PART ONE: SPEAKING. TASK ONE: Match the words with the pictures.

1. apple pie.

2. bruschetta.

3. burritos.

4. cannelloni.

5. carrot cake.

6. cassoulet.

7. cheeseburger.

8. chicken curry with rice.

9. chicken fajitas.

10. chicken nuggets.

11. clafoutis.

12. couscous.

13. doughnuts.

14. feta with olive oil and olives.

15. fish and chips.

16. French fries.

17. gazpacho.

18. guacamole.

19. haggis.

20. hot dog.

21. lasagna.

22. lentils.

23. moussaka.

24. mozzarella and tomato salad.

25. muffins.

26. nachos with toppings.

27. olive bread.

28. onion rings.

29. paella.

30. pancakes with golden syrup.

31. potato omelet.

32. pretzel.

33. ravioli.

34. red coleslaw.

35. sashimi.

36. sauerkraut with sausages.

37. soy sauce.

38. spring rolls.

39. steamed tofu with spicy sauce.

40. sushi.

41. tacos.

42. tajine / tagine.

43. tortillas.

44. tzatziki.

45. waffles.

A. American cuisine. B. British cuisine. C. Chinese cuisine. D. French cuisine.

E. German cuisine. F. Greek cuisine. G. Indian cuisine. H. Italian cuisine.

I. Japanese cuisine. J. Mexican cuisine. K. Moroccan cuisine. L. Spanish cuisine.

TASK TWO: Talk about FOREIGN CUISINES and YOU. You can write down a few notes (not whole sentences) here before talking to the rest of the class:

No inspiration? Here are some questions to guide you! What is your favourite foreign cuisine / food? Do you like to try new foods and drinks or do you prefer your own country's cuisine? If you are living abroad, what is the food that you miss most from your country? If you had to grade the following cuisines from 1 (not good at all) to 5 (excellent), what would you say? • American cuisine. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. • British cuisine. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. • Chinese cuisine. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. • French cuisine. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. • German cuisine. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. • Greek cuisine. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. • Indian cuisine. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. • Italian cuisine. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. • Japanese cuisine. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. • Mexican cuisine. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. • Moroccan cuisine. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. • Spanish cuisine. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. • Other cuisine: ________________ 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. What is the most unusual / the strangest thing you have ever eaten? Did you like it? What is the most disgusting dish you have ever tried? Why was it not good? Is there a food you know is eaten in a country and you find disgusting or even shocking to eat? What is a typical meal from your country? What dish (or dishes) is your country or hometown well-known for? Say what it consists of. Does your family have any special recipes that you pass down from generation to generation?

PART TWO: LISTENING.

What can you cook well? Listen to Skip, Adrienne, Matt, Peter, Phil and Lisa and fill in the following grid.

NAME

COUNTRY OF THE

DISH

TYPE / NAME OF

THE DISH

OTHER

INFORMATION

Skip (the USA)

Adrienne (the USA)

Matt (the USA)

Peter (Sweden)

Phil (England)

Lisa (Canada)

PART THREE: READING.

Patisserie in need of protection?

By Emma Jane Kirby BBC News, Paris, Friday, 20 June 2008

Walking into Guy Savoy's kitchen is, for an adult, exactly what entering Charlie's Chocolate Factory must be like for a child. The myriad smells are completely alluring - there's the buttery scent of shallots being braised, the sweet smell of chicken being roasted and, from the patisserie kitchen below, the tantalising aroma of tarte tatin wafting up the stairs. French President Nicolas Sarkozy is asking the UN to award French cuisine Unesco humanity heritage status. A parliamentary commission is currently hearing arguments from top chefs and specialists about France's candidacy for the status, but does French cuisine merit such a title? Mr Savoy himself is busy preparing for the lunch-time rush. As he spoons Hollandaise sauce into glass egg-cups, the sous-chefs stand still and stare at the master at work. Because, with three Michelin stars to his name, this top chef knows pretty much all there is to know about food.

'Universal value' "French food is the best," he tells me assuredly, "because it's so diverse and there's so much variety." He begins to list the specialities of each region - the charcuterie, the bread, the wine, the cheese, etc. "We need to protect this heritage," he says. Guy Savoy is one of those supporting France's candidacy for Unesco heritage status. He believes French cooking has such outstanding universal value that it deserves official recognition and protection. Previously successful candidates in this field have included a Belgian carnival and the royal ballet of Cambodia. But can a coq-au-vin or a tête de veau really claim to merit more than a British steak and kidney pie or an Italian penne a l'arrabiata? Deep in the Tarn valley, an hour-and-a-half's drive east of Toulouse, I met food writer and chef Orlando Murrin.

From the earth He tells me he is fascinated by the way the French talk about food incessantly and the way everyone is so interested in the growing, catching and cooking of it. But, while he is convinced that French cuisine has perhaps the richest heritage in the world, he does not believe it needs protecting more than any other cuisine. "French cuisine is one of the most evolved cuisines in the world, unquestionably. Perhaps the most evolved," he told me. "But it is not of course the only cuisine in the world. There is Italian cuisine, there are Asian cuisines… What about Moroccan cuisine and British cuisine indeed? There are lots of others that should be protected as well. If you are going to protect one, why not protect the other ones that are equally wonderful and rich and historical?" Orlando draws his inspiration not from the top chefs of Paris but from the simple cooking of the neighbours. He introduces me to Monsieur and Madame Bonne, an elderly couple in their eighties who believe firmly in the culinary principle of "le terroir" - sourcing all their food from the local land and region.

Stiff competition But French food critics fear that a Unesco heritage label will do more harm than good. Attaching the word "heritage" to cooking could make it seem immediately old-fashioned and could push the national cuisine off the restaurant table and into the history books. A few years ago, Alexandre Cammas founded a movement called Le Fooding, which tries to do away with the stuffiness of Michelin stars. Instead, it wants to loosen up the rigidity of French cuisine. He finds the Unesco bid ridiculous. "It's totally flawed," he told me. "I don't understand how you can ask for a fixed status for something like cooking which is continually growing and changing." Throughout the month of July, the French government will continue to hear arguments from top chefs and specialists about France's candidacy for the Unesco status. They then have a year before they have to submit their application to the Unesco heritage committee. Competition will be strong: Spain and Italy are also considering a bid to get heritage status for Mediterranean cuisine.

Adapted from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7464226.stm

Q. 1 VOCABULARY.

• Walking into Guy Savoy's kitchen Find an ADJECTIVE meaning ‘attractive and exciting in a mysterious way’. It is the adjective __________________. Find an ADJECTIVE meaning ‘very pleasantly inviting’. It is the adjective __________________. Find a VERB meaning ‘to move gently through the air’. It is the verb _____________. Find a VERB meaning ‘to give (something) for merit’. It is the verb _____________. Find an ADVERB meaning ‘at the present time’. It is the adverb _____________. Find an ADJECTIVE meaning ‘immobile’. It is the adjective __________________. Find a VERB meaning ‘to look at sth / sb for a long time’. It is the verb ____________.

• 'Universal value' Find an ADJECTIVE meaning ‘extremely good’. It is the adjective _______________. Find a VERB meaning ‘to merit’. It is the verb ____________. Find a NOUN meaning ‘an area of human activity or interest’. It is the noun ________. Find a VERB meaning ‘to ask for something because you think it is your legal right to have it’. It is the verb ____________.

• Stiff competition Find an ADJECTIVE meaning ‘more difficult than usual’. It is the adjective ________. Find a NOUN meaning ‘a word or phrase that is used to describe sb / sth in a way that seems too general, unfair or not correct’. It is the noun ___________. Find a VERB meaning ‘to create’. It is the verb __________________. Find a VERB meaning ‘to abolish’. It is the verb __________________. Find a NOUN meaning ‘the state of being very serious, formal, boring, or old-fashioned’. It is the noun _______________________. Find a VERB meaning ‘to make something less controlled than before’. It is the verb __________________. Find a NOUN meaning ‘an effort to do sth or to obtain sth’. It is the noun __________. Find an ADJECTIVE meaning ‘having a defect / fault’. It is the adjective __________. Find a NOUN meaning ‘a formal (often written) request for sth or permission to do sth’. It is the noun _________________.

Q. 2 True or False? Justify by quoting the text.

a. The French population is being asked to give arguments in favour of France’s candidacy for Unesco humanity heritage status.

True. False. ____________________________________________________________________

b. France is not the first country to ask for Unesco humanity heritage status.

True. False. ____________________________________________________________________

c. Orlando Murrin is in favour of the protection of French cuisine. True. False.

____________________________________________________________________

d. Le Fooding is a movement aimed at revolutionizing French cuisine. True. False.

____________________________________________________________________

e. It will be easy for France to be awarded Unesco humanity heritage status. True. False. ____________________________________________________________________

Q. 3 According to the article, what are the arguments for and against France’s being awarded Unesco humanity heritage status? Can you think of other arguments?

FOR

AGAINST

PART FOUR: WRITING. Choose one of the following subjects. 1) Do you think that food defines a culture? Discuss. 2) “The French approach to food is characteristic; they bring to their consideration of the table

the same appreciation, respect, intelligence and lively interest that they have for the other arts, for painting, for literature, and for the theatre. We foreigners living in France respect and appreciate this point of view but deplore their too strict observance of a tradition which will not admit the slightest deviation in a seasoning or the suppression of a single ingredient. Restrictions aroused our American ingenuity, we found combinations and replacements which pointed in new directions and created a fresh and absorbing interest in everything pertaining to the kitchen.” Alice B. Toklas. Do you agree with Alice B. Toklas?

3) The army from Asia introduced a foreign luxury to Rome; it was then the meals began to

require more dishes and more expenditure . . . the cook, who had up to that time been employed as a slave of low price, became dear: what had been nothing but a métier was elevated to an art.” Livy (Titus Livius), Roman historian (59-17 B.C.), The Annals of the Roman People. Do you think cooking is an art?

2) and 3) were taken from http://www.foodreference.com/html/qforeignfood.html

I chose subject ____. ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________

PART TWO: LISTENING.

What can you cook well? http://www.elllo.org/english/Mixer/58-Cook.html#TextPage

NAME

COUNTRY OF THE DISH

TYPE / NAME OF

THE DISH

OTHER

INFORMATION

Skip (the USA)

Japan Italy (deduction)

Chahan: fried rice. Spaghetti.

These two dishes are delicious and don’t take much time.

Adrienne (the USA)

Thailand Thai green curry. She learnt how to cook it in Thailand. She cooks it all the time.

Matt (the USA)

Italy (deduction)

Home cooked lasagna.

He likes lasagna with big noodles, melted cheese and plenty of meat in the middle.

Peter (Sweden)

Mexico (deduction)

chili con carne. It is not only tasty and delicious but it also requires patience. He is not very patient.You have to choose good ingredients (you have to be picky with the ingredients) to make it tasty.

Phil (England)

At home: boil-in-the-bag curry and microwave rice. In England: just frozen fish and maybe very simple rice or pasta

It's very, very easy and very quick. He is a bad cook (his cooking is awful). He is a very lazy person.

Lisa (Canada)

Mexico Greece

quacamole with avocados, lemons and spices. Tzatziki with yogurt, cucumber, dill and lots of garlic.

She is an excellent dip maker.

Skip, The United States What is something I can cook well? I have two main dishes when I cook for myself or even for friends. One is some version of fried rice - Chahan in Japanese. I have several versions that I can do pretty well, and the other is spaghetti. So, if I can't think of anything special or I don't want to take too much time, and usually I don't, spaghetti and chahan are something that are really delicious and they both don't take much time, so that's two important things about them. Adrienne, The United States What is something I can cook really well? I can cook Thai green curry very well. This is one of my favorite dishes so when I went to Thailand I learned how to cook it at cooking class and so now I make it all the time because I really enjoy it. Matt, The United States I like a home cooked lasagna. I'm a big Italian guy. Yeah, just anything basically with pasta but the lasagna's got to be with the noodles, the big noodles, the cheese melted and plenty of meat in the middle, succulent. Peter, Sweden What I can cook well is chili con carne. It's my absolute favorite dish and not only because it's tasty and delicious, it's also because it requires patience which I don't usually have and you also have to be really picky with the ingredients in order to make it taste well. Phil, England What can I cook well? That's a very difficult question because my cooking is awful. At home I normally cook boil-in-the-bag curry and microwave rice because it's very, very easy and very quick and I'm a very lazy person so it appeals to me but in England, my home in England, I used to cook - in the oven for my parents - sometimes but just frozen fish and maybe very simple rice or pasta but I cooked it OK but 'well' is maybe not the right word. Lisa, Canada What is something I can cook really well? I am an excellent dip maker. I can make great mexican dips, such as quacamole with avocados and lemons and spices or tzatziki, which is a greek cucumber yogurt dip with yogurt cucumber, dill and lots of garlic.

PART THREE: READING. Q. 1 Walking into Guy Savoy's kitchen:

alluring – tantalising – to waft up – to award – currently – still – stare. 'Universal value' outstanding – to deserve – a field – to claim. Stiff competition stiff – a label – to found – to do away with – stuffiness – to loosen up – a bid – flawed – an application.

Q. 2 a. False. (‘A parliamentary commission is currently hearing arguments from top chefs and specialists about France's candidacy for the status’) b. True. (‘Previously successful candidates in this field have included a Belgian carnival and the royal ballet of Cambodia.’) c. False. (‘he does not believe it needs protecting more than any other cuisine’) d. True. (‘it wants to loosen up the rigidity of French cuisine’) e. False. (‘Competition will be strong: Spain and Italy are also considering a bid to get heritage status for Mediterranean cuisine.’)

Q. 3 According to the article, what are the arguments for and against France’s being awarded Unesco humanity heritage status? Can you think of other arguments?

FOR

AGAINST

A R T I C L E

• French food has a universal value (it is known all over the world)

• French food is the best! • French cuisine is so diverse, there is

so much variety (there are so many specialities).

• There are lots of other cuisines that should be protected as well (> a form of discrimination for the other foreign cuisines).

• French cuisine will become old-fashioned, ‘stuffy’. The status will ‘push the national cuisine off the restaurant table and into the history books.’

• It is not good to ‘fix’ French cuisine for good: something like cooking is continually growing and changing.

• There are many techniques to preserve.

• It is a guarantee that good products / produce will be used (no GM food, organic food…)

• The status will bring even more pressure. Chefs will always have to maintain their standards really high.

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