Post reading tasks
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Task 5.Using the available information from the text, fill in the table:
| English breakfast | Continental breakfast | Sunday lunch | Lunch | Dinner | Supper | |
| When it is served | ||||||
| What is served | ||||||
| Who eats it |
Task 6.Give a definition or try to explain with your own words what the following expressions mean.
- the health conscious modern world
- a more elaborate meal
- a challenging plateful
- the table setting
- to make a special effort in sth
- to imply informality
- to be available in different versions
- to be sauce-dependent
- the main course
- to incorporate chunks of orange peel
Task 7.You are going to work on a presentation about meals in Russia. While doing this make up a plan of what you are going to write about. Think not just about the main meals of the day, the time people usually have them and the food they eat, but also about traditional eating habits in our country and whether they are similar or different from those in other countries. Filling the following chart might help you with some ideas.
| Russia | Britain | Other countries | |
| People bring food to be eaten when they are guests | |||
| Before people begin eating, they say a prayer | |||
| Your napkin should be round your neck during a meal | |||
| People help themselves to food and drink | |||
| The women are served first at the start of a meal | |||
| People start eating as soon as they are served | |||
| People usually have several helpings | |||
| People show that they are finished with the meal by putting their knife and fork together on the plate | |||
| It's acceptable to leave food on your plate | |||
| It's not acceptable to refuse more food when you are offered | |||
| If you don't like sth you say about it aloud | |||
| People keep their hands off the table when they are not eating | |||
| At the end of a meal, people always thank the person who prepared the food |
&9READING& LISTENING
2.3 IN SEARCH OF GOOD ENGLISH FOOD
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