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Conversational Activities

1.Answer the following questions.

A.
1. What are the typical English meals?
2. What are the usual Ukrainian meals?
3. What do Englishmen have for breakfast?
4. What are con-flakes generally eaten with?
5. When do Englishmen have lunch?
6. How many courses does the usual mid-day meal consist of?
7. Why do most Englishmen like "plain food"?
8. Are they fond of soup? Why?
9. What kind of meal is five o'clock tea in England?
10. What do Englishmen have for supper?
11. What does their daily menu depend on?
B.
1. Why do foreigners criticize English food?
2. Why do they consider English food dull and unimaginative?
3. How do English housewives cook vegetables?
4. What is meant by "foreign countries are launching invasion on
the English kitchen"?
5. What do English cookery writers claim?
6. Where can English cooking be found?
7. What traditional English dishes do you know?
8. Traditional home-cooked English food is as good as European
cooking, isn't it?
9. How can you account for a large number of restaurants of foreign
cuisine in Britain?
10. What is the most popular place for Britons to go to for a chat and
a drink?
11. Why do Englishmen like to go to the pub?
C.
1. Where does the popular view that Americans survive on
cheeseburgers, cokes and French fries come from?
2. Why are fruit dishes and salad so common in the US?
3. What advantages in terms of food does the USA have?
4. What are the four trends in America which are connected with
food?

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