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Unit 11 Lesson 3
Food habits and ways of eating
Objectives: By the end of the lesson you will have
• talked about food habits and ways of eating
• read a short passage and compared and contrasted ideas with the situation in Bangladesh
• written a letter providing information
A Make a list of the things you usually eat at home. What are the kinds of food people commonly eat in Bangladesh? List 10 items.
Look at the following items and say which of them are Bangladeshi, which of them arc western and then which are common to both.
rice, dal, potatoes, tomatoes, polao, salmon, ruhi, fish and chips, tandoori chicken, vegetable rolls, Kentucky fried chicken, chips, burger, sandwiches, noodles, pizza, prawn malai curry, dossa, biryani, rice cakes, yoghurt, biscuits, buns, dates, chocolate
B Now read the following passage about eating habits in Britain.
British eating habits are very different now from thirty years ago. No longer are tastes confined to roast beef, mint sauce and yorkshire pudding (which in fact is not a pudding at all). People travel more and are learning to enjoy food from many different countries. In most towns there are Italian, Chinese and Indian restaurants but in big cities you can ajso eat Japanese, Thai, -Korean and Malaysian food. These restaurants are often cheaper than European restaurants and many people find the food more interesting. Indeed supermarkets now offer a wide range of multi-cultural, ready-to-cook foods to try at home.
Take-away food is also very popular in Britain. Many people think that the idea of take-away meals comes from the USA, but in fact it comes from Britain. The original British take-away meal was fish and chips and there are still fish's chip shops in places, as well as joints that sell fast food like pizzas and hamburgers.
In Britain most people use knives and forks for eating. In some countries, for example, China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan, people use chopsticks. In many other countries as in the Indian sub-continent, people use their fingers.
Refer back to the passage, and find out what it says about British eating habits.
C In pairs, discuss the following.
1 What food do people usually have for breakfast, lunch, and dinner in Bangladesh? Are there any differences between urban and rural eating habits?
2 What is 'fast food'? Name some fast foods that are now becoming popular in your country.
3 Name some foreign foods that are becoming popular in our country.
4 Do you notice any change in food habits nowadays? e.g. 'ruti' or 'chapati', which was not a popular item in the past, has now become a common food item in urban life. Mention any other changes.
D Write a letter to an English pen-friend about the changes in young people's food habits in Bangladesh and mention some of the western items that are becoming popular.
Focus:
Skills.
Speaking, reading,
writing.
Functions.
Describing habitual actions.
Grammar/Structure.
Present tense for habitual action,
to be + used to +
gerund.... Vocabulary.
fast food, multi-cultural, ready-to-cat,
take-away,
pizza, hamburgers.
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Unit 11 Lesson 3
Food habits and ways of eating
Objectives: By the end of the lesson you will have
• talked about food habits and ways of eating
• read a short passage and compared and contrasted ideas with the situation in Bangladesh
• written a letter providing information
A Make a list of the things you usually eat at home. What are the kinds of food people commonly eat in Bangladesh? List 10 items.
Look at the following items and say which of them are Bangladeshi, which of them arc western and then which are common to both.
rice, dal, potatoes, tomatoes, polao, salmon, ruhi, fish and chips, tandoori chicken, vegetable rolls, Kentucky fried chicken, chips, burger, sandwiches, noodles, pizza, prawn malai curry, dossa, biryani, rice cakes, yoghurt, biscuits, buns, dates, chocolate
B Now read the following passage about eating habits in Britain.
British eating habits are very different now from thirty years ago. No longer are tastes confined to roast beef, mint sauce and yorkshire pudding (which in fact is not a pudding at all). People travel more and are learning to enjoy food from many different countries. In most towns there are Italian, Chinese and Indian restaurants but in big cities you can ajso eat Japanese, Thai, -Korean and Malaysian food. These restaurants are often cheaper than European restaurants and many people find the food more interesting. Indeed supermarkets now offer a wide range of multi-cultural, ready-to-cook foods to try at home.
Take-away food is also very popular in Britain. Many people think that the idea of take-away meals comes from the USA, but in fact it comes from Britain. The original British take-away meal was fish and chips and there are still fish's chip shops in places, as well as joints that sell fast food like pizzas and hamburgers.
In Britain most people use knives and forks for eating. In some countries, for example, China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan, people use chopsticks. In many other countries as in the Indian sub-continent, people use their fingers.
Refer back to the passage, and find out what it says about British eating habits.
C In pairs, discuss the following.
1 What food do people usually have for breakfast, lunch, and dinner in Bangladesh? Are there any differences between urban and rural eating habits?
2 What is 'fast food'? Name some fast foods that are now becoming popular in your country.
3 Name some foreign foods that are becoming popular in our country.
4 Do you notice any change in food habits nowadays? e.g. 'ruti' or 'chapati', which was not a popular item in the past, has now become a common food item in urban life. Mention any other changes.
D Write a letter to an English pen-friend about the changes in young people's food habits in Bangladesh and mention some of the western items that are becoming popular.
Focus:
Skills.
Speaking, reading,
writing.
Functions.
Describing habitual actions.
Grammar/Structure.
Present tense for habitual action,
to be + used to +
gerund.... Vocabulary.
fast food, multi-cultural, ready-to-cat,
take-away,
pizza, hamburgers.