• Fish and chips
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  • 09.06.2025
  • Mittlere Reife
  • Englisch
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Fish and Chips – A Tra­di­ti­o­nal Bri­tish Meal

Task: Learn about the clas­sic fish and chips and the ol­dest shop that sells Eng­lands numm­ber one fast food. For that read the 2 texts!

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If you don't un­der­stand a word, look it up in the dic­tio­n­a­ry or ask your guide for help!

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fried · vi­ne­gar · al­co­hol · mushy · choo­se · cod · Wales · sauce · Eng­land · 19th · fat · ba­se­ment · tra­di­ti­o­nal · gher­kins · gravy · deep-​fried · 1871

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Fill in the blanks with the cor­rect words.

Fish and chips is a  (1) Bri­tish meal. It is made of chips and a   (2) fish fil­let. The fish is put in a spe­cial mix­tu­re (cal­led bat­ter) and then   (3). People often eat it with salt and   (4). Fish and chips are easy to find in   (5) and  (6). The first fish and chip shops were found in East Lon­don in the late   (7) cen­tu­ry. The most po­pu­lar fish is (8), but people also eat had­dock, plaice or other white fish. Many shops let custo­mers   (9) their fish. A very old fish and chip shop in Lon­don is cal­led Rock and Sole Plaice. It ope­ned in the year (10), more than 150 years ago! It is in Seven Dials, and du­ring World War II, people met in the  (11) to help others.

Po­pu­lar side dis­hes are  (12) peas, pick­led  (13), oni­ons, or curry (14). In the north of Eng­land, people also eat chips with   (15).

Fish and chips are also sold in mo­bi­le shops. Most fish and chip shops do not sell  (16). Some people say fish and chips are not healt­hy, be­cau­se they have a lot of  (17).

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