8. Learn the following definitions:

1. Cuisine is 1) a style of cooking or preparing food; 2) a list of food prepared by a particular restaurant, country, or individual.

2. Cookery is the art or practice of cooking.

3. Wok is a round-bottomed utensil that circulates heat quickly.

4. Sauce is 1) a liquid or soft dressing served with food as a seasoning; 2) mashed, stewed fruit.

5. Flavour (Flavor – Am. Eng.) is the quality of a substance which gives it a characteristic quality.

6. Flavouring is an added essence, extract, etc. that flavours food or drink.

7. Chef is a head cook (chef de cuisine).

9. Read the following story and dramatize it with your group-mates.

A Frenchman in England

A Frenchman was once travelling in England. He could speak English, but not very well. His vocabulary was not large.

One day he was eating in a small country hotel and he wanted to order some eggs. But he couldn’t remember the word for eggs.

Suddenly, through the window, he saw a rooster walking in the yard. He immediately asked the waiter what the bird was called in English.

The waiter told him that it was called a rooster.

The Frenchman then asked what the rooster’s wife was called.

The waiter told him that she was called a hen.

The Frenchman then asked what the hen’s children were called.

The waiter told him that they were chickens. The Frenchman then asked what the chickens were called before they were born.

The waiter told him that they were called eggs.

“Fine!” said the Frenchman. “Please bring me two and a cup of coffee.”

Do you think the Frenchman found a clever way out?

My Favourite Cuisine

Bill: I am hungry. Let’s go somewhere.

Kate: With pleasure. But where would you like to go?

Bill: I’d like to go to an Italian restaurant. You know, this is my favourite cuisine. It is rather highly-flavoured.

Kate: As for me, I prefer Mexican cuisine. It is spicy, sometimes it is even over-spiced. Let’s go to the small Mexican restaurant at the center of the town.

Bill: No, I don’t like this idea. Tastes differ, but we must find a compromise. What about Chinese cuisine?

Kate: I have never tasted it before. Do you like it?

Bill: Yes. So if you agree we shall go there right now.

Kate: Thank you. With great pleasure.

Grammar (The Future Indefinite Tense/The Future Indefinite-in-the-Past Tense) Exercise # 1. Insert shall or will:

1. I … give you a call in the evening. 2. They … come in a few days. 3. The film … begin in 5 minutes. 4. We … stay at our friends. 5. They … do it themselves. 6. I … help you with cooking. 7. He … graduate from the University next year. 8. It … get dark in an hour. 9. You … pack your things in the evening. 10. We … dine out tonight.

Exercise # 2. Answer the questions about your next holiday:

1. When will you have your next holiday?

2. Will you stay in town or go anywhere?

3. Who will go there with you?

4. What are you going to do there: relax or see the sights, or both?

5. Will you go there by train, by plane or by car?

6. Where will you stay there?

7. Where will you have your meals?

8. How much do you think you will spend on your holiday?

9. Will you buy any souvenirs for your family and friends?

10. When will you come back?