List of words and word combinations

to have a snack ( a bite) - перекусить

breakfast- завтрак

lunch - второй завтрак

dinner - обед

supper - ужин

buffet - буфет, закусочная

refectory - столовая (в учебном заведении)

menu - меню

cafe - кафе

restaurant - ресторан

dish - блюдо

potatoes - картофель

to be a poor eater - мало есть

to be a hearty eater - много есть

salad - салат

appetizer - закуска (холодная)

to lay the table - накрыть стол

salt-cellar - солонка

mustard-pot - судок для горчицы

pepper-box - судок для перца

for the first course - на первое

cabbage soup - щи

beetroot soup - свекольник

beef-tea - бульон

chicken broth - куриный бульон

clear soup - бульон

fish		рыбный
milk soup	soup	молочный суп
vegetable		овощной
pea		гороховый

rissoles - котлеты

roast beef - жареная говядина

beefsteak - бифштекс

mutton chop - баранья отбивная

fried fish - жареная рыба

boiled fish - вареная рыба

stewed meat (fish) - тушеное мясо (рыба)

dessert - десерт

ice cream - мороженое

sweets - сладости, конфеты

cake - торт, пирожное

pie - пирог, пирожок

pastry - выпечные изделия

fruit - фрукты

orange - апельсин

beer - пиво

dry (sweet) wine - сухое (сладкое) вино

lemonade - лимонад

mineral water - минеральная вода

to put out - доставать, ставить

to peel - чистить (картофель, овощи, фрукты)

to cut - резать

to treat smb. to smth. - угощать кого-то чем-то

help yourself to - угощайтесь

underdone - недожаренный (о мясе)

overdone - пережаренный (о мясе)

to lack - нехватать (о специях, соли)

tasty - вкусный

tasteless - безвкусный

watery - водянистый

sauce - соус

stewed fruit - компот

sour cream - сметана

cottage cheese - творог

bacon and eggs - яичница с ветчиной

omelette - омлет

porridge каша - (овсянка)

gruel - каша из других крупп

to dine in - обедать дома

to dine out - обедать не дома

ham - ветчина

cheese - сыр

apple - яблоко

pear - груша

grapes - виноград

delicious - очень вкусный (о еде)

Travelling by train Dialogue 1

Passenger: I want a ticket to London, please. Which train must I take?

Booking-clerk: If I were you, I should take the 8.35 train.

Passenger: Do I have to change anywhere?

Booking-clerk: No, no change, it's a through train.

Passenger: Thank you. A ticket to London, please.

Booking-clerk: Single or return?

Passenger: Return, please, first class.

Booking-clerk: Here you are.

Passenger: Thank you. What time did you say the train goes?

Booking-clerk: 8.35. You'll have to hurry if you want to register your luggage.

Passenger: Thanks. (He hurries away)

Dialogue 2

1. Porter, will you see to my luggage, please?

P. Where for, sir?

A. I am taking the ten o'clock train for Glasgow. Have this trunk labelled and put it in the luggage van, and two suit-cases can go in the carriage.

P. Right, sir. What class?

A. First. Find me a corner seat facing the engine in a smoker.

P. Have you got your ticket, sir?

A. No, not yet. Where's the booking-office?

P. Come along with me, sir. I'll show you. Here it is. You take your ticket, sir, and I'll meet you on the platform.

A. Which platform is it?

P. Number 8, over there.

……………………….

P. Here you are, sir. I've found you a corner seat next to the corridor. Your carriage is near the dining-car and you can order lunch when the attendant comes along.

A. What time do we get to Glasgow?

P. You are due to arrive at 6.15.

A. Thank you, here you are.

P. Thank you, sir. I hope you'll find the journey comfortable.

A. Well, if I have some minutes left, I should like to go and get myself a book to while away the time during the journey.

P. I'll bring you a paper, sir.

(From English Linguaphone Course)

Exercises

Exercise 1. Answer the following questions.

1. How many railway stations are there in Petersburg? What are they? Which of them it the oldest? Do you happen to know when it was built? 2. Where do trains come in and go out? 3. Where can you buy a ticket for your journey? 4. What is the fare to Moscow? How much is the return ticket to Moscow? 5. What are waiting-rooms for? 6. Who can help you with your luggage? 7. In what way do porters carry luggage? 8. What is a luggage van? 9. What kinds of trains do you know? What trains do you prefer? Why? 10. Where can one have a light refreshment? 11. What trains have dining-cars? 12. Do you prefer to book your ticket beforehand or to queue up at the booking-office? 13.What is the left-luggage office for? 14. What do the people who prefer to travel light do with their luggage? 15. Do you usually travel light or with a lot of things? 16. Where can you buy a newspaper at the railway station? 17. Do you like seeing your friends and relatives off? 18. Do you like it when your friends and relatives come to see you off? 19. What does a big railway station look like? 20. Where can one get information about the time of arrival and departure of trains?

Exercise 2. Complete the following sentences.

1. When we came to the railway station we saw .... 2. If you did not book your ticket beforehand you will have to ... . 3. If you want to buy a ticket for your journey you must .... 4. It takes you much time to travel by a stopping train because ... . 5. If you have much luggage and prefer to travel light you can ... . 6. If you don't like queuing up at the booking-office you can..... 7. They did not want to miss the train that's why .... 8. The train was ready to leave that's why .... 9. The train starts in 20 minutes so if you are hungry you can ... . 10. If you are in a hurry and don't want to travel by a stopping train ....

Exercise 3. Ask your fellow students and let them answer:

... from what railway station trains for Helsinki (Warsaw, Kiev, Tallinn, Sochi, Moscow, etc.) start.

... at what platform the 8.30 train for Sosnovo is standing

... where the booking-office is

... if there are many people in the waiting-room now

... where you can get something to read (at the station)

... how much porters charge for a piece of luggage

... if there is a good restaurant at Warsaw station

... why he (she) is going to take a stopping train

... if there is a through train from here to Saratov.

... why express trams fares are the highest

... for what kind of travellers local trains are

... if he (she) has ever travelled on a long distance train and how he (she) liked it

... if there is a dining-car on the night express to Moscow

... where you can buy a ticket for a train journey

... if it is possible to book a ticket to Hamburg beforehand

... who takes care of passengers on board a train

... in what cases passengers leave their luggage in the left-luggage office

... if there are long queues at the booking-offices in summer

... if he (she) usually travels light

... who usually comes to see him (her) off.

Exercise 4. Make up your own sentences using the words and word combinations given below.

To buy a ticket for a journey; to carry luggage; to take trunks and suitcases to the luggage van; to get off the train; to stop at the station; to get a light refreshment; hand luggage; to hurry; to book a ticket beforehand; to queue up; to register one's luggage; late-comers; to see smb. off.

Exercise 5. Complete the dialogue supplying the missing words.

P . I want a ticket to ...

B.-cl. If I were you, I should ...

P . Do I have to ...

B.-cl. No, ...

P. Thank you...

B.-cl. Single or return?

P. ......

B.-cl. Here you are.

P . Thank you. Can you tell me ...

B.-cl. ......

P. Thanks a lot.

Exercise 6. Make up your own story on "Travelling by Train" using the words and word combinations given below.

At the railway station; to get a morning paper; the waiting-room; the train is due out at; to have a long (short) journey; sleeping-car (sleeper); through train; stopping train; long distance train; express; local train; to travel light; to register one's luggage; the left-luggage office; to hurry along the train.

Exercise 7. Learn and dramatize dialogues 1,2 in class.

Exercise 8. Put the dialogues into Reported Speech.

Exercise 9. Make up dialogues of your own on "Travelling by Train". Roles suggested:

a booking-clerk and a passenger; two passengers sharing a compartment; two friends discussing the advantages and disadvantages of travelling by train; a passenger and a clerk in the inquiry-office.

Exercise 10. Translate into English.

1. Сколько железнодорожных вокзалов в Петербурге? 2. Местные поезда подходят к платформе каждые 20 минут. 3. Если вы не заказали билет заранее, вы можете купить его в билетной кассе на вокзале. 4. Билетные кассы находятся справа от зала ожидания. 5. Газеты и журналы можно купить в киоске в зале ожидания. 6. Носильщики везут тележки с багажом к багажному вагону. 7. Поезд № 23 идет без остановок, а поезд № 7 останавливается на многих станциях. 8. Скорые поезда останавливаются только на больших станциях. 9. В местных поездах нет вагона-ресторана. 10. В каждом поезде дальнего следования есть багажный вагон, вагон-ресторан и спальные вагоны. 11.Она не сдала вещи в камеру хранения, так как не хотела стоять в очереди. 12. Те, кто любит путешествовать налегке, сдают чемоданы в багаж. 13. Вы любите провожать друзей? 14. Дайте мне, пожалуйста, билет до Москвы на "Красную стрелу" (Red Arrow). 15. До Воронежа нет прямого поезда, вам придется делать пересадку в Москве. 16, Я вам советую взять билет туда и обратно. В Москве трудно купить билет на Петербург и вам придется стоять в очереди. 17. Многие пассажиры предпочитают места по ходу поезда. 18. Поезд из Киева должен прибыть в 12 часов к пятой платформе.

Exercise 11. Read and retell the following story.

Travelling by Train

Three men came to the station about nine o'clock one evening. They came on to the platform and said to the porter: "What time is the next train to Liverpool?"

The porter said: "You have missed one. They go every hour; the next one is at ten o'clock". "That's all right", they said, "We'll go and have a drink". So off they went to the refreshment room. A minute or two after ten o'clock they came running and said to the porter: "Has the train gone?" "Yes", he said, "it went at ten o'clock as I told you. The next is at eleven o'clock". "That's all right", they said, "We'll go and have another drink". So they went back to the refreshment room.

They missed the eleven o'clock train in the same way, and the porter said, "Now, the next train is the last one", "if you miss that, you won't get to Liverpool tonight".

Twelve o'clock came, and the last train was just starting out, when the three of them came out of the refreshment room running as hard as they could do. Two of them got in a carriage just as the train was leaving, but the third one didn't run fast enough and the train went out leaving him behind. He stood there looking at the train and laughing, as if to miss a train was the best joke in the world. The porter went up to him and said, "I told you that tins was the last train. Why didn't you come earlieil?” The mаn couldn't answer for laughing. He laughed until tears came into his еуеs. Then he caught hold of the porter and said: "Did you see those two fellows get into the train and leave me here?" "Yes, I saw them". "Well, I was the one who was going to Liverpool, they only came here to see me off".

(After C.Eckersley. "Essential English for Foreign Students", London-New York-Toronto, 1955).

Exetcise 12. Speak on the following topics.

1. What a large railway station looks like. 2. Your last railway trip. 3. What can be said in favour of travelling by train. 4. Describe some funny or sad episode concerning travelling by train.