Important phrases that can come in handy when speaking about meals:
to be hungry- хотеть есть to clear the table- убирать со стола
to be thirsty- хотеть пить to take away the dirty dishes- уносить грязную посуду
to lay the table- накрывать на стол help yourself to smth/to some food- угощайтесь
to sit down to table- садиться к столу have some more(salad)- возьмите еще(салата)
to sit at table- сидеть за столом to have supper- ужинать
dinner is ready- обед готов to be having breakfast- завтракать No more, thank you- Спасибо, больше не надо
UNIT 3
EX 15
Breakfast is a meal that you eat in the morning. Veal is the meat of a calf used as food. Lunch is a meal that you eat in the middle of the day. Water is something you drink or wash yourself in. Mutton is the meat from a sheep that we use as food. Supper is a meal that you eat in the evening. Beef is the meat of a cow or bull.
EX 20
There are two vegetables on the table, an onion and a garlic. We grow many vegetables: potatoes, onions, beans. I don't like green pepper in my salad. There is too much garlic in the salad. Please cut two tomatoes into slices. I prefer beetroot to carrots. Are there any marrows in your vegetable garden this year? I like cauliflower very much. Do you? Let's make tomato and cucumber salad with onion. Go to the greengrocer's and buy a head of cabbage. I'm going to cook cabbage soup.
British meals
Understanding British meals is one of the greatest mysteries to a foreign visitor, over the centuries, a tendency to name and rename their meals, to move meals about the day in a random fashion, to start work at sunrise, depend on, countrymen.
Tea
If you are hot, tea will cool off, and if you are cold, it will warm you up; if you take it in the middle of the morning, it will stimulate you for further work; if you drink it in the afternoon, it will relax you for further thought; then, of course, you should drink lots of it in off hours.
EX 39
a few |
cups of coffee napkins teaspoons eggs bananas |
a little |
salt mustard honey mayonnaise |
a lot of |
milk coffee pie cups of tea cakes |
EX 47
you order first- ты заказывай первым waiter- официант
serve- обслуживать on the market- в продаже
go on business- поехать в командировку to order- заказывать
to stay the night in a small hotel- остановиться на to be on menu- быть в меню
ночь в маленьком отеле to lose some weight- худеть
salmon- лососина Dover sole- камбала
trout- форель
At a restaurant
How is your beef? Tender beef, the meal is very well cooked, I must remember the name of this place, it's delicious, the vegetables are especially tasty, not undercooked but still firm and with 'a bite', nothing wrong with it, is there? It's fresh and with a lovely chewy texture, the beer has a good rich flavor, old-fashioned English dishes, thing with lots of thick, smooth, custard, delightful food, to eat any more would just be greedy.
EX 59
May I have some bread? I don't know if there is any butter in the house. There may be some in the kitchen. I adore bread and butter, don't you?- Rather. But we eat very simply here. I hope you won't mind; pass me the bowl with powdered sugar, you have a sweet tooth, you'll get simply enormous.
EX 62
Mary: If you came in to help I'd rather you helped. Here- turn all these potatoes over so that they brown on the other side.
Bryan: I obey with pleasure.
Mary: Now put the pan in the oven. Here, take the cloth.
Bryan: Oh!
Mary: Burned yourself?
Bryan: Just a bit. It doesn't matter. What a dangerous game cooking is!
Mary: I suppose you never do your own cooking.
Bryan: As a matter of fact I do- quite often. But not this sort of thing. I can boil an egg- if I don't forget to look at the clock. And I can do eggs and bacon. And I can put a steak under the grill or open a tin of soup.
EX 66
to warm supper; put supper on the table, scrammed eggs and baked beans, followed by stewed apples and cream; On Tuesday supper was always the same: it consisted of tinned tongue with instant mashed potatoes and pears, followed by biscuits and cheese and bananas. He sipped noisily at his coffee. Rudolph ate his goose delicately. It was a little fatty to his taste. Mrs. Thompson was rolling some pastry when I went downstairs. “Florence always made the most delicious tea cakes,” said Miss Marple. She sat down and began to peel mushrooms; vegetable rack; tinned beef with rice.
EX 67
There were ho buttered scones, thin slices of bread and butter, home-maid strawberry jam, slotted cream, wafer-like sandwiches of cucumber, tomatoes, and smoked salmon, sweet biscuits, and a fruit cake decorated on the top with almonds. It was a real old-fashioned Yorkshire tea.
Eating out
Eating out? London offers something for everyone, rich and poor. At the top end of the scale are some of the finest and grandest eating places in Europe, such as the Connaught Hotel. There you will find a warmly panelled room, fastidious waiters a superb French and English cuisine. The Chef is famous and the restaurant must be treated with respect- no open-necked shirts or trouser-suits here. You must also be rich enough not to worry about the bill.
The working Londoner often thinks more of his beer than his food. Many cheap cafes offer the same monotonous menus of “meat and two vegs”, “fish and chips”, “beans on toast”. But if you search away from the busy main streets you can find all kinds of places that are highly popular, not only for their price or convenience, but for their food.
The traditional fish and cheap cafe is hard to find now in central London. It has been superseded by American-style fried chicken and hamburger bars. But you can still find them. There is no decor or table service. But the service is quick and the place clean.
In the city of London are many lunch places. A fixed menu of three courses may cost less than a starter at one of the grander establishments. There is a cheerful waitress calling “love” or “dear” to her regulars. The food can be unexcitingly English: steak-and-kidney pie, spotted-dick, roly-poly pudding and custard. But at least the service is quick and the bill modest.
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