Lesson 2

1. Read the words:

Orthodox

Christians

cinnamon

cardamom

spidery

2. Pronounce correctly:

[a:] – part, cardamom,

[o:] – more, important, for, order, board

[o] – of, followed

3. Master the active vocabulary:

radish редиска

turnip репа, турнепс

parsley петрушка

celery сельдерей

4. Put down the English for:

огурец _______________________________

капуста ______________________________

картофель ____________________________

молоко _______________________________

яйцо _________________________________

лук __________________________________

5. Read the examples. Cover the left column and translate the examples back into English.

spice специя, пряность

cloves гвоздика

cinnamon корица

cardamom кардамон

6. Read the microtext and define the main idea of the text.

Russians have always eaten vegetables. In old times it was the turnip, cabbage, radish, and cucumbers. Since the 18th century the potato began to play an ever more important part as one of the most loved ingredients of the Russian board. The abundance of berries, mushroom, and honey in Russian cuisine is accounted for by the country's vast expanses, especially in the north.

One more important thing should be mentioned for better understanding of Russian cooking traditions. Russia is an Orthodox country and all the feasts were always strictly followed. Totally there are more than 200 days in a year in which the Orthodox Christians should avoid eating meat, milk and milk products (including butter), eggs. That is why Russian cuisine widely uses vegetables, fish, berries, and mushrooms. In order to cook tasty dishes using just vegetables it is necessary to use different spice, Russians used dill, parsley, celery, later they used spidery which were delivered from other countries - pepper, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves. Nearly all dishes include onion.

7. Arrange the words in the order of appearance in the text.

abundance

feasts

two hundred

dill

berries

century

8. Complete the sentences.

In old times….

The abundance of….

Russia…

In order to cook….

They used….

Nearly all….

9.Pair work. Tell your group-mates about Russian cuisine. Let him/her put the questions to you and answer them.

Lesson 3

1. Read the words.

accordance

impression

practical

classical

roughly

2. a) Cover the right column and read the English words. Translate them into Russian and check your translation.

b) Cover the left column and translate the Russian words back into English.

demand требовать, потребовать

pork свинина

general общий

accordance согласованность

3. Read the words and put down their Russian equivalents:

time range _________________________________________

the real impression __________________________________

common products _______________________________

so-called ___________________________________________

4. Change the words according to the model. Translate the words.

Model: expansion, to expand – растягивать

generalization, to ______________ - ________________

classification, to _________________ - ________________

reflection, to ____________________ - _________________

relation, to _____________________ - ________________

impression, to __________________ - _________________

5. Put down the English for:

рецепт

популярный

блюдо

продукты

6. Translate the following words and word combinations in writing.

"Pork with Russian sauce" ____________________________

"Russian cutlets" __________________________________

"The book about tasty and healthy cuisine"_______________

every-day Russian cuisine _____________________________

in the end __________________________________________

7. Read and translate the text.

Below you can see a list of most popular Russian recipes that can be cooked at home without many efforts. Author tested all these recipes and some of them are often used in everyday cooking. In general each cuisine roughly can be divided into two groups of dishes - official dishes and every-day dishes. The same is with Russian cuisine. Official dishes demand much time for cooking, often they include many different products. So in the end these recipes are Russian only by name, something like "Pork with Russian sauce", "Russian cutlets" etc. In opposite the every-day dishes that are cooked of common products and in limited time range reflect the real Russian cuisine and they give the real impression about Russian cuisine. Here are recipes of so-called every-day Russian cuisine. Recipes are written in accordance with classical Russian cooking book which was called "The book about tasty and healthy cuisine" but with some practical comments.

8.Pair work. Tell your group-mates about "The book about tasty and healthy cuisine" you have at home.