HARD AND MEDIUM CHEESES

1 Danbo (Danish) Mild, nutty flavor. Caraway seeds sometimes added. Grills well.

2 Samsoe (Danish) Waxy-textured cheese that tastes like Cheddar. Cooks well.

3 Cheddar (English) Firm, creamy yellow cheese. Also made in Ireland, C»nada and New Zealand.

4 Edam (Dutch) Slightly rubbery mild cheese made from skim milk.

5 Derby (English) Mild distinctive flavor. Sometimes made with layers of sage.

6 Cheshire (English) Moist, crumbly cheese with a salty flavor. Grills well.

7 Orkney (Scottish) Type of Cheddar cheese with a fairly strong flavor.

8 Gloucester (English) Rich-flavored, firm cheese useful for most cheese recipes.

9 Caerphilly (Welsh) Moist white cheese matured for only two weeks.

10 Port Salut (French) Bland cheese with a rich, creamy texture.

11 Wensleydale (English) Mild, sweet, crumbly cheese from Yorkshire.

12 Emmenthal (Swiss) Hard cheese with sweet, nutty taste.

13 Tome au raisin (French) Rich, chewy cheese coated with dried grape pips.

14 Jgrlsberg (Norwegian) Mild flavor similar to Gruyere. Good in fondues.

15 Leicester (English) Flanky, mild cheese. Good for cooking.

16 Lancashire (English) Crumbly cheese good for grilling and using in sauces:

17 Parmesan (Italian) A group of hard cheeses that are matured for two years. Use grated.

18 Gruyere (Swiss) Hard cheese with fairly sweet taste. Use in fondues.

19 Dunlop (Scottish) Like Cheddar, but milder. Good for most cheese recipes.

20 Havarti (Danish) Mild, semisoft. Mix with stronger cheese for cooking.

21 Smoked cheese (Austrian) Firm with mild, smoky taste. Made in sausage shapes.

22 Gouda (Dutch) Firm, mild cheese made from whole milk. High butterfat content.

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Do you know this?

All cheese begins as milk — mostly cows' milk, although it can be the milk of ewes or goats.

Cheese was being eaten about 3000 B.C. in the ancient civilization of Sumer, Mesopotamia.

Cheeses are sometimes ripened for years.

Blue cheeses, such as Dannish Blue, Stilton and some others, get their distinc­tive veining from bacteria allowed to grow on and into the cheeses. Roquefort, rich blue cheese with sharp, peppery taste and strong smell, is French in origin.

Camembert comes originally from Normandy, France. It is now widely imitated. Mozarella, Italian firm unpressed cheese is usually used on pizza.

m. Translate the following words into Russian:

dairy (a building where milk products are made)_

dairy (a shop where milk, butter, eggs, etc. are sold).

dairy farm____________________________________________

dairy farming__________________________________________

dairy cattle____________________________________________

dairy maid (a woman who works in a dairy)__________________

dairy man (a dealer in milk)_______________________________

Say, what dairy products are sold in Russia and if all dairy products are healthy, to your

mind.

2. Fast food and takeaways

Fast food restaurants like McDonald's are an American product and export but other countries also have fast food. One of the fast food chains in Britain is Wimpy. This trademark is very popular in Britain nowrcTWellington Wimpy was a friend of cartoon character Popeye who loved hamburgers. Look at this menu from a Wimpy.

WIMPY MENU

In the Far East, for example, open-air food stalls serve hot food quickly and cheaply. In Britain however, these open-air food stalls of the orient became the Chinese takeaways, which can be found in many cities, towns and villages of the USA, Britain and many other countries. Takeaways sell hot food carried out to eat in an­other place. Takeaway food is a treat for many families. The most famous British takeaway is still the fish and chip shop.

Exercises

a. Write out from the text one of the sentences in which the verb is used
in the Past Indefinite Tense:

b. Add a few similar sentences:

The Past Indefinite Tense

=1 Grammar Notes

1 The Past Indefinite Tense is used to express a usual or habitual state or action in the past, as well as a one-time action in the past.

2 This tense is often used with the same adverbial modifiers of time, as the Present Indefinite Tense (usually, often,.,.).

3 This tense is usually formed with the help of the ending -ecf of the regular verbs. But as to irregular verbs It Is necessary to memorise their three forms.

The most popular irregular verbs are:

с Write down a few sentences about what you did yesteday. e.g. Yesterday I met one of my school-mates and...

d. Have a talk with your group-mate about yesteday.

e.g. Did you listen to the radio or...?

Did anything extraordinary happen to you yesterday? What did you do...^

e. Translate into English paying attention to the use of The Past Indefinite Tense:

1 Они любили обсуждать отличия в культурах разных народов.

2 Недостаток знаний стал причиной недопонимания.

3 В прошлом году он не ездил за рубеж.

4 Вы не знаете, где она была в прошлом месяце? Я знаю, что она уезжала из Москвы.

5 Какие исторические достопримечательности вы увидели во время вашей поездки? Что вам более всего запомнилось?

6 Я прочитала эту статью еще на прошлой неделе.

f. Sum up what the text says about:

■ open-air food stalls in the Far East

■ Chinese takeaways in Europe and America

■ fish and chip restaurants

i other fast food restaurants

■ Wimpy menu illustrated

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g. Have a look at another menu. Read the following questions paying attention to the intonation and ask your group-mate to answer. Write down the answers.

1 'Is it a 'menu of a 'fast 'food s restaurant? 'What 'makes you»think so?

2 'How 'many 'courses do they / offer?

3 'What would you 'have for the» starter?

4 'How 'much could your 'dinner» cost?

5 'Would you 'tip the s waiter?

h. Sort out these dishes under the headings starters, main courses or desserts:

j. Write down the words meaning the meat of these animals:

calf, deer, sheep (two names), pig (three names)

k. Write down the names of fruit and berries which grow in our region. Are there others not listed here?

peach, plum, grapefruit, grape, nectarine, star-fruit, blackcurrant, raspberry, melon, water-melon, lime, kiwi-fruit, mango, apple, pear

3. 'Reading' a wine bottle

Traditionally, different types of wines are associated with different-shaped bottles. For example, Bordeaux wines have tall, narrow bottles with squarish shoulders and are coloured green for red wine (claret), green or clear for white.

The label on the bottle should give the name of the country of ori­gin, the region, chateau or estate from which the wine comes, probably the vintage (the year,in which it was made), and the name of the shipper or producer. '

The commonest shapes.

These are 14 of the commonest shapes of wine bottles. On the top left are three of the traditional bottles of France, then Chianti of Italy in its old style wicker basket — now fast disappearing. Far right are the squat, long-necked port bot­tles.

i. Say which are fish and which are usually called seafood:

prawns, sardines, squid, oysters, mackerel, mussels, hake, crab, plaice, trout, lobster, cod, sole, whiting

1 Bourdeaux red 2 Burgundy 3 Burgundy pot 4 Chianti 5 Cote de Provence б Franconian flagon 7 Loire 8 Rhine 9 Moselle 10 Alsace 11 Bordeaux white 12 Champagne 13 Vintage port 14 Port

Exercises

4. Dinner-party

a. Say what new facts you have learned from this text.

b. Have a look at this picture. Each person is breaking a rule of table manners. What are they doing wrong?

с Complete this advice for very young people:

1 Don't speak__________________

2 Don't reach across_____________ Ask someone to pass it.

3 Don't put____________________

4 Don't waive your______________ in the air.

5 Don't lift your bowl____________

^ast week at a dinner-party, the hostess asked me to sit next to ylrs. Rumbold. Mrs Rumbold was a large, unsmiling lady in a tight э1аск dress. She did not even look up when I took my seat beside ler. Her eyes were fixed on her plate and in a short time, she was nusy eating. I tried to make conversation.

— A 'new 'play is 'coming to the 'Globe soon, I said.
'Willyou^seeit?

— No, she answered.

— 'Will you 'spend your 'holidays 'abroad this year? I asked.

— No, she answered.

— 'Will you 'stay in ^England? I asked.

— No, she answered.

In de^spair, | I 'asked her if she was

en'joying her Winer. - a large, unsmiling Ыу

— 'Young man, she answered, | if you 'ate 'more and 'talked
'less, | we would 'both en joy our dinner!

=J Do you know this?

People in Britain usually put the table napkin on their knees. It is polite to press your peas on to the back of your fork. It is impolite to make a noise when you are drinking soup.

d. Say what you think about table manners of Russians.

Exercises

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

['houstis] [3'bro:d]

[tait] [(ts) 'to:k]

Lkonva'seijn] ___________ [tu m'd30i]

b. Read the dialogue paying attention to the intonation marked.

¹ Английский для гуманитариев

с. Write out from the text the sentences in which the verbs are used in the Future Indefinite Tense.

d. Add a few similar sentences: The Future Indefinite Tense

e. Have a look at this picture, read the conversation and answer the following questions:

1 Where do you think these people are speaking? What makes you think so?

2 When do you think the gentleman will return?

3 Will he miss the plane?

4 At what time will the plane leave?

f. Translate into Russian paying attention to the use of the Indefinite Tenses:

1 Я не знаю, когда он вернется. Возможно, дней через шесть.

2 Мы надеемся, он не опоздает на этот рейс.

3 — Он будет завтракать в самолете? — Думаю, что да.

4 Возможно, сначала ему предложат прохладительные напитки, а на обед — на выбор мясо или рыбу.

5 Я не знаю, какие рестораны или службы готовят еду для авиа­пассажиров.

5. The Organic Food Show

Today more and more people in Britain want good food they can trust. As a result, the demand for organic food is growing. Organic food is produced without harmful synthetic chemicals and using natural, non-intensive farming methods which are equally good for plants and animals.

More than a quarter of households already buy some organic food. Organic plain yoghurt is now a brand leader, organic milk disap­pears as fast as it is put on the shelves, while organic bread, carrots and potatoes are becoming the food of choice. There's no doubt, too, that, if the price is right, most people would prefer to buy organic. The British Organic Food Association will start a campaign 'We Prefer Organic' in Oxford. More than 600 product entries, collec­tively representing the creme de la creme of the new food revolu­tion which is sweeping the country will be tested. The week of testing will culminate at Raymond restaurant near Oxford, where the final judging takes place. The judgement will be made by a panel of chefs and food experts to sample some of the best organic food in Britain.

It is encouraging to see entries from conventional manufacturers such as Hartley's, as well as supermarket own-brand organic prod­ucts. It means greater availability and more competitive prices. The judges are in for a tough time: they will be tackling 36 different sausages, 44 breads, cakes and pastries, 61 preserves and condi­ments, not to mention fabulous ice-creams and cheeses. The range and diversity of entries — including organic Chinese winter melons show how fast organic food is moving.

Exercises

Make sentences which describe the changes.

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

[o.'gaenik] [kaem'pem]

[sm'Qetik] _ [to'k/vlmmeit]

['kemiklz] [kam'petetiv]

[bred] _ ['febjutes]

b. Say what you have learned from the text about organic food and ask the following questions for your group-mate to answer. Write down the answers.

1 'Have you 'heard about or'ganic 'food __________________

S before? ---------------------

2 'Is it cor'rect to trans'late 'or'ganic 'food' _________________

as экологически чистые про/ дукты? --------------------

3 'Are 'similar 'products pro duced and 'sold _______________

in / Russia? ---------------------

4 'Have you 'ever / tasted any of them? ---------------------

с Use your imagination and describe the culminating event at Raymond restaurant mentioned in the text, and say what products won the competition.

d. Have a look at this diagram and say how food consumption in British homes changed in 1999 as compared with 1990.

e.g. In 1999 people drank less tea.
They ate less white bread.....

e. Translate into English paying attention to the use of fenses:

1 Интересно, где были опубликованы эти данные?

2 Я думаю, что эти вопросы будут вскоре интересны и для нас.

3 Мне кажется, что уже и в России стали больше внимания уде­лять правильному питанию.

4 Существует мнение, что рестораны быстрого питания, как на­пример Макдональдс, приносят больше вреда, чем пользы.

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

i Fast food and homemade food.

■ Organic food and prospects for organic products in our country.

■ Proper nurishment.

g. Translate into Russian:

People in most cultures have strong ideas about which food are accept­able for human consumption and which are not. People in some coun­tries think the custom in the United States of eating corn on the cob is disgusting because that food is fit only for pigs. The Ukrainian favorite food salo, raw pig fat with black bread and vodka, might cause nausea in some, as would knowing that horse meat from California is served in restaurants in Belgium, France, and Japan.

Do you know how to treat and speak about people? Have practice in speaking and writing!

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