Pair work. Find your own recipe of an Italian pizza. Make a project. Share your recipe with your group-mates.

Unit 2. Russian cuisine and Russian cooking recipes

Lesson 1

1. Read the words:

delicious

special

tradition

national

agricultural

Master the active vocabulary. Cover the left column and translate the Russian words back into English.

equipment оборудование; оснащение

tool инструмент; орудие труда

rye рожь

millet просо

land-tiller земледелец, землепашец

par нормальное состояние, норма

groats крупа ( преим. овсяная )

3. Word formation.

Analyze the tense forms of the verbs.

Write out all irregular verbs from the text and translate them.

Give your own examples.

Russian cuisine is one of the most popular and widely spread in the world. French cuisine is festive and elegant, Chinese cuisine is exotic, Russian cuisine is healthy and delicious. Russian dishes are easy to cook and they do not demand much skill and special ingredients, they do not need exotic equipment and tool and everybody who knows how to hold a cooking knife and how to peel potatoes can cook delicious Russian dishes. A few words about Russian cooking traditions. In old Russ, grain - that is rye, barley, oats, millet and wheat - was always the main food product. Since days of old the Russians have been known as land-tiller. That is why bread remains their major national food. Pies have always been a par of the holiday fare. The pies are customarily filled with different kinds of meat, fish, and berries. As for the groats, millet was most often used since it was the main agricultural product. They also made various kinds of kashas (cereals), round loaves, baked puddings, and krupenik.

Put down the nouns. Translate the words.

Model: to cry – crier; плакать, кричать – крикун

To till - _____________; _______________ - _____________

To buy - _____________; ______________ - _____________

To hold - ____________; _______________ - _____________

To ____ - ____________; _______________ - ____________

To ____ - ____________; _______________ - ____________

To ____ - ____________; _______________ - ____________

Combine the given adjectives (A) with the proper nouns (B).

6. Put down the English for:

Русская кухня _____________________________________

Китайская кухня ___________________________________

Французская кухня _________________________________

Итальянская кухня _________________________________

7. Complete the questions. Read the questions and the answers. Cover the right column. Answer the questions.