Unit 5

Meals: Elevenses
In the United Kingdom and some other Commonwealth realms
elevenses is a snack that is similar to afternoon tea, but eaten in the
morning. It is generally less savoury than brunch, and might consist of
some cake or biscuits with a cup of tea or coffee. The name refers to
the time of day that it is taken: around 11 a.m. The word elevenses
is seen as a little old fashioned.
In Colombia, the term las onces (the elevens in Spanish) is
used to describe a similar meal.
Among Chileans, the tradition was known as under the same
name, although in modern times, it has shifted in most respects to
later in the afternoon, more closely reflecting the pattern of British tea
time.
In Australia and New Zealand, it is called morning tea or
smoko (often little lunch or play lunch in primary school). Choice of
foods consumed at morning tea varies from cakes, pastries or
lamingtons, or biscuits, to just coffee.
In the Royal Australian Navy it is commonly referred to as
Mornos.
In popular culture
For elevenses, Winnie the Pooh preferred honey on bread
with condensed milk.
In Middle-earth, it is a meal eaten by Hobbits in addition to
second breakfast.
Paddington Bear often took elevenses at the antique shop on
Portobello Road run by his friend Mr. Gruber and usually received
some sound advice about his current thorny problem at the same
time.
The term appears extensively throughout the novel Dont Stop
the Carnival by Herman Wouk, in which various characters gleefully
partake of elevenses at every opportunity, usually accompanied by
alcoholic beverages.
The Lang Elevenses consists mainly of Johnnie Walker Red
Label and the participants would generally get rowdy by the hour of
1:00 p.m. It was sometimes known to continue past the start of
afternoon tea. (After Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia)
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 Vocabulary
antique shop = magazin de antichiti
at the same time = n acelai timp
cake = prjitur (cu crem)
character = personaj
commonly = n mod obinuit
Commonwealth realms = rile Commonwealth-ului
elevenses = gustarea de la ora 11 dimineaa
extensively = foarte des, pe scar larg
get rowdy (v.) = a deveni glgios
gleefully = cu veselie
honey = miere
in most respects = n multe privine
lamington = chec de ciocolat cu cocos
later in the afternoon =dup-amiaza trziu
novel = roman
old fashioned = demodat()
partake of (v.) = a mprti, a mpri
pastry = (produse de) patiserie
pattern = model
Royal Australian Navy = Marina Regal Australian
savoury = savuros (savuroas)
shift (v.) = a schimba
snack = gustare
sound = bun()
tea time = ora ceaiului
thorny problem = problem spinoas
throughout = pe tot cuprinsul

Exercises
1. Answer the questions.
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What is elevenses?
Where is it taken?
Who is Winnie the Pooh?
What does the Lang Elevenses consists of?

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2. Match the following breakfast food items.

1. biscuit
2. cake
3. coffee
4. condensed milk
5. honey
6. lamington
7. pastry
8. tea

a. a form of food that is usually sweet and

often baked
b. a small baked product whose exact
meaning varies in different parts of the
world
c. a sponge cake in the shape of a cube,
coated in a layer of traditionally chocolate
icing then desiccated coconut
d. a sweet and viscous fluid produced by
honey bees
e. a widely-consumed stimulant beverage
prepared from roasted seeds, commonly
called coffee beans, of the coffee plant
f. an infusion made by steeping processed
leaves, buds, or twigs of the tea bush
(Camellia sinensis) in hot water
g. cows milk from which water has been
removed and to which sugar has been
added, yielding a very thick, sweet product
h. various kinds of baked goods made from
ingredients such as flour, butter,
shortening, baking powder or eggs

3. Group the following words related to being hungry or thirsty, as in

the model.
appetite big appetite dying of thirst famished growling
stomach hunger hunger pains hungry lack of appetite no
appetite not hungry parched ravenous small appetite
starved thirst thirsty

being
hungry

Words referring to
how much
being
you can eat not wanting
thirsty
or want to
to eat
eat

hungry
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the
symptoms
of hunger

4. Fill in with the verbs below.

called consumed designed (2 times) eaten intended
meant prepared seen
A snack food (commonly a snack) is in Western culture as a
type of food not to be as a main meal of the day breakfast,
lunch, or dinner but one rather that is to assuage a persons
hunger between these meals, providing a brief supply of energy for
the body. The term may also refer to a food item between meals
purely for the enjoyment of its taste. Traditionally snacks were from
ingredients commonly available in the home, often leftovers,
sandwiches made from cold cuts, nuts, fruit, and the like. The
Dagwood sandwich was originally the humorous result of a cartoon
characters desire for large snacks. With the multiplication of
convenience stores, packaged snack foods are now a significant
business. Snack foods are typically to be portable, quick and
satisfying. Processed snack foods are to be less perishable, more
durable, and/or more appealing than prepared foods. They often
contain substantial amounts of sweeteners, preservatives, and
appealing ingredients such as chocolate, peanuts, and specially
designed flavours (such as flavoured potato chips).
5. Group the parts of speech in the text below, as in the model.
Noun

Adjective

Verb

Adverb

Welsh
Welsh rarebit is traditionally a savoury sauce made from a mixture of
cheese and various other ingredients and served hot over toasted
bread. It is a dish most commonly served in the UK and the US. The
original name(s) apparently date from the 18th century in the UK.
Various recipes for Welsh rarebit include the addition of ale, mustard,
ground cayenne pepper or ground paprika and Worcestershire sauce.
It may also be made by blending cheese and mustard into a sauce
bchamel (a sauce Mornay). Some recipes for Welsh rabbit have
become textbook savoury dishes listed by culinary authorities
including Escoffier, Saulnier, Hering and others, who tend to use the
form Welsh rarebit, emphasizing that it is not a meat dish.

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6. Identify the Conditional Sentences in the text below, and then turn
them into Type III If-Clauses.
Some may wonder at the timing of elevenses in regard to the timing
of lunch. If elevenses occurred at eleven, wouldnt lunch at noon
seem like too much food? Actually, lunchtime may happen later, or
alternately elevenses may occur sooner. Lunch in the UK is often
lighter, especially if people take food at elevenses, or it may occur as
late as between 2-4:00 pm, and be called dinner. The later meal
taken at night may be referred to as supper. If people have switched
primarily to a three meal a day lifestyle of breakfast, lunch and dinner,
these may still be served somewhat later, with elevenses and
afternoon tea making up small snacks during the day.
7. Write in letters the numbers appearing in the text below, and then
give their ordinal counterparts, as shown in the model.
Cardinal numeral

Ordinal numeral

eleven

eleventh

Elevenses, a series of readings and discussions of literary topics that

is a traditional feature of the Iowa Summer Writing Festival, will be
offered at 11 a.m. weekdays, June 9 through July 25, except for the
week of June 30 through July 4, when there is no festival session
scheduled due to Independence Day. The free, public events last for
1 hour or 2 and are held in the auditorium of the Becker
Communications Building on the University of Iowa campus.
8. Finish the following Conditional Sentences Type III.
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Had Mary said anything about being a vegetarian,

I would have enjoyed this meal even more if
I would have tried this recipe if
I wouldnt have said anything if
If she cut down on eating sweets,
If they had known we would come home for the holidays,
If you had come to visit, as you said you would,
Mother would have been glad if
You would not have got sick if

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9. Put the verbs in the following text in the negative form.

Guideline Daily Amounts, or GDAs, provide an at a glance guide to
the percentage of calories, sugars, fat, saturates, and salt that are
present in the food you buy and you can use them to make sure you
are sticking as closely as possible to the amounts recommended by
nutritionists and even to play off one meal against another. So if you
eat food high in a particular nutrient such as fat or salt at one meal,
for instance, you can then balance your diet by choosing something
lower in those ingredients for the rest of the day. Kelloggs Nutri-Grain
Elevenses Carrot Cake is made of wholesome wheat and oatmeal,
lightly baked with delicious ingredients like raisins, carrot or ginger. In
terms of an adults guideline daily amounts, it contains 150 calories
per serving (8%), 14 g sugar (15%), 4 g fat (6%), 0.6 g saturates
(3%), 0.2 g salt (3%).
10. Read again the text under 9, and then answer the questions.
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Are the GDAs printed on the wrapping of foods in Romania?

Do you ever count your calories when having a meal?
Do you ever look at the GDAs when choosing what to buy?
Do you think GDAs are important for leading a healthy life?

Lets Laugh!
A 7 year old boy and his 4 year old brother are upstairs in their bed
room. The 7 year old is explaining that it is high time that the two of
them begin swearing. When his little brother responds
enthusiastically, the 7 year old says, When we go down stairs for
breakfast this morning, Ill say Hell and you say ass. The 4 year
old happily agrees. As the two boys are seating themselves at the
breakfast table, their Mother walks in and asks her older son what he
would like to eat for breakfast. The 7 year old replies, Ah hell, mom,
Ill just have some Cheerios. WHACK! The surprised mother reacts
quickly. The boy runs upstairs, bawling and rubbing his behind. With a
sterner voice, the mother then asks the younger son, And what
would YOU like for breakfast? I dont know, the 4 year old blubbers,
but you can bet your ass its not gonna be Cheerios.

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