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Christmas Dinner
Discussion Warm Up

1. Do you have a special dinner with your family at Christmas time?

2. Can you think of the most popular traditional food in your country

3. Have you ever had some traditional food from another country? What was it?

4. What other traditional foods are popular in your country?

Vocabulary Check
pork, roast, variety, ham, beef
tradition, evening, prawns
yummy, stew

Listening Comprehension
Watch the YouTube video and answer the following questions.
Copy and paste the following link to watch the video:
YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/jgRL_xPSCRE

1. Where is Mackenzie from?

2. When does Mackenzie’s family have Christmas dinner?

3. What is a popular main dish at Christmas dinner?

4. What are three other popular main dishes for Christmas dinner in America?

5. What is a popular main dish for Christmas dinner in Puerto Rico?

6. What is the Mexican dish pozole?

7. In Australia, what season is it in December?

8.What do people really love to eat at Christmas dinner in Australia?

9. What do people eat in Japan at Christmas time?

10. What do many couples do in Japan at Christmas time?

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Matching
Match the words on the left with words or expressions on the right that are closest in
meaning.

1. pork
A. Something people do that is passed on from person to
person over time.

2. evening
B. to cook something with a solid shape in an oven. For
example, chicken, turkey, ham.

3. tradition
C. The meat from a pig.

4. roast
D. This word is used mainly by children. It means delicious.

5. stew
E. A period of time at the end of a day. Usually around 6PM
and lasting until people go to bed.

6. variety
F. A kind of seafood. This is another name for large shrimp.

7. beef
G. A pig leg that has been seasoned with wet or dry spices.
Often smoked.

8. ham
H. Many different types of something.

9. yummy
I. This is a thick soup with meat and vegetables.

10. prawn
J. The meat from a cow.

More Discussion Questions

1. What are some important food traditions in your culture?

2. Have you ever had roast turkey? roast duck? How was it?

3. Are there any foods from other countries that you would like to try?

4. Are there any traditional foods in your country that you DON’T like?

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Words in Context - Fill-in-the-blanks

Use the words from the vocabulary box to complete the following
sentences. You may need to modify the tense or word form.

1. My uncle seasoned the __________ with honey and pineapple and slowly roasted it
in the oven.

2. I like to eat dinner pretty late in the ____________ usually around 9PM!

3. When my little sister saw the strawberry cake mom baked for her, she shouted “That
looks __________! Thank you mom!”

4. People in Australia will call this type of seafood _________ but most people in
America call it shrimp.

5. A typical hamburger is made using ground ________ and other ingredients set
between two pieces of bread.

6. At this sandwich shop you can choose from over fifty different kinds of meat and
bread. We have the largest __________ of sandwiches in the city!

7. Bacon and ham are two types of ________.

8. We always eat a big dinner together on Christmas day. It is a family __________ .

9. Grandma will make beef ________ on cold winter days. It is full of meat and
vegetables and always warms me up!

10. Will you please turn the oven on? I want to _________ this chicken for dinner
tonight.

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Listening Practice
Fill-in-the-blanks
Watch the video and complete the sentences.

Hello everyone! Tony here!

Today I will talk about one of my favorite topics. Food!
Let’s look at some examples of what people eat at Christmas time around the world.
Christmas dinner is a time for the entire family to have a big meal together; kind of like
Thanksgiving! In my family, we have our Christmas dinner on Christmas eve, the evening
before Christmas day, but other people have Christmas dinner on Christmas day.
In America, people eat a lot of yummy foods at Christmas time. As the main dish, many
people eat roast turkey, just like they do for Thanksgiving dinner.
Other people have roast beef. Roast duck and roast ham are also very popular as a main
dish for Christmas dinner.
People in other countries have different traditional foods they eat at Christmas time. For
example, in Puerto Rico, a whole roast pig is a traditional main dish for Christmas dinner.
Wow!
In Mexico, many people eat a stew called pozole. Pozole is made of pork or chicken and
people eat it with a variety of vegetables and spices. It is extremely tasty!
Did you know that December 25th, Christmas day, is the middle of summer in Australia?
Some people in Australia have Christmas foods like roast ham. Other people have more
summer time dishes like salads and cold meats. A lot of people in Australia really love to
eat prawns for Christmas dinner!
Do you know what people in Japan do for Christmas dinner?
It is a somewhat new tradition in Japan to eat fried chicken together with your family for
Christmas!
Millions of people order their fried chicken weeks before Christmas so they are sure they
have a family bucket full of chicken to eat. It’s a Christmas tradition!
It’s also quite common for couples to go out and have a nice meal on Christmas day.
These are only a few examples of different foods people enjoy at Christmas time. There
are a lot more!
I haven’t even started to talk about side dishes!
See you next time.

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Listening Scripts

Hello everyone! Tony here!

Today I will talk about one of my favorite topics. Food!
Let’s look at some examples of what people eat at Christmas time around the world.
Christmas dinner is a time for the entire family to have a big meal together; kind of like
Thanksgiving! In my family, we have our Christmas dinner on Christmas eve, the evening
before Christmas day, but other people have Christmas dinner on Christmas day.
In America, people eat a lot of yummy foods at Christmas time. As the main dish, many
people eat roast turkey, just like they do for Thanksgiving dinner.
Other people have roast beef. Roast duck and roast ham are also very popular as a main
dish for Christmas dinner.
People in other countries have different traditional foods they eat at Christmas time. For
example, in Puerto Rico, a whole roast pig is a traditional main dish for Christmas dinner.
Wow!
In Mexico, many people eat a stew called pozole. Pozole is made of pork or chicken and
people eat it with a variety of vegetables and spices. It is extremely tasty!
Did you know that December 25th, Christmas day, is the middle of summer in Australia?
Some people in Australia have Christmas foods like roast ham. Other people have more
summer time dishes like salads and cold meats. A lot of people in Australia really love to
eat prawns for Christmas dinner!
Do you know what people in Japan do for Christmas dinner?
It is a somewhat new tradition in Japan to eat fried chicken together with your family for
Christmas! KFC actually. Colonel Sanders is quite busy at this time of the year in
Japan!

Millions of people order their fried chicken weeks before Christmas so they are sure they
have a family bucket full of chicken to eat. It’s a Christmas tradition!
It’s also quite common for couples to go out and have a nice meal on Christmas day.
These are only a few examples of different foods people enjoy at Christmas time. There
are a lot more!
I haven’t even started to talk about side dishes!

See you next time.

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Answer Key

Listening Comprehension Answers

1. She is from America.

2. They eat Christmas dinner on Christmas Eve (the evening before Christmas day).

3. Turkey

4. Roast beef, roast duck, and roast ham

5. An entire (whole) roast pig.

6. It is a stew (made from pork or chicken and a variety of vegetables and spices).

7. Summer

8. Prawn (shrimp)

9. Fried Chicken

10. Many couples go out for a nice dinner on Christmas.

Matching

1. pork-C. aThe meat from a pig. 2. evening-E. A period of time at the end of a day.
Usually around 6PM and lasting until people go to bed. 3. tradition-A. Something people
do that is passed on from person to person over time. 4. roast-B. to cook something
with a solid shape in an oven. For example, chicken, turkey, ham. 5. stew-I. This is a
thick soup with meat and vegetables. 6. variety-H. Many different types of something. 7.
beef-J. The meat from a cow. 8. ham-G. A pig leg that has been seasoned with wet or
dry spices. Often smoked. 9. yummy-D. This word is used mainly by children. It means
delicious. 10. prawn-F. A kind of seafood. This is another name for large shrimp.

Words in Context - Fill-in-the-Blanks

1. world 2. entire 3. yummy 4. roast ham 5. stew 6. variety 7. summer 8. prawns 9.

tradition 10. family

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English in Focus

entree (on-tray) in America and Canada means the MAIN DISH or MAIN COURSE.
Outside of America and Canada, entree means first course, what Americans would call
the appetizer and people in the United Kingdom call a starter!

Bake and Roast are used to describe cooking in an oven.

Why do you BAKE bread but ROAST a chicken?

If something has a SOLID shape before you cook it in an oven, you ROAST the food.
For example, roast chicken, roast beef, roast turkey

If something only has a solid shape AFTER you cook it in an oven you BAKE that food.
For example, bake bread, bake, muffins, bake a pizza.

(What about fish)

Fish is soft before you cook it and solid after so you BAKE fish in an oven!

Meat from a pig is called PORK

Meat from a cow is called BEEF,
BUT
Meat from a chicken is just called CHICKEN

English Saying: variety

Variety is the spice of life. = Having new and different experiences makes life more
interesting.

Today’s word with many uses: dish

a dish can mean a plate

“Don’t drop the dish, it will break!”

a dish can mean a particular kind of food

“For dinner you can have a meat dish or a pasta dish.”

(V) dish (out) can mean to give out or serve food (among other things)
“I’m hungry! I hope the server will dish out the food soon.”

dishes can mean everything used to prepare and serve food.

“After dinner, will you please help me wash the dishes?”

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