Classroom A

Since this month we´ve been talking to you about food we´re going to include some idioms that have to do with food. As you may know an idiom is an expression which cannot be understood literally or by the separate meaning of its words. They are understood by the native speakers of the language, but with much more difficulty by non native speakers. Every language has them.

Here are a few:

· A piece of cake

· Fresh as a cucumber

· Not my cup of tea

· Cry over spilt milk

· Don´t put all your eggs in one basket

· Bite off more than you can chew

· Apple of my eye

· Variety is the spice of life

· Smell something fishy

Do you think you can find out what they mean?

Britain´s favourite takeaway

Lately we´ve been talking to some of our students about food.

We would like to share with you typical traditional British dishes.

Throughout this month we´re going to be presenting several typical English recipes and we´re going to ask you to find a few answers to our questions.

The first dish we would like to share with you, is “Fish and Chips”.

Questions.

Where were the first fish and chip shops opened?

What are the main ingredients?

What are they wrapped in?

What were they wrapped in the old days?

What are the modern fish and chips shops called?

When do English people most enjoy eating fish and chips?

Are they usually eaten indoors or outdoors?

What famous book mentions “fish and chips”?

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