Polish Christmas Food

Follow the link and read the article:

The 12 Dishes of Polish Christmas

The Alcatraz Lesson

What do you know about Alcatraz? Brainstorm ideas in a group.

CC Alcatraz Island by Alex Green (licence)



Now watch the video and answer the questions (0:00-7:37):

Why was Alcatraz built?
How was it built?
Who are the people interviewed in the film?
What do they say?

Watch the video again and explain the context for the following words and phrases:

1. organised crime
2. mobsters
3. supergangster
4. superprison
5. my first glimpse of
6. a mug shot
7. a thug
8. the slammer
9. icy currents
10. out it would go
11. the fate of Alcatraz was sealed
12. would have cost millions to repair

After you have watched the video twice, look at fragments (1:30) and (6:30).
Note down 2 sentences where the word supposedly is used.
Why is it used? What is the position of the word in the sentences?













Alcatraz was the biggest concrete structure in the world and, supposedly, the most secure prison on the planet.
An investigation revealed that the supposedly escape-proof concrete was to blame for the breakout.
The OLAD dictionary entry for supposedly
The BNC corpus examples

Come up with 2 sentences with the word which would be true for you.

Discussion:
What do you think may have happened to the three prisoners? Do you think they survived? Why? Why not? Try and use hypothetical conditional structures in your answers:
If they had..., they might have..., could have..., would have....



Now read the following article. Do you think the Dutch scientists could be right?:

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-30349106

Analyse the two options below and make at least two hypothetical conditional sentences (one for each):
Start like this:  Had they....., they .... (hint: think about what would have happened depending on the moment they decided to get in the water)

Worst Case Scenario

Best Case Scenario

Go back to the article. Compare your sentences with all the hypotheses made in the text.

Do you think these scientists are wasting their time and resources? Would you  nominate them for the Ignoble Prize?

English Food Lesson

Intro

What dishes come to mind when you think of traditional English cooking? Which ones have you had?

Picture by: Mike Fleming (CC BY 2.0)

Reading
Now read the article and see if you have tried any of the items mentioned:
10 British foods no other country understands

Vocabulary
Look at the text again, find the following items and decide what they mean:
Up the ante 
Must be magic
the snooty Swiss roll 
poshed up with bits of Parma ham
Snobs may turn their noses up at
it's been a childhood staple since
this frugal dish
it was once all the rage at
A sure-fire way to pile on the pounds
it tastes sublime
is anyone's guess
it was deliberately left unpierced
batter it with breadcrumbs
Myth has it that
the school tuck shop
You may want to use this dictionary to look things up:
http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/

Practice
Follow the link and do the task:
Gap-fill with picture

Gap-fill (no picture)

Task
Now prepare your own presentation about a traditional dish of your choice from your country.
Use the link below to access the online PowerPoint tools and save your presentation:
http://1drv.ms/1D9SnNu

Present to the trest of the class.

Discussion
Discuss the following questions:

• What new foods have you tried this month?
• What is the strangest food you have ever tried?
• Do you have any food allergies?
• Which food from this country do you like the least?
• What do you think about super-sizing?
• Should fast food restaurants serve healthier food?
• Are food portions too big for our health?