C. Choose the correct answer.

1. The writer believes that British cooking …

a) has always been very bad;

b) was good until World War II;

c) is good because it is so international.

2. The British …

a) eat only traditional British food in their homes;

b) don’t like cooking with foreign ingredients;

c) buy lots of foreign ingredients.

3. The British weather …

a) enables the British to produce good quality food;

b) often ruins fruit and vegetables;

c) is not such an important influence on British food as foreign trade.

4. World War II had a great influence on British cooking because …

a) traditional British cooking was rediscovered and some good cheap recipes were produced;

b) people had limitless supplies of home-grown food;

c) people started to believe that British food was boring, so after the war they wanted to cook

more interesting and international dishes.

5. Writer says that …

a) British tourists try lots of new dishes when they are abroad;

b) nowadays it’s very unusual for British people to cook British food;

c) literature and language are more culturally important than food.

6. Final conclusion about British cooking is that …

a) there is no hope;

b) you’ll only be able to get British food in expensive restaurants;

c) you’ll be able to get more good traditional British dishes, especially in pubs.

D. Write the question to the text and discuss it in the class.

Translate the proverbs into Ukrainian and explain them in English.

1. Appetite comes with eating –

2. Have a huge/big/voracious appetite –

3. Lose one's appetite –

4. Spoil/ruin one's appetite –

5. The belly has no ears–

6. The bread and butter of a person –

7. Eat like a bird –

8. Eat like a horse

9. I could eat a horse –

10. I couldn't eat another thing –

11. Big/light/fussy, etc. eater –

12. Eat smb out of house and home –

13. Eat smb's bread –

14. High tea –

15. Packed lunch –

16. Cooked breakfast –

17. Have a snack/a bite –

18. Square meal –

19. Home cooking –

20. Wine and dine smb –

21. Make one's mouth water –

22. Melt in one’s mouth –

23. Smack one's lips –

24. To my taste –

25. To taste –

26. Tastes differ–

27. After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a mile –

28. You are what you eat –

29. Eat, drink, and be merry (for tomorrow we die) –

Match the following English idioms to their respective dictionary definitions.