1. Pre-viewing vocabulary activities.
2. Complete the following table with a country:
Spain | Russia | Britain | Denmark | Mexico |
Thailand | The USA | Zambia | Egypt | Germany |
COUNTRY | IT IS RUDE TO… |
10. | talk with a mouthful of food |
9. | take the last danish |
8. | leave your chopsticks in the bowl |
7. | arrive on time |
6. | cut lettuce in a salad with your knife |
5. | blow on your food when it’s hot |
4. | look at someone else’s food |
3. | dip bread into your soup |
2. | mix vodka with something |
1. | ask what ingredients are in your food |
3.Watch the video and check your answers.
4. Homework: Complete these sentences with “must”, “mustn’t” or “can”.
a) In Britain you ________ speak with your mouth full.
b) In Denmark you ________ take the last item on the plate. You ________ continue to cut it until only crumbs are left.
c) In Thailand you ________ place your chopsticks in the bowl because it symbolises death.
d) In Mexico you ________ arrive 30 minutes late to a dinner party.
e) In Germany you ________ cut lettuce in a salad with your knife, you ________ fold it with a fork.
f) In Catalonia you ________ blow on your hot soup.
g) In the USA you ________ wait for your food to cool because you ________ blow on your hot food.
h) In France you ________ look at someone else’s food.
i) In Spain you ________ dip bread into your soup.
j) In Ireland you ________ mix vodka with ice.
k) In Zambia you ________ ask what ingredients are in the food because this suggests that you suspect your host of trying to poison you.