The British are famous for their love of sweet things, and afternoon tea with sandwiches, scones, jam and several different kinds of cake was once a traditional custom. Like the English cooked breakfast, it is now more often found in teashops and hotels than in private homes, and you can buy special guidebooks to tell you where the best afternoon teas are served. Most working people do not have teas as an afternoon “meal”, but they do have a short break in the middle of the afternoon for a cup of tea. Tea is often drunk with lunch and dinner.
Since the 1970s eating habits in Britain have undergone a change. People started to eat less fat and more fibre. Fat is believed to be one of the major causes of obesity and heat disease. Forty per cent of adults in Britain are overweight. High-fibre foods and low-fat foods can now
be found in all shops and supermarkets.
The British have also started to count calories. They try to take in fewer calories and to follow a calorie-controlled diet. One of the fastest-growing sectors of the food market in Britain is slimming foods.
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QUESTIONS:
1.What do British people usually eat for breakfast?
2.When do British people generally have lunch?
3. What do the British usually eat for lunch?
4. Are snack popular in Britain? Name popular British snacks.
5. What is the main meal of the day? What does it consist of?
6. What traditional British dishes do you know?
7.What is the traditional British takeaway?
8. What is afternoon tea?
9. Can you say that eating habits in Britain are changing? Why?
10. What is called a calorie-controlled diet?
Read and translate the text into Russian.
Answer the questions.
AMERICAN FOOD
When we speak about American food, we always imagine hamburgers and hot dogs, fried chicken and giant steaks. But in fact Americans eat every kind of food imaginable, even spaghetti and pizza. The expression “as American as apple pie” means something that is typically American, but even apple pie came from somewhere else. The only true American foods are those that the Native Americans gave the first settlers, including corn, squash, pumpkin and turkey. Roast turkey, sweet potatoes and pumpkin pie are still eaten at Thanksgiving.
The typical day starts with breakfast. During the week this might be something quick: cereal with milk, a muffin or toast with coffee, tea, milk or juice. On the weekends when people have more time, breakfast might be pancakes, waffles, an omelet, or bacon and eggs.
Lunch at work or school is usually between 12 and 1 pm. Some people prefer to bring their lunch from home. Tuna fish, sliced meat called cold cuts or peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are kids’ favorites. Most schools and some businesses have cafeterias that serve lunch.
Dinner, the biggest meal of the day, is generally at 6 or 7 pm. A typical dinner includes a hot vegetable, a salad, meat, and a potato or pasta dish. Stew (meat cooked with vegetables) and soup are also favorite dinner foods.
Americans love deserts. The standard dessert is pie. You can have fruit pies made from apple, peach, apricot or cherry, or berry pies with blackberry, raspberry or blueberry. A piece of pie is often served with ice cream.
But the truth is that Americans don’t have much time for old-fashioned cooking at home.
Quick snacks all through the day have taken its place. Takeout meals from restaurants and pizza parlors have become a regular part of everyday life. Ready-to-eat and instant processed foods that are quick to prepare are also very popular. TV dinners are complete dinners on a tray that you take from the freezer and heat up in the oven or microwave.
An enormous fast-food industry gives hungry Americans the snacks they want when they want them. Ice cream, popcorn and hot dogs are on sale everywhere. Best known, perhaps, is the McDonalds hamburger business.
But fast food makes you fat, that’s why Americans are the fattest people in the world. More and more Americans worry about it and take greater interest in their health. The fashion for health food is growing all the time. Among middle-class people salads, beans and fruit have taken the place of steak and ice cream. Drinking is going down too. Smart businesspeople order mineral water, not wine, at their business. So now Americans pay more attention to their eating habits.
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QUESTIONS:
1.What traditional American dishes do you know?
2. What kind of American food have you tasted?
3. What do Americans usually eat for breakfast?
4. When do Americans generally have lunch?
5. What do they usually eat for lunch?
6. Do Americans love desserts? What is the standard dessert?
7.Do Americans like fast food, or do they prefer to eat something that takes longer to cook?
8.What are the traditional Americans takeout meals?
9.Can you say that eating habits in the USA are changed?
10. What kind of food do you eat?
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