Read the micro text and define the main idea of the text.

Peanuts are also known as groundnuts or monkey nuts, peanuts are actually legumes. Of South American origin, it's now an important crop all over the tropics and southern USA. It gets its name groundnut because as the pods ripen, they are actually forced underground. Peanuts are high in protein and contain 40-50% oil. The oil is used in cooking, as salad oil, in margarines and the residue is fed to animals. Whole peanuts can be eaten raw or roasted or made into peanut butter (look out for brands which do not contain hydrogenated oils, which are highly saturated). As they are usually inexpensive, they can be mixed with other kinds of nuts to bring down the cost, while still maintaining flavour and good nutrition. 100g peanuts contain 24.3g protein, 2mg iron and 3mg zinc.

Complete the sentences.

1. Unripe nuts contain ….

2. They can be mixed ….

3. The nut is covered ….

4. Valuable oil is ….

5. It gets its name groundnut ….

8. Choose the proper prepositions and fill them in:

1. Can the nutmeat be eaten fresh or dried?

2. The coconut palm is common … tropical regions all over the world, isn’t it?

3. What is the coconut covered …?

4. Whole peanuts can be made … peanut butter, can’t they?

5. What … is peanut butter mixed with other kinds of nuts?

9. Pair work. Put the questions given above to your group-mate and let him/her answer them.

Lesson 4

A) Cover the right column and read the English words. Translate them into Russian and check your translation.

B) Cover the left column and translate the Russian words back into English.

filbert фундук; культурная форма лещины, лесного ореха

confectionery кондитерская, кондитерский магазин

pecan орех пекан

savoury вкусный, приятный на вкус, аппетитный

2. Read the words and put down their Russian equivalents:

Cod ____________________________________________

savoury dishes _____________________________________

hazel nuts _________________________________________

high fat content ____________________________________

the cultivated varieties _______________________________

3. Put down the English for:

лесной орех _______________________________________

плод кокосовой пальмы _____________________________

орех пекан ________________________________________

арахис ____________________________________________

миндаль __________________________________________

Read the text. Compare hazels and pecans.

Hazels

Hazel, also called Cob, is a common wild tree in Europe and Asia and its nuts have been eaten by humans since earliest times. The cultivated varieties are bigger and the filbert is a similar but bigger species from SE Europe. Used in sweet and savoury dishes, they are available whole, ground and flaked, or made into oil and nut butter. 100g hazel nuts contain 7.6g protein, and they are lower in fat than most other nuts.

Pecans

Pecans are native of N America where it is used extensively in ice cream, cakes, nut bread and confectionery. The flavour is rather like a mild, sweet walnut. 100g pecans contain 9.2g protein, a very high fat content of 71.2g, 130 micrograms vitamin A (also very high), 2.4mg iron and 73mg calcium.