Read the text about family.
Michael Chrichton once said, "If you don't know your family's history, then you don't know anything. You are a leaf that doesn't know it is part of a tree." Every family has their own personal struggles, and in the end, the outcome is always stronger if you deal with them as a family. People have their own opinions, concerning the family values, and these opinions depend on numerous factors: culture, ethnic background, principles of living, the way, they were brought up, family traditions and so on. Besides, family values are something really important in your life. Respect in the family is an important factor as well. Every person needs a place, where he or she can find understanding, talk about his or her problems, be listened to, share feelings and emotions, love and be loved. This peaceful place is usually called home, and the people, who respect and understand you, are your family, aren’t they? “There is no place like home”, “East or west, home is best” - says the old proverbs. Or else: People of all the ages and nationalities strongly believe in the power of family and home atmosphere.
a) Match the words from the text in A with their definitions in B
1. respect – a. people who are closely related
2. honesty – b. to know the meaning of what someone is telling you
3. family – c. admiration for someone, especially because of their personal qualities,
knowledge or skill
4. support – d. to say that you agree with an idea, person, group etc. and want them to
succeed
5. understand – e. used to say that you really think that something is true
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Read the article and answer the questions bellow. Meals and Cooking Every person starts his or her day with breakfast. The English breakfast is a bit better, as it consists of one or two fried eggs, grilled sausages, bacon, tomatoes and mushrooms. The English have tea with milk and toast with butter and marmalade. As a choice one may have corn flakes with milk and sugar or porridge.
In Great Britain they have dinner at five or six. Soup may be served then, but one should not be misled by the word “soup”. British soup is just thin paste and a portion is three times smaller than in Ukraine. A lot of British prefer to eat but “Fish and Chips” shops are very popular with their take-away food. The more sophisticated public goes to Chinese, Italian, seafood or other restaurants and experiments with shrimp, inedible vegetables and hot drinks.
Supper in Ukraine means one more big meal at seven. The table groans with food again. In England it is just a small snack - a glass of milk with biscuits at ten.
Most Ukrainians have never counted calories and they are deeply convinced that their food is healthy. Some housewives may admit that it takes some time to prepare all the stuff, including pickles, home-made preserves and traditional Ukrainian pies and pancakes. But they don’t seem to mind too much and boil, fry, roast, grill, broil, bake and make. Paraphrasing a famous proverb one can say: ‘What is a Ukrainian man’s meat is a British man’s poison’.
Answer the questions 1. What does the English breakfast consist of?
2. At what time do British have their dinner?
3. What shops are very popular with their take-away food?
4. Where do the more sophisticated public go to?
5. Why have most Ukrainians never counted calories?
