Eating Habits (1)

A look at how people eat around the world

Food is a major part of every culture. After all, everyone needs to eat! But each country has its own traditions regarding what people eat and when.

France
France is known for its fine cuisine, and its people take food seriously. Most eat three meals a day at fixed times and never snack between meals. Breakfast is a light meal of bread and coffee. They eat lunch at around 1 p.m. and a dinner with multiple courses after 8 p.m.

The French consider eating a social activity. Eating alone is rare, and eating while doing something else is unheard-of. The French take time to enjoy their meals - and visitors should do the same.

Brazil
Like the French, Brazilians typically eat a light breakfast. Lunch, the largest meal of the day, usually consists of some combination of meat, rice, potatoes, beans and vegetables.

Between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m., people enjoy a smaller meal with their families. Brazilians don't mind snacking and sometimes buy food from street carts. But they always finish eating before walking away.

Info Cloud
Teaching Topic: Language Police教學主題: 語言有必要維護嗎？
1635年 The French Academy 規範法語的正確運用
18世紀時發行了一本字典裡面有5000個單字用新的拼法
人民必需按照上面用法
1980年代如果亂用法文會被開罰單
目地是為了維護語言純正

Closer Look
Eating alone is rare, and eating while doing something else is unheard-of.
[Subject] is [description 1], and [subject] while [verb-ing] is [description 2].
- Studying for a master's degree is not easy, and studying for a master's degree while having a full-time job is very challenging.
- Driving on this mountain road is very tricky, and driving on this mountain road while talking on your cellphone is suicidal.

Language Lab
regarding prep.
a word used especially in letters or speeches to introduce the subject you are writing or talking about [= concerning, with regard to]:
- Regrading our trip to London, I think we might need to delay the departure date.
- We received many compliments regarding our speedy response to customers' requests.

multiple adj.
many, or involving many things, people, events etc:
- The patient suffers from multiple injuries caused by the car accident.
- Irene did well on the multiple-choice questions on the test.
- The computer can run multiple systems at the same time.

unheard adj.
not heard or listened to:
- The students' protest against the skyrocketing tuition went unheard.
unheard-of adj.
something that is unheard of is so unusual that it has not happened or been known before:
- The disease spread at an unheard-of speed.

consist v.
consist of something phrasal verb
to be formed from two or more things or people:
- The company now consists of four departments: R&D, marketing, sales and customer service.
- The meal consists of an appetizer, two main courses and a dessert.

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