Learning English is a journey. As a child, your teacher shows you pictures and speaks foreign words or teaches you a song in English. As a teenager, your teacher makes you read boring texts and write things, which they then mark very strictly. As an adult, your teacher is life. You need English in your personal life, with family and friends, watching your favourite TV shows and maybe on holidays abroad. And, you need English more and more at work and in business. In short, it has become an essential part of your life.
However good or bad your experience of learning English is, we - your Three English Experts Birgit, Rebecca and Dave – with over 60 years of business English teaching combined, would like to inspire you, encourage you and give you advice, tricks and tips on how to go forward on your learning journey.
So, jump in, find out more about us, leave us comments, ask our advice, and join us on this podcast to make your learning journey easier, stress-free and fun.
Your Three English Experts
Birgit, Rebecca and Dave.
Episode 23 - How to talk about food
2024-09-08 29 min
In this episode, Rebecca & Dave invite Birgit to their British pub for a meal and we discuss:
- The starters (1:40 - 4:10)
- The main course (7:13 - 8:07)
- The dessert (8:08 - 9:05)
- Pub ordering etiquette (9:06 - 9:56)
- The importance of condiments in British dining (9:56 - 11:10)
- The role of sauces in British cuisine (11:11 - 12:31)
- British dining phrases and etiquette (12:32 - 13:16)
- How to react to restaurant food: Politeness vs. Honesty (13:17 - 14:19)
- How to understand British pub menus (14:21 - 15:34)
- Ordering tips in British Pubs (15:35 - 17:38)
- German vs British Salads (17:38 - 18:26)
- The peculiar German dish: Mett (18:34 - 22:02) and German Sandwiches (22:02 - 22:41)
- British food favourites: Fish & Chips and Curries (22:43 - 24:09)
- Marmite and Strange food pairings (24:10 - 25:09)
- Strange food and food-related sayings (25:10 - 27:48)
- Favourite German dishes (28:00 - 29:07)
In dieser Folge laden Rebecca & Dave Birgit in ihr britisches Pub zum Essen ein und wir diskutieren:
- Die Vorspeisen (1:40 - 4:10)
- Das Hauptgericht (7:13 - 8:07)
- Die Nachspeise (8:08 - 9:05)
- Pub-Etikette (9:06 - 9:56)
- Die Bedeutung von Gewürzen in der britischen Küche (9:56 - 11:10)
- Die Rolle von Soßen in der britischen Küche (11:11 - 12:31)
- Britische Essensfloskeln und Etikette (12:32 - 13:16)
- Wie man auf das Essen im Restaurant reagiert: Höflichkeit vs. Ehrlichkeit (13:17 - 14:19)
- Wie man britische Pub-Menüs versteht (14:21 - 15:34)
- Bestell-Tipps in britischen Pubs (15:35 - 17:38)
- Deutsche vs. britische Salate (17:38 - 18:26)
- Das eigentümliche deutsche Gericht: Mett (18:34 - 22:02) und deutsche Sandwiches (22:02 - 22:41)
- Britische Lebensmittel-Favoriten: Fish & Chips und Currys (22:43 - 24:09)
- Marmite und seltsame Lebensmittelkombinationen (24:10 - 25:09)
- Seltsame Lebensmittel und lebensmittelbezogene Sprüche (25:10 - 27:48)
- Deutsche Lieblingsgerichte (28:00 - 29:07)
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