Answer the questions 1. What dinners does every restaurant offer you?
2. What does “Table а la carte” mean?
3. Where can you see one of the waiters?
4. Why has the waiter put the bottle of wine into the ice-bucket?
5. What refreshing beverages can you also order?
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Meals in Britain The usual British meals are breakfast, lunch, tea, dinner and supper.
Traditional breakfast is a very big meal - sausages, bacon, eggs, tomatoes, mushrooms, etc. But nowadays many people just have cereal with milk and sugar, or toast with marmalade, jam, or honey. Marmalade and jam are not the same! Marmalade is made from oranges and jam is made from other fruit. The traditional breakfast drink is tea, which people have with cold milk. Some people have coffee, often instant coffee, which is made with just hot water. Many visitors to Britain find this coffee disgusting!
For many people lunch is a quick meal. In cities there are a lot of bars, where office workers can choose the kind of bread they want - brown, white, or a roll - and then all sorts of salad and meat or fish to go in the sandwich. Pubs often serve good, cheap food, both hot and cold. Schoolchildren can have a hot meal at school, but many just take a snack from home - a sandwich, a drink, some fruit, and perhaps some crisps.
Afternoon tea means two things. It is a drink and a meal! Some people have afternoon tea with sandwiches or cakes. Cream teas are very popular. You may also have scones (a kind of cake) with cream and jam.
The evening meal is the main meal of the day for many people. They usually have it quite early, between 6 and 8 pm, and often the whole family eats together.
Answer the questions 1. What are the usual British meals?
2. What is marmalade made from?
3. Why do many visitors to Britain find instant coffee disgusting?
4. What do pubs often serve?
5. Why is the evening meal the main meal of the day for many people?
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Stories about national meals Typical American meals are barbecue, grilled vegetables, and ribs. A very popular beverage is lemon tea. In the morning Americans have a bowl of cereal, bacon, egg, toast with jelly and a bagel. The usual noontime meal consists of something light and quick to eat. It may be a hot dog or a hamburger. After work people often have dinner. It consists of milk, and some meat. Americans also enjoy carrots, peas, spinach, beets, tomatoes, and green beans. The meat could be chicken, turkey, beef, or pork. They seldom sit at the table and eat very long; they "eat and run". The usual meals in Russia are breakfast, dinner, and supper. Russian people prefer omelets, boiled or fried eggs or just some porridge. They are 3 coursers in Russian dinner. For the first course they usually have soup: schi, borsch, rice soup with meat and potatoes, chicken broth. For the second course they like eating fried meat, cutlets with potatoes. For dessert they take stewed fruit, tea with lemon and sugar. The best typical Russian food is okroshka. It is fresh. Some people dislike eating pelmeni, because they are fat. It's difficult for stomach to deal with it. But you'll never leave Russian table being hungry.
a)Can you tell the proverbs about meal.
