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A Tradition British Sunday Lunch. Yum!

Listen to and read the following.
A great big smile can be found on any British person's face at the mention of
having a Sunday lunch. The family tradition of this meal
is one that holds a special place not only in the hearts
of the British people but stands strong in the cultural
tradition of the UK, reaching back for decades. A
normal Sunday lunch, or 'roast dinner' as it is more
often known, consists of a piece of roasted meat,
perhaps chicken, beef, pork or lamb, combined on the
plate with roast potatoes and a choice of boiled
vegetables such as carrots, peas and Yorkshire pudding. You may also find
roasted parsnips, a favourite in Britain. The British Christmas dinner consists
most often of roast turkey, often coupled with some roast ham. Brussels sprout
is traditionally one of the vegetables that you may eat at Christmas. The dish is
then often accompanied by a variety of different sauces: bread sauce with
chicken or turkey, mint sauce with lamb, apple sauce with pork and perhaps
horseradish or mustard with beef. The infamous gravy is then poured either over
the meat or in most cases over everything! Gravy is simply a sauce made from
the meat juices of the roasted meat, a dash of wine and some flour. It's delicious!
I shouldn’t forget pudding or dessert which will follow the meal. It is more often
not a hot dessert, such as an apple crumble with custard or a sticky toffee
pudding. Other popular British desserts are bread and butter pudding, apple pie
or trifle. And after all that, you won't need to eat for weeks!
Circle (True) or (False).
1 The British love their roast lunches. True False
2 It is a modern tradition. True False
3 Only chicken is used for this meal. True False
4 All vegetables are boiled. True False
5 Different sauces are used for meat or chicken. True False
6 Gravy is what you put all over your Sunday lunch. True False
7 Dessert comes before the Sunday lunch. True False
8 You are very full after a Sunday lunch. True False