Ex. 11. Study the new vocabulary and do the task below.

Gourmet cooking from any country really makes your mouth water. Now, you just need to know how to talk about recipes from your own country. Study the words below and consult a dictionary if you need a definition. Write a sample sentence for each word to learn how it is used in context. You can use the Internet to find such sentences and related information.

§ bake

§ barbecue

§ boil

§ broil

§ fry

§ grill

§ heat

§ roast

§ salty

§ simmer

· blender

· cutting board

· microwave

· oven

· pan

· pot

· spoon / fork / knife

· stove

· utensils

· chop

· cut

· dice

· mix

· slice

· stir

Describe how to prepare a traditional food from your country. First, introduce the ingredients and then explain the steps on how to make the dish. Use the Internet to help you find a recipe and pictures of this food.

Ex. 12. Make a list of foodstuffs you hate and say why.

 

Ex. 13. Which cuisine is the best in the world? Rank the following cuisines in order of preference and explain your choice: Russian, Mexican, Georgian, English, French, German, American, Chinese, Italian, Indian.

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Ex. 14. Write a dream menu for a day.

Ex. 15. Write an essay on one of the following topics.

1. Each family has its own style of cooking.

2. What I like and what I hate to eat.

3. Better cooks – men or women?

 

Ex. 16. A) Use the Internet to find breakfast recipes to prepare an entire meal for a very important international visitor. The meal should also include a drink.

B) Describe how to prepare a traditional food from your country. First, introduce the ingredients and then explain the steps on how to make the dish. Use the Internet to help you find a recipe and pictures of this food.

SPEAKING

Ex. 17. Discuss the following points

1. What is preferable for you – to buy food in a big supermarket or in small shops?

2. Where are the best shops for food in your city?

3. Speak about foodstuffs sold in your shops. Say whethet they are shipped in or grown locally; say whiich are expensive and inexpensive; say what foodstuff which you might have seen in the shops abroad are not sold in ths country.

4. Do they sell foodstuff under the counter nowadays? What kind of goods can those be?

5. Do you pay attention to the brand name when you buy food? If not, how do you make your choice?

6. What is your personal style of shopping for food? Do you buy at once or do you take your time to look around for lower prces?

7. How often do you buy very expensive foodstuffs? What kind of products are those? When does it happen?

Ex. 18. A) Describe 1) the supermarket closest to your block of flats;

                            2) your favourite supermarket.

 

Ex. 19. Look through the list of products and say which of them are sold in Russia

1. by the kilo

2. by quantity

3. by tens

 

Fish, carrots, kiwi, meat, eggs, pineapples, sausages, rye bread, oranges.

 

Ex. 20. Say which products from the list below are prices

1. per kilo

2. per each

 

Onions, tomatoes, wheat bread, tinned meat, cabbages, mangoes, buns, apples, cucumbers.

 

READING

Ex. 21. A) Read the dialogs and act them out.

At the grocery store

Grocer: Hello, Ann, how are you doing today?

Ann: Fine, thanks. How are you?

Grocer: I am okay, thank you. What can I get for you, Ann?

Ann: I’d like half a pound of butter, a pound jar of strawberry jam, a large bottle of vinegar and a tin of sardines.

Grocer: Will that be all?

Ann: No, I’d like also a small-sized packet of mushroom soup and a piece of smoked bacon.

Grocer: Will this do? It’s all we have at the moment, I’m afraid.

Ann: No, it’s much too fat. I wanted it leaner. I think I’d better take some ham instead. How much is it?

Grocer: Eighty pence a pound.

Ann: Good. Half a pound, please. That’ll be all. How much does it come to?

Grocer: Five pounds thirty seven pence, please.

Ann: Right. Here is six pound.

Grocer: And here is your change.

Ann: Thanks.

Grocer: Good-bye, Ann. Thank you. Come tomorrow, we’ll have a new stock.

 

At the butcher’s

Shop assistant: Can I help you, madam?

Mrs.Gilbert: I’d like a leg of lamp. Do you sell it?

Shop assistant: Yes, we do, but I’m afraid we’ve sold out at the moment. If you’d care to call in tomorrow?

Mrs.Gilbert: Thank you, I won’t bother! I’ll buy some fork instead.

Shop assistant: Oh, yes. We’ve got excellent choice today. What part would you like to get – shoulder, leg or some other?

Mrs.Gilbert: This bit of shoulder is fine with me.

Shop assistant: Okay, it weighs four pounds. 

Mrs.Gilbert: I’ll also have a chicken.

Shop assistant: Boiling or frying?

Mrs.Gilbert: Boiling, please.

Shop assistant: Will this do?

Mrs.Gilbert: Nice. That will be all. How much is it?

Shop assistant: Three pounds twenty pens.

Mrs.Gilbert: Here you are.

Shop assistant: Your change, madam. Thank you. Have a nice day.

 

At the greengrocer’s

Greengrocer: Good morning, Mrs. Daisy. How are you this morning.

Mrs. Daisy: Fine, thanks. And how are you?

Greengrocer: I’m having a little trouble. Some of my supplies aren’t here yet. So, I don’t have tomatoes and peppers.

Mrs. Daisy: Oh, that’s a shame. Will you have some later?

Greengrocer: Oh, yes, they will be delivered in the afternoon. I’ll save them for you.

Mrs. Daisy: Thanks. It’s very kind of you. And now I’ll take a bag of potatoes, a couple of beets and some carrots.

Greengrocer: All right. Notice the fruit we’ve got today. The peaches are very good.

Mrs. Daisy: The peaches do look good. What do they cost?

Greengrocer: Peaches are quit cheap this time of the year. Thirty pence a pound.

Mrs. Daisy: That’s a real bargain. I’ll take tree pounds.

Greengrocer: Okay. Now, what else?

Mrs. Daisy: Okay, that’s all for the day. How much do I owe you?

Greengrocer: That’s four pounds seventy five pence. Here’s your change from your five pound note – twenty five pence.

Mrs. Daisy: Thank you. Goob-bye.

Greengrocer: Good-bye, Mrs. Daisy. Thanks a lot.

 

B) Pick out from three dialogues sentences which denote the shop assistants’

1. greeting with customers

2. offering goods

3. telling the price of the goods

 

C) Pick out from three dialogues sentences which denote the customers’

1. greeting shop assistants

2. telling what they need

3. asking about the price

 

WRITING

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