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Two British men, Frank and Daniel, are talking about the famous English breakfast. Read their dialogue and answer the questions:

1. What does the British breakfast consist of?

2. What arguments are there in favour of the English breakfast?

3. What arguments are there against the English breakfast?

Frank: Oh, I feel great! I just had a British brekkie. I’m absolutely stuffed.

Daniel: But if you think having a breakfast then feeling like that afterwards is good, then I don’t understand you.

Frank: Ah, it was brilliant! It was sausages, beans, tomato, bacon, egg, black pudding, potatoes, mushrooms, toast, fried bread, tea, orange – the works. It was the business.

Daniel: You’ve just made a long list of all the types of food that none of us should be eating. It’s just completely unhealthy. Why, why abuse your body like that?

Frank: Unhealthy? It’s got everything, it’s got carbohydrates, it’s got protein, it’s got vitamins in the orange juice. It’s good. It’s a complete meal and it’s enough to keep you going.

Daniel: Whatever it’s got in it, it’s, then you just ruin it. You just pour a load of grease on it and fry it up and that must kill any nutrient or vitamin it’s got inside it.

Frank: Oh, it’s wonderful. Anyway, what do you fancy for lunch today?

Daniel: Oh, I don’t know. Bit of bacon, a bit of egg, few beans…

Frank: What? You mean, er, a British breakfast?

Daniel: Ah, that’s not a breakfast. This is lunch. That’s different.

Vocabulary

A brekkie – a breakfast (informal)

Absolutely stuffed – you have eaten too much and you are full (informal)

The works – everything (informal)

It was the business – it was really, really good (informal)

To keep you going – the food is very filling and you don’t need to eat again for a long time

To pour – to move liquid from one container to another

Grease – fat from food

To fry up – to cook food with a lot of oil

Anyway – people use this expression to change the direction of the conversation

Er/erm – this is the noise that people make while they are thinking about what to say next

Discuss in small groups of 3-4 students. Then give your resolution to the whole class.

– Is breakfast important for you? When do you usually have breakfast? What do you usually have for breakfast?

– What is ideal breakfast for you?

– Have you ever stayed without breakfast? How did you feel?

– After breakfast when do you usually want to eat again?