Exercises to the text:

I. Translate the words and words combinations from English into Russian. Build up your own sentences with them:

Social rules, integrate into, behaviour of inhabitants, worst mistake, national habit, in recent years, late at night, active role, without permission, to pass down.

II. Choose the Russian equivalents to the English word combinations:

1. country	1. считать, полагать
2. always	2. легкая закуска
3. to consider	3. получать
4. snack	4. ждать, ожидать
5. often	5. садиться в автобус
6. turn	6. гласность, публичность
7. polite	7. страна
8. to wait	8. поворот
9. publicity	9. часто
10. to get on	10. вежливый
	11. всегда
	12. змея

III. Fill in the blanks with the words given below and build up general questions to the sentences:

1. British women didn't go into pubs at the beginning of this century because it was not considered respectable behaviour for a …. .

2. One of the worst mistakes is to get on a bus without waiting your … in the queue.

3. Britons may be surprised to see young … in res­taurants in the evening.

4. In recent years … has received a lot of bad publicity, and fewer British people now smoke.

5. Social rules are an important part of our … as they passed down through history.

Children, culture, turn, woman, smoking

IV. Confirm or rebut the following statements:

1. Good and bad manners make up the political rules of a coun­try.

2. Now neither women nor men drink freely in pubs.

3. Many companies have banned smoking in their offices and canteens.

4. Children are now accepted in many pubs and restaurants.

5. It is considered rude or bad manners to smoke in someone's house without permission.

V. Choose the right English equivalent to the words in brackets:

1. They are not always easy (учить) because they are often not written down in books.

a) to study

b) to learn

c) to teach

2. Visitors to Britain are often surprised by the strange (поведение) of the inhabitants.

a) policy

b) behaviour

c) response

3. The other people in the (очередь) will probably complain loudly!

a) queue

b) turn

c) volley

4. Smoking is now (запрещено) on the London Underground, in cinemas and theaters and most buses.

a) to suppress

b) to outlaw

c) to ban

5. If children (шуметь) in public or in a restaurant it is considered very rude.

a) to kick up a row

b) talk a lot

c) to make a noise

VI. Translate the sentences from Russian into English:

1. Стояние в очереди – национальная привычка, и считается хорошей манерой вежливо дождаться своей очереди.

2. Британии в порядке вещей увидеть людей, перекусывающих по дороге, особенно во время ленча.

3. Становится все более и более неприемлемым курить в общественном месте.

4. Неписанные правила Великобритании нелегко выучить, потому что обычно о них не пишут в книгах.

5. Если ты в Риме, делай по-римски.

VII. Comment on the expression “When in Rome, do as the Romans do”.

Text № 2

I. Words to be learnt:

to be connected with – быть связанным с

Catholic country – католическая страна

to decide – решать

to divorce – развестись

to refuse – отказать

permission – разрешение

the Anglican church – англиканская церковь

to re-enter – снова войти, вернуться

to relax – расслабляться

II. Read the text and

1. state the main idea of the text;

2. prepare an oral summary of the text.

RELIGION IN GREAT BRITAIN

British religion used to be closely connected with kings, queens and politics. England was a Roman Catholic country until 1534. In 1525 King Henry VIII decided to divorce his queen, Catherine of Aragon, because he fell in love with Anne Boleyn. But when Henry asked the Pope for permission to di­vorce Catherine, he refused. Henry was so angry with the Pope that he ended all contact between England and Rome. He di­vorced Catherine of Aragon without the Pope's permission and married Anne Boleyn.

In 1534 Parliament named Henry head of the Church of England. This was the beginning of the An­glican Church. The Anglican Church did not start as a Protes­tant Church and Henry certainly did not regard himself as a Protestant. However the Protestant movement in Europe was growing very strong at that time. When Henry quarreled with Rome and ordered the Bible to be translated into English, the way was open for Protestantism to spread in England.

Over the next years many people changed to this new religion. In 1553 Mary, Henry's daughter by Catherine of Aragon, became Queen of England. The country re-entered the Roman Church, because she was a Roman Catholic. Protestants were glad when Mary died, because while she was Queen, many Protestants were burned for their beliefs. After Marry, Elizabeth became head of the Anglican Church and Roman Catholicism was ne­ver again the official religion in England.

The Church of England is still the established church in England nowadays. But in spite of the great variety of forms of worship, only a minority of people regularly go to church in Britain today. Most people see Sunday more аs a day for relaxing with the family or for doing jobs around the house and the garden.

Discussing questions:

1. Was England a Roman Catholic country until 1534?

2. Why did Henry decide to divorce the queen?

3. What was the beginning of the Anglican Church?

4. Were Protestants glad when Mary died?

5. What is the established church in England nowadays?