MEAT

Lesson II.
I. Read and understand the text ‘The Sandwich’. Do the exercises after it.

The Sandwich

John Montagu was a British politician. He was the first lord of the Admiralty. He
was born in London on 13 November 1718.
Montagu was a very conversant gambler. He used to play the cards. One day He
did not go home or to the restaurant to have lunch. He stayed on the gaming table for 24 hours.
At 4:00 p. m he asked his servants to bring him slices of meat between two slices of bread. On
that day in 1765 John Montagu invented the sandwich. He did not quit the table. He liked
playing cards and eating at the same time.
James Cook the British explorer named the Sandwich Islands (later Hawaii) after
John Montagu the Earl of Sandwich in 1778. John Montagu died at the age of 74years old.

Lord: king
Gambler: Player of a game of chance for money
The Earl: a British man of high social class.

1. Answer the questions:

Was Montagu English?
Did he play the cards for 24hours?
2. Write if the statement is True or False (correct the wrong statement):
Montagu had lunch in the restaurant.
James cook invented the sandwich.
Montagu died in 1792.

3. Find in the text words or expressions that are close in meaning to:
 Leave
 Traveller

4. Find in the text words or expressions that are opposite to:

 Take away
 was born
 II. Written expression
Some people like eating in restaurant others prefer fast food. How about you?
Write a short composition in which you talk about:
the place / the meals you prefer /the service

You can use these notes:

Fast / food / delicious / healthy / cheap