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Traditional American Food — Традиционная американская еда

Americans eat a lot. They have three meals a day: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Most of Americans don’t eat home but prefer to go to restaurants. They can choose from many kind of restaurants. There is a great number of ethnic restaurants in the United States. Italian, Chinese and Mexican food is very popular. An American institution is the fast food restaurant, which is very convenient but not very healthy.
However there are some principles of American cuisine (if we may call it so). Americans drink a lot of juices and soda, eat a lot of meat, fruits and vegetables, not much bread. In the morning Americans have cereal or scrambled eggs, milk or orange juice.
Chicken or fish, fried potatoes, vegetable salads, and desert: this is the most common menu for lunch. Dinner is probably the most important meal of the day, some people have family dinner, when all members of family have to be there.
For dinner Americans usually have meat, fried or baked potatoes with

ketchup or sour cream, corn, peas, sometimes macaroni and cheese or spaghetti; ice-cream, fruit or cake may be for dessert.
Turkey, ham and apple pie are traditional for Christmas and Thanksgiving Day dinners.

Традиционная американская еда

Американцы едят много. У них три приема пищи в день: завтрак, ленч и обед.
Большинство американцев не едят дома, а отдают предпочтение ресторанам. Они могут выбирать из множества ресторанов. В США большое количество этнических ресторанов. Итальянская, китайская, мексиканская, индийская кухни очень популярны. Американское «изобретение» — рестораны «быстрой еды», что очень удобно, но не очень полезно.
Но, несмотря на это, существует несколько принципов

американской кухни. Американцы пьют много соков и содовой воды, едят много мяса, фруктов и овощей и немного хлеба. Утром они обычно едят хлопья с молоком или яичницу, пьют сок или молоко.
Цыпленок или рыба, жареный картофель, овощной салат и десерт — это наиболее распространенное меню ленча. Обед, наверное, самый важный прием пищи за день; у некоторых существуют семейные обеды, на которых должны присутствовать все члены семьи.
На обед у американцев обычно мясо, жареный или печеный картофель с кетчупом или сметаной, кукуруза, зеленый горошек, иногда макароны с сыром или спагетти; на десерт — мороженое, фрукты или пирожные.
Индейка, окорок и яблочный пирог — традиционные блюда на рождественском обеде или обеде в День благодарения.

Questions:

1. How many times a day do Americans eat?
2. Do Americans like to eat at home?
3. What kind of restaurants is popular in the US?
4. What do Americans eat for breakfast?
5. What is the most important meal of the day?
6. What is a family dinner?
7. What dishes are traditional for Christmas and Thanksgiving Day dinners?

Vocabulary:

Ethnic — этнический
healthy — здоровый, полезный
juice — сок
cereal — кукурузные хлопья
potatoes — картофель
salad — салат
ketchup — кетчуп
ice-cream — мороженое
apple pie — яблочный пирог
Christmas — Рождество

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