Fish and Chips

Watch the video about fish and chip shop in the town of Biggar, Scotland. It has been voted the best fish and chip shop in Britain (https://www.youtube.com/ watch? feature=player_embedded& v=InSyuWR2w7U) and do the quiz:

1. The traditional seasoning for fish and chips is ____.

a) salad cream b) salt and pepper c) curry sauce d) salt and vinegar

2. The celebrity chef in the video describes fish and chips as ____.

a) the nations number 1 takeaway

b) the British national dish

c) the most popular dish in his restaurant

d) his favourite comfort food

3. What award did the Townend café win?

a) regional shop of the year

b) the golden spud

c) the sustainable fishing award

d) national fish and chip shop of the year

4. How many portions of fish and chips are sold in the UK every year?

a) the video doesn’t say

b) over 260 million

c) over 60 million

d) over 160 million

5. Which of the following types of fish was not mentioned in the video?

a) monkfish b) pollack c) mullet d) cod

6. What do people in the USA call chips?

a) crisps b) fries c) chipolatas d) frites

A. Idioms

Read the following explanations and translate the sentences into Russian. Give your own sentences using the idioms:

Appetite

1. If something makes your mouth water, it makes you want to eat it. e.g.: One look at those cakes makes my mouth water.
2. If you say that someone has a sweet tooth, you mean that they particularly like sweet things.
3. The word appetite can be used to refer to a desire for food or for something other than food. In the same way, whet your appetite can be used to mean awaken a desire. E.g.: Cinemas use trailers to whet viewers’ appetites and make them want to see the whole film.

Sweet and sour

1. Sweet things are generally considered to be particularly pleasant and luxurious. The icing on the cake, for example, refers not only to the sugar coating on a cake but also to something that makes a good situation even better. E.g.: This trophy is the icing on the cake for Julie who has had a great year as a tennis player.
2. The expression you can’t have your cake and eat it is used to refer to the fact that two good thing are impossible to do or have at the same time. E.g.: He wants to have his cake and eat it: he wants a well-paid secure job, but he doesn’t want to have to work evenings or weekends.
3. Sour and bitter generally have unpleasant associations in idioms. If an experience leaves a sour taste in your mouth, you have an unpleasant memory of it. If you do something to the bitter end, you see it through to the end and even though it takes a long time and is difficult.