English through Dialogues, Puzzles and Jokes

Vocabulary

To upset – to make angry or sad

Vichyssoise – a type of soup made from leeks (a long, green vegetable)

Couldn’t be bothered – if you “couldn’t be bothered” to do something, you are too tired to do that thing

To heat up – to make food warm/hot

A rip-off – a trick; something that deceives you

A loaf – a rectangular piece of bread

Instant coffee – coffee grains that you use to make coffee. You just add boiling water

Pommes frites – literally, fried pieces of potato; “chips”, in British English

Fancy – expensive and elaborate in the negative sense

Tripe – an animal’s stomach

How dare you! – this is an expression of anger. It is used when someone has been disrespectful to you

A national delicacy – a plate of food that is considered representative of a country

Pastry – food made from flour, fat and water. It is then cooked in the oven

To refuse – to say that you will not do something

Rubbish – an expression used to refer to something that you think is untrue or ridiculous

Discuss in small groups of 3-4 students. Then give your resolution to the whole class.

– What cuisine do you prefer? Do you have any special likes in this cuisine? How often do you eat dishes of this cuisine? Do you cook them yourself or do you order them in the restaurants?

– Do you like restaurant food? Do you have favourite restaurants? How often do you go there? Is it expensive? What do you usually order there? Would you recommend it to your friends?

Part Six. Jokes

1. Tom: I eaten seven hamburgers for breakfast.

Teacher: Ate, Tom! Ate.

Tom: No, Miss, seven. There were eight on the plate but I couldn’t manage the last one.

2. Mother: How was your cookery lesson?

Daughter: Awful. I was sent out of the class because I burnt something.

Mother: That wasn’t very fair. What did you burn?

Daughter: The classroom.

3. Teacher: Are you chewing gum?

Pupil: No, I’m Andrew Brown.

4. A clever butcher

A Norfolk butcher was famous for his rabbit pies, which he used to bake himself. As time went by, however, customers started to complain that his pies weren’t quite as nice as they used to be. One day a friend said:

– Frank, what happened to your rabbit pies?

– Why?

– They don’t taste as good as they used to.

– Well between you and me, – said the butcher, – my pies have been in such great demand that there aren’t enough rabbits to go round.

– So what do you do?

– I mix in a bit of horse meat.

– Horse meat! – exclaimed the friend. – How much horse meat do you put in?

– About fifty-fifty, – replied the butcher.

– What do you mean fifty-fifty?

– One horse to one rabbit.

Vocabulary

To manage – справиться

Cookery lesson – урок кулинарии

Fair – справедливый

To chew – жевать (chewing gum – жевательная резинка)

Butcher – мясник

Pie – пирог

Customer – покупатель, клиент

To complain – жаловаться