Like and dislike

Unit 6
Likes and dislikes
Like
Verb + -ing or infinitive?
Signs and soundbites
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Aims
Help the students know and use Like as a verb, a preposition and some grammar spots of the lesson.
Help the students know a number of basic verb
patterns in English.
Help the students understand relative pronouns and participles in a description
Objectives
Students are able to understand and distinguish between the different uses of Like
Students are able to practice verb patterns, relative pronouns and participles in a description
Through the reading, listening, speaking. Students are able to translate the texts into Vietnamese and practise the sentence patterns.

Introduction to like
Like can be a verb or a preposition.
Like as a verb can be followed by - ing or to, sometimes with a change in meaning.
I like going out at the weekend. (general enjoyment)
I like to sit in a hot bath and read. (habits and preferences)
Like as a verb has a person as the subject:
I like modern art.
I don`t like the way he looks at me.
Do you like fish?
Would you like a drink?
Like as a preposition has an object after it:
She`s wearing a hat like mine.
He`s nothing like his father.
That sounds like the postman.
You`re behaving like children.
This new girlfriend of his - what`s she like?
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TEST YOUR GRAMMAR

1.In the following sentences, is like used as a verb or a preposition?
a. How do you like your coffee, black or white?
b. I’m just like my father. We’re both tall and thin with black hair and brown eyes.
c. Don’t you think that Pedro looks like Tom Cruise?
d. What would you like to do tonight?
e. ‘We went to that new restaurant last night’.
‘Really? What was it like?’
f. ‘How do you tie a tie?’
‘Let me show you. Like this’.
g. ‘Shall we go home now?’
‘If you like’.
verb
pre
verb
verb
pre
pre
pre
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what... like?

What is/are/was/were ... like? is used to ask about the permanent
nature of people and things. It asks for a description or an impression
or a comparison.
What`s the health service like in your country?
What are the new students like?
(!) Be careful!
1 With a description or an impression, we do not use like in the
answer.
What`s London like? It`s quite big, and it`s very interesting.
NOT It`s like quite
What is Amanda like? She`s tall, attractive, and very funny.
NOT She`s like tall ...
2 With a comparison, we can use like in the answer. Here, like means
similar to / the same as.
What’s London like? It`s like New York, but without the tall
buildings. (= It`s similar to ...)
What’s Amanda`s daughter like?
She`s just like Amanda.
(= She`s the same as ...)
How ... ?

1. How ... ? is used to ask about the present condition of something
that can change.




2. To ask about the weather, we can use both questions.



3. How... ? is also used to ask about people`s health and happiness.
Compare:



4.How ... ? is also used to ask about people`s reactions and feelings.
How`s work these days?
It`s better than last year.
How was the traffic this morning?
It was worse than usual.
How`s Peter?
What`s Peter like?
He`s fine.
He`s a nice guy. He`s quite tall, has dark hair ...
How`s the weather
What`s the weather like
where you are?
How`s your meal?
How`s your new job?
How ... ? or What ... like?

Sometimes we can use What ... like? or How ... ? , but they aren`t the same. What ... like? asks for an objective description. How ... ? asks for personal feelings.

Compare:
How`s the party?
What`s the party like?
It`s great !
It`s very noisy, but there`s lots to eat and drink.
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2. Match a sentence with a picture

1. They stopped to talk to each other
2. They stopped talking to each other
What’s the difference in meaning between sentences 1 and 2?












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2
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Questions with like
1 In Britain, some school children go on exchanges to another country. They stay with a family for two weeks, and then the boy or girl of the family comes back to Britain for two weeks. Does this happen in your country?

2 Read the conversation between Anna and Nina, two schoolgirls. Put one of the questions from the box into each gap.




Anna: My French exchange visitor came yesterday.
Nina: What’s her name?
Anna: Marie-Ange.
Nina: What a pretty name!(1)……………..
Anna: She’s really nice. I’m sure we’ll get on really well. We seem to have a lot in common.
Nina: Why do you say that?(2)……………
Anna: Well, she likes dancing, and so do I. And we both like tennis and listening to music.
Nina: That sounds great. I saw you with someone this morning. Was is Marie-Ange?
(3)………………
Anna: She’s quite tall, and she’s got long, dark hair.
Nina: No, it wasn’t her, then. Now, we’re all going out tomorrow, aren’t we? Shall we go for a pizza, or shall we go to the cinema?
(4)………………
Anna: I’ll ask her tonight and tell you tomorrow. By the way, someone told me your mum’s not very well. What’s the matter?(5)……………..
Nina: Oh, she’s OK. She’s had a bad sore throat, that’s all, but it’s getting better now.
Anna:Oh, it’s not too bad, then.
What would she like to do?
What does she look like?
How is she?
What does she like doing?
What’s she like?
2 Read the conversation between Anna and Nina, two schoolgirls. Put one of the questions from the box into each gap.

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Grammar question





1 Match the questions from the box in Exercise 2 with the definitions below.
Question Definition
a.________________ = Tell me about her physical appearance.
b.__________________ = Tell me about her interests and hobbies.
c.__________________ = Tell me about her because I don’t know anything about her.
d.__________________ = Tell me about her health.
e.__________________ = Tell me about her preference for tomorrow evening.

2 In which questions it like used as a verb, and in which is it a preposition?
What`s she like?

What does she look like?
What would she like to do?
How is she?
pre
pre
Verb
verb
What does she like doing?
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Question and answers
Match a question in A with an answer in B.
A
a. What does he like?
b. What’s he like?
c. What does he look like?
d. How is he?

B

He isn’t very well, actually. He’s got the flu.
He’s really nice. Very friendly and open, and good fun to be with.
He likes swimming and skiing, and he’s a keen football fan.
He’s quite tall, average build, with straight brown hair.


a
b
c
d
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LISTENING
Listen to nine short descriptions of people or things.
Write an appropriate question for each.
1. What`s he like?
2. How is she?
3. What does she like doing?
4. What’s the weather like where you are?
5. What does she look like?
6. How is he?
7. What’s she like?
8. What was your holiday like?
9. What sort of books do you like?
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Listening


Descripsion
Gosh! Haven’t you ever tried Indian food? It’s absolutely delicious. Really rich! It can be hot, but it doesn’t have to be.

Question
What do you like doing at the weekend?
Who do you look like in your family?


What’s Indian food like?
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Descriptions

In pairs, ask and answer the following questions.
What sort of things do you like doing?
How are your parents?
Who do you look like in your family?
Who are you like in terms of character?
What are you like as a person?
What’s your school like?
What does your teacher look like?
What do you like doing at the weekend?
Who do you look like in your family?


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Descriptions
In pairs, ask and answer the following questions.
What sort of things do you like doing?
How are your parents?
Who do you look like in your family?
Who are you like in terms of
character?
What are you like as a person?
What’s your school like?
What does your teacher look like?
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Verb patterns
Verb + - ing
Verbs+ to + infinitive
Verbs+ preposition+ -ing
Verbs+ sb+ to+ infinitive
Verbs+ sb+ infinitive (no to)
Verbs+ -ing or to + infinitive (with no change in meaning)
Verbs + - ing or to + infinitive (with a change of meaning)
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Dear Dennis
We just wanted (a) say/to say/saying thank you for putting us up before we caught the plane last week. It was a lonely evening, and we enjoyed (b) meeeting/to meet/meet your friends, Pete and Sarah. We maraged (c) get/getting/to get to the airport with plenty of time to spare. We even tried (d) getting/to get/get an earlier flight, but it wasn’t possible.
We had a wonderful holiday in Spain. We just loved (e) driving/to drive/drive through the countryside, and we often stopped (f) walk/walking/to walk round a mountain village. We met our friends, Bill and Sue, and they invited us (g) having/to have/have a meal with them. They wanted (h) that we stay/us to stay/we to stay with them, but we couldn’t, as we had already booked a hotel.
The weather was fantastic. The sun didn’t stop (i) shining/to shine/shine all the time we were there. Leaving Spain was very sad. It made me (j) want/wanting/to want to cry.
Anyway, we’re looking forward to hearing from you, and hope (k) see/to see/seeing you soon. Let us (l) to know/knowing/know if you’re evfe in the area. You must call in.

Best wishes,
Sandra
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PRACTICE
Grammar and listening


When one verb is followed by another, different patterns are possible.
Put the verbs from the Presentation text in the correct box.
love doing
want someone to do
want to do
make someone do

Verb + -ing
Verb + infinitive (with to)
Verb + person +
infinitive with to
Verb + person +
Infinitive without to
enjoy doing
try doing
stop doing
manage to do
stop to do
hope to do
invite someone to do
let someone do
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Discussing grammar

Work in pair and discuss your answer.
In the following sentences, two verbs are possible and one is not. Underline the
verb that is not possible.



a. My father to mend my bike.
1 promised 2 didn’t mind 3 tried
b. She her son to turn down his music.
1 asked 2 wanted 3 made
I going on long walks.
1 refuse 2 can’t stand 3 adore
d. We to go shopping.
1 need 2 love 3 enjoy
e. She me do the cooking.
1 wanted 2 made 3 helped
f. I working for the bank twenty years ago.
1 started 2 stopped 3 decided














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a. My father……………to mend my bike.

b. She……her son to turn down his music.

c. I……………………...going on long walks.

d. We……………….to go shopping.

e. She……….me do the cooking.

I……….. working for the bank twenty
years ago.
















Change the sentences in Exercise 1 using the verb you underlined.
a. My father didn’t mind mending my bike.
b. She made her son turn down his music.
c. I refuse to go on long walks.
d.We enjoy going shopping.
e. She wanted me to do the cooking.
f. I decided to work for the bank twety.
1 promised
2 didn’t mind
3 tried
1 asked
2 wanted
3 made
1 refuse
2 can’t stand
3 enjoy
3 adore
1 need
2 made
2 love
1 wanted
3 helped
3 decided
2 stopped
1 started
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LANGUAGE REVIEW
Asking for descriptions
1.What’s London like? means ‘Tell me about London because I don’t know
anything about it’. It is a very general question.
When it is asked about a person, the answer can refer to character or
appearance or both.
What’s Peter like?
He’s quite tall, with short blond hair.
He’s really nice. You’d like him.
2. What does she look like? asks for a physical descriptions.
What does she look like?
She’s very pretty. She’s got long black hair, and dark, mysterious eyes.
3. How are your parents? asks about their health and general happiness. It does not
ask for a description.
How are your parents?
They’re fine, thanks. My mother had a cold, but she’s better now.
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1 Look at the following groups of words. Which four of the surrounding words in each group cannot go with the noun in the centre?

PEOPLE


reserved
bored
sociable
elderly
young
expensive
boring
tall
rude
antique
high
crowded
starving
rich
wealthy
sophisticated
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1 Look at the following groups of words. Which four of the surrounding words in each group cannot go with the noun in the centre?

TOWN
capital
old
rural
polluted
young
antique
cosmopolitan
historic
industrial
excited
modern
busy
exciting
seaside
agricultural
overcrowded
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1 Look at the following groups of words. Which four of the surrounding words in each group cannot go with the noun in the centre?


boiled
delicious
fresh
tasty
fast
frozen
tasteless
vegetarian
starving
plain
disgusting
rich
tasteful
FOOD
home-grown
disgusted
wealthy
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Put a suitable adjective from Exercise 1 into the gaps in the following
Conversations. If necessary, use their comparative or superlative froms.

Example
Billy’s only two so he’s the youngest in the family.

‘What is Anna’s brother like?’
‘Well, he is certainly ………………., dark and handsome, but I didn’t
enjoy meeting him at all. He is even ………………than she is!’
‘What was your meal like?’
‘Ugh! It was awful. The pizza was………………. We were absolutely
……………, but we still couldn’t eat it!’
‘Did you have a good time in Amsterdam?’
‘Excellent, thank you. There’s so much to do. It’s a really…………….
city. And there are so many people from all over yhe world, it’s even
…………………….. than London.’
‘Mmm! These courgettes are………………. Did you grow them yourselves?’
‘Yes, we did. All our vegetables are……………….’

tall
ruder
disgusting
starving
exciting
more cosmopolitan
delicious
home-grown
3. T.45 Listen and check your answers. Work with a partner and practise
saying some of the dialogues, paying particular attention to the intonation.
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1.How come it is so difficult to find English food in England?
In Greece you eat Greek food, in France food, in Italy Italian food,
But in England, in any High Street in the land,it is easier to find Indian and Chinese restaurants than English ones.In London you can eat Thai,Protuguese,Turkish,Lebanese,Japanese,Russian,Polish,Swiss,Swedish,Spanish
2.It is not only restaurants that foreign dishes are replacing traditional British food.In every supermarker,sales of pasta,pizaa and poppadoms are booming.Why has this happened?What is wrong with the cooks of Britain that thay prefer cooking pasta to potatoes?Why do the British choose to eat lasagna instead of shepherd’s pie?Why do they now like cooking in wine and olive oil?But perhaps it is a good thing.After all,this is the end of the 20th century and we can get ingredients from all over the world in just a few hours.Anyway,wasn’t English food always disgusting and tasteless?Wasn’t it always boiled to death and swimming in fat?The answer to these questions is a resounding ‘No’,but to understand this,we have to go back to beforeWorld War II.

3.The British have in fact always imported food from abroad.From the time of the Roman invasion foreign trade was a major influence on British cooking.English kiychens,like the English language,absorbed ingredients from all over the word-chickens,rabbits,apples,and tea.All of these and more were successfully in corporated into British dishes.Another important influence on British cooking was of course the weather.The good old British rain gives us rich soil and green grass,and means that we are able to produce some of the finest varieties of meat,fruit and vegetables,which don’t need fancy sauces or complicated recipes to disguise their taste.

4.However,World War II changed everything.Wartime women had to forget 600 years of British cooking,learn to do without foreign imports,and retion their use of home-grown food
The Ministry of Food published cheap,boring recipes.The joke of the war was a dish called Woolton Pie(named after the Minister for food!).This consistedof a mixture of boiled vegetables covered in white sauce with mashed potato on the top.Britain never managed to recover from the wartime attitude to food.We were left with a loss of confidence in our cooking skills and after years of Ministry recipes we began to believe that British food was boring,and we searched the world for sophisticated,new dishes which gave hope of a better future.The British people became tourists at their own dining tables and in the restaurants of their land!This is a tragedy!Surely food is as much a part of our culture as our landscape,our language,and our literature.Nowaday,cooking British food is like speaking a dead language.It is almost as bizarre as having a conversation in Anglo-Saxon English!
5.However,there is still one small ray of hope.British pubs are often the best places to eat well and cheaply in Britain,and they also increasingly try to serve tasty British food.Cam we recommend to you our two favourite places to eat in Britain?The shepherd’s Inn in Melmerby,Cumbria,and the Dolphin Inn in Kingston,Devon.Their steak and mushroom pie,Lancashire hotpot,and bread and butter pudding are three of the gastronomic wonders of the world!









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In search of
English food
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Pre-reading task
Work in pairs.
France
India
Switzerland
Turkey
Spain
America
Italy
Mexico
Greece
England
1. Do you know any typical meals from the following countries?
France :

India :
Switzerland :
Turkey :
Spain :
America :
Italy :
Mexico :
Greece :
England :

Boeuf bourgignon,
coq au vin,
bouillabaisse,
onion soup,
cheese,
salads.
Curry,
rice
fondue,
chocolate,
rosti.
kebabs,
figs.
omelette,
paella,
tapas.
burgers and French fties,
steak,
turkey
pasta,
osso bucco,
spaghetti bolognese
taco shells,
chilli con carne,
peppers
lamb,
salad,
yoghurt,
calamare.
roast beef and Yorkshire pudding,
roast lamb,
sausages,
fish and chips,
custard.
What do you think influences a country’s food? What
Influences the food in your country?
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2. Read these quotations about English food. Do all the
people have the same opinion about English food?
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‘It takes some skill to spoil a breakfast-even
the English can’t do it!’
J K Galbraith, economist
‘On the Continent people have good food;
in England people have good table manners.’
George Mikes, writer and humorist
‘If the Eglish can survive their food, they
can survive anything!’
George Bernard Shaw, writer
‘Even today, well-brought up English girls
are taught to boil all vegetables for at least
a month and a half, just in case one of the
dinner guests comes without his teeth!’
Calvin Trillin, American writer
‘English cooking? You just put things into
boiling water and then take them out again
after a long while!’
An anonymous French chef
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In search of
good
English food
1.How come it is difficult to find English food in England?
In Greece you eat Greek food,in France food,in Italy Italian food,
But in England,in any High Street in the land,it is easier to find Indian and Chinese restaurants than English ones.In London you can eat Thai,Protuguese,Turkish,Lebanese,Japanese,Russian,Polish,Swiss,Swedish,Spanish
2.It is not only restaurants that foreign dishes are replacing traditional British food.In every supermarker,sales of pasta,pizaa and poppadoms are booming.Why has this happened?What is wrong with the cooks of Britain that thay prefer cooking pasta to potatoes?Why do the British choose to eat lasagna instead of shepherd’s pie?Why do they now like cooking in wine and olive oil?But perhaps it is a good thing.After all,this is the end of the 20th century and we can get ingredients from all over the world in just a few hours.Anyway,wasn’t English food always disgusting and tasteless?Wasn’t it always boiled to death and swimming in fat?The answer to these questions is a resounding ‘No’,but to understand this,we have to go back to beforeWorld War II.

3.The British have in fact always imported food from abroad.From the time of the Roman invasion foreign trade was a major influence on British cooking.English kiychens,like the English language,absorbed ingredients from all over the word-chickens,rabbits,apples,and tea.All of these and more were successfully in corporated into British dishes.Another important influence on British cooking was of course the weather.The good old British rain gives us rich soil and green grass,and means that we are able to produce some of the finest varieties of meat,fruit and vegetables,which don’t need fancy sauces or complicated recipes to disguise their taste.

4.However,World War II changed everything.Wartime women had to forget 600 years of British cooking,learn to do without foreign imports,and retion their use of home-grown food
The Ministry of Food published cheap,boring recipes.The joke of the war was a dish called Woolton Pie(named after the Minister for food!).This consistedof a mixture of boiled vegetables covered in white sauce with mashed potato on the top.Britain never managed to recover from the wartime attitude to food.We were left with a loss of confidence in our cooking skills and after years of Ministry recipes we began to believe that British food was boring,and we searched the world for sophisticated,new dishes which gave hope of a better future.The British people became tourists at their own dining tables and in the restaurants of their land!This is a tragedy!Surely food is as much a part of our culture as our landscape,our language,and our literature.Nowaday,cooking British food is like speaking a dead language.It is almost as bizarre as having a conversation in Anglo-Saxon English!
5.However,there is still one small ray of hope.British pubs are often the best places to eat well and cheaply in Britain,and they also increasingly try to serve tasty British food.Cam we recommend to you our two favourite places to eat in Britain?The shepherd’s Inn in Melmerby,Cumbria,and the Dolphin Inn in Kingston,Devon.Their steak and mushroom pie,Lancashire hotpot,and bread and butter pudding are three of the gastronomic wonders of the world!








While-reading
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In search of
good
English food
1.How come it is difficult to find English food in England?
In Greece you eat Greek food,in France food,in Italy Italian food,
But in England,in any High Street in the land,it is easier to find Indian and Chinese restaurants than English ones.In London you can eat Thai,Protuguese,Turkish,Lebanese,Japanese,Russian,Polish,Swiss,Swedish,Spanish
2.It is not only restaurants that foreign dishes are replacing traditional British food.In every supermarker,sales of pasta,pizaa and poppadoms are booming.Why has this happened?What is wrong with the cooks of Britain that thay prefer cooking pasta to potatoes?Why do the British choose to eat lasagna instead of shepherd’s pie?Why do they now like cooking in wine and olive oil?But perhaps it is a good thing.After all,this is the end of the 20th century and we can get ingredients from all over the world in just a few hours.Anyway,wasn’t English food always disgusting and tasteless?Wasn’t it always boiled to death and swimming in fat?The answer to these questions is a resounding ‘No’,but to understand this,we have to go back to beforeWorld War II.

3.The British have in fact always imported food from abroad.From the time of the Roman invasion foreign trade was a major influence on British cooking.English kiychens,like the English language,absorbed ingredients from all over the word-chickens,rabbits,apples,and tea.All of these and more were successfully in corporated into British dishes.Another important influence on British cooking was of course the weather.The good old British rain gives us rich soil and green grass,and means that we are able to produce some of the finest varieties of meat,fruit and vegetables,which don’t need fancy sauces or complicated recipes to disguise their taste.
Reading
Read the text quickly.
Match a paragraph 1-5 with a summary below.
Historical and climatic influences on
British cooking.
There’s everything except an English
restaurant.
-The legacy of World War II
-Where there is hope for the future
-The British love affair with international
cooking.

In search of
good
English food
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Reading
Read the text quickly.
Match a paragraph 1-5 with a summary below.

In search of
good
English food
Historical and climatic influences on
British cooking.
There’s everything except an English
restaurant.
-The legacy of World War II
-Where there is hope for the future
-The British love affair with international
cooking.
4.However,World War II changed everything.Wartime women had to forget 600 years of British cooking,learn to do without foreign imports,and retion their use of home-grown food
The Ministry of Food published cheap,boring recipes.The joke of the war was a dish called Woolton Pie(named after the Minister for food!).This consistedof a mixture of boiled vegetables covered in white sauce with mashed potato on the top.Britain never managed to recover from the wartime attitude to food.We were left with a loss of confidence in our cooking skills and after years of Ministry recipes we began to believe that British food was boring,and we searched the world for sophisticated,new dishes which gave hope of a better future.The British people became tourists at their own dining tables and in the restaurants of their land!This is a tragedy!Surely food is as much a part of our culture as our landscape,our language,and our literature.Nowaday,cooking British food is like speaking a dead language.It is almost as bizarre as having a conversation in Anglo-Saxon English!

5.However,there is still one small ray of hope.British pubs are often the best places to eat well and cheaply in Britain,and they also increasingly try to serve tasty British food.Cam we recommend to you our two favourite places to eat in Britain?The shepherd’s Inn in Melmerby,Cumbria,and the Dolphin Inn in Kingston,Devon.Their steak and mushroom pie,Lancashire hotpot,and bread and butter pudding are three of the gastronomic wonders of the world!

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Post-reading
Read the article more carefully.
Choose the best answer,a,b or c.
1. The writers believe that British cooking…
a. has always been very bad.
b. was good until World War II.
c. is good because it is so international.
2.They say that the British…
a. eat only traditional British food in their homes.
b. don’t like cooking with foreign ingredients.
c. buy lots of foreign ingredients.
3. They say that the British weather…
a. enbles the British to produce good quality food.
b. often ruins ftuit and vegetables.
c. is not such an important influence on British food as foreign trade.
Comprehension check
4. They say that World War II had a great
influence on British cooking because…
a. traditional British cooking was rediscovered
and some good cheap recipes were produced.
people had limitless supplies of home-grown
food.
people stanrted to believe that British food was
boring,so after the war they wanted to cook more
interesting and international dishes.
5.They say that…
a. British tourists try lots of new dishes when
they are abroad
nowadays it is very unusual for British people
to cook British food
c. literature and language are more culturally important
than food
6.the writers’ final conclusion about British cooking
is that…
a. there is no hope.
you will only be able to get British food in
expensive restaurants.
you wil be able to get more good
traditional British dishes,especially in pubs.
b
b
c
c
a
c
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Language work
Work in pairs. Study the text and find the following.
One example of like used
as a verb and two examples of
like use as a preposition.

2. Two examples of the pattern,
adjective + infinitive.
It’s impossible to learn English.

3. Examples of verbs that are
followed by an –ing form.
I love learning English.

4. Examples of verbs that are
followed by an infinitive with to.
I want to learn Italian.
Like as a verb
:- Why do they now like
Cooking in wine and olive oil?(para.2)
Like as a prepossition:
- Engllish kitchens, like the English
Language (para.3)
- cooking British food is like speaking a
Dead language (para.4)
2. – difficult to find(para.1)
- Easier to find (para.1)
- Able to produce (para.3)
3. Prefer cooking (para.2)
Like cooking (para.2)
4. Choose to eat (para.2)
Had to forget (para.4)
Learn to do (para.4)
Managed to recover (para.4)
Began to believe (para.4)
Try to serve (para.5)
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LISTENING AND SPEAKING
New York and London
Pre-listening task
Look at the pictures of New York and London.
What do you know about the cities?
Have you been there? What did you do?
What did you think of these cities?
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Listening
Work in two groups
Group A
T.46a Listen to Sheila and Bob talking
About when they lived in New York.
Bob and Sheila spent two years living in New
York because of Bob’s work as a banker.
Neither of them had lived in a big city before.
They now live back in England, in a small
Village outside London.
Group B
T.46b Listen to Terry.
American who lives in London.
Terry Tomscha talks about her experience of living and working in
England, where she has been for the
Past eleven years.
What do they/ does she say about the following things?
People
Shops
Work and holidays
Transport
General opinions
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Post-listening
Comprehension check
1.People

What are they like?
What is important to them?
What do they like doing?
Where do they live?






2.Shops

-What are they like?
-Do they like them?
-What time do they open?







































New York is cosmopolitan, but not as mixed as London.
Nationalities stay in their own
areas.
People are ruder, fights getting on a bus. The taxi drivers are the rudest in the world.
Bob also says that Americans
are friendly.
They made a lot of friends.
They says that Americans are
more open.
The average Englishman is cold and not very open. In
the States people start conversations in the street.
Americans are more pontaneous and enthusiastic.
But the English improve as you get to know them. Once you’ve made a friend, it’s a friend for life.
English people think Americans are inferior because they get excited by everything.
American people stand closer when they’re talking.
Bob and Sheila
Terry
Open till 10.00 at night, so Bob could work and lead a normal life.
Gimbles department store open till 9.00. Some super-markets open 24 hours a day.
Most shops don’t open till 10.00 or 11.00 in the morning. Everything is open on Sunday.
It’s easier to spend money in the States. Shops are open all the time. The shops are open later now than when she frist arrived.
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3.Work and holidays






4.Transport
-What do they mention?



5.General opinions
-Is it a good place to live?
Why?






















































Bob and Sheila
Terry
People work later. The public holidays are shorter, only the banks are shut.
Bob worked on the sixty-third floor.
Americans work a lot harder. For Americans their work is the most important thing in their lives.
Holidays are longer in England. The whole country closes down for two weeks at Christmas and New Year.
Americans live to work, like the Japanese.
The taxi drivers are the rudest in the world. The subways are unusable. They are dirty and uncomfortable.
The taxi drivers are wonderful.
They liked it a lot. They had a wonderful time. Life is easier. You could do what you liked when you liked.
New York is a dangerous place, but they never had any problems.
They made a lot of friends.
Life is easier in the States. It’s easier to make money and it’s easier to spend it.
But she loves living in England. It’s safer, more relaxed, more enjoyable. England doesn’t have the drametic
beauty of the States, but it’s very prettty and charming in a way she finds comforting.
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Writing and speaking
1 Relative clauses are used to tell us which person or thing we are talking about. They make it possible to give more information
about the person or thing being spoken about.
The boy has gone to the beach. (Which boy?)
The boy who lives next door has gone to the beach.
The book is very good. (Which book?)
The book that I bought yesterday is very good.
This is a photo of the hotel. (Which hotel?)
This is a photo of the hotel where we stayed.
2 We use who to refer to people (and we can also use that).
The book is about a girl who marries a millionaire.
We use that to refer to things (and we can also use which).
What was the name of the horse that won the race?
3. When who or that is the object of a relative clause, it can be left out.
The person you need to talk to is on holiday.
The book I bought yesterday is very good.
But when who or that is the subject of a relative clause, it must be
included.
I like people who are kind and considerate.
I want a computer that is easy to use.
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4. Which can be used to refer to the whole previous sentence or idea.

I passed my driving test on my first attempt, which surprised everyone.
Jane can`t come to the party, which is a shame.
We use whose to refer to someone`s possessions.

That`s the woman whose dog ran away.
That`s the man whose wife won the lottery.
6. We can use where to refer to places.

The hotel where we stayed was right on the beach.
We went back to the place where we first met.
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Participles
* Participles after a noun define and identify in the same way as relative clauses.
That woman driving the red Porsche is my aunt.
The men seen outside were probably the thieves.
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Describing a room
Think of your favourite room. Draw a plan of it on a piece of paper.
Write down why you like it and some adjectives to describe it.
My favourite room is… I like it because it is…
Show partner your plan and talk about why you like the room.
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T.47 Read and listen to the description of a favourite room.
Use your dictionary to look up any new words.
My favourite room
MY FAVOURITE room is our kitchen. Perhaps the kitchen is the most important room in many houses, but it is particularly so in our house because it’s not only where we cook and eat but it’s also the main meeting place for family and friends. I have so many happy memories of times spent there: special occasions such as homecomings or cooking Christmas dinner; troubled times, which lead to comforting cups of tea in the middle of the night; ordinary daily events such as making breakfast on dark, cold winter mornings for cross, sleepy children before sending them off to school, then sitting down to read the newspaper with a steaming hot mug of coffee.
Whenever we have a party, people gravitate with their drinks to the kitchen. It always ends up the fullest and noisiest room in the house.
SO WHAT does this special room look like? It’s quite big, but not huge. It’s big enough to have a good-sized rectangular table in the centre, which is the focal point of the room. There is a large window above the sink, which looks out onto two apple our kitchen.
trees in the garden. The cooker is at one end, and above it is a wooden pulley, which is old-fashioned but very useful for drying clothers in wet weather. At the other end is a wall with a large notice-board, which tells the story of our lives, past, present, and future, in wors and pictures: a school photo of Megan and Kate, a postcard from Auntie Nancy in Australia, the menu from a take-away Chinese restaurant, a wedding invitation for next Saturday. All our world is there for everyone to read! THE FRONT door is seldom used in our house, only by strangers. All our friends use the back door, which means they come straight into the kitchen and join in whatever is happening there. The kettle goes on immediately and then we all sit round the table, drinking tea and putting the world to rights! Without doubt some of the happiest times of my life have been spent in our kitchen.
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There are four mistakes in the picture. What are they?
1. The table is rectangular, not round.
2. The trees are apple trees, not pear trees.
3. You can see two of them through the
Window.
4. The menu on the notice-board is
for a Chinese restaurant, not an Indian
restaurant.
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The relative pronouns which and where are used in the text.
Find them and underline them. What does each one refer to?
Where we cook refers to the kitchen

Which lead to refers to troubled times

Which is the focal point of the room refers to the table.

Which looks out refers to the window

Which is old-fashioned refers to the pulley

Which tells refers to the notice-board

Which means they come refers to the fact that all our
friends use the back door
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Link the following sentences with the correct relative
pronoun: who, which, that, where, whose.
a. The blonde lady is my wife. She’s wearing a black dress.
b. There’s the hospital. My sister works there.
c. The postcard arrived this morning. It’s from Auntie Nancy.
d. I passed all my exams. This made my father very proud.
e. Did you meet the girl? Her mother teaches French.
The blonde lady who’s wearing a black dress is my wife.
There’s the hospital where my sister works.
The postcard that arrived this morning is from Auntie Nancy.
I passed all my exams, which made my farther very proud.
Did you meet the girl whose mother teaches French?
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Write a similar description of your favourite room in about 250 words.
Describe it and give reasons why you like it.
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Post Script
Signs and soundbites
Where would you see or hear the following?

DRY CLEAN ONLY
Government health warning
Tobacco seriously damages your health
Coming next on Capital-traffic news
and the weather
VACANT
On an item of clothing
On a cigarette packet
On a toilet
door
A radio station
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The management accepts no responsibility
Coat and other articles left at owner’s risk.
Signs and soundbites
Where would you see or hear the following?
VISITORS ARE REQUESTED
TO KEEP TO THE PATHS
A table for four, please.
PAY AND DISPLAY
Post Script
In a restaurant.
In a public car park
In a public place such as a pub
or restaurant
In a park
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Your faithfully,
Veronica Vazey
Is service included?
KEEP OUT OF REACH
OF CHILDREN
SERVICES
20 MILES
Post Script
Signs and soundbites
Where would you see or hear the following?
On a motorway
On a bottle or a packet
of medicine
In a restaurant
At the bottom of a
formal letter
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said in reply to a shop assistant asking ‘Can I help you?’
on a medicine bottle
or a pot of skin cream
at the botton of an informal letter
or postcard
Post Script
Signs and soundbites
Where would you see or hear the following?
No, I’m just looking
thank you.
FOR EXTERNAL
USE ONLY
Don’t forget to give my love
to everyone at home.
Thank you for your listening