Вопрос № 911745 - Английский язык

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Britain has some excellent traditional food: lamb from Wales, shellfish and fresh salmon from Northern Ireland, fresh or smoked fish from England and Wales. Unfortunately, good British food is difficult to find. Only 2 per cent of restaurants in London serve British food. There are many more Italian, Chinese and Indian restaurants.
Restaurants serving “British” food tend to be either very expensive and found in luxury hotels, or cheap and nasty serving mainly fried food. You can eat a good “British” meal without spending a lot of money by going to a pub. Most pubs now serve good value hot and cold meals. They often have family areas where people under 16 can sit and eat.
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How many restaurants in England serve British food?

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Most British people, if they go out for a meal or buy a takeaway, go to their local Indian or Chinese restaurant. There are 8000 Indian restaurants in Great Britain and most towns, however small, have one.
Most Chinese restaurants serve Cantonese food, including lunch-time snacks called ‘dim sum’: steamed or deep-fried dumplings, with either savoury or sweet fillings.
Chinese and Indian restaurants are facing strong competition from Thai restaurants in Britain. The cuisine is a mixture of Indian and Chinese food, with dishes ranging from hot to mild often using coconut cream.
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What are Chinese and Indian restaurants facing?

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The English proverb says: every cook praises his own broth. One can not say English cookery is bad, but there is not a lot of variety in it in comparison with European cuisine. The English are very particular shout their meals. The usual meals in England are breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner.
Breakfast time is between seven and nine a.m. A traditional English breakfast is a very big meal. It consists of juice, porridge, a rasher or two of bacon and eggs, toast, butter, jam or marmalade, tea or coffee. Marmalade is made from oranges and jam is made from other fruit. Many people like to begin with porridge with milk or cream and sugar, but no good Scotsman ever puts sugar on it, because Scotland is the home of porridge. For a change you can have sausages, tomatoes, mushrooms, cold ham or perhaps fish.

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Everyone knows that tea is the most popular drink in Britain. It’s even more popular than 1_______, which is favoured throughout Europe and America. The Dutch brought the first tea to Europe in 1610. But it was not until 1658 that the first 2_______ for tea appeared in a London newspaper. At that time a pound of the cheapest tea cost about one-third of a skilled worker’s weekly 3_______. Tea was guarded by the lady of the house and kept in special containers, often with a lock and carefully doled out by the teaspoon. By 1750 tea had become the principal 4_______ of all the classes in Britain. Later, tea-drinking developed into a fashionable social ritual. Tea parties were popular at home and soon the ritual of “afternoon tea” was firmly established.

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The two substantial meals of the day are lunch and dinner. 1_______ is usually taken at one o’clock. For many people lunch is a quick meal. Office 2_______ usually go to a café at this time. They take fish, poultry or cold meat (beef, mutton, veal and ham), boiled or fried potatoes and all sorts of salad. They may have 3_______ or steak and chips followed by biscuits and a cup of coffee. Some people like a glass of light 4_______ with lunch. Pubs also serve good, cheap food. School children can have a hot meal at school. Some of them just bring a snack from home.

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Americans eat a lot. They have three meals a day: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Most of Americans don’t eat at home but prefer to go to restaurants. They can choose from many kind of 1_______. There is a great number of 2_______ restaurants in the USA. Italian, Chinese and Mexican food is very popular. An American institution is the fast food restaurant, which is very 3_______ but not very healthy.
However there are some principles of American cuisine.
Americans drink a lot of 4_______ and soda; eat a lot of meat, fruits and vegetables, not much bread.