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Food in Britain















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Answer the following questions:
  1. What do you think of as typical British food?
  2. Have you ever tried fish and chips, Sunday roast or Sheperd's pie?
  3. Do you know what a Full English is?
Whatch this video to find out about what people in the UK are eating these days.
( thank you British Council for sharing)


This is the script of the video:


Download the file and do the exercises

  
Check your answers

  
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What is a Full English?
Sometimes also called a ‘fry-up’, the full English breakfast consists of fried eggs, sausages, bacon, tomatoes, mushrooms, fried bread and often a slice of white or black pudding . It is accompanied by tea or coffee and hot buttered toast. This breakfast may also include baked beans and hash browns ( frittelle di patate).

( photo credits: travelfare.wordpress.com)

Now download the following file and learn the new words and expressions ( use WORDREFERENCE to check meanings)



 

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