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Contents Lessons Focus 1. British Cuisine (after Unit 3) Past Perfect Continuous 2 2. Ukrainian Cuisine (after Unit 3) Used to be / Be used to 6 3. Art (after Unit 17) An opinion essay 11 4. Ukrainian Art (after Unit 17) A review 16 Vocabulary 21 1 Lesson 1 British Cuisine Grammar: Past Perfect Continuous Vocabulary: British cuisine and eating habits Communication: Talk about eating habits VOCABULARY READING Your profile 2 Complete the text using the appropriate form What do you think the saying ‘We are what of the words in capitals. You may need to make we eat’ means? changes to the word form of the words. Do you have any special eating habits? Are Cuisine means a certain style of they influenced by the culture you belong to? (0) .................cooking . COOK The ways food is cooked What factors influence the choice of food you (1) .................. for many reasons: VARIOUS prefer to eat: a certain time of the year, popular the country’s (2) .................., its LOCATE recipes, your travelling experience, your age or climate, fauna and flora, traditions others? and religion. The (3) .................. is DIFFER shown in ingredients, taste, smell and even in the manner the food is 1 Read the statements about food habits and eaten. match the phrases 1-5 with their meanings a-e. Certain dishes have gained (4) .................. all over the world. POPULAR 1. Olha has a sweet tooth. They are recognised as symbols of national cuisine and (5) .................. KNOW 2. My grandparents can’t stand junk food. as international. For example, taco represents Mexican food, 3. Borshch with pampushkas makes my mouth pizza and pasta (6) .................. SYMBOL water. Italian food, shawarma comes from Muslim countries. 4. I’m craving (for) coffee. Japanese food is (7) .................. SPECIAL known not only for sushi, but also 5. My younger brother is a fussy eater. for the two sticks used instead of classic tableware. A. Thinking about this dish makes me really Food (8) .................. has long PREPARE hungry. become an art. The best chefs used to compete for the honour to B. He hates onion and garlic, fish or eggs. cook for the royal families in the past. C. She likes muffins, chocolate, ice cream and Nowadays, culinary cookies. (9) .................. take place all COMPETE over the world, making food D. They think it’s really unhealthy. international and (10) .................. CULTURE pride. E. It is the only thing I can think about right now. 3 Look at the title of the article on the next page and discuss the questions. 1. What do you know about British culinary habits? Is the food savoury? Does it contain much fish, cheese or any other ingredients? 2. Are there any stereotypes about British cuisine? Do you know any regional specialties? 2 4 Match the names of the British food to the pictures. Try to guess if you don’t know some things. Bread and butter pudding Fish and chips Steak and kidney pie the Sunday roast English mustard Cornish pasties Roast beef Horseradish sauce Gravy 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 5 Read Part 1 of the article quickly and say how 0. Traditionally, many British people have T roast beef is called. their special Sunday meal. BRITISH CUISINE 1. Gravy is served with fish. Part 1 2. Relishes are added to main dishes. British cuisine has always been nourishing 3. Fish used to be essential on the British and the British have long believed in having four menu. meals a day. Following the tradition, every Sunday 4. Eating habits in Great Britain are thousands of British families get together to eat a traditional and stable. true feast of roasted meat (roast beef), served with 5. Nowadays British food is more diverse roasted potatoes, vegetables and Yorkshire pudding. than it used to be. The Sunday Roast meal symbolises medieval times 6. The British tend to avoid spices in their when Sunday was the only day off, and after the food. morning church service, workers were rewarded 7. Regional specialties play an important with mugs of ale and a feast of roasted oxen. The role in British cuisine. tradition has survived because the meat can be put in the oven to roast before the family goes to church and be ready to eat when they return. Roast beef, called a ‘joint’, is still the national culinary pride. It is served with a strong Horseradish sauce, Gravy made from the meat juices and English mustard as a relish. Other traditional British dishes, which include Fish and chips, Steak and kidney pie, Bread and butter Roast beef pudding and Cornish pasties are also popular and are served as must-try items for tourists. Part 2 6 Read Part 1 and Part 2 of the article and mark The British also enjoy eating fish: sole, haddock and the sentences true (T) or false (F). Correct the hake, are the most popular choices for fish. Lobster, false sentences. eel and oysters are other must-try specialties. 3 However, eating habits in Britain have changed sometimes served with a separate bowl of rice. recently. For example, The British started to eat less Irish stew is based on lamb, potato and onion. meat and potato dishes. Vegetable oils have largely Cock-a-Leekie is a Scottish soup or a stew replaced the use of butter. Today there is more consisting of beef, chicken, leeks and prunes. emphasis on fresh ingredients from all over the Crown roast lamb which is cooked with a stuffing world: salmon, Dover sole, Norwegian prawns, New of apples, bread crumbs, onion, celery and lemon. Zealand lamb and exotic fruit are popular. Welsh Rabbit (or Rarebit) is a dish of cheese, British cuisine has always been multicultural – which is grated and melted with milk. There are a mixture of diverse styles. It has been influenced also many popular types of cheese including by the traditions and tastes from different parts of Cheddar, Stilton, Cheshire and blue Cheshire, the British Empire. Roman, French, and Norman double Gloucester, red Leicester, and Sage Derby. invasions influenced it with exotic spices: cinnamon, Another specialty is Mincemeat, which is not to saffron, mace, nutmeg, pepper, ginger and sugar, be confused with minced meat, as it is beef suet which was also considered as a spice – rare and binding chopped nuts, apples, spices and brown expensive. sugar, into a filling for pies or pasties. Among Traditional English dishes include Bangers and popular puddings one should mention Kidney mash (pork or beef sausages with apple or tomato pudding and Black pudding. Hasty pudding seasoning and potato mashed up with butter); is simple and quick as it is steamed pudding of Bubble and squeak (sometimes just called bubble), milk, flour, butter, eggs and cinnamon. Welsh made with the shallow-fried leftover vegetables faggots are meatballs made of pork liver mixed from a Sunday roast dinner. The chief ingredients with onion, beef suet, bread crumbs and sometimes are potato and cabbage, but carrots, peas, brussels chopped apple. Westmoreland pepper cake is a sprouts and other vegetables can be added. Fish fruitcake that contains a lot of black pepper. Other and chips is the traditional take-away food in ingredients include honey, cloves, ginger and England. The fresh fish is dipped in flour and then in walnuts. Eccles cake is pastry stuffed with a spicy batter and deep fried. It is served with chips (fresh currant filling. Syllabub contains fresh milk with not frozen) and sprinkled with salt and vinegar. sherry, sugar, lemon, nutmeg and double cream Sometimes people order Curry sauce (yellow into a custard-like dessert or an eggnog-like drink. sauce that tastes nothing like real curry), Mushy Among cakes, buns and pastries local delicacies peas or Pickled eggs. include Bath buns, Chelsea buns, Eccles cakes Other regional specialties include Mullitgatawny and Banbury cakes. soup. It contains chicken, meat or vegetable Although the food industry in Britain is currently stock mixed with yogurt, cheese or coconut milk going through changes. British cuisine is still and is seasoned with curry and other spices. It is delicious and varied. Bubble and squeak Mullitgatawny soup Irish stew Bangers and mash Rarebit Black pudding 4 7 Walk around the class to find the classmate who: 12 Choose the correct answer. Explain your choice. • eats fast food at least once a week .........................................name • knows what eggnog is ......................................... 0. Olha .....................................had been cooking for two hours. • is a fussy eater ........................................ She was extremely tired. • would like to cook Hasty pudding ......................................... a) was cooking • can’t stand fish ........................................ b) had been cooking • has got a family food tradition ........................................ c) cooked • frequently craves potato chips ......................................... • hates junk food ........................................ 1. They ............................... the terms of the • has tried Fish and chips ......................................... contract for an hours before the came to • would love to try Bangers and mash ......................................... agreement. a) were discussing 8 The dish names in bold appear in the text. b) had discussed Choose one and find its recipe. Prepare a short c) had been discussing presentation for your classmates and explain how to cook the dish you have chosen. If you are 2. Natalka ..................................... in Bulgaria for good at cooking, try to cook it on your own. ten years before she moved to Ukraine. a) had been living SPEAKING b) has been living Prepare to speak c) was living Keep talking: 3. Yesterday we ate out. The meal in a new café • It was the first time I had thought of…; was really yummy, but the service was terrible. • I clearly remember…; We..................... for it for half an hour before it • First …, then …, next …, finally...; eventually arrived. • It smelled really awesome / awful...; a) had been waiting • You know what I mean…; b) have been waiting • It was the best / worst … I had ever tasted.