Think Unit 3-Y1-Lesson 8

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Food for Life - Lesson 8

Lesson 8: Foor for Life

• Fun facts from the British food quiz
  

• Listening exercise (video): The case for eating bugs
• Reading exercise (restaurant reviews)
  
• Extra assignment (optional)
  

What do you remember?

Let's check what you remember about

the last lesson's British food quiz.

1. Which of these do the British
eat most of in Europe?

1. crisps and chocolate
2. fresh fruit and vegetables
3. sausages
4. beans

2. What is the most popular food in Britain?

1. fish & chips
2. pizza
3. curry
4. beans

3. Stilton, cheddar and double Gloucester
are all kinds of: ...

1. apple
2. cheese
3. pig

4. What do most British people have for breakfast?

1. toast and cereal
2. cappuccino and croissant
3. fried eggs and bacon

5. Who invented the sandwich?

1. the Earl of Sandwich
2. Lord Sandwich
3. Queen Elizabeth I

Watching and listening

You are going to watch a video.

You will then answer questions

based on the video.

While watching/listening...

 While watching/listening, note down on a piece op paper:

1. The names of the 4 courses Anna is cooking.

First course - Second course - Third course - Dessert

2. Verbs (werkwoorden) that are used for

describing how you prepare food.

(Turn on the subtitles if that helps!)

The first course is ...

The second course is ...

The third course is ...

The dessert is ...

Verbs (werkwoorden) that are used to describe how you prepare food are ...

Finish this sentence:
1. Whether the idea of eating insects grosses
you out or not depends on ...

Finish this sentence:
2. Insects are included in the
traditional diet of at least ...

3. Name three reasons why it is easier
to eat bugs in the tropics:

Finish this sentence:
4. The fact that most people in the US & Europe
regard the idea of eating bugs with disgust is mostly ...

5. What is entomophagy?

Finish this sentence:
6. Insects are efficient at ...

It takes a lot of food to raise a cow to maturity.
7. It takes ... less feed to produce the
same amount of cricket meat.

8. Bugs can be a great source of ..., ..., ... .
Name 3 things.

How do these bugs taste?
9. Crickets taste ...

How do these bugs taste?
10. Scorpions taste like ...

Reading

Read the reviews written about

a variety of restaurants in London.

You may use an online dictionary to look up words.

After the reviews, there are eight questions to answer.

Good luck!

The Ritz

Food: traditional British or fusion cuisine
Price per person: £80

This spectacular palace-style dining room is famous as one of London’s most luxurious, romantic restaurants. It’s hard to resist splashing out on the exquisite 5-course menu. The staff are discreet and extremely polite. It’s hardly surprising that the clients are a mixture of celebrities, business executives and wealthy tourists. Come here for a memorable dining experience, which will certainly do damage to your bank account!

Yo sushi!

Food: Japanese
Price per person: £10-15
The best known sushi place in town. This restaurant is great both for its raw fish and its kitsch Japanese décor. Service is efficient and speedy. You can eat delicious sushi for a few pounds, serve yourself unlimited beer, select food from a conveyor belt and even have a relaxing head massage! Sometimes there are karaoke nights here. This restaurant is bright and unromantic but great fun.

Amaretto

Food: Italian
Price per person: £15-20
A family-owned restaurant that has faithful clients coming back again and again. Amaretto offers classic Italian food in warm and friendly surroundings. Whatever time you come here, this restaurant is always busy and lively. The pizzas and pasta dishes are well recommended as being tasty and excellent value for money. Great for families or big groups of friends.

Levant

Food: Lebanese/Middle Eastern
Price per person: £20-30
An exotic Middle Eastern restaurant which is perfect for a romantic evening. The atmosphere is moody and intimate, with lots of candles, soft cushions and coloured glass lanterns. When you find the entrance, hidden away down a small street, you are greeted by luscious plants and the smell of incense and exotic perfumes. The menu offers a feast of authentic Lebanese food for people who like to try something new and unusual. If you stay late, you will even be able to watch a belly-dancing show!

The George Inn

Food: traditional British pub food
Price per person: £5-10
A dark and smoky pub, which was built in 1780. Come here if you want to taste traditional English fish and chips or steak and kidney pie in a lively atmosphere. The food isn’t great, the service is slow, but this pub serves a good range of beers and ales.

Food for Thought

Food: vegetarian
Price per person: £5-10
This tiny colourful vegetarian restaurant and take-away offers food free of chemicals, pesticides and preservatives. The food is good and the menu changes every day, but this place is also great if you just want a coffee. Don’t come here at busy times if you want a slow, leisurely meal.

Café Sol

Food: Mexican
Price: £20-30
Café Sol is a great place to go at any time. Enjoy authentic Mexican cuisine at lunchtime (watch out for the chilli!) or go for a drink and a dance when it gets dark. The atmosphere is always buzzing and vibrant, and the food is reasonably priced. On a Saturday night, the young crowds in Café Sol are usually very loud and merry after sampling the extensive list of tequilas!

The Hard Rock Café

Food: Tex-Mex and burgers
Price per person: £10-20
A genuine celebration of rock ‘n’ roll! This is the original Hard Rock Café, here since the 1970s, and it’s the first ever theme restaurant. The queue to get in is legendary. You can’t make reservations and you will find a queue almost all day long, every day of the year. But this actually adds to the memorable experience. Once in, there’s good food and a great atmosphere, created by rock music, dim lighting and walls covered in rock memorabilia.

Which restaurant would you recommend for ...
1.) music fans who don't mind standing in a queue (in de rij staan)

Which restaurant would you recommend for ...
2.) a tourist wanting to try different
English beers and ales?

Which restaurant would you recommend for ...
3. a person looking for a fun evening
and good food on a budget?

Which restaurant would you recommend for ...
4. some young and hip professionals
who like to dance?

Which restaurant would you recommend for ...
5. an adventurous couple looking for
a romantic night out?

Which restaurant would you recommend for ...
6. a family looking for value for money?

Which restaurant would you recommend for ...
7. a health-conscious person on a budget?

Which restaurant would you recommend for ...
8. a person who enjoys spending money
on high class dining?

Extra assignment

Write a review about your favourite restaurant.

Some tips/ideas:

1. Use an informal or semi-formal style.

2. In the title, give the main idea or opinion.

3. Write about the important parts of the experience, not every detail.

4. Organise your ideas into paragraphs.

5. Write about the good and the bad.

Take a picture of the review you have written and send it in here.