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W: We have strawberry jam or marmalade with toast this morning, sir. Would you like any of that?

P:..........

W: Thank you, sir.

VIII. Translate into English

-Добрый день. Что бы вы хотели?

-Я хотела бы стакан апельсинового сока, чашку бульона и какое-нибудь мясное блюдо.

-У нас есть бифштекс, жареная говядина и баранья отбивная. -Я, пожалуй, возьму бифштекс.

-Какой-нибудь салат?

-Да, салат из помидоров, пожалуйста. -Хорошо. Что вы будете пить? -Только черный кофе, пожалуйста.

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I. Read and translate the text.

The National Cooking of Kazakhs.

In the Kazakh national cooking as in a mirror found reflections the people’s Nature, its history, customs and traditions.

Since olden times hospitality has been the most distinctive feature of the Kazakh people. The dear guest was given a cordial welcome; he was offered the place of honour and entertained heartily.

In the first instance the guest was treated to kumys, shubat or airan, then to tea with milk or cream, baursaks, raisins, irimshik, kurt. Then followed appetizers made of horseflesh or mutton-kazy, shuzhuk, zhal, zhaya, sur-yet, kabyrga.

The adornment of any dastarkhan and the most popular dish among the Kazakhs has always been meat in the Kazakh manner. Boiled meat was usually served in large pieces. The host cut the meat treating every guest to dainty pieces: the pelvic bones and shin were given to elderly guests of honor, the brisket-to the son-in-law or daughter-in-law, the cervical vertebrato girls and so on. To the guest of honor ranking highest among the others the host handed over the sheep’s head cooked in a special way. This guest had to distribute it among those present observing a certain ritual which reflects the ancient custom of respectful regard for guests-old men, children, close and distant relatives.

Great importance was given to lyingin and long-term preservation of food. During live-stork slaughter a part of meat was salted, dried, sometimes smoked; of horsemeat mainly such delicacies as kazy, shuzhuk, zhal, zhaya, karta and so on were made.

II.Speak on :

a)your favourite dishes; b) your usual breakfast (dinner, supper); c) the evening you spent at a restaurant. d) the favourite traditional meal.

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IV. Write about the party you enjoyed.

Text: 4

а) Read the story.

Note the pronunciation: Foyot`s [‘foiәts ]

The Luncheon.

It was twenty years ago when I was living in Paris. I had a small flat and I was earning very little money. She had read a book of mine and had written to me about it. I answered, thanking her, and then I received from her another letter in which she asked me if I would give her a little luncheon at Foyot`s. Foyot`s is a restaurant at which French senators eat and I had never thought of going there. But I was Flattered and I was too young to say "no" to a woman. I answered I would meet her at Foyot`s on Thursday at half past twelve.

She was not so young as I expected. She was in fact a woman of forty. I was frightened when the menu was brought, for the prices were great deal higher than I had expected. But she said, "I never eat anything for luncheon. I never eat more than one thing. I thing people eat too much nowadays. A little fish, perhaps. I wonder if they have any salmon."

Well, it was early in the year for salmon and it was not on the menu, but I asked the waiter if there was any. Yes, they had a beautiful salmon. I ordered it for my guest. The waiter asked her if she would have something while it was being cooked. "No", she answered, "I never eat more than one thing. Unless you have a little caviar".

I knew that caviar was very expensive and I could not tell her that, I told the waiter to bring caviar. For myself I chose the cheapest dish on the menu and that was a mutton chop

Then came the question of drink.

"I never drink anything for luncheon", she said. "Neither do I", I answered quickly.

"Except white wine", she went on. "What would you like?", I asked her.

"My doctor won’t let me drink anything but champagne."

I ordered half a bottle. I said that my doctor had not allowed me to drink champagne.

"What are you going to drink, then?" "Waiter."

She ate the caviar and she ate the salmon. She talked of art and literature and music. But I wondered what the bill would come to and whether I had and enough to pay it. I knew exactly how much money I had and if the bill came to more I decided that I would put my hand in my pocket and with a dramatic cry get up and say my money had been stolen. If she had not money enough to pay the bill, then the only thing to do would be to leave my watch and say I would come back and pay later. At last she finished.

"Coffee?" I said.

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"Yes, just an ice-cream and coffee", she answered. So I ordered an ice-cream and coffee for her.

"You know, there’s one thing I believe in", she said, as she ate the ice-cream. "one should always get up from a meal feeling one could eat a little more."

"Are you still hungry?" I asked.

"Oh, no. I’m not hungry, you see, I don’t eat luncheon. I have a cup of coffee in the morning and then dinner, but I never eat more than one thing for luncheon. You see, you’ve filled yourself with a lot of meat and you can’t eat any more. But I’ve just had a snack and I shall enjoy a peach."

The bill came and when I paid it I found that I had only enough or a very small tip. Her eyes stopped for a moment on the three francs I left for the waiter and I knew that she thought me mean. But when I walked out of the restaurant I had the whole month before me and not a penny in my pocket.

"Follow my example", she said as we shook hands, "and never eat more than one thing for luncheon."

"I’ll do better than that", I answered. "I’ll eat nothing for dinner tonight." "Humorist!" she cried, jumping into a cab. "You’re quite a humorist."

But I have had my revenge at least. Today she weighs about three hundred pounds. (After Somerset Maugham.)

Notes: 1.luncheon - a more formal word for "lunch"

2.to earn-зарабатывать

3.to flatter-льстить 4.to frighten-пугать 5.salmon-лосось

6.I could not afford it-я не могэтого позволить 7.to steal(stole, stolen)-красть, воровать 8.watch-часы

9.mean-скупой 10.revenge-месть

b) Say what you have learned about:

1.the woman’s behavior; 2.the reason for the author’s nervousness. c)Think and answer:

1.Why did the author agree to meet the woman at Foyot`s? 2.Why did the woman think the author mean?

3.With which of the characters do you sympathize?

d)Choose the proverb which best illustrates the idea of the story. Prove your choice and make up a dialogue.

1.Appetite comes with eating.

2.Eat at pleasure, drink with measure. 3.After dinner comes the reckoning.

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Unit 5

Theme: Clothes.

Grammar: The present perfect tense. The present perfect continuous tense. Text: Is it easy to be a photographer’s model?

Dialogue: Interview.

Grammar exercises

1. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense: Present Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous or Simple Past.

1.I (buy) a new house last year, but I (not sell) my old house yet, so at the moment I have two houses. 2. “Annie’s clothes are very dirty. What (she/do)?” “She (play) in the garden.” 3. You (wear) your hair long when you were at school? – Yes, my mother (insist) on it. But when I (leave) school I (cut) my hair and (wear) it short ever since. 4. Mr. Count (work) as a cashier for twenty-five years. Then he (retire) and (go) to live in the country. 5. I (lose) my black gloves. You (see) them anywhere? – I’m afraid I…. When you last (wear) them? – I (wear) them at the theatre. – Perhaps you (leave) them at the theatre. 6. I (not see) your aunt recently. – No. She (not be) out of her house since she (buy) her colour TV.

2.Translate from Russian into English.

1.Ты уже перевел текст? – Нет еще. В нем слишком много незнакомых слов.

2.Ты уже уложила вещи? Мы выезжаем через час. 3. Ты купил продукты, о которых я просила? – Да, я ходил за покупками после обеда. 4. Где вы купили этот чудесный ковер? – Он у меня с тех пор, как я переехал на эту квартиру. Я купил его три годаназад в Центральномунивермаге.

3. Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs where necessary.

1. Let’s go … that shop. I need a hat. Look … that hat. 2. Try it …, I think it’s too big … you. Don’t take it. It is not … fashion. 3. … Tuesdays she usually goes … the greengrocer’s. 4. We went … the grocer’s and bought a kilogram …sugar and two packets … biscuits. 5. He entered … a shoe department. He wanted to buy a pair … shoes … everyday wear. He did not want to buy anything expensive. He looked … a cheaper pair … shoes.

Changing time,

Changing styles

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Marks and Spencer is a chain of department stores which sell men's, women's and children's clothing, home furnishing, plants and food. The company was started in 1884 by a Russian refugee (беженец) Michael Marks. Tom Spencer joined him in 1894 and six years later they had 34 penny bazaars.1 Today there are 280 "M & S" stores in Britain and 600 company owned stores in the world. "M & S" sells 16 per cent of clothing and 5 per cent of Britain's food. "M & S" clothing is traditional in design and not very expensive. Some people call "Marks and Spencer" "Marks and Sparks" or "M & S".

Habitat

Terence Conran is one of Britain's best known designers. He introduced the idea of good design style in homes with the Habitat stores in the 1960s. You can buy everything you need for your house in hundreds of Habitat shops — tables, beds, chairs, carpets, curtains, cups, pots and pans. They are made in bright colours and in fresh design. Habitat furniture looks modern but friendly at the same time. It is also quite cheap. In 1986 T. Conran created the Storehouse Groups which included Habitat, Mother Care (baby clothes and products), Richard Shops (women's clothes), Heal's (furniture) and British Home Stores (clothes and interior decorations).

THE HISTORY OF COSTUME

WHAT DO YOU KNOW?

1)What do you know about clothes people wore in Britain in various periods of its history?

2)What can you tell about the history of costume in Russia?

2. Look at the photos which show the interiors and fashions of different periods. Read the descriptions to find the information about children's fashion.

a)In Tudor Times* furniture became better. Chairs replaced benches (скамьи) and stools. The most successful men and women of that period showed off (demonstrated) their wealth wearing silk, woollen and linen clothing. Children wore the same style of clothing as their parents.

b)In the 18th century children were no longer thought of as small grown-ups, but as people with special needs. Girls, however, continued to be victims (жертвы) of their parents' wish to match the popular idea of beauty: slim bodies, tight waists and pale appearance. To reach this aim parents made their daughters wear tightly waisted clothes. They gave them little food, because they didn't want their daughters to have unfashionably healthy appearance.

c)These years were the years of prosperity (процветание) for Britain. The whole nation was influenced by the standards set by Queen Victoria.* In the mid-Victorian era, people who followed fashion were condemned (осуждались). It was not only bad taste but also a sin (грех) to wear lace or frills.

d)In the period after the first World War British women won the right to vote. Their sense of independence (независимость) they showed off in wearing their hair short and wearing low-waisted and brief dresses. Young people drove fast cars and

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danced to wild new jazz music. But this period of extravagant behaviour soon came to an end.

A wealthy family in the 1560s

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