Reading: A British speciality

Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F), or if the text doesn’t say (D). Remember to justify all your answers.

1. Fish and chips are a popular kind of take-away food in Britain. 

• True (1st paragraph)

2. ‘Chippy’ refers to a place.

• True (... in a specialist 'fish and chip shop' - or chippy...)

3. British ‘chips’ are not exactly the same as ‘fries’.

•  True ( ... the chips ... are thicker than the 'fries' ...)

4. The chips are cooked by being immersed in hot oil.  

• True ( ... consists of deep-fried sticks of potato ...)

5. It is rare for fish and chips to be eaten in a pub in Britain.

• False (... can be found in many pubs and restaurants ...)

6. When fried correctly, the batter around the fish should be crispy and white.

• False (...crispy brown batter)

7. Michelle Obama didn’t put vinegar on her fish and chips. 

• Doesn't say

8. Most people who buy fish and chips at a fish and chip shop go somewhere else to eat them. 

• True (Of the two options available, most customers therefore prefer to 'take away' rather than 'eat in')

 

LISTENING: Fish and Chips - KEY

http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/food/video/fishandchips.html

1.      The celebrity chef in the video describes fish and chips as …

a.      The most popular dish in his restaurant.

b.      The nation’s number 1 take away.

c.       His favourite comfort food.

2.      What do people in the USA call chips?

a.      Frites

b.      Crisps

c.       Fries (There's a mistake on your copy, sorry!)

3.      How many portions of fish and chips are sold in the UK every year?

a.      The video doesn’t say

b.      Over 260 million

c.       Over 60 million

4.      The traditional seasoning for fish and chips is…

a.      Salad cream

b.      Salt and vinegar

c.       Salt and pepper

5.      Which of the following types of fish was NOT mentioned in the video?

a.      Cod

b.      Mullet

c.       Monkfish  

 

6.      What award did the Towneid Café win?

a.      National fish and chips shop of the year.

b.      Regional shop of the year.

c.       The golden spud. 

KEY

1.  B
2. C
3. B
4. B
5. B
6. A

6.      What award did the Towneid Café win?

a.      National fish and chips shop of the year.

b.      Regional shop of the year.

c.       The golden spud.

Lesson summary 17th May

WOW! The final countdown already! Three lessons to go ... sniff, sniff

If you are interested in what we did last day in class, take a look at this:

- Go green: ECO - FOOD (copies)
- Modal verbs (book + copies)

HOMEWORK
- Language reference UNIT 7 (G1 Aand G2)
- Language reference Unit 12 (G2)
- Listening fish and chips (copy)
- Reading: A British speciality (copy)

REMEMBER THERE'S NO CLASS TOMORROW BECAUSE OF THE TEACHERS' STRIKE

WRITTEN AND ORAL EXAMS

Hello everyone,

I finally have the dates for the EXAM (written and ORAL)


- WRITTEN EXAM: WEDNESDAY 6TH JUNE - 16:30

• READING (75 minutes)
• LISTENING (30 minutes)
• WRITING (75 minutes) - 2 TASKS

- SPEAKING: 

• MONDAY - 4th JUNE
• FRIDAY - 8th JUNE

Have a nice weekend
AND REMEMBER THERE'S NO CLASS ON TUESDAY (22nd May)

ECO -FOOD

Eco-food (quiz)

Seasonal Food by Month
Food in season (Tv)
Seasonal food calendar
Seasonal Spanish food
Overpackaged food

Articles (page 94) - KEY

3. Look at the highlighted words in the text and find examples for each of these rules:

1. a train
2. the train, the anchors, the tunnels
3. the United States, the United Kingdom
4. the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf Stream
5. the largest, the most expensive
6. the world
7. the sea
8. decades
9. engineers, giant anchors
10. New York, London

4. Complete the text

1. the 
2. -
3. the
4. -
5. the
6. the
7. the
8. the
9. the
10. the
11. the
12. a
13. -
14. - 
15. a
16. the

READING: Warning: extreme weather ahead (KEY)

2 KEY WORDS

1. wildfires
2. floods (click for pronunciation)
3. freak
4. drought zone 
5. roller coaster
6. mild
7. unprecedented
8. crops
9. heatwave
10. reservoirs 
11. sceptics
12. trends

3 COMPREHENSION CHECK

1. False (paragraph 1 - There are drought zone ... BUT Scotland has just had its wettest May ever.)
2. True (paragraph 2 - British weather was... and mild.)
3. True (paragraph 2 - When Kent, in southern England ... as Timbuktu.)
4. False (paragraph 4 - In 2010 ... Russia experienced extreme heat... crops were destroyed...)
5. False (paragraph 6 - But for real extremes...)
6. True (paragraph 7 - The government respoded by ... with chemicals.)
7. True (paragraph 7 - ... floods and mudslides ... and tens of thousands of people lost their homes.)
8. False (paragraph 8 - ... there were 600 twisters ... 138 people were killed ...)
9. True (paragraph 12 - Sceptics argue that there ... extremes.)
10. False (paragraph 12 and 13)

So what do you think? Are we experiencing 'global weirding' in Spain?