Very often, my new students are faced with the question: “How to talk? It seems like I understand, I understand, but I can’t say anything.” There is only one answer to this question: talk! The communicative approach to language teaching is a good thing and has long shown its effectiveness. And this is exactly what we do in classes on the practice of verbal communication. The lesson is based on questions and answers, various situations, role playing games. We spend most of the lesson talking with students - discussing news, films, books, events, various lexical and grammatical topics. And when a student begins to try to speak English, then he realizes that he lacks vocabulary. Therefore, to help my students, I decided to develop teaching materials with vocabulary by topic. Moreover, each topic includes not only the most common words for every day, but also idioms, phrasal verbs, as well as stable phrases. Before each lesson, I send these manuals and ask, if possible, to learn as many words and expressions as possible. Then, we discuss the given topic, during which the student has many opportunities to use the words that he learned the day before. In this way, words are processed and they move from passive memory to active memory. I decided to gradually post these tutorials on topics on the blog, and I will only be glad if they are useful to someone. You can work with them independently or use them in a lesson with your English teacher.
Vegetables |
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carrot | carrot |
aubergine | eggplant |
cauliflower | cauliflower |
onion | onion |
garlic | garlic |
leeks | leek |
broccoli | broccoli |
cabbage | cabbage |
cucumber | cucumber |
tomato | tomato |
potato | potato |
courgette | zucchini |
spinach | spinach |
mushrooms | mushrooms |
beans | beans |
peas | peas |
pepper | pepper |
orange | orange |
banana | banana |
pear | pear |
grapes | grape |
strawberry | strawberry |
apple | apple |
lemon | lemon |
peach | peach |
melon | melon |
water melon | watermelon |
cherry | cherry |
kiwi | kiwi |
pineapple | a pineapple |
beef | beef |
lamb | lamb |
mutton | mutton |
venison | venison |
liver | liver |
kidneys | kidneys |
veal | veal |
pork | pork |
bacon | bacon |
ham | ham |
chicken | chicken |
turkey | turkey |
duck | duck |
goose | goose |
curry | curry |
nutmeg | nutmeg |
cinnamon | cinnamon |
ginger | ginger |
tea | tea |
coffee | coffee |
fruit juice | fruit juice |
milk | milk |
beer(lager/ale) | beer (light beer/ale) |
wine | wine |
mineral water (sparkling/still) | mineral water (with/without gas) |
fizzy drink/carbonated drink/lemonade/pop* (Slang)/soft drink/soda (Am.Eng.) | lemonade, carbonated drink |
cider | cider |
spirits | alcohol, spirits |
Pop*- means not only lemonade, but also all carbonated drinks, including champagne.
Since this is slang, it can be translated into Russian as the word “fizzy”.
Bakery Goods |
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tart | open pie |
pasty | pie |
pie | closed pie |
bread | bread |
bun | bun, bun |
Swiss roll | roll with jam |
donut | donut |
muffin | mini cupcake |
meringue | meringue |
éclair | eclair |
cupcake | cake baked in a corrugated mold |
Miscellaneous |
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vinegar | vinegar |
(vegetable) oil | vegetable oil |
cake | cake |
(boiled/fried) egg | (boiled/fried) egg |
butter | butter |
soup | soup |
honey | honey |
sugar | sugar |
flour | flour |
salt | salt |
yeast | yeast |
a tin of sprats | can of sprat |
a can of pop | can of lemonade (fizzy) |
Flavors and Tastes |
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bitter | bitter |
sour | sour |
hot | spicy |
spicy | spiced |
sweet | sweet |
savory | unsweetened (any flavor other than sweet) |
salty | salty |
bland | fresh |
tasty/ Delicious | delicious |
tasteless | tasteless |
sickly | sugary |
Ways of cooking |
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boil | cook |
fry | fry |
bake | bake |
roast | roast in the oven |
grill | fry on a rasper |
season | season with salt and pepper |
cube/dice | cut into cubes |
slice | cut into thin layers, slices |
chop | chop, shred |
whip | beat |
stir | stir, mix |
steam | soar |
big cheese e.g. I managed to talk to the big cheese himself. |
important person, big shot |
wine and dine e.g. We were wined and dined every night and given the best hotel in town. |
treat, feed and drink |
butterfingers e.g. What a butterfingers! You keep dropping things. |
awkward, clumsy, bungler, bungler |
cream of the crop e.g. This is going to be a very important party. Cream of the crop will be there. |
the cream of society, the best of the best, important |
cup of tea e.g. Such shows are not my cup of tea. |
something or someone to taste |
use your noodle e.g. Use your noodle to understand what’s going on! |
use your brain, think |
to be nuts about e.g. I am nuts about Chinese food. |
to be a passionate admirer of something/someone/ |
a smart cookie e.g. She is a smart cookie and always gets excellent grades. |
smart, cunning, trickster |
bring home the bacon e.g. I need a job to bring home the bacon. |
earn (for bread and butter) |
to be in the soup e.g. Oh no! I've broken mum's favorite vase. Now I'm really in the soup. |
get into trouble |
a couch potato e.g. Come on, let's go out or you will turn into a coach potato. |
homebody, couch potato, lazy person |
to be full of beans e.g. I don’t want to sleep any more after that coffee, I am full of beans. |
cheerful, energetic |
a chicken e.g. You are such a chicken if you are afraid to ask Elisabeth out. |
coward, cowardly |
a lemon e.g. This telephone is a real lemon! It keeps breaking down! |
unusable thing |
Collocations |
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Chinese/Mexican/Spanish food/cooking/cuisine | Chinese/Mexican/Spanish cuisine |
light meal | light snack/dinner |
family meal | family lunch/dinner |
festive meal | festive lunch/dinner |
substantial meal | hearty lunch/dinner |
ready meals | ready meals |
processed foods | semi-finished products |
hearty breakfast | hearty breakfast |
refreshing drink | soft drink |
die of hunger | starve |
have a quick snack | have a snack, kill a worm |
perishable food | perishable food product |
junk food | dry food; junk food |
fresh produce | fresh food |
home-cooked food | homemade food |
food poisoning | food poisoning |
Online pronunciation of vegetable names in English. Vegetables are an important part of any person's diet. They contain carbohydrates and proteins and are a source, sometimes the only one, of biologically irreplaceable active substances. Having an alkaline reaction, vegetables neutralize acids that are formed when eating meat and flour dishes, deliver vitamins to the body, primarily vitamin C, as well as B1, B2, E, PP, K, provitamin A, and supply vital minerals: calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, sulfur, iron, nitrogen. They contain enzymes and organic acids, fiber and pectins, which help regulate digestion processes and the microflora of the gastrointestinal tract,
Meat products
Online pronunciation of the names of meat products. Meat as food has always been known to mankind, in all eras of its development, and often served as the basis for its survival in ancient times. The “energy reserve” that protein-rich meat foods provided to people elevated meat to the rank of one of the most widespread and revered products in the world.
Fast food
Online pronunciation of products fast food in English Fast food dishes exist in the national cuisine of various countries of the world (for example, Italian pizza). In 1921, the White Castle company opened in Kansas, whose specialty was hamburgers, outlandish at that time. The stable price (5 cents until 1946) and outlandishness attracted buyers, and doubts about the safety of the product were dispelled as a result of a cunning move by company owner Billy Ingram (when specially hired people in white coats created the impression that even doctors were buying hamburgers). In the late 1940s, White Castle began to have competitors, of which McDonald's became the most serious.
Online pronunciation of fruit names in English. Fruit is a juicy edible fruit of a tree or shrub. Fruits are an important component of food for humans and many animals. In the Old Russian language, the word “fruit” did not exist; any fruit was called vegetables or vegetables; the word “fruit” was borrowed in 1705.
Online pronunciation of the names of berries in English. The benefits of berries are manifested due to their unique vitamin and mineral composition. Vitamins A and C act as antioxidants and protect cells from damage and premature aging. Berries contain a lot of dietary fiber, which stimulates metabolism. All berries contain a lot of potassium, which is very useful for normal functioning. of cardio-vascular system. Potassium can normalize high blood pressure, strengthen the heart muscle, and together with antioxidant vitamins, strengthen blood vessels. Berries contain quite a lot of sugars, which must also be taken into account when consuming them., you need to follow the norm (no more than 400g of fruits and berries per day/)
Online pronunciation of drink names in English. Drink (from the verb. saturate) is a liquid intended for drinking. Water is the basis of most drinks consumed by humans, consumed both in pure and carbonated or mineralized form (both extracted from natural mineral sources and with additions)
Sweets in English
Online pronunciation of the names of sweets in English. The first candies appeared in Ancient Egypt and Greece. Back then they were desserts made from honey and fruits or dates. Nuts were also added to them. Homemade sweets were common until the 20th century; they were prepared and sold wholesale and retail.
Food
Online pronunciation of food names in English with transcription. Oddly enough, one of the incentives for the development of technologies for long-term food storage was numerous wars. For example, Napoleon even announced a special competition to invent the best way to store food. After all, his army needed provisions during long campaigns. The French scientist Nicolas Francois Appert won this competition. It was he who decided to heat-treat the products and then place them in hermetically sealed containers.
Nuts and seeds
Nuts and seeds - online pronunciation in English. Nuts contain 2-3 times more useful minerals - magnesium, potassium, calcium, iron, phosphorus, etc. - than many other food products. All varieties of nuts are rich in vitamins A, E, group B, P. In addition, nuts have another important advantage: all the nutrients in them are preserved for a very long time, unlike, for example, vegetables and fruits that lose most of their vitamins and minerals during one winter.
Irish breakfast
Online pronunciation names Irish breakfast products in English. Traditional Irish breakfast consists of the following ingredients: pork sausages, bacon bits, eggs, black pudding, white sausage, tea or coffee and toast or traditional soda bread.
Dishes from chicken eggs
Online pronunciation names of dishes made from chicken eggs in English. The taste of an egg depends entirely on the taste of the yolk., and the taste of the yolk depends on what the chicken is fed. Homemade eggs taste better than factory eggs. To give eggs a special flavor, chickens are sometimes specially fed spices.
What is an apple made of?
What is an apple made of? online pronunciation in English with transcription. Apples are low in calories. 100 g of fresh apple contains only 47 kcal. The product is practically fat-free, but contains carbohydrates, which allows a person who eats an apple to maintain a feeling of satiety for a long time. Perfect for those who want to lose weight and those who are on a diet. 100 g of baked apples contain almost 66 kcal and will also not harm your figure. But 100 g of dried apples contain 253 kcal, so you shouldn’t get carried away with them if you want to maintain your weight.
B-B-Q
Online pronunciation grilled products. Both barbecue and shish kebab are an open-air celebration. Americans call this type of recreation barbecue, the British call it barbecue or grill, the Germans call it grill, and the Russians call shish kebab.
Edible oils
Online pronunciation of oil names in English with transcription and pronunciation in Russian letters. Oil is a collective name for a whole range of chemical substances or mixtures of substances that do not dissolve in water. There are three main groups of “oils”: some “oils” are fats, mineral oils are products of petroleum refining
Sugar honey syrup
Online pronunciation names in English: sugar, honey, syrup. Sugar is the common name for sucrose. Cane and beet sugar are important food products. Regular sugar belongs to carbohydrates, which are considered valuable nutrients that provide the body with the necessary energy.
Seasonings spices
Online pronunciation names of seasonings used in cooking. People began to use aromatic and spicy plants for cooking long before salt. Today it is impossible to establish what exactly motivated ancient people: whether they wanted to improve the taste and smell of food, whether they tried to obtain new taste qualities of familiar dishes and products, or added spices knowing about their beneficial properties.
Dairy
Online pronunciation of dairy product names in English. From a large family of dairy products there are dairy products- those that are produced by fermenting milk with various bacteria. Thus, yogurt is fermented with Bulgarian bacillus, acidophilus - with acidophilus bacillus, rennet cheeses - with rennet secreted from the stomach of calves, and the preparation of homemade yogurt and cottage cheese is possible thanks to the work of lactic acid lactococcus, which is constantly found in spontaneously sour milk.
Plural names of fruits. Fruits are mainly digested in the intestines, not in the stomach. Plus, they digest fairly quickly (some in just an hour or less). Our brain runs on glucose, and fruits are the best source of blood sugar.
Online pronunciation of names: vegetables, fruits, berries and other food products in English with transcription, translation and pronunciation in Russian letters.
Traditional English food has been greatly influenced by other national cuisines in recent years. Despite this fact, if you travel to Britain, you can still be served up traditional English dishes in a restaurant or at a hotel.
A typical English breakfast is usually quite big and substantial. It includes pork sausages, bacon and eggs, tomatoes, baked beans, mushrooms and a toast. Some people enjoy porridge, fruit and yogurt in the morning, followed by a toast and jam, or orange marmalade. A traditional breakfast drink is tea, which British people prefer having with cold milk. Another popular morning drink is orange juice.
For many Englishmen lunch is a fast meal. In big cities there are a lot of sandwich bars where office clerks can choose all sorts of sandwiches with meat, fish, chicken, ham, prawns, eggs, cheese, vegetables and lettuce. English pubs also serve good food for lunch, hot and cold. Quite a lot of workers go to the famous “fish and chips shops” and buy their favorite deep fried cod or haddock with French fries.
A lot of Englishmen drink their 5 o’clock tea. It’s a traditional light meal after work. People enjoy their favorite teas with cookies, cakes, freshly baked sweet buns, scones and other pastries.
British people eat their evening meal at about 7 o'clock, when all members of the family are at home together. As a rule, a typical dinner is meat and vegetables. It can be roast chicken or lamb with potatoes, or steamed vegetables with meat gravy. For dessert, English wives cook various puddings and serve them with ice-cream or jam.
On Sundays British families like to sit together at the table enjoying roast beef, lamb or chicken, served with Yorkshire pudding and dressed with English mustard, apple sauce, cranberry sauce or mint sauce.
English food is simple but very delicious. Today it continues to merge in national cuisines from all over the world.
Translation
For traditional English food in last years strongly influenced by other national cuisines. Despite this fact, if you travel to the UK, you may still be served traditional English food in a restaurant or hotel.
A typical English breakfast is usually quite large and substantial. It includes pork sausages, bacon and eggs, tomatoes, baked beans, mushrooms and toast. Some people like to eat porridge, fruit and yoghurt in the morning, followed by toast with jam or orange marmalade. The traditional breakfast drink is tea, which the British love to drink with cold milk. Another popular morning drink is orange juice.
For many English people, lunch is a quick meal. In big cities there are many sandwich bars where office clerks can choose any kind of sandwich with meat, fish, chicken, ham, shrimp, eggs, cheese, vegetables and lettuce. English pubs They also serve good food, hot and cold, for lunch. Quite a few workers go to the famous Fish and Chips cafes and buy their favorite deep-fried cod or haddock and chips.
Many English people drink five o'clock tea. This is a traditional light meal after work. People enjoy their favorite variety of tea with biscuits, cakes, freshly baked sweet buns, scones and other baked goods.
The British have dinner in the evening at about 7 o'clock, when all family members are at home together. Typically, a typical dinner consists of meat and vegetables. It could be roast chicken or lamb with potatoes, or steamed vegetables and meat with gravy. For dessert, English wives prepare various puddings and serve them with ice cream or jam.
On Sundays, British families love to sit down to the table and enjoy roast beef, lamb or chicken, served with Yorkshire pudding and topped with English mustard, applesauce, cranberry sauce or mint sauce.
Hello everyone, friends! We haven’t seen each other for a long time, since I spent the last two weeks in a city that gave me a lot of emotions, impressions and new interesting acquaintances. When you live in the same space and constantly communicate, encountering other people's opinions and points of view, you have a pure interaction with their habits and characters. Shake-up, renewal, clearing of consciousness, entering a new experience. Alternately teaching people English and cooking, I suddenly discovered that the biggest and most powerful topic in any language is the topic of food.
As the well-known Nikolai Yagodkin said, drawing a quick diagram on this topic on a flipchart, food is what everyone constantly wants and remembers least of all. The most inconvenient thing is to replay in memory foreign language all sorts of " pans«, « corollas«, « to shred«, « rub«, « shred". Add to this a huge variety fruits and vegetables , which nature has generously rewarded us with. As a result, dates and pears are immediately forgotten, and the hackneyed Apple is spinning in everyone’s mind, and, most likely, thanks to Steve Jobs, and not the fruit.
This week I decided to launch a series of posts and decided to start with cooking and on this topic. It is believed that cooking is an activity, but in reality this is not entirely true. As it turned out, men are not averse to making delicious pancakes and standing at the stove, talking in English language. One thing I noticed is that food really conveys a person’s energy and character, sometimes even mental condition. Rubber food, like in McDuck, is generally contraindicated for long-term use, since it has neither mental nor physical-vitamin energy. Food prepared in a bad mood tends to irritate you after eating it. That's why when I'm in a bad mood I don't even go near the stove. Still, food should be prepared with a positive emotion and mindset. In general, I have already spoken about to life, but all words including junk food in you can find it on the website languageguide.org by entering in the field English and selecting the desired topic.
Let's look at popular words in cooking.
Crush- press.
You must crush garlic to make garlic sauce. You have to crush the garlic to make garlic sauce.
Mash- crush, crush
Let`s do mashed potatoes with milk! Let's make mashed potatoes with milk!
Mix- mix, stir
We can mix apples, yougurt and bananas together. We can mix apples, yogurt and bananas together.
Serve- serve.
Please, serve this dish to that man. Please serve (serve) this dish to that gentleman.
Slice- cut into slices
You can slice this bread if you want to help. You can slice this bread if you want to help.
Stir- beat
Stir up the eggs with milk. Beat eggs with milk.
Melt- melt
Please, melt the ice-cream to make it warmer. Please melt the ice cream to make it warmer.
Grill- fry on the grill.
Please, grill a hamburger to me. Please fry me a hamburger.
Simmer- Boil over low heat.
The soup has simmered down! The soup has boiled over!
Pinch- pluck, pinch
Please, pinch the peace of bun. Please take a piece of the bun.
Pour- pour.
Pour me some coffee. Pour me some coffee.
Sprinkle- to sprinkle
And sprinkle it lightly with pepper. And sprinkle lightly with pepper.
Peel- peel (from the word “peeling”)
Can you peel the banana? Can you peel a banana?
Grate- grate.
Can you grate the cheese? Can you grate some cheese?
Squeeze-squeeze
Squeeze the lemon here. Squeeze a lemon here.
Carve- cut, cut.
Carve the chicken. Cut the chicken.
Spread- smear
Please spread the butter on the bread. Please spread the butter on the bread
Strain/drain- strain
Please strain the tea. Please strain the tea.
A few more words.
Whisk- beat with a whisk. Because Whisk- this is a whisk
Fry- Fry
Boil- Boil
Bake- Bake
Roll-Roll out
Poach=Simmer- Cook over low heat
Roast- Fry
A small recipe that you can find on the Internet.
pay attention to Nutrition Facts(Nutritional value)
Per serving- per serving
Calories- calories
Protein- protein
Carbohydrates- carbohydrates
Fats- Fats
Roasted chicken- fried chicken
Breasts-Breast
Spinach- Spinach
Stuffing- filling. About what the word means Stuff you can read here.
Walnuts- Walnut
Boneless- without bones
Tablespoon- tea spoon
ground pepper- ground pepper. How Ground Coffee"Ground coffee".
Extra virgin- (first squeeze)
Pre-heat- (Preheat)
400 degrees- 400 degrees
cut along- cut lengthwise
lay out- post
attached- attached
cutting board- cutting board
pound- beat with a hammer (like a chop).
to flatten- align
rub- rub
season- season (not just as a season)
non-stick- non-stick
wilt- felt, dry
thaw- melt
fold- wrap
sheet pan- cooking form (sheet)
roastin pan- brazier
rack- grille, stand
let rest- let cool
Have a great day and delicious food,
Theme "Food" includes a lot of words and the list can be continued indefinitely. For those who have just joined us, here is an additional list of food-related phrases that will come in handy if you are planning a trip abroad - . I advise you to go there and memorize the names of the foods you will eat and, of course, your favorite dishes!
List of English words No. 2 on the topic “Food” (for advanced students)
- bacon and eggs – scrambled eggs with ham (bacon)
- omelette ['omlit] - omelette
- cottage cheese - cottage cheese
- sausages - sausages
- a hamburger - hamburger
- boil - to boil
- fry - fry
- boiled eggs - boiled eggs
- soft-boiled eggs - soft-boiled eggs
- hard-boiled eggs - hard-boiled eggs
- semolina [ˌsem(ə)’liːnə] - semolina porridge
- ham - ham
- biscuits - cookies
- pancakes - pancakes
- cocoa - cocoa
- mushroom soup – mushroom soup
- fish soup – fish soup
- pea soup – pea soup
- roast meat (chicken) – fried meat (chicken)
- fried potatoes - fried potatoes
- boiled potatoes - boiled potatoes
- mashed potatoes - mashed potatoes
- buckwheat [‘bʌkwiːt] porridge - buckwheat porridge
- letice - lettuce leaves
- a side dish - side dish
- a filling - filling
- soft drinks - non-alcoholic drinks
- strong drinks - strong drinks
- cocktail - cocktail
- wine - wine
- dessert - dessert
- strong tea - strong tea
- weak tea - weak tea
- cream - cream
- lump of sugar - a piece of sugar
- have three meals a day – eat 3 times a day
- meal - food (meal)
- for a starter - for a snack
- for the first course - for the first (dish)
- for the second course - for the second (dish)
- for the dessert - for dessert
- at the canteen (a cafe) – at the buffet (in the cafe)
- at a restaurant - in a restaurant
- at a bar (a pub) - in a bar (pub)
- taste - taste
- smell - smell
- pour- pour
- stir - interfere
- lay the table - set the table
- clear the table - clear from the table
Phrases:
What about having a bite? - How about something to eat?
What about asking for more? - How about asking for more?
Let's drop into this small café. - Let's go to this cafe.
Text 1. Read and translate.
For breakfast people may have eggs or an omelette. If eggs are boiled 2 or 3 minutes we call them soft-boiled eggs. If they are boiled 5 minutes or more we call them hard-boiled eggs. Some people don't like eggs. They prefer porridge or semolina for breakfast. After porridge, eggs or an omelette people drink coffee or tea. I don’t like to drink strong tea or coffee. I prefer weak coffee with milk. My friend drinks coffee without milk. We always put some sugar into our coffee or tea. To make our coffee or tea sweet we put 2 or 3 spoonfuls of sugar and stir it with a tea-spoon.
- spoonful - teaspoon (what's in it)
- tea-spoon - teaspoon
Exercise 1. Name the objects (utensils).
- spoon - spoon
- tea-spoon - teaspoon
- fork - fork
- knife - knife
- plate - plate
- dish - dish
- bottle - bottle
- cup - cup
- saucer - saucer
- glass - glass
- mug - mug
- jug - jug
- kettle - teapot
- tea-pot - teapot
- sugar-basin - sugar bowl
Text 2. Read and translate.
Our mother always lays the table. She puts cups and saucers on the table. Then she pours out tea or coffee and puts tasty buns and sweets on the big dish, bread, butter and sometimes cottage cheese. She calls us and says that breakfast is ready. We come to the kitchen and sit down at the table. The breakfast begins. My brother and I put three lumps of sugar into our cups and begin to stir our coffee with a tea-spoon. The lumps of sugar melt very quickly and the coffee becomes sweet. My brother likes to have coffee with milk but I prefer coffee without milk. If I can’t reach a bun I say “Pass me a bun, please.” My mother passes me the bun saying “Here you are”, and I thank her. As our mother wants us to eat well she often says, “Children, help yourselves to bread and butter or to some cottage cheese.” When breakfast is over we clear cups and saucers away and wash them up.
Say some sentences about your breakfast.
Exercise 2. Answer the questions:
- Who cooks your breakfast?
- Who else has dinner with you?
- What kind of bread do you like best, white or brown?
- What do you cut bread with?
- What do you eat soup with?
- What did you eat for breakfast yesterday?
- Do you like strong or weak tea?
- Where do you keep your forks, knives, spoons, plates and cups?
Exercise 3. Complete the sentences.
- Don't eat off the…
- Don’t talk with your... full.
- In order to (to) lay the table we must put ...
- The salt is to far from me, …
- What do you like best, an omelette or... ?
- When people want to drink they say, "We...".
- We must...before a meal and...after it.