partner from each group and exchange your stories. Have you ever had a
bad holiday experience?
1. Maureen Lipman.
Well, after the typhoons in Florida, and two weeks of non-stop rain in Australia,
I thought this was going to be different. I was the first person to get my bags at
the airport – which usually never happens to me – and the hotel was excellent.
Then the phone rang. ‘Ms. Lipman?’ said a voice. ‘Yes?’ I said. ‘I think I’ve got
your suitcase,’ said a voice.
Just going now to change the suitcase.
Love, Maureen.
2. Leslie Thomas.
Greeting from Milan! Confused? Here’s why I’m in Italy. At the end of my French
holidays I drove very fast in order not to miss the train to Bologna. I was very late.
When I wanted to put my car on the train, the guard said I was too late. So I did the
kind of thing I never do and drove through the men and onto the train. When an
official came up to me, I said, ‘I’m not moving’. ‘Where are you going?’ he asked.
“Bologna.’ I replied. ‘Monsieur’, he said, ‘this train is going to Milan’.
See you soon! Leslie.
3. Clair Rayner.
When we came to the Caribbean we were looking forward to a very comfortable
holiday. But it’s awful. The hotel’s terrible. The plughole in our washbasin isn’t
connected to the pipe and there’s water all over the bedroom. I went for a swim
in the pool and came face to face with a rat! We decided to take a tour. But the
taxi-driver didn’t go faster than 5 mph. Worst of all, we’ve booked for two
weeks and can’t get an early flight home, so we’ll have to stay.
See you on the 10
th
, Clair.
Group 1.
1. On Maureen’s earlier holiday in Florida there were ___.
2. When she went to Australia ___.
3. She thought this holiday was going to be different because she was ___.
4. Unfortunately, at the airport she took ___.
Group 2.
1. Leslie wanted to catch ___.
2. He drove fast because ___.
3. When he tried to drive the car onto the train, the guard ___.
4. Unfortunately, the train was going ___.
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Group 3.
1. Clair wanted her holiday in the Caribbean to be ___.
2. There were problems with ___.
3. The tour they took was also bad because the taxi driver ___.
4. Unfortunately, she had to stay for two weeks ___.
Task 10. Give Russian equivalents of the proverbs if possible and use them
in the situations of your own.
1. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. 2. Every country has its customs.
3. East or West, home is best. 4. There is no place like home. 5. So many
countries, so many customs.
II. GRAMMAR ACTIVITIES
Task 11. Complete the sentences with your own predictions.
1. The weather ___ warm in the next few years. (get) 2. There ___ a world
government before the year 2050. (be) 3. There ___ a world war before the
year 2050. (be) 4. Private cars ___ before the year 2100. (disappear)
5. English ___ the world language in the year 2100. (be) 6. Everybody ___ a
computer in the year 2100. (have) 7. Everybody/Not everybody ___ enough
to eat in the year 2100. (have) 8. Clothes ___ very different in the year
2100. (be)
Task 12. Here are some sentences taken from recorded conversations. Can
you put the beginnings and ends together?
Beginnings Ends
Buy the cat food here.
Don’t give her your keys.
He’ll need somebody
I must get back to work,
If I give her a shout,
If you put lemon in it,
One day you’ll be old,
She’ll be fourteen
She’ll forget
to help him.
she’ll come and help.
about you.
otherwise I’ll get the sack.
It’ll be cheaper.
on May 12
th
.
She’ll only lose them.
he’ll drink it.
and then your kids will laugh at
you.
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Task 13. Look at the diary and correct the following sentences.
AUGUST
Week 34
22 Sunday
Tennis with Barbara 10am
Matthew afternoon
23 Monday
10.15 Mrs. Parson
Oxford office (9.00 train)
Accountants 4.00pm
24 Tuesday
25 Wednesday
George’s funeral 9.00
Lunch James 12.30
26 Thursday
To Amsterdam KLM 147, 8.00
Back 18.50 KLM 156
27 Friday
Theatre Royal with Polly
28 Saturday
RACES
1. She’s playing tennis on Sunday afternoon. 2. She’s having lunch with James
at 12.30 on Tuesday. 3. She’s flying to Rotterdam on Thursday. 4. She’s
meeting Mrs. Parson in the London office. 5. She’s going to a funeral on
Wednesday afternoon. 6. She’s meeting the accountants at 12.00 on Monday.
7. She’s going to the theatre on Saturday evening. 8. She’s spending Friday at
the races. 9. Matthew is coming to see her on Sunday morning. 10. She’s driving
to the meeting with Mrs. Parson.
Task 14. Choose the correct tense.
1. When (does/will) school start? 2. The plane (arrives/will arrive) at 10.00.
3. I (write/will write) soon. 4. We (go/are going) to Spain some time soon.
5. I (stop/will stop) smoking after Christmas. 6. I (have/will have) a lecture at
9.00 tomorrow. 7. The train (won’t/doesn’t) stop at Oxford. 8. I (come/will
come) round after 7.00. 9. I (play/am playing) football tomorrow. 10. I (post/will
post) your letters.
Task 15. Which form do you feel is best?
1. Alice (will have/is going to have) a baby. With a bit of luck, the baby
(will have/is going to have) Alice’s eyes. 2. (I will play/I’m playing tennis)
with Stan on Sunday. (He’ll win/He’s winning). He always does. 3. Don’t
tell her. (She’ll tell/She’s going to tell) everybody else. 4. What’s
happening? The train (won’t stop/isn’t going to stop)! 5. One day
everybody (will have/is going to have) proper housing. 6. (She’ll get
married/She’s getting married) on Friday at the local church. 7. (It will
rain/It’s going to rain) – look at the clouds. 8. If it gets any colder, (it will
snow/it’s going to snow).
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Task 16. Read about what Jenny, Mark and James hope will happen in the
future. Make sentences using If … , … will… .
e.g. If I don’t go out much, I’ll do more work. If I do more work, I’ll … .
Jenny. If … I don’t go out so much => do more work => pass my exams => go
to university => study medicine => become a doctor => earn a good salary.
Mark. If … I stop smoking => have more money => save some every week =>
be rich when I’m thirty => have my own business => make a lot of money =>
retire when I’m forty.
James. If … I win a lot of money => travel round the world => visit London =>
stay at the best hotels => eat at the best restaurants => spend a lot of money =>
be happy => throw a party => invite my friends => enjoy myself.
Task 17. Put the correct verb form (present tense or will…).
1. If you ___ there first, keep a seat for me. (get) 2. I’ll see you again when I ___
next in London. (be) 3. I don’t know when I ___ a job. (find) 4. I’ll open the
window when it ___ raining. (stop) 5. You can borrow my coat if you ___ it
back. (bring) 6. If you ___ a seat, I’ll see if the doctor’s free. (take) 7. Can you
tell me when Mr. Ellis ___ here next? (be) 8. Come back again soon if you ___ a
chance. (get)
Task 18. Put when or if into each gap.
1. ___ I go home tonight, I’ll have a bath. 2. ___ there is a good programme on
TV, I’ll watch it. 3. ___ there’s nothing in the fridge, we’ll eat out. 4. I’ll pay
you back the money ___ I get my next pay cheque. 5. We’ll go skiing next
winter ___ we have enough money. 6. ___ it’s a nice day tomorrow, we’ll go
swimming. 7. I’m coming to London tomorrow. I’ll phone you ___ I arrive.
8. We’re thinking of going to Spain for our holidays. ___ we decide to go, I’ll
let you know.
III. IMPROVING YOUR LISTENING SKILLS
Task 19. Listen to the dialogue and fill in the gaps. Then act it out.
Man: Where are you going for _____ this year? Have you decided?
Woman: Yes, we are going to Corsica.
Man: Oh. I know Corsica well. I _____ a year there.
Woman: Really? What’s it like?
Man: It’s very beautiful. It’s got everything. _____, _____ and good weather.
Woman: And what are the people like?
Man: They are quite independent, but when you get to know them, they’re very
_____. You’ll have _____.
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MOSCOW
(Unit 11)
I. READING AND DISCUSSING THE TOPIC
Task 1. Read the text “Moscow” and do the tasks following it.
Of all the towns and cities in Russia the largest and the most important is
Moscow, the capital of the Russian Federation, the seat of the Government.
Moscow has the population of more than 9 million people.
The history of Moscow began in 1147 with Yury Dolgoruky and since
then it has always had a leading place in the life of the country. Under the tsars
the Government of Russia was in St. Petersburg, though Moscow remained the
heart of Russia. In 1918 after the October Revolution the Soviet Government
moved to the Moscow Kremlin.
Moscow is important not only politically, but also as a scientific,
industrial and cultural centre of Russia. It has hundreds of scientific institutions
and higher educational establishments, Moscow University including. The Lenin
Library and the Library of Foreign Literature contain hundreds of thousands of
works written by the greatest authors of all times and countries.
Some of Russia’s biggest works and factories, motorcar works and textile
factories, are in Moscow.
Moscow is also a great transport centre. It has 7 big railway stations and
several large airports. Its two river ports join Moscow to five seas and many
foreign countries.
Moscow is beautiful. The citizens and tourists admire its straight and
broad streets and avenues. The heart of Moscow is Red Square. Here one can
see St. Basil’s Cathedral. It is the masterpiece of Russian architecture. But first
of all everybody knows Red Square because the Kremlin is situated here. Old
churches, monuments and modern housing construction in all districts make
Moscow a real living museum of architecture, art, culture and history.
The museums, art galleries, theatres and historical monuments in the
Russian capital make it very important for the world culture. The Pushkin
Museum of Fine Arts, the History Museum and the State Tretyakov Gallery are
worth visiting. And who has not heard of the Bolshoy Theatre, the Maly
Theatre, the Vakhtangov or Mayakovsky Theatres?
You know, I myself was in Moscow about 8 years ago and all I remember
is Red Square, escalators, carrying me to the trains in metro, the Zoo and
delicious ice cream. Of course, if I get to Moscow some day I will have to start
getting acquainted with the capital anew.
Active vocabulary
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a capital – столица
-
population – население
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a government – правительство
-
scientific – научный
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industrial – промышленный
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cultural – культурный
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a higher educational establishment – высшее учебное заведение
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a works – завод
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a factory – завод, фабрика
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a monument – памятник
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a church – церковь (a cathedral – кафедральный собор)
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housing construction – жилое сооружение
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architecture – архитектура
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to get acquainted – познакомиться, узнать
Task 2. Answer the following questions on the text.
1. What is the largest and the most important city in Russia?
2. Is St. Petersburg the capital of the Russian Federation?
3. Where is the seat of the Russian Government?
4. What is the population of Moscow?
5. When did the history of Moscow begin?
6. The Russian Government moved to Moscow from St. Petersburg after the
October Revolution, didn’t it?
7. Is Moscow an important political, scientific, industrial and cultural centre of
Russian?
8. What industrial factories are there in Moscow?
9. Why is Moscow a great transport centre?
10. What is Red Square famous for?
11. Moscow is a living museum of architecture, art, culture and history, isn’t it?
12. What makes Moscow important for the world culture?
Task 3. Study the following conversational formulae.
1. I’d like to go on an excursion about the city. - Я бы хотел поехать на
экскурсию по городу. 2. Let’s go sightseeing. - Давайте осмотрим
достопримечательности. 3. Would you like to see the sights of this town? - Вы
хотели бы посмотреть достопримечательности этого города? 4. There are
many places of interest in Moscow. - В
Москве
много
достопримечательностей. 5. I suggest we should go and see the sights today. -
Я предлагаю осмотреть достопримечательности сегодня.
Task 4. Read the dialogue and act it out.
- Is it possible to see anything of Moscow in one or two days?
- Well, yes, but, of course, not half enough.
- What do you think I ought to see first?
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- Well, if you are interested in churches and historical places you should
go to St. Basil’s Cathedral, the Kremlin with its towers and the Armory
Chamber and the Diamond Chamber. Do you like art?
- Rather!
- Then why not go to the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts or the State
Tretyakov Gallery?
- What about going to the Zoo?
- That’s not a bad idea. You could spend a couple of hours there
comfortably, or even a whole afternoon, watching the wild animals and birds.
- I’ll do that then. How do I get there?
- Let me see. You’d better go by underground. I suppose it is three stops
from here.
- Is it much of a walk?
- Oh, no, half an hour or so, but if you are in a hurry, why not take a taxi?
- I think I will. Ah, here’s one coming. Taxi! The Zoo, please.
Task 5. Translate from Russian into English using your active vocabulary.
1. Население Москвы составляет 9 миллионов человек. 2. Москва –
столица России. 3. История Москвы началась в 1147 году. 4. Москва всегда
занимала ведущее место в жизни государства. 5. Москва – сердце России,
ее политический, научный, промышленный и культурный центр.
6. В Москве много научно-исследовательских институтов и высших
учебных заведений. 7. В Москве находятся многие заводы и фабрики, она
также большой транспортный центр. 8. Кремль – шедевр старинной
русской архитектуры. 9. Я люблю московские памятники, церкви,
кафедральные соборы и музеи. 10. Пушкинский музей изобразительных
искусств и Третьяковская галерея – известные музеи, имеющие значение
для мировой культуры.
II. GRAMMAR ACTIVITIES
Task 6. Join the beginnings and ends to make sensible sentences.
Beginnings Ends
After he had tried on six pairs of shoes
After Mary had done all the shopping
When I had washed and dried the last
plate
When Mark had looked through all the
drawers in his room
When he had finished eating lunch
he decided he liked the first ones
best.
he started looking through the
cupboards downstairs.
she took a short walk round the
park.
he went to the café in the square
for a cup of tea.
Paul came in and offered help.
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Task 7. Open the brackets using the Past Simple or Past Perfect Tense.
1. I (be) sorry that I (not be) nice to her. 2. Nobody (come) to the meeting
because Angela (forget) to tell people about it. 3. I (see) her somewhere before –
I (know). 4. Because he (not check) the oil for so long, the car (break) down. 5.
She couldn’t find the book that I (lend) her. 6. All the people we (invite) turned
up, and some that we (not invite). 7. They (never) find where he (hide) the
money. 8. It was a firm that I (never hear) of.
Sequence of Tenses
I know they always go to Italy in June. I knew they always went to Italy in June.
I know they went to Italy in June.
I knew they had gone to Italy in June.
I know they will go to Italy in June.
I knew they would go to Italy in June.
Direct and Indirect Speech
Direct Speech
Indirect Speech
Present Simple. He said to me, “I study
English”.
Past Simple. He told me he
studied English.
Past Simple. He said to me, “I studied
English last year”.
Past Perfect. He told me he had
studied English the year before.
Future Simple. He said to me, “I will
study English next year”.
Future Simple-in-the-Past. He
told me he would study English the
next year.
Present Continuous. He said to me, “I
am studying English now”.
Past Continuous. He told me he
was studying English then.
Past Continuous. He said to me, “I was
studying English at 6 o’clock yesterday”.
Past Perfect Continuous. He told
me he had been studying English at
6 o’clock the previous day.
Future Continuous. He said to me, “I
will be studying English at 6 o’clock
tomorrow”.
Future Continuous-in-the Past.
He told me he would be studying
English at 6 o’clock the next day.
Present Perfect. He said to me, “I have
studied English”.
Past Perfect. He told me he had
studied English.
Past Perfect. He said to me, “I had
studied English”.
Past Perfect. He told me he had
studied English.
Future Perfect. He said to me, “I will
have studied English by next year”.
Future Perfect-in-the-Past. He
told me he would have studied
English by the next year.
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Adverbs and Demonstrative Pronouns
Direct Speech
Indirect Speech
this that
these those
now then
today that
day
tonight that
night
tomorrow
the next day
next day
the next day
in 2 minutes
2 minutes later
yesterday
the previous day = the day before
2 days ago
2 days before
last year
the year before
here there
Useful Phrases
he said to me
he told me
he added
he noted
he emphasized
he remarked
Task 8. Open the brackets and use the sentences in them as main clauses.
Observe the rule of Sequence of Tenses.
1. The children are playing in the yard. (She thought) 2. Her friend will come to
see her. (She hoped) 3. Father has repaired the bicycle. (He thought) 4. He
knows English very well. (I supposed) 5. She made no mistakes in her dictation.
(She was glad) 6. He works at his English hard. (I knew) 7. My brother has
received a very interesting offer from his firm. (I learnt) 8. She will come to stay
with us. (My aunt wrote in her letter) 9. He is painting a new picture. (We heard)
10. My friend has never been to Washington. (I knew) 11. She never drinks
milk. (I knew) 12. He did not know German at all. (I found out)
Task 9. Report the following sentences in indirect speech.
1. “My friend lives in Moscow”, said Alec. 2. “You have not done your work
well”, said the teacher to me. 3. The poor man said to the rich man, “My horse is
wild”. 4. The rich man said to the judge, “This man’s horse has killed mine”.
5. “This man spoke to me on the road”, said the woman. 6. “I can’t explain this
word to you”, said the boy to me. 7. The teacher said to the class, “We shall
discuss this subject tomorrow”. 8. The woman said to her son, “I am glad I am
here”. 9. Mike said, “We have bought these books today”. 10. She said to me,
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“Now I can read your translation”. 11. Our teacher said, “Thackeray’s novels are
very interesting”. 12. She said, “I read “Jane Eyre” last year”.
Task 10. Translate from Russian into English.
1. Мы вчера узнали, что она больна. 2. Он думал, что она не придет в
школу. 3. Я знал, что моя сестра изучает французский язык, и думал, что
она поедет в Париж. 4. Мне сказали, что ты мне звонил. 5. Я думал, что ты
в Москве. 6. Я знал, что ты уже вернулся в Санкт-Петербург. 7. Она знала,
что мы никогда не видели ее картины. 8. Мы надеялись, что поедем в
Лондон. 9. Учитель сказал, что наши друзья прислали письмо из Лондона.
10. Мы видели, что дети играли в песке.
WE
DO
NOT
LIVE
TO
EAT,
BUT
EAT
TO
LIVE
(Unit 12)
I. READING AND DISCUSSING THE TOPIC
Task 1. Read the text “Meals”.
We in our family have three meals a day: breakfast in the morning, dinner
at about 2 pm, and supper in the evening. As all of us work or study and have to
get up early our breakfast is usually a hasty meal, we just have a bite. It is
usually a sausage or cheese sandwich or bread and butter with jam or marmalade
and tea or coffee. My younger brother likes a plate of cornflakes with milk and
sugar. In winter we can also have some porridge to keep us warm.
On weekdays our dinner is not a fancy thing as a rule. We begin with a
glass of juice: my parents like tomato juice, my brother likes peach juice and I
prefer apple or orange juice. Then comes a starter, some meat or vegetable salad
according to the season. For the first course we have soup. My father likes
cabbage soup with sour-cream, my mother’s favourite is noodle soup, my
brother fancies pea soup and I prefer clear soup. For the second course we have
fish and chips, or chops or cutlets with stewed vegetables or mashed potatoes.
We don’t usually have dessert on weekdays, there is just tea or coffee to finish
with. But on some festive occasions we enjoy ice-cream, tasty tarts and delicious
blueberry and strawberry pies my mother makes. She has a sweet tooth, you
know. Dinner is the most substantial meal of the day. Supper comes at 7 pm and
is usually a light meal. We have an omelette with sausage or scrambled eggs
with ham or bacon, sometimes pancakes with honey, or jam and milk.
Many students of our University have lunch or dinner at the canteen. It is
a self-service room. So first we get a tray, spoons, forks and glasses and then we
take some bread at the beginning of the counter. There is always a good choice
of dishes on the menu and you can have something to your taste. To begin with
you can have a glass of juice or mixed salad. There is always some soup to
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follow. For the second course you can have fried fish with mashed potatoes or
macaroni or beefsteak. We pay for our food at the cash-desk then go to the table,
sit down and eat.
But it is not very often that we have a substantial meal at the canteen,
more often we go to the buffet to have a bite. Normally, it is a sandwich, or a
piece of pie or cake with a glass of tea, coffee or juice. As for me I prefer to
have meals at home, of course. I enjoy cooking, especially on Sunday.
Active Vocabulary
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a meal – еда, прием пищи
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food – еда, продукты питания
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breakfast – завтрак
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lunch – второй завтрак
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dinner – обед
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supper – ужин
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to have a bite – перекусить
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a starter – закуска
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the first course – первое блюдо
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the second course – второе блюдо
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the sweet = dessert – десерт
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to have a sweet tooth – быть сладкоежкой
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a canteen – кафетерий, столовая
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self-service – самообслуживание
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a dish – блюдо
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a menu – меню
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to have smth to one’s taste – выбрать что-л. по вкусу
-
a buffet – буфет
Food.
1. Bread, meat, fish, butter, eggs, cheese, sugar, sausage, bacon.
2. Potatoes, tomatoes, carrots, cabbage, cucumbers, peas, onions, radish.
3. Salt, pepper, mustard.
4. Water, milk, tea, coffee, cocoa, beer, wine, fruit-juice.
5. Soup (clear, cabbage, pea, vegetable), porridge, macaroni, salad (vegetable,
mixed, prawn cocktail), mashed potatoes, fried potatoes, chops, cutlets,
beefsteak, chicken, goose.
6. Pudding, cake, sweets, pie, ice-cream, jam, honey, jelly, stewed fruit.
7. Apples, pears, plums, oranges, tangerines, grapes, bananas, berries, cherries,
peaches, nuts, melons, watermelons.
8. To have (to eat, to drink), to dine, to cook, to fry, to boil, to taste.
9. To lay (mind: laid, laid) the table, to sit down to table, to be (to sit) at table,
to clear the table, to be hungry, to be thirsty; Help yourself to smth; Have some
more; No more, thank you.
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Task 2. Fill in prepositions where necessary.
1. My little sister likes chocolate cornflakes ___ milk in the morning. 2. I prefer
chicken broth ___ cabbage soup. 3. We in our family like to have bananas,
berries or grapes according ___ the season. 4. I usually have tomato soup ___
the first course. 5. Sometimes I have dinner ___ the university canteen. 6. There
is a nice restaurant near my house with a good choice ___ dishes ___ the menu.
7. Sweet things are not ___ my taste as I like fruit more. 8. We usually begin our
big Sunday dinner ___ prawn cocktail.
Task 3. Read the recipe and then share your favourite dish recipe with your
group mates.
Potato Pancake
One pound of boiled potatoes, two tomatoes, butter, tablespoon flour, seasoning,
parsley, one small finely chopped onion
Mash the potatoes in butter. Don’t use any milk. Season. Add the chopped
onion, chopped tomatoes, flour, and a handful of chopped parsley. Mix well.
Lightly oil a flat baking dish and put in the potatoes. Shape into a fairly thick
circular cake. Brush lightly with melted butter and bake in a hot oven until
brown on top.
Task 4. Read the dialogues and act them out.
In a Restaurant.
W.: Can I take your order, gentlemen?
A.: Yes, fish and chips for me, please.
W.: And you, sir, have you chosen something?
B.: Yes, I think I’ll have the curry.
W.: And to follow?
B.: I’d like some ice-cream and coffee, please.
A.: No sweet for me, thanks. I’d like some fruit, if you have any.
At Lunch.
H.: You must have some more chicken.
C.: No, really thank you. I’m on a diet.
H.: Now you Roger, do have the rest of the meat pie. It’s delicious, isn’t it?
R.: Oh yes, lovely. But I’m afraid I won’t have room for your special pudding.
C.: Come on, Roger, you can manage it all right.
R.: Ok, but only a small piece to please you.
H.: Enjoy your meal.
Task 5. Read English jokes about food and say whether there are food jokes
in your country.
1. A man was having breakfast in an English hotel. He took a drink from
his cup and then said to the waiter,
“Waiter, is this tea or coffee?”
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The waiter said, “Can’t you tell the difference, sir, by the taste?”
“No,” the man said, “I can’t.”
“Well,” answered the waiter, “if you can’t tell the difference, what does it matter
which it is?”
2. A man was having soup in an English hotel. The waiter gave it to him
and then, looking out of the window, said to the man, “It looks like rain, sir.”
”Yes,” said the man, as he took a spoonful of soup, “and it tastes like rain,
too”.
3. King George III of England was in the country one day and stopped at a
small hotel for lunch. He wasn’t very hungry, so he had only two boiled eggs.
He ate them and asked for the bill. The landlord gave him the bill – two pounds.
The King said, “What! Two pounds for two eggs? Eggs must be very scarce
here.”
“No, sir,” said the landlord, “eggs are not scarce – but kings are”.
Task 6. Read the text “Meals in Britain” and do the tasks following it.
A traditional English breakfast is a very big meal – sausages, bacon, eggs,
tomatoes, mushrooms... 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
sandwich 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. School-
children 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.
“Tea” means two things. It is a drink and a meal! Some people have
afternoon tea, with sandwiches, cakes, and, of course, a cup of tea. Cream teas
are popular. You have scones (a kind of cake) with cream and jam. At the
weekends people often invite their friends to have a chat over a cup of tea.
The evening meal is the most substantial meal of the day. They usually
have dinner between 6.00 and 8.00, and often the whole family eats together.
On Sundays many families have a traditional lunch. They have roast meat,
either beef, lamb, chicken, or pork, with potatoes, vegetables, and gravy. Gravy
is a sauce made from the meat juices.
The British like food from other countries, too, especially Italian, French,
Chinese, and Indian. People often get take-away meals – you buy the food at the
restaurant and then bring it home to eat. Eating in Britain is quite international!
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True/False
1) Many British people have a big breakfast.
2) People often have cereal or toast for breakfast.
3) Marmalade is different from jam.
4) People drink tea with hot milk.
5) Many foreign visitors love instant coffee.
6) All British people have a hot lunch.
7) Pubs are good places to go for lunch.
8) British people eat dinner late in the evening.
9) Sunday lunch is a special meal.
10) When you get a take-away meal, you eat it at home.
Task 7. What do you know about meals in other countries? Read and
complete the text with the names of the countries.
India Switzerland Britain Japan Italy
1. They eat a lot of potatoes in Britain, in many different forms, including jacket
potatoes and chips – fish and chips is a famous take-away food. You can find a
lot of different cakes and sweets here, so it’s very easy to put on weight!
2. In ___ they eat a lot of cheese, sometimes with potatoes, or in special dishes
like fondue. There are a lot of dairy farms there, so products made from milk are
popular – they also eat a lot of chocolate.
3. People in ___ eat a lot of rice and have very little fat in their diet. They don’t
eat much meat, but they eat a lot of fish – the oil in fish is very good for you,
which could be why there’s less heart disease there than in many other countries.
4. In ___ a lot of people eat curry, which can be very hot. People started using
curry to hide the flavour of poor-quality meat, but it’s become a very popular
dish in many different countries now.
5. Pizzas and pasta are popular in ___. There are different kinds of pasta, and a
lot of people make their own instead of buying it from supermarkets. Pasta
didn’t come from this country originally – Marco Polo brought it back from
China.
Talk about what people eat in your country. Write a similar paragraph
about meals in your country.
Task 8. Translate from Russian into English using your active vocabulary.
1. Наша семья обычно завтракает в 7.30. Мы едим омлет с беконом,
сосиски или бутерброды с сыром или ветчиной. Затем мы пьем чай с
печеньем. 2. В воскресенье мы обычно обедаем у бабушки. Она
замечательный повар. Я обожаю ее щи и мясо, запеченное с картофелем.
3. Что мы будем есть на ужин? – Я очень голоден. Давай приготовим что-
нибудь плотное, например, картофельное пюре с жареной рыбой или
макароны с помидорами и сыром. 4. Моя сестра – ужасная сладкоежка.
Она никогда не отказывается от десерта. Обычно она ест мороженое,
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пирожные или торт на десерт. 5. На этой неделе я не буду есть сладкого. Я
на диете. 6. Мы очень любим домашнюю кухню, но иногда мы ходим в
рестораны. Я предпочитаю итальянскую и японскую кухню, а мой муж
обожает индийскую и китайскую еду. 7. Когда мой брат был в Лондоне, он
обедал в ресторанах быстрого питания с самообслуживанием. 8. Я обедаю
в нашей университетской столовой, когда остаюсь в библиотеке. Я люблю
овощной салат, бараньи котлеты с тушеными овощами и компот.
Task 9. Give Russian equivalents of the proverbs if possible and use them in
the situations of your own.
1. You can’t eat a cake and have it. 2. The appetite comes with eating. 3. Man
doesn’t live by bread alone. 4. Too many cooks spoil the broth. 5. You can’t
make an omelette without breaking eggs.
II. GRAMMAR ACTIVITIES
Task 10. Report the following sentences in indirect speech.
1. The teacher said to Mike, “Does your father work at a factory?” 2. Father said
to Nick, “Have you done your homework?” 3. Kate said, “Mike, do you like the
puppy?” 4. My sister said to me, “Will you take me to the theatre tomorrow?”
5. Mother asked me, “Did you play with your friends yesterday?” 6. “Do you
like chocolates?” said my little sister to me. 7. “Did you see your granny
yesterday, Lena?” asked Mike. 8. The doctor asked Nick, “Do you wash your
face and hands every morning?” 9. Helen said to Pete, “Did you play chess with
your father yesterday?” 10. The teacher said, “Are you listening to me?”
Task 11. Report the following dialogues in indirect speech.
1. Waiter: Are you ready to order, sir?
Man: Yes, I’ll have chicken soup for the first course, please and…
Waiter: For the second course I recommend fried fish. It is very good.
Man: Ok, why not?
Waiter: Any vegetables?
Man: Yes, please. Some potatoes, and then I’ll finish with some coffee and
fruit.
Waiter: Yes, sir.
2. Mother: Nick, do you hear the alarm-clock?
Nick: Oh, I’m so sleepy!
Mother: You always are. Your breakfast is ready for you.
Nick: Ok.
Mother: If you don’t hurry up, you’ll be late for school.
Nick: No problem, Mum. I have a lot of time.
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Mother: You forget that you have to brush your teeth and to wash your hands
and face.
Nick: Mummy, I remember everything.
Task 12. Make the following indirect sentences direct.
1. Mike said he liked Dickens’ novels very much. 2. He told me that he had read
“Dombey and Son” the year before. 3. The teacher said that the pupils would
read the text the next day. 4. I asked Mike if he had “Gulliver’s Travels”.
5. Mike asked me if I had read “Robinson Crusoe” by Daniel Defoe. 6. I asked
John if he would be at home at three o’clock.
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Оглавление
We Learn Foreign Languages ………………………………………………
My Daily Programme ……………………………………………………….
A Friend in Need Is a Friend Indeed ………………………………………..
All Work and No Play Makes Jack a Dull Boy ……………………………..
A Happy Man Is that who Is Happy in His Family …………………………
Home, Sweet Home …………………………………………………………
There Is No Frigate like a Book to Take Us Lands away ..…………………
Health and Illnesses …………………………………………………………
Travelling and Holiday Making …………………………………………….
Moscow ……………………………………………………………………..
We do not Live to Eat, but Eat to Live ……………………………………...
Библиографический список …………………………………………….…
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ENGLISH”
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Document Outline - “WE LEARN ENGLISH”
- Учебное пособие
- Учебное пособие
- Печатается в авторской редакции
- PDFText.pdf
- Task 9. Listen to the jazz chants and learn them by heart.
- And so does he
- She sometimes runs around the track
- MY DAILY PROGRAMME
- II. GRAMMAR ACTIVITIES
- ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK A DULL BOY
- Task 4. Ann McGregor lives in London. She is thirty-four and she works for the BBC. She interviews people on an early morning news programme called The World Today. Every weekday she gets up at 3.00 in the morning because the programme starts at 6.30 a.m. She loves her work because she meets a lot of interesting people, but she loves her weekends too. Read what Ann says about her weekends. Fill in the gaps with the verbs in the box.
- Task 9. Choose the correct verb.
- THERE IS NO FRIGATE LIKE A BOOK TO TAKE US LANDS AWAY
- - actually – действительно
- WE DO NOT LIVE TO EAT, BUT EAT TO LIVE
- India Switzerland Britain Japan Italy
- We Learn Foreign Languages ………………………………………………
- My Daily Programme ……………………………………………………….
- Home, Sweet Home …………………………………………………………
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