Module 9. Food and refreshments

9 A. Food and Drink

1. Odd one out. Circle out the odd word and explain your choice.

milk juice water oil
onion banana garlic tomato
fish yoghurt milk sour-cream
meat lamb beef pork
apple orange carrot grape

2. Put the words into the correct column.

Sugar, tomato, coffee, cup, oil, biscuit, bread, cottage cheese, strawberry, apricot.

countable

uncountable

3. Match the words in two columns to get expressions with containers and quantities.

A bottle of

cereal

A carton of

olive oil

A box of

potato

A packet of

milk

A piece of

chocolate

A kilo of

crisps

A jar of

bread

A bag of

jam

A loaf of

cheese

A bar of

rice

What did you buy from this list last time you went shopping?

4. Use much or many.

Did you buy food yesterday?
There aren’t oranges left in the fridge.
Nick hasn’t got money.
We haven’t got olive oil.
How milk do you want in your coffee?
How chocolate bars are there on the table?
How bread did you buy?
5. Use little/a little/few/a few.

There was food in the fridge. It was nearly empty.
Do you want sugar in your cocoa? – Yes, , please.
There’s very rice left for pilaw (плов).
Would you like some soup? – Yes, , please.
You don’t need to buy bread. We’ve got loafs of bread.
There’re carrots in the fridge. We need to buy some.
9 B. On the menu

6. Let’s arrange the menu in the form of a spidergram. Use the words below to complete it.

Main course, Starters, Desserts, Drinks.
Fruit, banana, grape, kiwi, peach, strawberry, vanilla, choc-ice, sorbet, tea, white coffee, black coffee, fruit juice, noodle soup, chicken soup, tomato soup, chef’s salad, Caesar salad, mashed potatoes, chips, cabbage, trout, tuna, salmon, lamb, roast beef, chicken curry, roast turkey.

7. Put the words in the correct order.

still/fizzy/water/or/mineral?
I/ like/would/the/pate.
ready/you/are/order/to?
I’d/chicken/for/like/main/the/course.
What/would/you/vegetables/like?

8. Use the sentences in exercise 4 to complete the dialogue. Role-play it.

A:

B: Yes.

A: Yes, sir.

B: And then,

A: Certainly.

B: Potatoes and peas, please.

A: How about drinks? Would you like some juice?

B: No, thanks. Some mineral water, please.

A:

B: Still, please.

1. Personal computers are a part of our lives.

2. They first entered people's homes in 1970's.

3. Nowadays computers affect our lives greatly.

4. Computers are used to write documents, to send e-mails, to look at websites, to get all sorts of information from the Internet.

5. Users can also buy different things and book tickets using their computers.

6. A lot of students study at home due to computers.

7. And, of course, people especially children like to play computer games, to watch films or sports competitons online.

8. Today there are different kinds of computers: laptops or notebook computers, palmtop computers.

9. In the recent years they have become smaller and lighter but more powerful in terms pf memory.

10. The most important thing about laptops is that they are portable.

11. I've got a computer too.

12. I use it for studying or for entertainment.

Nowadays when our independent state is developing, much attention is paid to our youth. The desire of our young people to become qualified specialists in future motivates them to enter higher educational establishments. For young people higher education is the method of developing their talents and abilities, their creative potential. That is why beside their studies they are also engaged in different clubs and organizations. Almost every school or institute has its own team of “joyful and smart” (KVN). This game is rather popular among our young people and it helps them to bring out their brightest talents and to create team spirit. Young people learn to work together, to share the moments of luck and failure.

Besides studies young people are also engaged in scientific and research work. One may say that nowadays this sphere is not paid too much attention to. This is true, but still there exist “Young Scientists’ Councils”, where young people can discuss or present their scientific investigations.

There also exists the  branch of youth organization Greenpeace in our country. Young people learn to love their land and the world that surrounds them. This organization protests against environmental pollution, against extermination of all animals, not only rare species.

Some young people work in their church organizations: they help elderly people, reconstruct our historical monuments and monasteries. This work brings them closer to our history, teaches them to love their country and respect its past.

A lot of young people go in for sports, that is why schools and institutes have sport clubs and teams. Our young people are especially interested in football, basketball, hockey, etc. There also exists a great variety of different clubs in this country. They are: theatre clubs, where young people stage different literary works; clubs “What? Where? When?”, where they can enlarge their knowledge in differentfields of science and life, and so on.

Future belongs to the young, that is why the political life of this country is important to them. Many young people are engaged in political parties and organizations such as: “the greens”, the Union of Youth.