Christmas dinner in a tin for gamers who can’t put down the controller
Forget Christmas dinner – gamers who plan on spending the entire festive period on their new consoles can enjoy a Christmas Tinner.
The meal boasts nine layers – from a fry-up for breakfast through to turkey and veg and even mince pies for dessert – all in a tin, courtesy of retailer Game. ‘Almost half of British gamers plan to spend the majority of Christmas Day testing out new games and consoles,’ explained a spokesman for the company. ‘It’s the ultimate innovation for gamers across the nation who can’t tear themselves away from their new consoles and games on Christmas Day – the first all-in-one festive feast in a tin .’
The Christmas Tinner layer list in full:
Layer one – Scrambled egg and bacon
Layer two – Two mince pies
Layer three – Turkey and potatoes
Layer four – Gravy
Layer five – Bread sauce
Layer six – Cranberry sauce
Layer seven – Brussel sprouts with stuffing – or broccoli with stuffing
Layer eight – Roast carrots and parsnips
Layer nine – Christmas pudding
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gamer – videójátékos
festive period – ünnepi időszak
to boast – dicsekedni, büszkélkedni valamivel
layer – réteg
fry-up – olajban sült étel
tin – konzerv
courtesy of – valakinek a jóvoltából
majority – többség
spokesman – szóvivő
innovation – újítás
can’t tear themselves away – nem tudnak elszakadni
feast – lakoma
scrambled egg – rántotta
mince pie – gyümölcsökkel töltött kis pite
Brussel sprouts – kelbimbó
stuffing – töltelék, amit a pulykába szoktak tömni
parsnip – paszternák (a fehérrépához hasonlít, csak édeskés)
Fill in the gaps with the following words. There is one extra word.
fry-up | spokesman | feast |
to boast | scrambled egg | innovation |
1. The ……………….. said that the police were investigating the robbery.
2. My grandmother bakes an enormous log cake for the family Christmas ……………….. .
3. Our company invests a lot into ……………….. .
4. I don’t like ……………….. . I’d rather have a boiled egg for breakfast.
5. Budapest can ……………….. of several tourist attractions.
answers: 1-spokesman 2-feast 3-innovation 4-scrambled egg 5-boast
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