Country Studies. Lesson . EATING IN AMERICA. You will go on discussing eating habits and giving arguments pro and contra. You will also practice your skills of periphrasis and translation.
Pronunciation drill.
roast beef beefsteak roast potatoes tomato soup wholemeal bread baked beans |
bread and butter bacon and eggs rolls and coffee beef and potatoes peanut-butter & jelly a spoonful of soup |
A tray of food / a tray of drinks a vegetarian diet (= keeping to a diet of vegetables) for health reasons only none of these more than thirty per cent You can call me anything, but don’t cal me late for dinner! |
Reproduce the following phrases and then complete the information below:
The number of people who drink Coke for breakfast in the United States is 965,000.
The most popular fast food restaurants in the US are McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s, Pizza Hut, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Roy Rogers, Denny’s.
The favourite meat in North America is Steak.
The most popular orders in restaurants are hamburgers, fried chicken, roast beef, spaghetti, turkey, baked ham, fried shrimp, beef stew.
The most popular ice cream flavors are va`nilla, chocolate, Nea`politan and strawberry.
My typical breakfast …………………………………………………………………………………….
My favourite restaurant ……………………………………………………………………………….
My favourite order in a restaurant ……………………………………………………………….
My favorite ice cream flavor ………………………………………………………………………….
Memory work.
Americans survive. Americans survive on cheeseburgers. Americans survive on cheeseburgers, Cokes, and French fries. The popular view is that Americans survive on cheeseburgers, Cokes, and French fries. The popular view outside the US is that Americans survive on cheeseburgers, Cokes, and French fries. The popular view outside the US that Americans survive on cheeseburgers, Cokes, and French fries is as accurate as the American popular view. The popular view outside the US that Americans survive on cheeseburgers, Cokes, and French fries is as accurate as the American popular view that the British live on tea. The popular view outside the US that Americans survive on cheeseburgers, Cokes, and French fries is as accurate as the American popular view that the British live on tea and the Germans only on beer. The popular view outside the US that Americans survive on cheeseburgers, Cokes, and French fries is as accurate as the American popular view that the British live on tea, the Germans only on beer, the French on red wine and garlic.
Read the text «eating out in new york city» and «american food and eating habits».
paraphrase the words and phrases in bold type.
make a list of dining places, typical American food, eating vocabulary and in class be ready to practice and translate into English the items from these groups given by the teacher in Russian.
EATING OUT IN NEW YORK CITY.
A wide variety of dining pleasures awaits a visitor to New York City, from luxuriating in the fanciest of French restaurants to grabbing a hot dog. With cuisines from every corner of the globe, New York City will feed you very well regardless of your budget. The least costly alternatives are those used by many natives at lunchtime: street vendors, fast food places and delis.
Street vendors' offerings - hot dogs for $2.0 or less - are fast inexpensive and very «New York». Hot dogs are usually made of pork and can be steamed, boiled or grilled.
The Fast food places, such as McDonald's and Burger King are much the same everywhere in the United States. They offer a pretty standard fare: hamburgers, French fries and coke, at a pretty standard price. A meal will rarely exceed $4.00 per person. Hamburgers are made from beef, not ham, and served in a round bun. They are often eaten with tomato, onion, lettuce, mustard and ketchup. A hamburger with melted cheese is called a cheeseburger. There are some other kinds of burgers with other names, depending on the extra ingredients added.
With so many people traveling in cars, fast food places can bee found all along highways. If you are in a hurry, you can drive round to a «drive through» window and pick up your food packed in a paper bag without leaving your car.
Along the highways and in town, «diners» give you a fine opportunity to have a quick snack. These are small-size restaurants, traditionally shaped like a railroad car.
Another opportunity, the delis - short for delica`tessen - offer sandwiches and assorted salads. Americans eat a lot of sandwiches, especially for lunch. They are made with two pieces of bread and a filling. Some common fillings are tuna fish, eggs, ham, chicken or turkey breast, roast beef, cheese, peanut-butter and jelly. Although the bill in delis may run as high as 8 per person, their advantage is quick service, and of course, as the name implies, the food is delicious.
Some places call themselves «family restaurants». This usually means home style of cooking. The food is almost as reasonably priced as in delis or better cafeterias.
In a cafeteria you may walk through a line, choose your food, put it on a tray, pay at the end of the line, and carry your food to a table.
Turning to foreign cuisine, New York City's excellent and inexpensive offerings include pizza and a wide choice of Chinese and Mexican food. Pizza comes in two varieties: thin-crust and thick-crust - and is served by the slice or by pie. The best Chinese food is naturally in Chinatown. To snatch a quick taste of Mexican cooking one may go to Taco Bell or Taco-Time, where you will be offered tacos - chunks of marinated and broiled meat rolled in tortillas (flat bread made from wheat or corn), or chili - a spiced («hot») seasoned dish of beef, beans, chili peppers and tomatoes.
Hometown Buffet is a U.S.-based chain of casual, family-friendly restaurants that feature country-style foods in a relaxed setting. Diners enjoy a wide variety of delicious homestyle country foods on a large, all-you-can-eat, self-serve buffet. While at Hometown Buffet there is no order, you get what you take because everything on the buffet is included in the purchase of the buffet. You can also return to the buffet for additional selections until you no longer want additional food. Buffet selections often include dishes such as fried chicken, ribs, ham, mashed potatoes, corn on the cob, and apple cobbler.
Hometown Buffet is part of the Buffet Holdings family of buffet restaurants that include Ryans, Old Country Buffet and Country Buffet. The first restaurant was opened in 1983. Hometown Buffet prices vary by location, but each location offers senior club cards that offer a discount of up to 70 cents off the standard menu prices. Most locations are open from 11 a.m. - about 9 during the week. A breakfast buffet is offered on Saturdays and Sundays starting around 8 a.m. Hometown Buffets can usually accommodate large groups.
AMERICAN FOOD AND EATING HABITS
Speaking about typical American food, we have a phrase «as American as apple pie» so that's the first thing that comes to mind. I suppose that hamburger is rather American and pancakes with maple syrup. Pumpkin pie, of course. Hot dogs, I guess, would be another American thing. We've also rather absorbed the world’s cooking. You know, pizza is a very American thing now. I'm not positive, but I believe it really comes from Italy.
Now, for main dishes - especially for dinner - Americans eat a lot of red meat, but more and more people are eating fish and poultry; beef is the most popular red meat, followed by pork, and least popular, lamb. In general, Americans like thick steaks. There are three ways to cook the meat: rare, medium, and well-done.
The favorite American vegetable is potato. It is served in many ways, but the most common are: baked potato, mashed potato, and French fries. Corn, too, is a truly American vegetable. It is especially popular to eat the whole ear (cob) holding the ends with your fingers. It is called «corn on the cob».
A popular camping or backyard tradition in the United States is the roasting or toasting of marshmallows over a campfire or other open flame. A marshmallow is placed on the end of a stick or skewer and held carefully over the fire. This creates a caramelized outer skin with a liquid, molten layer underneath. According to individual preference, the marshmallows are heated to various degrees—from gently toasted to a charred outer layer. The roasted marshmallow can either be eaten whole or the outer layer can be consumed separately and the rest of the marshmallow toasted again.
Eating out is popular in the USA. Some restaurants are open even for breakfast, many restaurants, especially the better ones, open at about 11.30 a.m., others are open at 24 hours a day. It is often necessary to make a reservation. Otherwise the restaurant you choose will be filled up. By the way, do not expect to share a table with other parties. It just isn't done. If you want to ask for a bill, which is usually called the check, signal the waiter with a raised hand. If it doesn't work, you can say: «Excuse me, may I have the check, please».
As the charge for service is not included in your restaurant check, everyone from waiters to porters anticipate tips. The amount you give should take into account the quality of service you receive. You should give 15% for good service, 20 % for outstanding service and 10% for less than adequate service. Figure the tip on the total of the bill (excluding tax). Don't tip the headwaiter, though. Now, many restaurants post menus in the window so that you can see the prices before you enter. If they do not, it is acceptable to enter the restaurant and ask for the menu before you sit down. If it's too expensive, it is OK to leave. If you do not eat all your food, you mау ask for a «doggie bag». The waiter will put your uneaten food in a paper or a plastic bag and you can take it home. You should not do it at an expensive first class restaurant, of course.
Read the text “THE HOT DOG” & a) guess the words by the definitions given by the teacher;
b) make a SHORT summary (use complex sentences and connecters: but, because, despite, so, etc.), explaining what a hot dog is & why it’s called in such a weird way.
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its home country of Germany, the hot dog was called the frankfurter.
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was named after Frankfurt, а
German city.
Frankfurters were first sold in the United States in the 1860s. Americans called frankfurters "dachshund sausages." А dachshund is а dog from Germany with а very long body and short legs. "Dachshund sausage" seemed like а good name for the frankfurter.
Dachshund sausages first became popular in New York, especially at baseball games. At games they were sold by men who kept them warm in hot-water tanks. As the men walked up and down the rows of people, they yelled, "Get your dachshund sausages! Get your hot dachshund sausages!" People got the sausages on buns, а special bread.
One day in 1906 а newspaper cartoonist named Tad Dorgan went to а baseball game. When he saw the men with the dachshund sausages, he got an idea for а cartoon. The next day at the newspaper office he drew а bun with а dachshund inside — not а dachshund sausage, but а dachshund. Dorgan didn’t know how to spell dachshund. Under the cartoon, he wrote "Get your hot dogs!"
The cartoon was а sensation, and so was the new name. If you go to а baseball game today, you can still see sellers walking around with hot-water tanks. As they walk up and down the rows they yell, "Get your hot dogs here! Get your hot dogs!"
Give advice as to options for a quick meal and reasonable price to choose. Try to mention several places one might go to and when it is best to go to this or that place (add at least one sentence of your comment).
Use: You can go to … You might choose … You ‘d better choose/go/prefer … Go to … etc.
If you are short of time, ...
If you are really hungry, ...
If you want to enjoy your meal,...
If you have enough money, ...
If you have only a couple of dollars to spare, ...
If you want to take a friend out to dinner, ...
If you are to be back at the University in half an hour, ...
If you want some hot and spicy food, ...
If you prefer home-made food, ...
Add two or three option of your own!!!
Make an elaborate list of «HINTS FOR EATING OUT» using both texts and your previous experience. Mind that a foreigner might not know anything about the American eating habits and about how to behave at any kind of restaurant or cafe!