Lesson 4: Travel and timetables

2. The following recipe is provided:

2.1. Rewrite the whole recipe and make use of metric units.

Italian pudding

2 eggs 0,5 pounds pitted raisins 0,5 oz castor sugar 2 oz mixed peel 0,75 pints of milk 0,2 teaspoons nutmeg 2 oz cake crumbs 1 pound cooking apples 0,5 pound pitted dates Method: • Make a custard by whisking the eggs and sugar together and adding it to the warm milk. • Add the cake crumbs. • Mix the dates, rasins, peel and nutmeg. Peel and remove the seeds from the apples. Cut the apples into thin slices. • Arrange the apple slices at the bottom of a pie dish. • Add the mixed fruit and cover with the custard. • Bake at 335 ºF for one hour in a preheated oven. • Serve hot or cold.

Measure Imperial → metric Metric → imperial

length 1 mile → 1,609 km

1 km → 0,621 miles weight 1 ounce → 28,35 g 1 g → 0,035 ounces 1 pound (16 ounces) → 453,59 g 1 kg → 2,205 pounds volume 1 US gallon (8 pints) → 3,785 ℓ 1 ℓ = 0,264 US gallons 2.2. Convert 335 ºF to ºC.

Lesson 4: Travel and timetables

• Travel tables, maps and timetables provide information to help people plan their trips. • It provides useful information about the departure times, arrival times and routes of airplanes, buses or trains. • A travel fee table provides useful information on the costs of routes and destinations.