2. Лексический минимум.

Текст А

Table manners

Although rules regarding table manners are not very strict in Britain, it is considered rude to eat and drink noisily. At formal meals, the cutlery is placed in the order in which it will be used, starting from the outside. The dessert spoon and the fork are usually laid at the top of your place setting, not at the side.

After each course, the knife and fork should be laid side by side in the middle of the plate. This shows that you have finished and the plate can be removed. If you leave the knife and fork apart, it will show that you have not yet finished eating.

It is considered impolite to smoke between courses unless your hosts say otherwise. It is polite to ask permission before you smoke in people’s homes.

In Britain, smoking is now forbidden in many public places, e.g. on the underground, on stations, in shops, in theatres and in cinemas.

Ask as many questions to the text as possible.

Упражнение 1. Ответьте на вопросы, используя образец.

Etiquette

About clothing

Образец. Do men have to wear jackets and ties in restaurants? (Ex. It depends on the restaurant. You don’t have to in most restaurants but you are expected to wear a jacket and tie in expensive places).

1. Are men and women allowed to wear shorts to work in offices in summer?

2. Are there any special rules about what you have to wear in holy places?

About money

3. Is it rude to ask people how much money they earn?

4. Is a woman expected to pay her share of the bill in a restaurant?

About hospitality

5. Should you take a present when you are invited to somebody’s home?

6. Is it rude to smoke without asking in other people’s homes?

7. Is it impolite to smoke between courses?

About tipping

8. How much should you tip a taxi driver?

9. Is it the same in a restaurant and at the hairdresser’s?

Упражнение 2. Напишите, какие из перечисленных ниже привычек приемлемы только в домашней обстановке, а какие совершенно не приемлемы (Which of the following habits if any, do you consider acceptable only at home, and which do you consider completely unacceptable?):

– helping yourself to food without asking,

– starting to eat before everyone is served,

– picking at food with your hands,

– reading at the meal table,

– resting your elbows on the table,

– leaving the table before other people have finished,

– not thanking the cook,

– wiping your plate clean with bread.

Задание 2. Запишите 10 правил, которые определяют поведение человека в обществе.

Текст Б

When is a question not a question?

The answer to this could be: ’When it’s a greeting’. Take ‘How do you do?’, for example. Although this ends in a question mark, it is not a question but a greeting. The correct response is to repeat the same ‘question’: ‘How do you do?’

And again, if a friend stops you in the street and asks: ‘How are you?’, remember that this is not a true question. It would be extremely inappropriate to give a long description of your state of health. A simple “Fine, thanks’ is all they wish to hear, even though you may be wrapped in bandages as you ask.

If someone says at table: ‘Could you pass the milk?’, they will be very surprised if you answer: ‘Yes, I could’. This is not a question but a request. Likewise, Couldn’t you go and fetch them, James?’ sounds like a harmless question but is in fact a direct order to James.

Задание 3. Придумайте два диалога, в которых используются описанные в тексте псевдовопросы.

УРОК 2

1. Грамматика. Complex Object и Complex Subject.

Задание 1. Выполните тест.

Вставьте пропущенный модальный глагол.

1. The man _______ be a foreigner. He ________ not understand Russian.

2. _____ you believe her story? It ________ be her imagination.

3. How _________ we get to the centre of London?

4. ________ you tell us where we get off?

5. It’s 10 o’clock, you ________ go to bed at once.

6. I _____ not do without your help now.

7. You ________ get her on the phone any time.

8. If you go through the forest you _______ lose your way.

9. _____ I use your camera?

10. Flue _____be very dangerous.

11. The road was dirty, you ______ wipe your feet when you come in.

12. Mrs. Smith _______ be at least 60.

13. Something ______ be done to stop the criminal.

14. I _____ leave now, I have a seminar.

15. ______ you understand what he’s speaking about?

16. ______ you speak Spanish?

17. Steve _______ speak English, French and Italian. You _____ ask him to help with the translation.

18. _____ I ask you a question? Yes, you ______.

19. Is there anything I _____ do for you?

20. If your car was broken, you ______ borrow mine.