Vocabulary notes

Advent - приход, прибытие

Arbroath smokies - арбротские копчушки (мелкая копчёная пикша) название по Арброту, Шотландия

Brawn - засоленная свинина, консервированная свинина; студень из свиной головы и говяжьих ножек

Clotted cream - сливочный варенец (сливки сквашиваются путем нагревания и медленного охлаждения)

Condiment - приправа

Cornish pasty - корнуэльский пирожок (горячий, жареный; с начинкой из мяса, почек, картофеля и капусты) первоначально выпекался в графстве Корнуолл

Custard - сладкий крем (из яиц и молока)

Embellishment - украшение; декорирование

Flan - открытый пирог с фруктовой, ягодной (и т.п.) начинкой; заварной крем, запеченный с карамельной глазурью

Gravy - подливка (из сока жаркого), соус, сок

Joint - мясной отруб (a joint of meat — кусок мяса)

Kidney - почка

Lamb - (зд.) мясо молодого барашка

Lancashire Hotpot - ланкаширское рагу (то же, что hotpot)

Mainstay - главная поддержка, опора, оплот

Mushy - мягкий; кашеобразной консистенции; мятый

Oyster - устрица

Pickled - соленый; маринованный

Rhubarb crumble – толченый (тертый) ревень

Savoury - острый, пикантный, пряный; острое блюдо, острая закуска (подаваемая в качестве аперитива или диджестива)

Scone - ячменная или пшеничная лепешка

Scramble - взбалтывать (обычно яйца для болтуньи)

Shepherd's pie - картофельная запеканка с мясом

Tripe – рубец или желудок (у жвачного животного), потроха (мн.ч.)

Trifle - бисквит, пропитанный вином и залитый сбитыми сливками

Trotters - ножки (свиные и т. п. как блюдо)

Roast – жаркое; кусок мяса, пригодный для жарки или приготовления жаркого; жареный; to roast - жарить(ся); печь(ся) (особ. в духовке или на открытом огне)

Vinegar - уксус

TESTS

1. Britannia is…

1. a national anthem of the UK;

2. a personification of England;

3. a personification of the UK;

4. an emblem of the England national football team.

2. The flag of the UK is commonly known as …

1. the “Merry Roger”;

2. the “Union Cross”;

3. the “Union Jack”;

4. the “Stars and Stripes”.

3. In 1801 legislation united … to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

1. Great Britain with Wales;

2. Great Britain with Ireland;

3. Scotland with Ireland and Wales;

4. England with Scotland.

4. … established the Church of England.

1. Henry VIII;

2. Elizabeth I;

3. Queen Victoria;

4. William I the Conqueror.

5. … must nominate a head of government (Prime Minister).

1. the government;

2. the ministers;

3. the Parliament;

4. the monarch.

6. At present there are two main political parties in England: …

1. the Conservative Party and the Communist Party;

2. the Conservative Party and the Labour Party;

3. the Labour Party and the Royalists;

4. the Liberal Party and the Labour Party.

7. The United Kingdom does not have a constitutionally defined official language.

1. have a constitutionally defined official language (English);

2. does not have a constitutionally defined official language;

3. have two constitutionally defined official languages (English and Welsh);

4. have four constitutionally defined official languages (English and Welsh, Irish and Scottish Gaelic).

8. Presbyterianism is the official faith in….

1. Scotland;

2. England;

3. Wales;

4. Ireland.

9. … is the highest mountain in the British Isles.

1. Snowdon;

2. Slieve Donard;

3. Ben Nevis;

4. Scafell Pike.

10. England has ….

1. a subtropical climate, with plentiful rainfall all year round;

2. a temperate and oceanic climate, with plentiful rainfall in winter;

3. a very dry subtropical climate;

4. a temperate climate, with plentiful rainfall all year round.

11. Today only a small part of the English countryside is woodland, ….

1. a substantial amount of it is a state property;

2. a small part of it is privately owned;

3. a substantial amount of it is privately owned;

4. a half of is a state property.

12. …is London's main entertainment and shopping district, with locations such as Oxford Street, Leicester Square, Covent Garden and Piccadilly Circus acting as tourist magnets.

1. the East End;

2. the West End;

3. the City;

4. the North London.

13. … is a very famous exhibition of wax figures.

1. British Museum;

2. London Eye;

3. Tate Gallery;

4. Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum.

14. … is considered to be the world's first industrialised city.

1. Glasgow;

2. Manchester;

3. Edinburgh;

4. Liverpool.

15. Cardiff is the capital, largest and core city of ….

1. Wales;

2. England;

3. Ireland;

4. Scotland.

16. English children must go to school when they are ….

1. 5;

2. 7;

3. 6;

4. 8.

17. … is the oldest university in Scotland.

1. Oxford University;

2. Cambridge University;

3. The University of St Andrews;

4. Harward.

18. St. Patrick's Day honours ….

1. Scotland's patron saint;

2. England's patron saint;

3. Ireland's patron saint;

4. Wales’s patron saint.

19. The most popular English carryout dish is ... traditionally served with a side order of mushy peas with salt and vinegar as condiments.

1. fish and chips;

2. meat and chips;

3. roasted fish;

4. Sunday joint.

20. ... is the main business paper, printed on distinctive salmon-pink broadsheet paper.

1. The Sun;

2. The Financial Times;

3. The Guardian;

4. The Daily Telegraph.

21. Andrew Lloyd Webber is a world famous English….

1. ballet dancer;

2. composer;

3. playwright;

4. actor.

22. …is the most famous playwright in the world who wrote around 40 plays that are still performed in theatres across the world today.

1. William Shakespeare;

2. Christopher Marlowe;

3. Robert Burns;

4. John Osborne.

23. The Royal Albert Hall is …

1. a night club;

2. a theatre;

3. a concert hall;

4. a museum.

24. ... is a voluntary association of 53 independent sovereign states nearly all of which are former possessions of the British Empire.

1. the United Nations;

2. the Commonwealth of Nations (CN);

3. the UK;

4. UNESCO.

25. The world famous English band the Beatles appeared in ….

1. London;

2. Manchester;

3. Leeds;

4. Liverpool.