Now, imagine you are Dell's Training officer and you are planning a seminar. Look at this example of an email to the participants and find ways to improve it.
Is there a controversial food that you like -one or more acquaintances of yours detest?
Guess! The first countries where pizza appeared were___________________
Although pizza has long winding roots from ancient Greece through Italy to the rest of the world, it is genuinely most people’s delight. With every slice comes a rich history of different parts of the world. Social, economic, and cultural markings are baked into pizza’s goodness.
Over time, the toppings have changed to accommodate the different cultures of the world. Despite/ Although bakers from all over the globe now custom-making the pizza, the bottom line remains the same. Every good pizza has a crust that holds it all together.
To top it all up, the world got sight of the largest pizza in 2012, measuring more than 1,260 square meters.
Today, over 70,000 pizzerias offer this U.S. delicacy, not to mention its popularity across the world.
People thousands of years ago made flat bread and added _______________of different ingredients.
In ancient times the bread served as the ______________
_______________, pizza has changed to _______________ the cultures of every nation in the world
The common ingredient of all pizzas is ______________
Tomatoes from America in the 18th century are the reason for ______________pizza
Later pizza became a ______________ food for the upper class.
Nowadays, pizza is __________food in Italy and the USA.
prominent, toppings, crust, plate, over time, modern-day, accommodate, staple
Let's play KAHOOT!
C. Make a list of popular foods that came from other countries. Where did they come from? Discuss.
D. Invent a new kind of pizza for Lombardi's, the oldest pizza restaurant in the USA. You should agree on toppings, sause and the type of crust.
Durian fruit is______________
E. Make a short video guide for tourists visiting your country. Describe the foods that are popular in your culture but people from other cultures might find unusual or even disgusting. Give reasons why tourist should try these foods.
Think of three words or phrases or cultural concepts from your first language or another language. Be ready to present them to the class in the next lesson. you can include
a word or expression
a festival, dance, or celebration
a type of humour
an important place that isn't well-known abroad
a dish that reflects the best food from home
an aspect of the national character that you want people from other countries to know about
a well-love TV show, film, or song that represents your country
TRAVEL STORIES
Do you like travelling?
Read this funny story and underline the past tenses
The stories I had heard about hitchhiking were mostly shortcuts to getting murdered, so I hated the idea. However some friends persuaded me to give it a try when we missed our bus during a badly planned trip to Bosnia.
The sun was setting when a truck slowed down in front of us. We pilled up in the back. The driver had no English and we didn'r speak his language but he kept repeating the word "Lavanda" in an ever louder voice. BY the time we arrived at our destination we were horrified!
As we were getting ready to escae he opened the trunk of his car. Ready he was going to murder us, we all screamed...
But no. None of that happened. Instead, he flashed a toothy grin as he unveiled his roomy trunk… Which was filled with tiny draw-string packets of dried lavender. Lavanda. Lavender. All this time he had been trying to explain to us that he was a lavender farmer! “Lavanda!” he said for a final time and went off.
Relieved and dazed, my friends and I continued our walk home, laughing to ourselves that we had just rode through Bosnia & Herzegovina with a baller lavender mogul. And true fact: he’s the reason why to this day, I still smile every time I see lavender.
What are some expressions with take in the Xerox text that mean:
1. not completely believe smth
2. look after
3. for exaple
4. participate in
5. employs
6. regarded as important
LANGUAGE PRACTICE: The Past
What tenses can you spot in this job profile? What are they used for?
Steve started as a project manager in global services and since then has moved into sales. He has only been working in the company for two years.
You can practise narrative (past) tenses more extensively here.
SPEAKING SKILLS
Asking questions about jobs
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Work in pairs. Use the prompts to ask questions 1 to 6 about working for your company
Example: Q. Why /like the company? Why do you like the company?
A: It's like a family.
1 Q: long /working /the company?
P. Two years.
2 Q: when / join?
A: In 1978
3 Q: was /first job?
A: A project manager.
4 Q: what /responsible?
A: Growing and maintaining customer relationships.
5 Q: where based?
P. At Uxbridge.
6 Q: would /like/do// in the future?
A: Work abroad and be part of the senior management team.
WRITING SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
Write a short piece (110 words approx) about a turning point in your life, work or studies; a moment when you decided to pursue a different route to the one you had until that point.
