Each day usually begins with breakfast. In England people eat breakfast somewhere between six and nine o’clock in the morning; it depends how early their working day starts. Breakfast is usually a big meal in English families: porridge or cornflakes with milk, sugar and fruit, bacon and eggs, pancakes, toasts with butter and jam and lots of tea. If they had no time to eat breakfast because they were in a hurry, they can have brunch, which is something between breakfast and lunch. Brunch can also be a buffet meal eaten at official receptions. Buffet lunch usually consists of salads, sandwiches of all kinds, potato chips, fruit, juice or coke.
In offices and schools there are elevenses or a coffee break at about eleven o’clock, during which people usually have coffee with biscuits or cakes. Then comes lunch, which is generally at one o’clock. Lunch isn’t a big meal; it is often eaten at work: a sandwich or two, a hamburger or a hot dog, a banana or an apple, yoghurt, fruit juice or mineral water.
Afternoon tea, or five o’clock tea, you can hardly call a meal; it is a social sort of thing, as friends meet to socialize and talk while they have their cup of tea cake or biscuit. But the main meal of the day is dinner, of course. They have dinner at seven or seven thirty when all the members of the family come home from work or school. Dinner is a hot meal with meat or fish and plenty of vegetables, followed by an apple pie, pudding or any other sweet dish and tea. In England they seldom eat soup, once or twice a week. They like tomato, mushroom or onion soup, but their soup is different from ours. It is not thick, and there are very few potatoes or vegetables in it.
In some families dinner is a midday meal, then in the evening between six and seven they have supper: salad, an omelet or cold meat and coffee or tea to finish with.
Vocabulary:
it depends
[it de`pendz]
зависит от
a buffet meal
[`bufei `mi:l]
шведский стол
official
[`fiicl]
официальный
a reception
[ri`sepn]
приём
social
[soul]
общественный, социальный
yoghurt
[`j:gct]
йогурт
to socialize (ed)
[`souiclaiz]
общаться
to follow (ed)
[`flou]
следовать за
pudding
[`pudi]
пудинг
a sweet dish
[`swi:t `di]
сладкое блюдо
an omelet
[`]mlit]
омлет
onion
[`njən]
лук
Ex.18. Answer the questions:
1.When do the English people eat breakfast as a rule? When do the Russian people have breakfast? When do the members of your family have breakfast? Do you generally eat breakfast all together? What do you eat for breakfast? 2. What is brunch? Is brunch popular in Russia? 3. When do Englishmen have a coffee break? Do you have a coffee break? 4. Is lunch a big meal in England? What do the English people have for lunch? When do you have lunch as a rule? What do you eat? What is more popular in Russia lunch or dinner? 5. When do they eat dinner in England? What meal is it? Do you have dinner or supper? What do you usually eat? 6. What is afternoon tea? Is there such a meal as five o’clock tea in Russia?
Ex.19. Complete the sentences:
1) In England people eat breakfast somewhere between six and nine o’clock in the morning; it depends how early their working day starts. In Russia …
2) Breakfast is usually a big meal in English families: porridge or cornflakes with milk, sugar and fruit, bacon and eggs, pancakes, toasts with butter and jam and lots of tea.
As for Russian families, …
3) In offices and schools in England there are elevenses or coffee breaks at about 11 o’clock, during which people usually have coffee with biscuits or cakes. In Russia …
4) Then comes lunch, which is generally at one o’clock. Lunch in England isn’t a big meal; it is often eaten at work: a sandwich or two, a hamburger or a hot dog, a banana or an apple, fruit juice or mineral water. As for Russia …
5) In England there is afternoon tea, or five o’clock tea, which is not actually a meal, but it is a social sort of thing as friends meet to socialize and talk while they have their cup of tea, cake or biscuit. In Russia …
6) But the main meal of the day in England is dinner, of course. They have dinner at seven or seven thirty when all the members of the family come home from work or school.
Dinner in Russia …
7) In England dinner is a hot meal with meat or fish and plenty of vegetables, followed by an apple pie, pudding or any other sweet dish and tea. In Russia we eat …
8) In some English families dinner is a midday meal, then in the evening between six and seven they have supper: salad, an omelet or cold meat and coffee or tea to finish with.
Supper in Russia …
Ex.20. Compare meals and mealtimes in England and in Russia.
Ex.21. Speak about meals and mealtimes in your family. (The students are encouraged to ask by-the-way questions, such as: By the way, how many members are there in your family? Who cooks meals in your family? What is your favorite dish? etc.)
HOMEWORK EXERCISES
Ex.22. Разделите существительные на исчисляемые и неисчисляемые. Запишите их в соответствующие колонки. Напишите множественное число исчисляемых существительных.
Исчисляемые |
Неисчисляемые |
a candy - candies |
meat |
Cake, muffin, chocolate, tomato, meat, potato, ketchup, ice cream, cucumber, chicken, spoon, juice, cup, plate, salad, fruit, pie, fork, cutlet, bread, saucer, tea, knife, spaghetti, beetroot, coffee, waffle, candy, butter, apple, jam, cocoa, salt, orange, dish, vegetable, biscuit, quart, can, pound, yogurt.
Ex.23. Из упражнения 1 выпишите все слова, которые начинаются на буквы, данные ниже:
C |
T |
S |
P |
F |
M |
cup |
tomato |
spoon |
plate |
fruit |
meat |
6
5
2
4
1
3
7
1.вилка 2.нож 3.есть 4.помидор 5.апельсин 6.яйца 7.спагетти
Ex.25. Запишите предложения в вопросительной и отрицательной форме. Example: There is some salt in the soup. - Is there any salt in the soup? No, there isn’t any. There is no salt in the soup. There is some sugar in the coffee. There is some ketchup on your spaghetti. There is some bread on the plate. There is some salad in the bowl. There is some mineral water in the bottle. There is some milk in the glass. There is some butter on the bread. There is some tea in the cup. There is some fish in the dish.
Ex.26. Вставьте местоимения “some, any, no” в пропуски:
1.Are there…apples in the basket? – No, there aren’t…apples there. 2.I have got very nice cakes. Would you like…? 3.There isn’t …sugar in the cocoa; I don’t want to drink it. 4.Is there…coffee in your cup? If there isn’t…, I’ll give you … . 5.You may take…book you like. There are…interesting books in the library. 6.Are there…lumps of sugar in your tea? If there aren’t…, take… . 7.Help yourself to…jam, please. 8.Will you give me…spaghetti with ketchup, please? – I am sorry, there isn’t…ketchup left. 8.The soup isn’t salty. There is…salt in it.
Ex.27. Переведите местоимения в предложениях: 1.There are много cucumbers and tomatoes on the table. Take несколько to make salad. 2. I would like to take несколько more oranges. 3.There is мало juice in your glass; let me give you немного more. 4.Sam has мало forks and knives; he must buy несколько more. 5.There is too много ice cream on the plate; I can’t eat so много. 6.There are несколько biscuits and много waffles. Which would you like? – I don’t like biscuits; I’ll take несколько waffles. 7. I don’t have много bread; there are only несколько pieces left on the bread plate. 8.There are мало bowls on the table; bring несколько more from the kitchen.
Ex.28. A.Запишите предложения, выражающие предпочтение.
Example: (pancakes or porridge?) I prefer pancakes to porridge.
(tomato salad or fruit salad?) |
(ice cream or chocolates?) |
(potato chips or vegetable soup?) |
(spaghetti or potatoes?) |
(apple pies or cakes?) |
(muffins or waffles?) |
(meat or fish?) |
(chicken or fish?) |
B. Translate into English:
1.Я бы хотел выпить соку. Я предпочитаю яблочный сок. 2.Они бы хотели придти в школу пораньше. Они предпочитают приходить рано. 3.Он хотел бы купить апельсины. Он предпочитает апельсины яблокам. 4. Она бы хотела покататься на лыжах. Она предпочитает лыжи конькам. 5.Мы бы хотели пойти домой пешком. Мы предпочитаем ходить пешком. 6.Я бы хотела съесть кусочек рыбы; я предпочитаю рыбу мясу.
Ex.29. Соедините два предложения в одно, употребив союзы “either…or”. Example: I go to school by bus. I also go by trolleybus. – I go to school either by bus or by trolleybus.
Sally has coffee for breakfast. She also has tea.
My father parks his car near our house. He sometimes parks it in the parking area.
We can leave today. We can also leave tomorrow.
I think Ron is at the cinema. He may also be at the theatre.
You can have fish for lunch. You can also have meat.
Ex.30. Соедините два предложения в одно, употребив союзы “neither…nor”.
Example: The room isn’t clean. And it isn’t comfortable either. – The room is neither clean nor comfortable.
The tea isn’t hot. And it isn’t strong either.
Paul isn’t clever. And he isn’t hardworking either.
Ann doesn’t drive a car. And she doesn’t ride a bike either.
I can’t ski. And I can’t skate either.
Dan didn’t read the book “Stuart Little”. And he didn’t see the film either.
They aren’t taking pictures. And they aren’t looking at the photos either.
The children won’t be writing a dictation. They won’t be reading a story either.
The room wasn’t large. And it wasn’t comfortable either.
I don’t like waffles. And I don’t like cakes either.
He wasn’t doing his homework. He wasn’t watching a film on TV either.
Ex.31. Translate into English:
1) - Ты умеешь кататься на коньках?
- Нет. На лыжах я тоже не умею кататься. Я не умею кататься ни на лыжах, ни на
коньках.
2) - Ты знаешь эту девочку?
- Нет. И того мальчика я тоже не знаю. Я не знаю ни ту девочку, ни того мальчика.
3) - Тебе нравится этот кофе?
- Нет. Он не горячий и не крепкий.
4) -Том хороший ученик, не так ли?
- Нет. Он не умный и не трудолюбивый.
5) -Что ты предпочитаешь: пирожки или пирожное?
- Ни то и ни другое. Я не люблю ни пирожки, ни пирожное.
6) - Ваша кухня большая?
- Нет. Она не большая и не удобная.
7) - Том говорит или по-английски или по-французски, не так ли?
- Понятия не имею. Я думаю, он не знает ни английского, ни французского.
8) - Давай купим или мороженое или пирожное.
- Я не ем ни мороженого, ни пирожного. Я вообще равнодушна к сладкому.
9) - Я думаю, Джейн или в саду или в парке.
- Нет. Она ни в саду и ни в парке. Она дома.
10) - Что ты будешь пить: сок или чай?
- Ни то и ни другое. Я буду пить молоко.