XIII. Напишите письмо личного характера (100-140 слов).

You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen-friend Pam who writes:

… I don`t think it`s fair to make children do household chores because we are too busy at school. And what about you? Do you help your mum about the house? What kind of things do you have to do? Do you have enough time to do chores? As for the plans for the holidays, I am going to Italy with my friends. We`ll be studying Italian there. It`s really great! Hope to hear from you soon! Love, Pam

Write back to Pam. In your letter:

• answer her questions;

• tell her about your household duties;

• ask 3 questions about her trip to Italy.

XIV. Используя лексику текстов и пройденный материал, опишите дом:

XV Ролевая игра: Вы - дизайнер интерьеров. К вам обратился друг с просьбой дать совет по поводу перепланировки квартиры. Ваша задача:

• высказать свое мнение по поводу планировки данной квартиры и предложить свой вариант ее перепланировки;

• составить рекомендации о том, какие цвета необходимо использовать для определенных комнат, а какие не сочетаются и не могут быть использованы при отделке помещений.

Theme 3. Meals. Shopping.

I. Найдите эквиваленты следующих слов и выражений и выучите их:

• The Way You Eat

To be hungry; to be starving; to be thirsty; to be on a diet; to keep to a diet; to have 3 meals a day; to keep regular meals; to have a light\substantial lunch; to have smth to eat; to have a snack; to have smth for the first\second\main course; to have smth as a starter; to have meals at home\in\out (at a restaurant, at a café, at a canteen); to dine in\out; to do the cooking; to lay\clear the table; to do the washing-up\to wash up\to wash the dishes; to run out of smth; to do the shopping\to go shopping; to enjoy a meal; to like the way she cook; to prefer smth to smth; to be tasty\delicious; it makes my mouth water; to have\be a sweet tooth; to do smth on an empty stomach.

• The Way You Cook

To lay the table; to spread the table cloth; salad\fruit\sugar bowl; butter\meat\soup\deep plate; coffee pot\cup; saucer; water\milk jug; salt cellar; pepper\mustard pot; frying pan; cooking pot; tea kettle\pot; soup\dessert\tea spoon; fish\butter\caviar\carving knife; fork; tray; to roast; to fry; to boil; to barbecue; to bake; to grill; to stew.

• Taste: salty; sweet; sour; bitter; spicy. Smell: strong; appetizing.

• Shopping for Foodstuffs

At the butcher`s\baker`s\grocer`s\greengrocer`s\fishmonger`s\confectioner`s; customer\shopper; cashier; shop-assistant; carrier-bag\shopping bag; conveyer belt; check-out desk.

• Departments at the Supermarket

Frozen food; dairy products; tinned food; meat; packaged goods; vegetables and fruit.

II. Соедините слова левой колонки с названиями продуктов в правой:

1. a slice of a. cake

2. a loaf of b. ham

3. a piece of c. lemon juice

4. a bowl of d. cornflakes

5. a bunch of e. salt

6. a pinch of f. bread

7. a drop of g. grapes

III. Переведите текст и дайте синонимы следующих слов: amount; interval; porridge; to chop; to skip; to begin; nice; to enjoy; to eat.

MEALS

Some people have three or four meals a day. Others eat little amounts at some intervals throughout the day.

The first traditional meal is usually breakfast. People have it early in the morning at 7 or 8 o'clock before going out. Some people have light breakfast, consisting of a sandwich with cheese or sausage, or scrambled eggs with a slice of bread and butter. Others prefer more solid and substantial food, like fried or boiled potatoes with ham or chop; or porridge (rice, semolina or buckwheat por­ridge); or macaroni with sausages. The usual drink for breakfast is a cup of coffee or strong tea with sugar, milk or lemon. Most people skip breakfast because they don't have time. Dinner is the biggest meal of the day. Some people have dinner at work; others have it at home when they come from work.

Dinner usually begins with an appetizer: a little salad, a piece of herring or perhaps some pickled or marinated mushrooms, tomatoes or cucumbers.

The main course of the dinner is soup. For the 1^st course we may eat chicken soup or cabbage soup (shchi), or beetroot and cabbage soup (borshch), solyanka, noodle soup or just broth- In spring and summer when it's hot it's so nice to have the soup called "okroshka", a traditional Russian dish (cold kvas with chopped vegetables and meat).

For the second course we eat roast meat or stewed meat and fried or boiled potatoes, or spaghetti. Many people like fish for dinner. All these dishes are juicy and tender.

For the dessert we drink a glass of mineral water, lemonade or juice. Traditional drinks are mors and kvas. Sometimes we have fresh or canned fruit. If you aren't on a diet you may enjoy a piece of cake or pie. In summer everybody adores to have a piece of melon or watermelon.

In our country many families also prefer to eat take-away food for dinner instead of cooking or eat at the McDonald's which have recently become popular in Russia for the obvious reasons. They are cheap and fast served.

Supper is the last meal of the day. Supper must be a light meal because it isn't good to eat much in the evening. The proverb says, "After dinner sleep a while, after supper walk a mile". Although many people prefer mashed potatoes with pickled or fresh ve­getables (tomatoes, cucumbers, carrot, leek). Others eat stewed cabbage with a beefsteak or fried liver or kidneys. We finish supper with a glass of tea or milk.

A special Russian dish is "pyelmeni" – small cases of pasta containing chopped meat (beef and pork mixed). Pancakes with honey, caviar are one of the most popular dishes on the Russia table. They can be served as a main dish or as a dessert. There are small ones called oladyi and big round ones called bliny. They are also made in great quantity at Maslenitsa, a week-long spring festival the last week before Lent.

Most supermarkets sell a range of prepared meals to be cooked in the microwave.

There are the Food Courts in the cities that seats a lot of people and caters for every taste with dishes from all around the world. The aromatic smells that come from the Food Courts arc so delicious that your mouth will water. In recent years foreign foods have become a regular part of our life. The restaurants contain many delicatessens offering cuisine from many countries including France, Italy, Greece, Japan and Poland. So nowadays many people prefer to eat out. There are a lot of places offering good value for money and having interesting decor.