3.1Make up a list of table manners acceped in Russia.

UNIT 4

Eating out

Section 1. Warming-up

1.1More and more people nowadays lead a busy life and are pressed for time. Often they prefer not to cook at home, but eat out. It’s more convienient, the menue is diverse, dishes are tasty, waiters are polite and are ready always to offer you the best service. Can yoy think of any other advantages of eating out? Are there any disavantages?

1.2 Surely if you go to a café or a restaurant you should know names of different food products and dishes in English. Complete the list with names of food and drink. Skip the letters X and Z.

A - apple pie	J -	S -
B -	K -	T -
C -	L -	U -
D -	M -	V -
E -	N -	W -
F -	O -	X -
G -	P -	Y -
H -	Q -	Z -
I -	R -

3. How do we call places where people go to eat out? Match the wors in the left column with the definitions in the right column.

snack bar	originally a British publick house licensed to serve beer and other alcoholic beverages. Customers get their drink from the counter and either stand there or sit at the table. Some light snacks like pies and sandwiches are served.
2. cafe / cafeteria	b) a counter where food and drink may be bought and eaten (e.g. in a railway station on a train)
3.pizzeria	a small restaurant mainly concentraiting on cakes, sandwiches, coffee and tea.
4.refectory	a place where guests normaly come fairly late and stay until the small hours. Always with dancing and often with floor shows. Food is sometimes available.
5.buffet	a place where students or workers have their lunch, usually connected with school, office or factory.
6.night club	f) a nice place where food is served to customers
7.canteen	g) a modern restaurant where customers collect their food on trays at counter and carry it to tables.
pub	h) a restaurant specializing in pizzas and other Italian-type food.
restaurant	a university café

4. What type of restaurant would you recommend to the following people?

1. A young couple who want food and some entertainment late at night.

2. A man who wants a meal in a place where he can meet some local people.

3. Someone wanting a quick, cheap meal.

4. Someone at a railway station.

5. Someone who wants non-English food.

6. A student staying at the university all day.

7. A factory worker at lunch time.

8. A family who wants to celebrate some special occasion.

Section 2. Reading

2.1Where do you think most tourists go when they visit Britain? Is it Buckinham Palace? The Tower of London? Stratford-on-Avon? Oxford? Sorry, I’m afraid not. Most tourists spend most of their time visiting the pub.

British beer and pubs are famous all over the world. For centures pubs have been part and parcel of British social life. But things are changing, however. A.J. Delton in his article describes the problems British pubs are facing nowadays. Read it and name these problems.