III. Listening and watching for details

Task 5. Watch sequence 11.

5.1. Read the statements below and determine whether they are true or false. If the statements are false, correct them and say what statements are true and what are false.

1. A Swiss tourist visited England in the 17th century.

2. He didn't like the fact that there were so many taverns and pubs there.

3. He was surprised that women went to pubs as frequently as men.

4. If one wanted to please a woman at that time one had to invite her to a pub.

5. It was habitual for a woman to bring her girlfriends even though only she was invited.

6. Husbands didn't permit their wives to go to the pub on their own.

5.2. Why did a series of sketches of English life painted by the English artist William Hogarth shock his contemporaries?

Task 6. Watch sequence 12 about ale and beer.

6.1. Using the available information from the film, fill in the table.

	Ale	Beer
1. National or foreign drink
2. Ingredients necessary
to produce the drink
3. Taste
4. Shelf life
5. Production for
commercial purposes

6.2. Answer the following questions.

1. Why was beer initially called an aggressive drink?

2. Why was it illegal to produce it in England?

3. Why was beer eventually considered to be more practical than ale?

4. Are the two words ale and beer used as synonyms today?

6.3. Listen to Rachel speaking about the differences between ale and lager, place a tick beside the words, which she uses describing ale.

strong tradition __ acidic type of drink __

a much smoother drink __ men tend to drink it __

6.4. What drink does she like best of all?

6.5. English pubs have a particular interior. What realia given in the sequence may help you identify that the action takes place in a pub? Place a tick beside the items, which are shown:

Red glazed brick walls __

Tiled walls __

Stone-flagged floor __

A floor of red quarry tiles __

Open dressers of natural / painted wood with shelves __

Cupboards and drawers holding kitchen crockery __

Beamed ceiling __

Wall plates __

Beer mats on the walls __

Notices and signs on the wall for decoration __

Massive wooden tables __

A clock on the wall __

Open fire-place __

Bar counter with beer casks __

Checked cloth on the table __

Copper kitchen utilities __

Task 7. Watch sequence 13.

7.1. Read the statements below and determine whether they are true or false. If the statements are false, correct them.

1. Wine-making in England started in BC 75, when the Normans invaded.

2. Wherever the Romans went they took their wine-making skills with them and their vines and they planted them out and produced their own wine.

3. The monasteries were the first to produce wine in England.

4. The monasteries ceased to produce wine in the 19th century.

5. English wine-making tradition was revived after the First World War.