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PAGE  PAGE 6 Unit 3 Food “You are what you eat” Part One: Listening Section A Conversation One Javier: Welcome to J. Los new restaurant. I heard the food is_____________. Linda: Its Puerto Rican? Javier: Actually its a Cuban restaurant, like the ones you might find in Miami. Linda: Wow, you guys really do ___________. Javier: Its all Latin, baby. Its all good. Now lets order. Linda: Hmm...(reads menu) black beans and rice...sounds healthy. Javier: Latinos are big on ___________. And you got to try the ropa vieja. Linda: Is that a meat dish? Javier: Yep. It means old clothes. Linda: Yuck! Javier: Ha, ha. Thats because its shredded beef and looks kind of like cloth. Linda: Well, I guess Ill try it. Whats this? (reads menu) Plantains... Javier: Those are like little bananas. They __________, and they are delicious! Conversation Two A: What do you think of British food? B: Thats a very difficult question to answer, because if you look in two supermarket trolleys, youll see that what people buy is completely different. Some people will go for fresh vegetables and wholemeal bread, while others prefer tins and packets of highly processed food. A: Well, what do people mean when they say they dont like British food? B: I think its probably possible to generalize about what is eaten at main meal-times. Northern Europeans, including the British, tend to eat more potatoes than Asians, who prefer rice. A: Can you explain why many Asians prefer French or Italian cuisine to British cooking? B: Thats both a question of what different Europeans eat and how its prepared. For example, pizza has become international. People are accustomed to eating it and Italians prepare it well. A: Do the British prepare food badly? B: In fact, we have some of the top chefs in the world, but only people with a lot of money experience British cooking at its best. Students staying in English families often have to put up with convenience foods, quick preparations served up by worki