Upward Bound: First year. Воробьева М.Г - 109 стр.

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III. Find a recipe of an English/American dish and tell the group
how to prepare it. Illustrate your answer with pictures.
IV. Speak on the topic: My favourite dish/dishes.
HOME READING
Ex. 1. Read the first text and answer the questions.
1. What English expressions about food do you know?
2. What is Irish stew?
3. Have you ever tried a Scotch egg?
4. What is the most popular meal in the USA?
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National Food
The English language has a number of ‘national’ expressions.
Many of them are to do with food. A Scotch egg, for example, is a
hard-boiled egg in sausage meat, eaten cold or hot. Scotch broth is
a thick soup with beef and barley. Irish stew is made from meat,
onions and potatoes. Welsh rerebit pronounced ‘rabbit’ is melted
cheese on hot toast. A Spanish omelette containing tomatoes, onions
and potatoes. Russian salad is a salad of cold, cooked vegetables
made with Russian dressing which has a sharp taste. Russian tea is tea
with lemon instead of milk.
Ex. 2. Read the second text and answer the questions.
1. What were the two types of Russian cuisine?
2. How did Russian people cook their food?
3. Veal wasn’t eaten, was it?
4. Was food heated in fat (butter)?
5. What did Russian people use to fill blins, pirogs?
6. What soups did Russian people cook?
7. What did the cuisine of Russian aristocracy prefer?
8. What dishes were served at the tzarist receptions?
9. It’s a Russian tradition to set a rich table, isn’t it?
10. What Russian dishes are still popular?
11. What did Russian blins symbolize?
12. What is the greatest praise which can be said to a Russian
cook?

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