Vocabulary

• cuisine – кухня

• to be rich in – бути багатим на

• cooking traditions and national recipes – традиції приготування та національні рецепти

• to serve – подавати

• to order – замовляти

• to taste – смакувати

Exercise 1: Read and translate the text:

What is “American” food?

The answer is that it is a part of Italian, British, German, Mexican and even Chinese… When people from other countries came to live in the US, they brought different cooking traditions, their national recipes. Some of them opened restaurants. Today Americans enjoy food from all over the world.

Maybe the US is most famous for “fast foods”. And that’s why very often traditional American food is associated with fast food, including hamburgers, French fries, hot dogs, pizzas and some other quick and easy-made dishes. The first fast food restaurants served hamburgers, but now they serve other kinds of food too. Inside there is often a “salad bar”, where you can help yourself to eat a lot of salads, because the main rule of salad bars is to pay one price and eat as much as you want. Another traditional American food is doughnuts. However, they were brought to the USA by Dutch immigrants in the 19th century. One can find all sorts of doughnuts in American cafes. During the day Americans eat lots of ready-to-cook food.

Americans eat a lot, and when they go to a restaurant, they don’t expect to be hungry afterwards. Most restaurants will put a lot of food on your plate — sometimes it can be too much. But if you can’t finish it all, don’t worry: they will give you a “doggy bag” and you can take it home.

Most Americans now have a light breakfast instead of the traditional eggs, bacon, toast, orange juice and coffee. But on weekends there is more time, and a large late breakfast or early lunch is often eaten with family or friends. For lunch some families eat fresh salads, sandwiches or tinned soups, which require simply heating. Dinner is the most nutritious meal. Traditionally families cook pasta or roast beef with rice, serve fresh salads, drink a glass of water, juice or wine and sometimes have a dessert with tea. Some families order a take-away food, such as pizza, sushi, Chinese food, etc.

Exercise 2: Answer the questions:

1. Can we say that American food is international food? Why?

2. What is American food associated of?

3. What was the first dish in the fast food cafés, restaurants?

4. What is a “salad bar”? What is its main idea?

5. What is another famous traditional American food?

6. What is a “doggy bag”? Why is it used?

7. What do the Americans have for breakfast?

8. What do the Americans have for lunch?

9. What is the most nutritious meal?

10. What do traditionally families cook and order?

Exercise 3: Compare food from different countries. Discuss the main points:

	Ukrainian food	British food	American food
The traditional dish
The most famous dish
Food for breakfast
Food for dinner
Food for supper
Occasional dish
Drinks
Specific items

Grammatical Topic

THE NUMERAL (Числівник)

• Порядкові числівники, крім перших трьох (first, second, third), утворюються з відповідних кількісних числівників додаванням суфікса –th:

four – fourth nine – ninth

five – fifth fifteen – fifteenth

six – sixth twelve – twelfth

seven – seventh sixty – sixtieth

eight – eighth

У складених порядкових числівниках форму порядкового числівника має лише останнє слово: twenty –one - twenty –first

three hundred and sixty-four – three hundred and sixty-fourth

• В англійській мові номери сторінок, параграфів, розділів, частин книг, актів п’єс позначаються звичайно не порядковими, а кількісними числівниками, які ставляться після іменника, який у таких випадках вживається без артикля:

page twenty-five сторінка двадцять п’ята

part three частина третя

• Кількісні числівники позначають також номера будинків, квартир, кімнат, тролейбусів, розміри одягу, взуття:

Size thirty-seven розмір тридцять сьомий

• Дати в англійській мові позначаються кількісними числівниками:

1978 – nineteen hundred and seventy-eight

або в усному мовленні просто: nineteen seventy-eight

Число місяця позначається порядковим числівником з означеним артиклем та прийменником of:

1 грудня 1991 року – the first of December nineteen ninety-one

Exercise 1: Translate:

перший, сьомий, двадцять третій, четвертий, другий, дев’ятий, сто вісімдесят перший, одна тисяча двадцять восьмий, третій, п’ятий, чотириста сьомий, вісімнадцятий, 2 червня 1934 року, 14 листопада 1467, 7 квітня 1890, сторінка сімдесят друга, глава п’ята. Кімната сто десята.