English through Dialogues, Puzzles and Jokes. М. М. Битюкова
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Название: English through Dialogues, Puzzles and Jokes
Автор: М. М. Битюкова
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– So what do you do?
– I mix in a bit of horse meat.
– Horse meat! – exclaimed the friend. – How much horse meat do you put in?
– About fifty-fifty, – replied the butcher.
– What do you mean fifty-fifty?
– One horse to one rabbit.
Vocabulary
To manage – справиться
Cookery lesson – урок кулинарии
Fair – справедливый
To chew – жевать (chewing gum – жевательная резинка)
Butcher – мясник
Pie – пирог
Customer – покупатель, клиент
To complain – жаловаться
To be in great demand – пользоваться большим спросом
To mix in – подмешивать, мешать с
Part Seven. Revision Game
Throw the dice and answer the questions:
1. Name an exotic dish.
2. What is a healthy diet?
3. Your receipt of a meat sarnie.
4. Who is veggie?
5. Do you like pastry?
6. Who is sweet-tooth?
7. What is your favourite dessert?
8. What is “cuisses de grenouilles”
9. What is the most delicious food you’ve ever eaten?
10. Fancy a tripe?
11. Which do you prefer in the morning: tea or coffee?
12. Name 3 ingredients of your favourite dish.
13. Characterize Charlie Chilli.
14. What did you have for brekkie today?
15. What is the national delicacy of your country?
16. What’s the difference between kitchen and cuisine?
17. What is the worst dish you’ve ever eaten?
18. Which do you prefer for lunch: meat or fish?
19. What is a balanced diet?
20. Characterize Picky Polly.
21. Fancy pommes frites?
22. What is vichyssoise made from?
23. Name professions connected with food.
24. What are alternatives to meat for veggies?
25. What is “cafe au lait”?
26. Are you Hungry Harry?
27. Do you like hot, spicy food?
28. What food can’t you stand?
29. What are you going to have for supper?
30. Are you keen on food?
Answers to the Healthy Eating Test:
1. The correct answer is b. Once a month (sometimes twice) should be okay. A lot of fast food restaurants offer healthier choices. Try a fruit juice instead of a fizzy drink or a salad instead of a burger.
2. The correct answer is a. All salad leaves and vegetables themselves are low in fat but some salad dressings can be high in calories.
3. The correct answer is a. Do you remember the Russian proverb ‘Eat breakfast alone…’? Eating breakfast is the perfect way to start your day. Without breakfast you’ll feel tired and sleepy.
4. The correct answer is b. But it doesn’t have to be just water. Fruit juice, milk and tea count, too. So do fizzy drinks – but make sure you don’t drink these too often.
5. The correct answer is c. Healthy snacks such as fresh fruit or vegetables are good for you. Besides, such snacks can also help to prevent you from overeating at your next meal.
6. The correct answer is b. Doctors say that we should eat fish twice a week.
7. The correct answer is b. It has been proven that all vegetables – whether they are fresh, frozen or even canned – are good for you.
8. The correct answer is b. It’s a myth that eating starchy foods like pasta and bread is bad.
9. All above (d) is the correct answer!
10. The correct answer is b.
Character analysis
Chilli eaters are brave and adventurous; they like to shock, but they get bored and restless very easily.
Sweet-eaters are easy-going and sociable but they lack confidence. They are kind and sympathetic but not always reliable.
Hungry eaters are hard-working and generous; they aren’t ambitious and hate changes of any sort. They worry about the future.
Picky eaters are artistic and sensitive but they lose their tempers easily. They set themselves very high standards and don’t like to fail.
Unit 2. It’s all about… Love.
Part One. Love Test
Answer the questions (honestly!) and then read the explanations.
1. You are walking to your boy/girlfriend’s house. There are two roads to get there. One is straight path to take you there quickly, but is very boring. The other is much longer but is full of wonderful sights and interesting things. Which one do you take to get to your boy/girlfriend’s house, short or long?
2. On the way you see two rose bushes. One is full of red roses, the other is full of white ones. You decide to pick 20 roses for your boy/girlfriend, of any other combination. What number of white and red roses do you pick? (You can pick all of one or any combination of the two).
3. You finally get to their house. A family member answers the door. You can ask them to get your boy/girlfriend or you can go to get him or her yourself. Which do you do?
4. You go up to your boy/girlfriend’s room, but nobody СКАЧАТЬ