III 2.Do you often invite guests to have a meal together?

My family is very friendly and we have a lot of relatives. We always invite guests to celebrate a birthday party or any national holiday. Sometimes we cook together, especially if we have our meals outside or in the countryside. We usually cook meat and vegetable salad and baked meat with rice or potatoes. My mum bakes (We buy…) delicious cake. We always have fun together and we always become sad when it is time “to say good bye” to each other.

III 3.What questions can you ask a British friend about their eating habits? 

How many meals a day do you have?

What do you usually have for breakfast/lunch/dinner?

What’s your favourite dish?

Are you fond of fast food?

III 4.Which cafes would you recommend to visit in your place? Why? 

A very popular pastime is eating out in a restaurant or a café. In most towns there is a wide variety of restaurants, a number of bars and cafes where you can get sandwiches and other snacks. So is in Minsk. You may go to the center of the town and walk along central streets. You will see a number of cafes. It will be up to your taste what to choose, because they are rather different.

III 5.Scientists say that fast food is unhealthy but people go on eating it. What do you think about it? 

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№4  1.Now let's talk about food. What do people eat in Britain?  2.Do you know many recipes?  3.What questions can you ask a waiter when you are ordering a meal in a cafe?  4.My friend wants to know more about national cuisines. Which national dishes would you recommend him to taste?  5.A lot of pupils refuse to have meals at school. What do you think about it?

IV 1.Now let's talk about food. What do people eat in Britain?

I’d like to tell some words about British food. Traditionally English people have three meals a day: breakfast, lunch and dinner. Breakfast is served in the morning. It used to be a large meal with cereal, eggs and bacon, sausages, tomatoes. But such a large breakfast takes a long time to prepare and is not very healthy. Nowadays, Britain’s most popular breakfast consists of cereal, toast with marmalade, juice and yogurt with a cup of tea or coffee. Lunch is a light meal. Most people have no time to go back home for lunch so they eat at school, cafes, pubs or restaurants. The main meal is dinner, which is usually between 6 and7 p.m. A typical evening meal is a meat dish with vegetables and dessert. The most important meal of the week is the Sunday dinner, which is usually eaten at1 p.m. The traditional Sunday dish used to be roast beef, but nowadays pork, chicken or lamb are more common. On Sunday evenings people have supper or high tea. The famous British afternoon tea is becoming rare, except at weekends. 

IV 2.Do you know many recipes?

Yes, of course. I love to cook, so my kitchen is filled with every cooking gadget: measuring cups, spoons, baking whisks. I myself can prepare and cook many dishes. We have got many cookery books at home. Sometimes I can take recipes from these books. My mum helps me with useful advice too. Best of all I like to prepare pancakes. It is not difficult to make this dish and it doesn’t take you much time. You can eat pancakes with sour cream, jam or caviar.