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Unit 11 Lesson 4
Food habits in some other countries
Objectives: By the end of the lesson you will have
• talked about food habits and ways of eating
• read a short passage for specific information and for inferencing
• done a short writing task
A Think for a while and say what the main meal in Bangladesh is - lunch or dinner. Why? What kinds of things do we eat then? Choose one and decide how you would describe it to a non-Bangladeshi.
B Now read the following passages about eating habits in some other countries.
Meals in Britain
Most families have three meals a day but if members of the family are working or studying, lunch is more likely to be eaten outside the home during the week. Breakfast usually consists of cereal, toast and tea or coffee. The traditional breakfast of eggs, sausages, bacon, tomato and mushrooms accompanied by toast with butter, jam and marmalade is either dying out or reserved for a relaxed weekend morning. Lunch can be a light meal of sandwiches or fruit, although this may be different during weekends. Sunday lunch is often the most important meal of the week, when a cooked meal is served at midday, instead of in the evening, and the whole family eats together. On other days, the main cooked meal is usually in the evening. Before going to bed (much later), some like to have a hot drink and biscuits.
Eating in the USA
All over the world, people who live healthy and happy live on one meal, even two or four. Americans, however, generally eat three meals a day. It is not for any biological reason, but mainly because it is a pattern of eating Americans have followed for hundreds of years. As American society is geared to this three-meal system, they get hungry at the "right" time. Work and school schedules are made keeping this pattern in mind. Those who prepare food know when to begin so that it will be ready when it is wanted.
Read the text again and say:
1 What do the British usually have for breakfast? Why do they eat so simply?
2 Where do people in Britain have their lunch?
3 What is the most important meal of the week in Britain?
4 Why is the word "right" in the second passage put within quotation marks?
5 How have eating habits influenced life in America?
C In pairs discuss the differences in eating habits and meal times of rural and urban people in Bangladesh.
D In pairs, write a short passage on the similarities and differences between the patterns of eating in Britain and that in Bangladesh.
Focus:
Skills.
Speaking, reading, writing..
Functions.
Comparing and contrasting.
Grammar/Structure.
Habitual use of
present simple,
like/unlike ......
It's different from.... Vocabulary.
weekend,
accompanied by, biological, geared to,
marmalade, schedules.
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Unit 11 Lesson 4
Food habits in some other countries
Objectives: By the end of the lesson you will have
• talked about food habits and ways of eating
• read a short passage for specific information and for inferencing
• done a short writing task
A Think for a while and say what the main meal in Bangladesh is - lunch or dinner. Why? What kinds of things do we eat then? Choose one and decide how you would describe it to a non-Bangladeshi.
B Now read the following passages about eating habits in some other countries.
Meals in Britain
Most families have three meals a day but if members of the family are working or studying, lunch is more likely to be eaten outside the home during the week. Breakfast usually consists of cereal, toast and tea or coffee. The traditional breakfast of eggs, sausages, bacon, tomato and mushrooms accompanied by toast with butter, jam and marmalade is either dying out or reserved for a relaxed weekend morning. Lunch can be a light meal of sandwiches or fruit, although this may be different during weekends. Sunday lunch is often the most important meal of the week, when a cooked meal is served at midday, instead of in the evening, and the whole family eats together. On other days, the main cooked meal is usually in the evening. Before going to bed (much later), some like to have a hot drink and biscuits.
Eating in the USA
All over the world, people who live healthy and happy live on one meal, even two or four. Americans, however, generally eat three meals a day. It is not for any biological reason, but mainly because it is a pattern of eating Americans have followed for hundreds of years. As American society is geared to this three-meal system, they get hungry at the "right" time. Work and school schedules are made keeping this pattern in mind. Those who prepare food know when to begin so that it will be ready when it is wanted.
Read the text again and say:
1 What do the British usually have for breakfast? Why do they eat so simply?
2 Where do people in Britain have their lunch?
3 What is the most important meal of the week in Britain?
4 Why is the word "right" in the second passage put within quotation marks?
5 How have eating habits influenced life in America?
C In pairs discuss the differences in eating habits and meal times of rural and urban people in Bangladesh.
D In pairs, write a short passage on the similarities and differences between the patterns of eating in Britain and that in Bangladesh.
Focus:
Skills.
Speaking, reading, writing..
Functions.
Comparing and contrasting.
Grammar/Structure.
Habitual use of
present simple,
like/unlike ......
It's different from.... Vocabulary.
weekend,
accompanied by, biological, geared to,
marmalade, schedules.