- •Предисловие
- •Some Important Things from the Educational Environment
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •College Life
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •B. Our University Active Vocabulary
- •Our University
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •Self check
- •Unit 2 Our Studies. Our English Lesson Active Vocabulary
- •Introducing the new vocabulary
- •Our Studies
- •Career Prospects
- •II. Listening and comprehension tasks
- •2.1. Check your understanding of the dialogue by marking the following statements as True or False. Comment on your choice.
- •2.2. Listen to the dialogue focussing on the details and answer the questions.
- •2.3. Listen to the dialogue once again and while doing it write down all the information that may characterize the boys.
- •III. Follow up activities
- •Self check
- •Unit 3 Taking Exams Active Vocabulary
- •Taking Exams
- •A Students’ Guide to Exam Stress
- •After the Exams
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •Unusual Types of Houses
- •II. Listening and comprehension tasks
- •2.1. Listen to 4 people talking about their houses and mark the statements as True or False.
- •2.2 Listen to the descriptions again and fill in the chart below.
- •III. Follow up activity
- •B. American Home
- •1. Answer these questions about yourself and, if possible, find out how someone else would answer them.
- •Self Check
- •A Letter Home
- •В. Renting a Room Active Vocabulary
- •In England many people let rooms in their houses to people who need somewhere to live. The people pay money for this and are called lodgers.
- •Imagine you are going to let / rent a room / flat. The questions below will help you get all the information you need.
- •Sharing a Flat
- •Phoning a Landlord
- •II. Listening and compehenstion tasks
- •III. Follow up activity
- •Self Check
- •Unit 3 Buying a House Active Vocabulary
- •Buying a House
- •Looking for a House to Buy
- •Unit 4 Furniture and Furnishing Active Vocabulary
- •Around the Home a. Rooms
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •House for Sale
- •III. Follow up activity
- •Self Check
- •Unit 5 Your Ideal Home
- •I. Foodstuffs
- •III. Ways of Cooking
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •Use the following examples as a model.
- •В. Cooking Methods and Ways of Cooking. Recipes
- •Cooking Methods
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •Giving Instructions
- •Bread and Butter Pudding
- •Cinnamon-Sugar Apple Pie
- •Salmon In Puff Pastry
- •Special Family Food
- •How do you make…?
- •2. Listen to the recording. Rearrange the instructions in the correct order. Remember that there is one extra instruction which is not given.
- •3. Compare your answer with a partner and, if necessary, listen again to settle any disagreements.
- •Self check
- •Unit 2 National Cuisines. Customs of Having Meals a. National Cuisines
- •English Cooking
- •Traditional British Cooking
- •American Food
- •Belarusian Cookery
- •B. Customs of Having Meals Active Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •The Customs of Having Meals in England
- •Daily Meals in Belarus
- •I. Take turns discussing these questions with your partner.
- •II. Make up dialogues following the models given below.
- •Listen to the interview with Yves and answer the following questions:
- •Listen to the interview once again and fill in the chart.
- •Self check
- •Unit 3 Table Manners
- •A List of Do’s and Don’ts
- •Unit 4 Eating Out Active Vocabulary
- •Eating Out
- •The Old Mill, The Quay, Wardleton, Sussex
- •Fast Food
- •(A) Lunch for Two
- •1. Listen to the conversation and complete the sentences choosing the right variant:
- •2. Listen to the conversation again and answer the following questions.
- •(B) Eating Out
- •1. Listen to the conversation and fill in the gaps.
- •Conversational Formulas.
- •Invitations. Thanks. Refusals
- •Invitation
- •In a restaurant
- •With a girl-friend in a coffee bar
- •In a cafe
- •Chocolate Nut Sundae
- •Self check
- •Unit 5 Healthy Food. Dieting Active Vocabulary
- •We Ought To Eat More Fresh Fruit
- •Nutrients That Provide Energy
- •Tips for Healthy Eating and Cooking
- •Some Facts about Diet
- •Guidelines for Slimmers
- •Self check
- •Part IV. Shopping
- •Unit 1
- •Describing Shops. American and English Shops
- •Active Vocabulary
- •Baker’s / bakery
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •At the Supermarket
- •Shopping List
- •Unit 2 Shopping for Foodstuffs
- •Why is buying foodstuffs considered to be a sort of art? Read the passage and share your opinions. Buying Foodstuffs
- •At a grocery store
- •Some Hints and Tips on Shopping for Food
- •Self Check
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •The Big Stores
- •Shopping
- •Buying souvenirs
- •The spendthrift
- •Buying a present
- •Bargaining
- •Buying Clothes
- •Listen to the first recording and fill in the relevant information.
- •Listen to the recording and answer the following questions.
- •Listen to the second recording and tick the words you’ve heard on the tape:
- •Listen to the recording again and match parts a-e with a-e.
- •Self Check
- •Unit 2 Career Prospects
- •Part II unit 1 Unusual Types of Houses
- •Unit 2 Phoning a Landlord
- •Unit 3 Looking for a House to Buy
- •Unit 4 House for Sale
- •References
Daily Meals in Belarus
The kitchen is the favourite or central spot of the home in many cultures. It is the place where families gather for having meal, friends get together for chatting over a cup of tea and the guests are welcomed to feel the warmth of the national hospitality.
Usually, there are three meals of the day. But, depending on the place of living, they are organized and offered in different ways. To most Europeans and Americans, the first principal meal is breakfast – zavtrak. It is a very hearty meal, though. Breakfast in Belarusian way includes eggs, sausages, cold cuts and cheese that are accompanied by bread slices with butter. Tea or coffee is a must on the morning table. Various hot cereals are popular as well, particularly with mothers and kids. Children are supposed to get their first shot of energy from a hot bowl of oatmeal. Perhaps they do, but they resist to this healthy energy with all their childish rigidity.
Lunch is nonexistent in our country. In fact, this term was generally not understood until the early 1990’s. The second meal of the day is taken about 2 o’clock p.m. and called obed (dinner). Belarusian obed is the main meal of the day. Zakuski (appetizers) highlight the meal. Such delights as caviar, pickles, smoked fish, and various vegetable salads can easily serve a rich meal. However, everyday zakuski are composed of light salads and pickles. Then goes soup (pervoe – the first course). Soup, mouth-watering, with meat pieces in delectable transparent broth, is the first step of the long satiation process. The main course – vtoroye is usually of meat or fish. The main dish is usually accompanied by some garnish: potatoes, rice, noodles and vegetables. Finally, comes the dessert! Tretye might be a piece of cake, fruits or chocolates with coffee, tea or juice.
After that, if people don’t work, they and kids enjoy a mid-afternoon nap followed by a snack. Like English 5 o’clock tea, our poldnik makes the day brighter – a cup of tea, milk for kids, with biscuits or patties. Everyone, young and old, enjoys a nice cup of tea. Tea is offered after every meal.
The evening meal is served around 7 o’clock p.m. or later. It is called uzhin in Belarus. It is similar to dinner but without soup and dessert – just some appetizers and main course from meat or fish with some garnish and tea or milk.
And the long day is left behind or… Maybe another cup of tea?
Comprehension questions.
1. How many meals a day do we have in Belarus? What are they?
What does breakfast in Belarusian way normally include?
What is the second principal meal of the day called? When is it usually taken?
What are everyday zakuski composed of?
What dishes do we usually have for dinner (pervoe, vtoroye, tretye)?
8. Is uzhin (supper) as big as dinner? What does it consist of?
Fill in the chart and compare everyday British and Belarusian meals and traditional dishes.
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