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A little reading on English cooking

First, watch this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4WGVcDLw-M.

Then read the following text:
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Do you agree?
The first meal of the day is gas to face mornings.  Let´s see...  English Breakfast

Why?
English Breakfast comes from the days when Britain was a rural country and the people used to get up very early to work in the fields, normally with very bad weather. It was essential for them to feel strong and energetic before going out to work on the farms in the cold.

What?
A traditional, full English breakfast includes…

- Cereal: many people eat corn-flakes or other packed cereal nowadays, but traditionally they had “porridge” (oats boiled in water or milk).
- Scrambled or fried eggs, with some meat (bacon or sausages) and chips or baked beans.
- Toast with butter or marmalade.
- Something sweet: biscuits, muffins…, some people prefer fruit.
Of course, the most popular drink is tea, or maybe some orange juice.

When?
A lot of things are different today: Britain is an urban country, many housewives go to work and a lot of people simply don´t have time to cook or eat a traditional breakfast on week days… But they eat it with pleasure at the weekends, when they are more relaxed and can forget the stress of modern life.

Can you identify any modal verb?

6 comentarios:

  1. Carolina Valencia Leal29 julio, 2011 22:08

    I identify "Can", as well check if there is more to tell me teacher jejeje n_n

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  2. Andrea Domínguez :)30 julio, 2011 11:44

    yo identifique el verbo modal HAVE, en su forma negativa. ''don´t have''.

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  3. Andrea Domínguez :)30 julio, 2011 11:45

    I identify the modal verb HAVE,in its negative form ''DON'T HAVE'' .

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  4. Carolina Valencia31 julio, 2011 11:55

    andrea..." is have a modal verbs" O.o
    I thought it only modal verbs were: can, could, may, migth, will, shall, should, ougth to, must and would.
    I'm right or is there more? n_n

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  5. teacher there are not many modal verbs.I think there are only "can" in the last paragraph.

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  6. Everybody added a commnet about the modals but no one has commented about the video and the reading. Please, post a comment about the video and the reading "breakfast is the ..."

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