What
kinds of fish he knows. 6. If- he likes stewed carrots. 7. What other stewed vegetables or fruit he
eats. 8. What he wants for dessert. 9. How many lumps of sugar he takes with his tea. 10. If he
prefers strong or weak tea. 11. What he usually does if he spills some liquid on the table-cloth. 12. If
he can cook any dishes. 13. About the way he cooks meat (fry, roast, stew). 14. If he sometimes eats
out. 15. If he prefers eating out.
X. Compose dialogues between a Russian and an Esglish student discussing
a) English and Russian meals; b) their favourite dishes; c) where each of them has
his meals.
XI. a) Study the text:
Bread -and-Butter Pudding
Beat up two eggs and add to them one pint of milk and a little flavouring. Butter the pie-dish
and cut three slices of bread-and-butter in fingers, removing the crusts. Put a layer of bread in the
dish, sprinkle with sugar and a few cleaned currants or raisins, add more bread, fruit and sugar and
then pour over the milk and the eggs. Leave to soak for one hour, then bake in a slow oven about an
hour. Sprinkle with sugar before serving.
b) Describe the way you cook your favourite dish. You may need some verbs
besides those in the text, such as mince, mix, grate, grind, chop, sift, roll, bake.
XII. Try your band at teaching:
A. Preparation. Find 3 proverbs dealing with the topic. Translate them and give their
Russian equivalents.
B. Work in Class. Get a member of the class to write one of them on the blackboard. Make
another student translate it and give its Russian equivalent. Tell the class to think of a short situation
illustrating the proverb. Correct the mistakes. (Look up the words you may need to do the exercise in
class in "Classroom English", Section VIII.)
ХIII. a) Read the text below and comment on it:
Tea
Britons drink a quarter of all the tea grown in the world each year. They are the world's
greatest tea drinkers. Many of them drink it on at least eight different occasions during the day. They
drink it between meals and at meals. They drink it watching television. Join the Tea-V set! says one
well-known tea advertisement.
(See: Musman R. Britain
Today. Lnd., 1974)
b) What is the attitude towards tea drinking in this country?
XIV. Translate toe following sentences:
1. «Сколько раз в день вы едите? — спросил врач. ~ Регулярное питание очень важно
для здоровья». 2. Он съел полную тарелку каши, хотя говорил, что совсем не хочет есть. 3.
Сегодня в меню есть мясные блюда, тушеные овощи, сладкий пудинг, разные закуски и даже