Gastrodiplomacy

Gastrodiplomacy

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Gastrodiplomacy

What are we doing today?

4. Food idioms quiz + HW

3. Short discussion

2. Watch a video + questions

1. Video vocabulary quiz

Before watching the video - the quiz!

take over, triple, edible, follow suit, out of whack, come up with, scam, multifaceted

1. First of all, you need to _______________ a name for your product.
2. One of our main competitors _______________ our company.
3. When one airline reduces its ticket prices, the rest usually _______________ and do the same.
4. They constructed a complicated _______________ to get what they wanted.
5. This issue is much more _______________ than we think.
6. Only the leaves of the plant are _______________.
7. My salary has _______________ since I started working there. Now I earn three times more than before.
8. The computer is definitely _______________ because I can't turn it off properly.

Watch the video and answer the questions:

1. When did the Thai government come up with and start the gastrodiplomacy program?2. What is gastrodiplomacy? 3. What other countries decided to follow suit and promote their cuisine overseas? (at least 4) 4. What city is known as the refugee capital of the US? 5. What's the role of food in the meetings between the refugees and the residents?

Discuss:

• What do you think about promoting country through gastrodiplomacy? Is it a good idea?
• Do you think that Polish food is popular abroad?
• Should Poland follow Thailand's example and use grastrodiplomacy to spread its cultural influence?

Food idioms - a match-up quiz

have a bun in the oven, turn sour, with a pinch of salt, sell like hot cakes, a hard nut to crack, spill the beans, have a lot on my plate, as cool as cucumber, bring home the bacon

1. Throwing a baby shower is one of the best ways to announce that you _____________________ .
2. I’ll take anything he says ______________ . He has a habit of exaggerating things.
3. The 2K model cars by BMW ______________, and it was hard to produce them by company to fulfill the demands.
4. The relationship ____________ over a financial dispute.
5. We had managed to keep the party a secret from Bill until Katy ____________ yesterday.
6. She’s such a ____________. Nobody seems to be able to get through to her.
7. Being a mom, a teacher and an athlete means I always ____________ every time.
8. She was ____________ even when she cought red handed, stealing money from drawer.
9. Mrs Clarke urged her son to go look for a job so that he can ____________.

Study these food idioms/expressions and their meanings, and then complete them with correct words from the list below.

Work in pairs and discuss (or a homework exercise):

• When was the last time you had a lot on your plate? What happened?

• When was the last time someone told you some story, but you took it with a pinch of salt?

• Do you know anyone who has a bun in the oven right now?
• When was the last difficult situation you faced, but you were as cool as cucumber? Any exam or a difficult day at school?

• Which school subject do you think is a hard nut to crack and why?

That's all for today! Thank you!