Breakfast Traditions Around The World
Breakfast Traditions Around The World
Breakfast Traditions Around The World
• H a v e y o u had a n y of t h e foods in t h e p i c t u r e s r e c e n t l y ?
Work i n groups. Discuss these questions. When? What with?
• W h a t ' s t h e m o s t i m p o r t a n t m e a l o f t h e d a y for y o u - • A r e t h e r e a n y t h i n g s in t h e pictures t h a t y o u ' v e n e v e r
b r e a k f a s t , l u n c h or d i n n e r ? W h y ? tried?
• W h e r e do y o u u s u a l l y h a v e e a c h m e a l ? • In w h i c h c o u n t r i e s do y o u t h i n k t h e s e f o o d s m i g h t be
• W h a t d o y o u usually have? p o p u l a r for b r e a k f a s t ?
• D o y o u eat a n y t h i n g b e t w e e n m e a l s ? W h a t ?
C R e a d t h e text a n d a n s w e r these questions.
1 In w h i c h c o u n t r i e s a r e t h e 12 f o o d s f r o m e x e r c i s e A
READING p o p u l a r for b r e a k f a s t ?
2 W h a t e l s e do people o f t e n have for b r e a k f a s t in e a c h
Y o u a r e g o i n g to r e a d a t e x t a b o u t b r e a k f a s t i n country?
different countries. 3 W h i c h breakfasts d o y o u think sound: healthy?
f a t t e n i n g ? f i l l i n g ? spicy?
L a b e l t h e p i c t u r e s w i t h t h e w o r d s i n t h e box. 4 W h a t are e a c h o f t h e t h i n g s b e l o w ?
kimchi kiselo mlyako
grilled f i s h f l a t bread honey gallo pinto plantain
boiled e g g yoghurt onion aqua duke foul medammes
fried egg olives toast
D Work i n pairs. Discuss these questions.
• W h i c h o f t h e f i v e b r e a k f a s t s w o u l d y o u m o s t / least like
to have? W h y ?
• Do a n y o f t h e b r e a k f a s t s c o n t a i n a n y t h i n g y o u c a n ' t e a t ?
W h y can't you eat t h e m ?
• H a v e y o u ever had b r e a k f a s t a b r o a d ? W h a t w a s it like?
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22 OUTCOMES
G R A M M A R too / not... enough B U s e too / not... enough to d i s c u s s p r o b l e m s
y o u m i g h t h a v e w i t h t h e t h i n g s b e l o w . For
Use too + adjective / adverb to explain w h y you don't like example:
something or to talk about problems. Use not + adjective / a dessert: It's too sweet - and it's too fattening!
adverb + enough w h e n you need more.
a drink a dessert a hotel a movie
M o s t people a r e too conservative to change their eating habits. a car an English course a jacket a room
W e aren't u s u a l l y adventurous enough to experiment.
• Need help? Read t h e g r a m m a r reference on page
C o m p l e t e t h e s e n t e n c e s u s i n g too or not... enough a n d t h e 141.
adjectives i n t h e box.
They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Maybe that's why most
people don't like to change their morning eating habits. While we may be open to
foreign food at lunch or dinner, at breakfast we are people of habit and we aren't
usually adventurous enough to experiment. Below, we look at typical breakfasts in
five different countries. Would you try any of them?
Bulgaria Ireland
Breakfast in Bulgaria includes t e a or s t r o n g T h e t r a d i t i o n a l Irish b r e a k f a s t is called
coffee,sesame bread a n d butter, c h e e s e a fry a n d is not good for v e g e t a r i a n s ! It
made from sheep's milk, honey, olives, c o n s i s t s o f b a c o n , black p u d d i n g (a kind o f
boiled eggs and - m o s t i m p o r t a n t l y - kiselo s a u s a g e m a d e w i t h blood), w h i t e p u d d i n g
mlyako, a local y o g h u r t . B u l g a r i a has a lot ( a n o t h e r kind o f s a u s a g e ) , fried eggs, fried
of people aged over 1 0 0 a n d m a n y believe m u s h r o o m s a n d t o a s t - all a c c o m p a n i e d by
that the secret b e h i n d t h i s is t h e i r y o g h u r t , s t r o n g Irish t e a !
which most B u l g a r i a n s eat every day.
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