Breakfast Traditions Around The World

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SPEAKING B Work i n pairs. Discuss these questions.

• 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.

NATIVE SPEAKER ENCLIS


big cooked expensive fattening good hot
Crab
1 It's t o e a t a t t h e m o m e n t . It n e e d s t o cool d o w n . If y o u g r a b f o o d or d r i n k , y o u h a v e it quickly.
2 T h e food t h e r e is nice, b u t t h e p o r t i o n s are I'm
usually still h u n g r y a t t h e e n d o f t h e m e a l . Plenty of Koreans just grab a quick coffee and
3 It's a nice place, b u t t h e s e r v i c e is They take too some cereal.
long t o b r i n g y o u y o u r f o o d . Let's grab a quick drink after class.
4 It's a n a m a z i n g r e s t a u r a n t , b u t it's for me to eat Doyou want to grab something to eat before
t h e r e very o f t e n . the meeting?
5 I love c h o c o l a t e , b u t it's to eat very often. Give me two minutes. I just need to grab a
6 Some of the food w a s OK, but my steak w a s I sandwich.
w a n t e d it w e l l - d o n e , b u t t h e y s e r v e d it m e d i u m - r a r e !

Breakfast around the world

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?

South Korea Costa Rica Egypt


Obviously,city life a n d busy lifestyles m e a n M a n y C o s t a Ricans s t a r t t h e i r d a y w i t h t h e Visit a n y t o w n in Egypt in t h e m o r n i n g
plenty of K o r e a n s j u s t g r a b a quick coffee n a t i o n a l d i s h , g a l l o pinto, w h i c h is a m i x t u r e a n d you'll f i n d street stalls selling/otv/
and some cereal or t o a s t , but m a n y o t h e r s o f fried rice a n d black b e a n s . It's lightly medammes - broad b e a n s cooked w i t h
still find t i m e for t h e t r a d i t i o n a l b r e a k f a s t spiced a n d o f t e n served w i t h f r i e d p l a n t a i n tomatoes and onions - and eaten w i t h a
of rice and soup. People t h e n c h o o s e e x t r a (a kind o f b a n a n a u s e d like a v e g e t a b l e in boiled e g g on t o p a n d lots o f f l a t bread.
dishes such as grilled f i s h , v e g e t a b l e s a n d a lot o f C e n t r a l A m e r i c a n a n d C a r i b b e a n Pickled v e g e t a b l e s are u s u a l l y served a s a
kimchi, w h i c h is pickled c a b b a g e w i t h cooking), c r e a m a n d fried e g g s . T h e r e ' s side d i s h . For m a n y poorer E g y p t i a n s , t h i s
chillies.The dish is s o popular t h a t t h e f i r s t u s u a l l y s o m e s t r o n g local coffee a s w e l l - or is t h e m a i n m e a l until d i n n e r . T h e y say t h e
Korean astronaut took special kimchi with p e r h a p s s o m e agua dulce ('sweet w a t e r ' ) , dish is 'a rock in t h e s t o m a c h ' .
him to his space s t a t i o n ! w h i c h is m a d e f r o m s u g a r c a n e j u i c e .

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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