Cover of the textbook English File Advanced - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 9B - How to cook, how to eat for the textbook English File Advanced - Student's Book with authors Christina Latham-Koenig, Clive Oxenden, Jerry Lambert and Kate Chomacki from Oxford University Press

Question

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  2. Look at the cover of The Food Lab and read the extract from a review of the book. What do you think makes it different from most cookery books?
  3. Read the extract from The Food Lab on p.91 and complete it with verbs from the list. What makes hard-boiled eggs difficult to cook well?
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  5. Read two more extracts from the book. Which is about fried eggs and which is about scrambled eggs? How do you know?
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  7. Look at the sentences from the extracts. What do the highlighted adjectives mean? Which three have a positive meaning? Which one is negative?
  8. Which of the adjectives in g might you use to describe ...?

Answer

b)

The author uses scientific methods to work out how to cook things better.

c)

  1. lower
  2. add
  3. drop
  4. heat
  5. bring
  6. stick
  7. remove
  8. peel

e)

  1. fried eggs: He mentions heating oil in a pan and spooning it over the eggs.
  2. scrambled eggs: He uses the words dense / creamy and light / fluffy.

g)

  • rubbery = feeling like rubber - negative
  • creamy = thick and smooth, like cream - positive
  • fluffy = soft and light, containing air - positive
  • crispy = pleasantly hard and dry - positive

h)

  • an apple - crunchy, juicy
  • chips - greasy, crispy
  • honey - sticky
  • an omelette - fluffy, greasy
  • an oyster - slimy
  • a sauce - creamy, lumpy, watery
  • squid - rubbery

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