Food - Video Time!

Before Listening:
Have you watched the movie “Ratatouille”? What is it about? 

Link: Ratatouille final taste

Watch the following scene and answer the questions.

1. What is Ego’s reaction to Linguini’s story?

1. He does not react at all.
2. He asks a lot of questions and makes a lot of comments.
3. He just makes some comments or questions when he
needs answers.
b. How does Remi retell the moment in which Ego leaves?
a) He says Ego was very thankful and expressed it actively.
b) He says Ego left without saying much.
c) He says Ego left without saying a word.
a. Why does Ego say in his review that the job of a critic is quite easy?
a) They don’t have to do much because writing negative reviews about restaurants is easy.
b) There are not many challenges and they enjoy the position they have thanks to the work of
others who trust them.
c) The people who cook for them trust that he is going to make their restaurants grow so he
always eats what he likes.
b) When, in Ego’s opinion, does a critic risk something in their job?
a) When critics stand up for a new artist. 
b) When critics have to write a negative piece of criticism about a new artist.
c) When critics have to disagree with their colleagues about a new artist.
b. What does Ego mean when he says that “to say that both the meal and the maker have challenged
my preconceptions about fine cooking is an understatement”? 
a) These words are not enough to describe how moving his experience was.
b) His review expresses in the best way what his experience was like. 
c) These words express perfectly well what he feels about this experience.
b. What does Ego say about Gusteau’s famous phrase “Anyone can cook”?
a) He has always disdained it.
b) He does not agree with it.
c) He had misunderstood it.
b. What are Ego’s final thoughts about the chef cooking at Gusteau’s?
a) He thinks this chef is just good.
b) He thinks there is no other chef as humble and fine as this one.
c) He thinks this chef is as talented as other chefs in France.

After Listening
If we extend Gusteau’s phrase to any other type of art, something like: “anyone can be a great artist”, do
you agree? Do you think that there are certain aspects of artists that not everyone can have? What’s more
important: natural talent or hard work?

Match the following tools used for cooking to the correct picture.
 chef’s knife - whisk - grater - rolling pin - peeler - blender - colander -
cutting board - pan - Dutch oven - baking sheet

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Watch the following scene and do the activities.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip2KlFqY6mI&t=7s

1. Name all the items of food you can see.

2. Name all the equipment used for cooking that you see. 
3. Name all the actions done for cooking the food you can see.