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IV. Follow up activity

  • Speak about the pros and cons of British food.

Text V The story of Mr Eat

Mr. Eat is a big eater, not a poor one. He is fond of eating and eats a lot. We may also say that he eats well. People say that he has a sweet tooth, because he likes to eat sweet things.

Mr. Eat eats all the time; whenever you see him he is chewing something. He eats everything that is eatable (edible). Sometimes he even eats things that are uneatable (inedible).

When he admits that he was wrong and takes back his words, we say that he eats his words.

He seldom leaves anything on his plate, he always eats up everything he is given.

He eats everywhere. He eats in, and he very often eats out. He eats in restaurants and coffee houses, in canteens and self-service cafeterias, in dining rooms, lunchrooms and snack bars.

Whenever you say to him: “Let’s have a snack” or (“Let’s have a bite”), he will answer: “It’s better to have a meal”. When he sees that the table is laid for dinner and the waiter (or waitress) is coming up, he is very glad indeed.

He is always as hungry as a hunter – perhaps this is why he is not very particular about his table manners.

Once he went to stay with his relative, Mr. Food. In a few days, Mr. Food ran out of food – Mr. Eat ate him out of house and home.

Mr. Eat’s wife loves her husband very much because he is very meek and eats out of her hand. Sometimes she says jokingly that it saves her a lot of dishwashing.

  1. Retell the story.

  2. Paraphrase the italicized word combinations.

Text VI Dinner at the Browns’

Several days ago we were invited to a party. Of course, we accepted the invitation. “There is nothing like a party for raising our spirits,” I said to my wife. When she told me about it, to be quite frank, I even looked forward to the event. Mrs. Brown is a charming hostess. Besides, she has an excellent cook. So I was going to make the most delicious things which we were sure to be treated there to.

My wife was usually making a great fuss over every single article of clothing we were to have on. The whole day she had been looking for some sort of trimming to her new blue dress. And naturally she had no time to see to the dinner being prepared on time.

The meat was overdone and quite uneatable. But I was not too much upset looking forward to a substantial meal at the Browns’.

We were welcomed heartily. After the usual ceremony of introduction everybody tried to be as comfortable as could be. There were some very nice people among the guests but some were really dull.

Some unknown young lad proved to be very good at entertaining the whole company – he was the life and soul of the party. He was so full of jokes that he actually kept us laughing all the time. Soon we led our ladies to the dining room and took our seats at table.

The conversation began to die away. And however hard the host tried to keep it going, it became one-sided and dull in the extreme. It was high time the dinner was served. But for some reason or other the servants did not appear. Time dragged on and the tension increased. Even the host did not utter a sound having given up all hope of raising the spirits of the guests. There was but one thing that could save the party from being a complete failure – a substantial dinner.

At last the door opened and the butler appeared. Faces brightened up and we gave a sigh of relief. The butler approached the mistress of the house and bending over her said in a tragic whisper: “Apologies from the kitchen – it’s Cook’s day off”.

You should have seen the long faces the guests drew on hearing it. Well, it was really disgusting unless it was a joke.

  1. Give an oral (written) summary of the text and comment on it.

  2. Explain the difference between the words below:

On time – in time

To raise – to rise

To look for – to look after