II. Read the article and write the names of the dishes next to the pictures.

FOOD IN VIETNAM

Bún chả is a famous meat dish from Vietnam. It is grilled pork. You eat it with rice noodles, vegetables, and a sauce in a small bowl. People make this sauce with sugar, lemon juice, chili, and fish sauce. The dish is delicious.

If you don't like pork, bún bò Nam Bộ is a popular Vietnamese beef dish. It is very easy to make. People make bún bò Nam Bộ with beef, noodles, and herbs. You eat it with peanuts on top. Bún chả and bún bò Nam Bộ are both delicious dishes. Vietnam has lots of other amazing dishes, too. Its food is becoming very popular all over the world.

 Questions:

1. What meat is in bún chả?
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2. What do you eat bún chả with?

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3. What do they make the sauce in bún chả with?

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4. What do people make bún bò Nam Bộ with?

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5. What do you put on top of bún bò Nam Bộ? 

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1. Read and Write Yes, they do. or No, they don't.

I'm Linh, I'm eleven and I'm from China. Chinese food is really delicious. We eat a lot of rice, noodles, vegetables and meat. We fry or steam a lot of our food. It is very healthy.

In China, people don't usually eat with knives and forks. Instead we use chopsticks and we sometimes use spoons.

We usualy eat from big serving dishes. We put them in the middle of the table, but we sometimes serve portions of rice in small bolws. In China, we don't think it's rude to reach across the table to take food from serving dishes.

We do think it is rude to take the last piece of food from a serving dish for yourself. We offer it to another person instead. That is very polite.

When your bolw is empty, someone gives you more food. When you are full, you put your hand over your bolw or leave some food in your bolw. We don't put our chopsticks on top of our bolws. We put them on the table next to us when we finish eating. We don't use napkins, but we usually clean our hands with hot towels at the end of the meal.

1. Do people in China usually use knives and forks?

No, they don't.

2. Do people in China eat a lot of rice and vegetables?

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3. Do people in China eat from serving dishes?

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4. Do people in China use napkins at the end of a meal?

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Read the text and decide T (true)/ F (false) for each statement.

FOOD OF TYPICAL WET RICE COUNTRY

Vietnamese sometime wonder how westerners can eat bread days after days but the vice-versa also holds water. Most tourists coming to Vietnam are amazed at the omni-presence of rice and rice-related dishes.

Rice is an object for worshipping in many temples of Vietnam. It is said to originate from the Mother Godness Worshipping, the most long–standing belief in Vietnam. Yes rice is a big thing out here. The very first written characters constituting the word “Happiness” in ancient Vietnamese is the image of many rice plants and a square symbolizing a paddy field. Rice is not only happiness, it really forms Vietnamese.

Accordingly, many main dishes and snacks in Vietnam are made from rice: boiled rice in daily meal, rice porridge, steamed rice, glutinous rice cake, well-known Banh Chung (square cake) and uncountable made-from rice dishes from every region in Vietnam.

Even the universal Pho that you definitely hear about is made from rice as well. Rice is the center of everything, like a sun lying in the center of the whole solar planet.

Considering rice important, Vietnamese has been always developing their farming method and new rice genres. Many Vietnam rice varieties exported to all over the world are renowned for their distinctive flavor, yet only when coming to Vietnam and have boiled rice with soya sauce pickled egg-plants, your adventure to Vietnam is considered perfect.

Few tourists coming to Vietnam are amazed at the omni-presence of rice and rice-related dishes

A. True

B. False

1. Read read and tick True or False.

I'm Linh, I'm eleven and I'm from China. Chinese food is really delicious. We eat a lot of rice, noodles, vegetables and meat. We fry or steam a lot of our food. It is very healthy.

In China, people don't usually eat with knives and forks. Instead we use chopsticks and we sometimes use spoons.

We usualy eat from big serving dishes. We put them in the middle of the table, but we sometimes serve portions of rice in small bolws. In China, we don't think it's rude to reach across the table to take food from serving dishes.

We do think it is rude to take the last piece of food from a serving dish for yourself. We offer it to another person instead. That is very polite.

When your bolw is empty, someone gives you more food. When you are full, you put your hand over your bolw or leave some food in your bolw. We don't put our chopsticks on top of our bolws. We put them on the table next to us when we finish eating. We don't use napkins, but we usually clean our hands with hot towels at the end of the meal.

1. Her name is Linh and she's from China

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2 Linh think Chinese food is delicious.

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3. People in China always use knives and fork to eat.

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4. Chinese people fry or steam a lot of their food.

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5. It's rude to take the last piece of food from a serving dish.

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6. People usually use naapkins in China.

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VIII. Read the passage, then  finish the tasks below.

     Xoi is a popular tradition food from Vietnam. It’s made from a special kind of rice that becomes sticky when it is cooked. It often comes with pork, chicken, or fish. People can eat for breakfast. Xoi can also be eaten withfruit and coconut milk to make a sweet snack. Xoi ngu sac is a special of xoi from the north-west of Vietnam. People use tree leaves to give the rice five different colors. Many Vietnamese people enjoy eating this traditional dish.

A.  Read, then decide the statements True or False. (1.0 pt)

23.  Xoi isn’t a tradition food from Vietnam.                                                  __________

24.  Xoi is a kind of noodles.                                                                           __________                           

25.  Xoi is eaten for breakfast and as a snack.                                               __________                             

26.  Xoi ngu sac is from Central Vietnam.                                                     __________

B.  Choose the best answer to each of the following questions. (0.5 pt)

27.  What’s the best title of the passage ?

A. How to cook rice                B. A Tradition food in Vietname       

C. Asian food                         D. How to cook noodles

28.  What do people use to give the rice five different colors ?

A. pork                        B. chicken                   C. tree leaves               D. milk

I. Read and answer the questions

People in my city love good food and they often eat three meals a day- breakfast, lunch and dinner. At about 7.00 in the morning, they usually have a light breakfast with bowl of pho or eel soup with some slices of toast. Sometimes they have a bowl of instant noodles or a plate of xoi (sticky rice) before going to work. Lunch often starts at about 11.30, and most of them have lunch at home. They often have ~sh, meat, and vegetables for lunch. Dinner often starts at about 8.00 in the -evening. It is the main meal of the day. People in my city often have rice with a lot fresh vegetables and a lot of seafood or various kinds of meat. Then, they often some fruit and a glass of green tea. I think food in my city is wonderful. It is light and full of fresh vegetables. It’s healthy and very tasty, too.

1. How many meals do people often have a day?

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2. Do they have a lot of dishes?

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3. What does the write think about food in the area?

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Put the verbs into the correct  passive or active tense

Sushi and Sashimi

Have you ever tried Japanese food? Sashimi (1. Consider)......................................by many experts to be the finest dish in Japanese cuisine. It (2. Make)...........................................from very thinly-sliced raw fish and it (3.serve)...................................with a dipping sauce. Maybe you’ve heard of sushi? Sushi consists of cold vinegar-flavoured rice which (4.cut).........................into small pieces. Then, raw fish or vegetables (5. Add)..................................to the rice. But sushi is not only popular in Japan. In fact, sushi restaurants (6. Find).............................all over the world. Sushi is healthy, delicious, and often beautiful to look at. So much care (7.take)............................in the preparation of sushi that you might think it’s a pity to eat it! Sushi chefs (8.believe)............................it is very important to make every dish (9.look)...............................like a work of art.

Many people who are new to Japanese cuisine (10.confuse)......................sushi with shasimi. For example, sometimes it (11.think)...............................that sushi is raw fish. Actually, sushi only refers to dishes that (12.prepare)..............................with vinegar-flavoured rice. While it is true that many sushi dishes (13.contain)..........................raw fish, some only consist of rice and raw vegetables.

So, now you know what to order the next time you’re in a Japanese restaurant!

Read the passage then answer the questions.

People in my city love good food and they often have eat three meals a day - breakfast, lunch and dinner. At about seven in the morning, they usually have a light breakfast with a bowl of pho or eel soup with some slices of toast. Sometimes they have a bowl of instant noodles or a plate of sticky rice before going to work. Lunch often starts at about 11.30, and most of them have lunch at home. They often have rice, meat, fish, and vegetables for lunch. Dinner often starts at about 8.00 in the evening. It is the main meal of the day. People in my city often have rice with a lot of fresh vegetables and a lot of seafood or various kinds of meal. Then they often have some fruit and a glass of green tea. I think food in my city is wonderful. It is light and full of fresh vegetables. It is healthy and tasty, too.

1. What do people in Nam's city have for breakfast?

2. What time do they usually have for lunch?

3. Which is the main meal of the day?

4. Do they have a lot of dishes?

5. What do you think about food in your region?

PHO – A POPULAR DISH IN HA NOI

Among the many special dishes in Ha Noi, pho is the most popular. It is a special kind of Vietnamese soup. We can enjoy pho for all kinds of meals during the day, from breakfast to dinner, and even for a late night snack. Pho has a very special taste. The rice noodles are made from the best variety of rice. The broth for pho bo (beef noodle soup) is made by stewing the bones of cows for a long time in a large pot. The broth for another kind of pho, pho ga (chicken noodle soup) is made by stewing chicken bones. The chicken meat served with pho ga is boneless and cut into thin slices . . . It’s so delicious!Tell me about a popular dish where you live!

Posted by Phong at 5:30 p.m.