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                                                       ORIGIN OF CHIPS In 1853 George Crum was a cook in a restaurant in Saratoga Springs in New York. One day, a costumer said he didn´t like George´s French fries. He said they were too thick!. So George played a joke on him. He made some French fries that were very thin, like paper. The costumer loved them! Soon all of George´s customers wanted thin French fries. George called them Saratoga chips. In 1860 George opened a new restaurant and his thin chips became famous all over the USA. Today potato chips are one of the most popular snacks in the world. People eat millions of them every day. In the UK, French fries are called chips, and potato chips are called crisps!                                       ORIGIN OF PIZZA T he Greeks made the first pizza more than 2.000 years ago. It was a round, flat bread with olive oil, spices and potatoes. Later the Italians made the flat bread and called it “pizza”. In 1889, Queen Marghe

 Vegetables and fruit are very HEALTHY.  On the contrary, chips and pizza are UNHEALTHY. Watch this video and learn to DIFFERENTIATE HEALTHY from UNHEALTHY food.  

 What´s your favourite food ?, how often do you eat it?  Now listen to six differern poeple talking about their favourite food. What´s your favourite junk food ?, how often do you eat it?. Listen to six people talking about the junk food they eat.

  CHRISTMAS´ DAY is a very special occassion around the world. In the USA many families spend as much time as possible together and watch  TV SPECIALS Say whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). Correct the false ones. 1.If you want to watch the Disney Parks Magical Disney parade it will be broadcasted on NBC f rom nine o´clock in the morning. 2. The first and last programs for Christmas day are both films 3. You can watch the film The Polar Express three times during the day on AMC. 4. There isn´t any specific film about Father Christmas(If false write down one example: time; name and channel) 5. If you like prime time talk shows you can watch a Christmas special program of the Ed Sullivan show on MeTV Answer the following questions: 6. What TV channel offers a film about a tipycal Christmas character?, what character is it? 7. How many times can you watch the film Elf ? (Write down channel and times) 8. What channel broadcasts two films abo

  What´s the real origins of Xmas? When and where did Xmas celebration start? Do people celebrate Xmas the same way all over the world? Find the answers the these and other questions in the following webquest. THE ORIGINS OF XMAS 1. First let´s remember basic facts about Xmas dates:              a. What´s celebrated on December 24th?              b. The 25th is called .............              c. Boxing Day is ............              d. The day before New Year´s Day is .......... 2.  Who declared the 25th of December the day to celebrate Jesus´ birth ?, when? 3. Info on Xmas celebrations go back to the year .... when ..... was the first Christian Roman Emperor 4. What three important pagan celebrations used to take place around that date? Winter solstice / Saturnalia / Yalda Winter solstice / Saturnalia /  Yalida Autum equinox / Saturnalia /  Yalda 5. The winter solstice happens on ____________________ . From that date days are SHORTER / LONGER until __

  What do people in other countries do for Xmas? Listen to this person talking about Xmas Listen to this conversation about Xmas in Canada