III speech exercises

VIII. Перескажите текст урока.

IX. Дайте развернутые ответы на следующие вопросы:

1. What do you do to order dinner at a restaurant? 2. What dishes can you order at a restaurant? 3. Have you ever gone to a restaurant with foreign businessmen? What did you order for dinner? 4. What must you do to reserve a table at a restaurant in advance? 5. What do you drink toasts to after you make contracts?

X. Подтвердите или опровергните следующие утверждения, дайте обоснование:

Образец: Peter is pleased with his trip to Odessa.

Quite so. (You are right.) He says it was wonderful, or:

It isn 't (quite) so. I'm afraid you are not quite right. He says it was less pleasant than his previous trip.

1. Lunch at a restaurant is always pleasant. 2. You are to meet the representative of a British firm at 12. 3. We haven't enough time to get to the station. 4. Peter doesn't know English well enough to translate English letters. 5. The coat you've bought is fine. 6. Red wine goes nicely with meat. 7. It will be less difficult for you to read and understand English in the future. 8. I'm afraid you have forgotten to bring my book. 9. I've heard you look forward to having your holiday in winter. 10. There was a large choice of meat dishes on the menu.

XI. Закончите следующие ситуации:

1. Mr. Gray, a British businessman, with whom we have just made a contract accepted our invitation to dinner at the National restaurant. The following day ...

2. One day we came to a restaurant to have dinner. We had reserved a table in advance. We left our hats and coats in the cloak-room and were about to come into the hall...

3. One evening my friend invited me to have dinner at a restaurant. It was Saturday and I gladly accepted his invitation ...

4. My friend and I were having dinner at a hotel in Petersburg where we had come on business for a few days. We were sitting at a table when ...

XII. Прочитайте или прослушайте и перескажите следующие рассказы: an expensive dinner

A gentleman sent home to his wife a parrot for a birthday present. On the same day his wife bought a chicken and said to the cook, "A bird is coming for tonight's dinner. Cook it." The parrot arrived first and he cooked it. Then the husband came for dinner. "What's this?" he asked as the cook served the parrot.

His wife had no other choice but to tell him all. "That's too bad," said the gentleman. "The bird could speak five languages!"

"Then, why didn't it say a word?" asked his wife.

expensive дорогой; a parrot попугай;

a birthday present подарок надень рождения;

a bird птица; a cook повар

THE BOY AND THE CAKES

A train arrived at a small station. A passenger looked out of the window and saw a woman who was selling cakes. The gentleman wanted to buy one, but the woman was standing very far from the carriage.

As the gentleman didn't want to go out he called a little boy whom he saw near by and asked him, "How much is a cake?" "Threepence, sir," answered the boy. Then the gentleman gave him sixpence and said. "Bring me a cake and with the other three pence buy one for yourself."

A few minutes later the boy was back. He was eating a cake. He gave the gentleman three pence change and said, "There was only one cake, sir."

a cake пирожное; to look out of the window смотреть из окна;

to call [ko:l] звать; for yourself для себя; change сдача

A PIECE OF CHEESE

One day Mr. Wells came to see his friends Mr. and Mrs. Wilson. They were sitting at the table and having tea. There was milk and sugar, some ham and bread and butter on the table, but there was no cheese. The mistress of the house said, "I am sorry. I have no cheese in the house to-day" and gave Mr. Wells another cup of tea. "Oh. it's all right," answered Mr. Wells, though he liked cheese most of all.

Mrs. Wilson's little boy was also at the table. He didn't say a word, but got up from his chair and hurried out of the room.

A few minutes later he came back and gave the guest a small piece of cheese. Mr. Wells was about to put it into his mouth when he said, "That's a good boy! I see you have better eyes than your mother. Where have you found this piece of i cheese?" The boy answered with a smile, "In the mouse-trap".

the mistress of the house хозяйка дома; a guest гость;

a mouth рот; an eye глаз; a mouse-trap мышеловка