H. Describe how your friend or acquaintance bought his car

I. Write out all the sentences from the dialogue showing that both the salesman and the customer were polite.

j. Read the following sentences paying attention to the rising tone of general questions and add a few similar sentences:

1 'Canl'get^ in?

2 'Could you 'open window, sir?

3 'Will you rep/ eat it, please?

4 'May I 'have your / pen, please?

5 'Do you 'mind my 'opening the / window?

k. Reproduce a part of the dialogue with your group-mate and answer the following questions:

1 Why would it be difficult to reproduce _________________

the complete dialogue?

2 Did the man plan to buy the car, to your ________________

mind?

3 Was the salesman very good in advertis-.________________

ing the car?__________________________________________

4 What's your opinion of the salesman's

expertise?

I. Be ready to express and defend your point of view on the following:

■ Serving customers is a very easy business.

■ Politeness is the best policy in every case.

■ Every person studying a foreign language should have a good com­mand of small talk.

Should you know much about good manners? Have practice in reading!

LESSON 3 Table manners, meals and food

Texts:

1. English breakfast

2. Fast food and takeaways

3. 'Reading'a wine bottle

4. Dinner-party

5. The Organic Food show The Present Indefinite Tense The Past Indefinite Tense The Future Indefinite Tense breakfast — lunch — dinner — supper fish — seafood

dairy

meat

fruit

cheeses

{starter — main courses — desserts)

Will it be all right if I ask you...

If it's not a secret, what...

Translate these basic words and expressions into Russian:

to have good manners____________________________

to behave properly_______________________________

proper nurishment_______________________________

vegetables______________________________________

fish_________

seafood________________________________________

dairy products__________________________________

bread _________________________________________

cereals_________________________________________

herbs__________________________________________

spices_________________________________________

healthy_________________________________________

delicious_______________________________________

tasteful_________________________________________

palatable *______________________________________

unsavoury______________________________________

heavy meal _____________________________________

light meal ______________________________________

to be on diet ____________________________________

to contain fat and sugar __________________________

fibre___________________________________________

sugar-free______________________________________

fast food restaurant______________________________

Takeaway__________________________________

open-air food stalls ______________________________

bar____________________________________________

cafeteria_______________________________________

eaterie_________________________________________

1. English brea kfast_____________________________

Foreigners often laugh at the British. They say 'In Britain you get chips with everything!' But even the British don't eat chips with their breakfast.

However, the traditional English breakfast is a big meal. Visitors to Britain often think that breakfast is the best meal of the day. These pictures show a traditional English breakfast served in many Brit­ish hotels and bed and breakfast places.

It is so big that you can easily go without lunch. However, there is a lot of fat in this kind of breakfast and today many people eat a healthier one.

It is healthier because muesli and fruit juice contain less fat and more fibre, which is present in plants. You don't digest it but it is useful because it helps food to go faster through the body.

Exercises

a. Write down the words which are pronounced in the following way:

[(ts) 'la:f]________________ [ta'ma:tou]_________________

[mi:l]____________________ ['sosid3]__________________

[ofn/oftan]_______________ ['maimaleid]_______________

[hou'tel]__________________ ['helGia]__________________

[toust]___________________ ['bull]____________________

b. Underline, or write out from the text the verbs used in the Present Indefinite Tense.

с Fill in the table with a few more short sentences: The Present Indefinite Tense

=J Grammar Notes

1 The Present Indefinite Tense is used to express a usual or habitual state or ac­tion in the present.

2 This tense is often used with such adverbial modifiers of time as often, usually, sometimes, once a year, etc.

d. Write a sentence about the life of each of the following groups of people in Russia (how life is organised for them, their customs and traditions):

e.g. Children go to school when they are seven years old.

Most people_________________ Girls_________________________

Many families______________ Young people______________

Children__________________ Men______________________

The rich__________________ Old people________________

The poor_________________ The farmers________________

e. Write a few sentences about your friend, his/her likes and dislikes.

e.g. My friend likes reading books but he does not go in for any sport.

f. Write a few questions to ask your group-mate about his likes, dislikes and habits,
e.g. At what time do you usually go to bed on week-days?

Act out this dialogue with your group-mate. Use one of the formulas to start the talk:

Do you mind if I ask you a few questions about...

Let me askyou....

Please, answer a few questions......

Will it be all right if I ask you

g. Translate into English:

1 Что ты обычно делаешь по воскресеньям?

2 Мне кажется, что эта книга ее очень заинтересовала.

3 Шарль Азнавур — мой любимый французский шансонье.

4 Я не знаю французского языка.

5 Кто ваш любимый современный композитор?

6 Вы знаете, что англичане едят на завтрак?

7 "Ночлег и завтрак" — это сеть распространенных в Европе и США маленьких гостиниц.

h. Have another look at the text and complete these two diagrams:

cornflakes

i. Act out a short dialogue with your group-mate and discuss what he/she usually has for breakfast.

e.g. If it's not a secret, what food do you prefer for breakfast?

Do you like....

Do you sometimes have....

Is.... popular with Russians, to your mind?

j. Make a few sentences of your own on the basis of the following words and expressions paying attention to the use of articles:

breakfast/lunch/dinner/supper
to have breakfast to have smth for breakfast

at breakfast a traditional breakfast

during breakfast the breakfast is ready

the breakfast is on the table

k. Translate into English:

1 Я завтракаю дома. Кофе и бутерброд — обычный мой завтрак.

2 Он считает, что традиционный английский завтрак слишком обилен и тяжел.

3 — Где вы обычно обедаете?

— В ближайшем к месту работы кафе.

4 Большинство англичан, обедают вечером.

5 У него, как и у многих англичан, время ланча с 12 до 13 часов.

I. Have a look at this picture and mark the cheeses which are unfamiliar to you:

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