.

4) Do you think it is wrong to kill animals for food? Why/why not?
Is it more acceptable to catfish and some types of meat than others? Is it wrong to kill animals for leather?

5) Do you agree with the vegetarians who avoid eating meat for health reasons? Why/why not?

6) Read about these two practices on factory farms? What do you think about them? Do you think they're a good way of keeping the price of meat down? Are they a good reason to give up eating meat?

A Place to Eat

1) What about restaurants in your country, and your own taste in food? Answer these questions about yourself and your country.

1) Do you normally need to book a restaurant in advance?

2) Is it common to give the waiter a tip? If so, how much?

3) Do you normally eat three courses in a restaurant? If not, how many courses do you
normally have?

4) How many of these do you normally find on the table in a restaurant in your country?
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5) Generally, do you add more salt to your food when you eat in restaurants?

6) Do you like steak? If so, how do you like it cooked?

7) Would you say that food in your country is very spicy?

8) Would you say that food in your country is generally quite fattening?

2) Study these ads.

You'll find restaurants for every situation in the U.S. If you're in a hurry, you may just want to grab some "junk food" at a grocery store or a candy counter, or you can get a bite to eat at one of the many fast food chains, like McDonald's, Burger King, Kentucky Fried Chicken, or Taco Time. Or you can get a hero or submarine sandwich "to stay" or "to go" from a sandwich shop or deli. Some of these places have tables, but many don't. People eat in their cars or take their food home, to their offices or to parks.

If you prefer sitting down but still don't want to spend much, you can try a cafeteria. At all of these places, you pay at a cash register before you sit down, and you don't have to tip anybody - but you usually have to clear the table when you finish!

Coffee shops are usually less expensive
and less dressy than fine restaurants. So are pizza places, pancake houses, sandwich shops and family restaurants. But the name of a restaurant won't necessarily tell you much about the kind of place it is or the food it serves.

Like most fast food restaurants and
cafeterias, many restaurants don't serve
alcoholic beverages. This is often because
they want people to feel comfortable
bringing their children. Minors can eat at
restaurants that serve beer and wine, but
they are not allowed to enter pubs, taverns,
cocktail lounges or bars. You may be asked to show some ID that proves your age before you go into a bar.

Here are some more helpful things to know. In the U.S., people prefer waiting for a table to sitting with people they don't know. This means a hostess may not seat a small group until a small table is available, even if a large one is. If you are sitting at a table with people you don't know, it is impolite to light up a cigarette without first asking if it will disturb them.

At American restaurants, cafes and coffee shops you are usually served tap water before you order. You may find the bread and butter is free, and if you order coffee, you may get a free refill.

Soft drinks are sweet, carbonated drinks
like Coke. Hard drinks are alcoholic, like
whiskey, vodka, etc. They are served straight or on the rocks. In some restaurants you can bring your own wine. In some states, you can buy liquor at a restaurant to take home.
Every state makes its own laws about the
sale of alcohol. In some states, you have to
buy it at a special state-owned store licensed to sell liquor. Most dries and towns have no rules about opening and closing times for stores or restaurants, though they usuallydo make rules for bars. Especially in large cities, stores may be open 24 hours a day.

Servings in restaurants are often large —
too large for many people. If you can't finish your meal but would like to enjoy the food later, ask your waitress or waiter for a
"doggie bag." It may have a picture of a dog on it, but everybody knows you're taking the food for yourself.

Supper and dinner are both words for the
evening meal. Some people have "Sunday dinner." This is an especially big noon meal.

Tips are not usually added to the check.
They are not included in the price of the
meal, either. A rip of about 15% is expected, and you should leave it on the table when you leave. In less expensive restaurants, you pay your check at the cash register on your way out. In some, a check is brought on a plate and you put your money there. Then the waiter or waitress brings you your change. In some restaurants you can pay with a credit card, including the tip.

3) Answer the questions

1. What are the names of the restaurants in the ads?

2. What kind of food do they serve?

3. What hours are they open?

4. What meals do they serve?

5. Which ones serve alcohol? What makes you think so?

6. When does the pancake house serve lunch and dinner?

7. Where can you get food "to go"?

8. Which restaurant do you think is the most expensive?

4) Answer the questions

1. What are Abernethy's hours?

2. Do they serve canned soups, or do they make them here?

3. Can you describe a shrimp louie in your own words? A chef's salad?

4. When do you eat hors d'oeuvres?

5. What comes with the dinners?

6. Which dinner comes with something instead of potatoes?

7. How many desserts do they serve here?

8. How can you find out about the desserts?

9. How can you find out about the wines they serve here?

5) You and another student are going to open a new restaurant in your town or
city. Together, decide on these things. Then tell the class about your new restaurant.

1 What are you going to call it?

2 Where in the town is it going to be?

3 What opening hours are you going to have?

4 What style of food are you going to offer?

5 What will your restaurant look like:

— What colour rooms?

— What style of furniture?

— What kind of lighting?

— What pictures on the walls?

6 What special features are you going to have:

— live music?

— candles?

— open cooking fires?

— any others?

When you are ready, pass your menu to two other pairs. They are your first customers.

6) Look at the menus that you receive. You have just eaten at a new restaurant.
Decide if the dishes were good or bad and then write a review for each one.

7 ) Restaurants are not always as they should be... Imagine that you are a health inspector. Recently, you went to visit a very
expensive restaurant. You went in and you saw the kitchen … What did you see? With a partner, first decide what is wrong with the kitchen.
These words may be useful:

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Date: 2016-04-22; view: 1694