Part IV

MY MEALS

Make a class survey and then report about the following things.

Use these phrases:

Do you mind if I ask you some questions?

How about answering....?

Excuse me, I’d like to know....

I was wondering whether.......

· the time you have lunch and dinner

· a typical lunch or dinner lasts

· eat bread with your main meal

· eat melon, pasta, fish, steak

· put butter on your bread

· drink tea in the afternoon

· drink tea with your dinner

· like pasta

· eat spaghetti with garlic and tomato sauce when you go out on a romantic date

· eat something for breakfast

· eat something hot for breakfast

· eat soup in summer

· eat salad in winter

· peel an apple before you eat it

· peel vegetables before you cook them

· like meat

· eat meat every day

· like eating in front of the television

· usually eat with the rest of the family

· smoke at the dinner table

· mind if someone else smokes at the dinner table

Exercise 1

Put each of the following words into its correct space in the passage below.

Meals

Most people eat three …….. a day — breakfast, ……. and dinner. Some eat a fourth meal, …......, late at night. …..…. tradition provides an extra light meal served in the late ………... Its basic …….... usually includes tea and special tea cakes or cucumber sandwiches.

Meals vary in different countries. …….….. in the United States may include fruit or fruit …......, coffee, toast, and a choice of cereal or …...… and eggs. Many people like pancakes with maple …..... for breakfast..….…….. Europeans sometimes have an early breakfast of ….... and coffee or hot.….……., and eat a …...…. breakfast later on in the..……….

— Speaking

What foods do you eat when you are tired? at a celebration? at home? on a picnic? at a fast-food restaurant? at an expensive restaurant? Fill in the chart.

Words to remember

Eater: good, poor, light, heavy/hearty, fast, slow, finicky, choosy, picky, fastidious, gourmet, hungry, thirsty.

Kinds of meals: meal, feast, picnic, barbecue, banquet, buffet.

Phrases to remember

To have/enjoy a good appetite; to eat with relish; to eat with gusto; to eat a big/small/scanty dinner; to eat in/with moderation; to make do with a cup of tea; to have regular meals; to have a substantial/square meal; to disguise the natural taste of ingredients; to content oneself with a cup of tea; to eat to one’s heart’s content; to make tea; to wait for the tea to brew; hot/lukewarm/stone-cold tea; to wash down a sandwich with a cup of tea.