Unit four

TO EAT OR NOT TO EAT?

Topic: Meals

TOPICAL VOCABULARY

1	food	пища; питание; еда
2	cuisine	кухня (кулинария)
3	keep fit	быть здоровым
4	to be on a slimming diet	быть на диете для похудения
5	overeat	переедать
6	meal	приём пищи (завтрак/обед/ужин)
7	to have a meal	есть, поесть
S	porridge	каша
9	cornflakes	кукурузные хлопья
10	cereal	овсяная каша
11	bacon	бекон, копченая свиная грудинка
12	bacon and egg(s)	яичница с беконом
13	ham	окорок; ветчина
14	eggs	яйца
15	boiled egg	вареное яйцо
16	scrambled egg(s)	яичница-болтунья
17	ham and egg	яичница с ветчиной
18	toast	гренок; тост
19	rolls	булочки
20	jam	варенье; джем
21	marmalade	джем (апельсиновый или лимонный)
22	vegetables	овощи
23	dessert (sweet)	десерт, сладкое (блюдо)
24	have a snack/ bite	перекусить
25	a snack bar	закусочная, буфет
26	taste	пробовать; вкус
27	to one's taste	по вкусу
28	Tastes differ.	О вкусах не спорят.
29	tasty	вкусный
30	eat out	есть "вне дома"
31	restaurant	ресторан
32	to be thirsty	хотеть пить (испытывать жажду)
33	to be hungry	хотеть есть, быть голодным
34	for the first/ second course	на первое/второе блюдо
35	to clear the table (to take away the dirty dishes)	убирать со стола (грязную посуду)
36	to sit down to table	сесть за стол
37	Help yourself to...	Угощайтесь ...
38	Have some more...	Возьмите (поешьте ещё)...
39	prefer smth. to smth.	предпочитать что-либо чему-либо
404	orange juice	апельсиновый сок
1	salad	салат
42	soup	суп
43	clear soup	бульон
44	the main course	основное блюдо (второе)
45	roast beef (lamb)	жареная говядина (баранина)
46	beef-steak	бифштекс
47	mutton chop	баранья отбивная
48	pork chop	свиная отбивная
49	fish and chips	рыба с жареным картофелем
50	cod	треска
51	herring	селедка
52	salmon	лосось
53	fried (baked) potatoes	жареный (печеный) картофель
545	mashed potatoes	пюре
5	beans (peas)	горошек (горох)
56	lettuce	зеленый салат
57	cucumber	огурец
58	tomato	помидор
59	apple tart	яблочный торт
60	plum pudding	сливовый пудинг
61	fruit salad	фруктовый салат
62	ice-cream	мороженое
63	wine	вино
64	beer	пиво
65	claret	(сухое) красное вино
66	English tea	чай с молоком
67	Russian tea	чай с лимоном
68	bread and butter	бутерброд
69	to lay the table	накрывать на стол
70	I'd (should) like smth. (to do smth)	Мне бы хотелось ...
71	What about...?	Как насчет ...?
72	It is high time (to do smth.)	Давно пора ...
73	What do you say to ... ?	Что вы скажете насчет ... ?
74	Could you pass me ...?	Передайте, пожалуйста ...
75	Anything else?	Что-нибудь ещё?
76.	It's delicious.	Очень вкусно.

Some Good Rales

1. Appetite comes with eating.

2. A hungry man is an angry man.

3. When wine is in, wit is out.

4. Eat at pleasure, drink with measure.

5. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

English Meals

Frankly we, the British, are often criticised for the food we have, our cuisine doesn't enjoy the best of reputations in the world.

I, for one, think that food is not so important. The main problem is not to eat too much to keep fit.

Being Miss England, certainly, means being slim. I have to be on a slimming diet. Though "have to " is not the right word.

I enjoy my diet. My motto is: "We don't live to eat, we eat to live."

I believe a lot of people in this country are constantly overeating. Most of them have four good meals a day.

And the famous English breakfast! It is often called a cooked breakfast or a big breakfast which it really is.

Can you fancy eating at a time porridge or cornflakes or some other kind of cereal, bacon or bam, eggs, toasts, rolls, jam or marmalade and tea or coffee to finish with? It's too much of a good thing, isn't it? I prefer continental breakfast, that is just a cup of coffee and a roll. Now many people in Britain have the same^ specially on weekdays when they are hurrying to their work.

The English day-time meal is called lunch and it usually consists of two courses: a meat or a fish dish, vegetables and dessert. Some people though don't eat much at lunch, they may just have a snack in a snack-bar or a cafe.

Many books on Britain write about the famous 5 o'clock tea, saying that the British always have tea at this time. I should say in reality not many people can follow the tradition as they are busy at work or elsewhere. So they have to adjust their tea-time to their daily schedule.

We, the. Britons, are great tea-drinkers. We drink it even when watching television. Not long ago I saw an advertisement "Join the TeaV-set." By the way, do you know that the British like taking their tea with milk? Taste it, I'm sure you will like it.

In the evening at 7 or 8 o'clock people in England have their last but not the least meal of the day. If the late evening meal is light, it is called supper. But if you take something substantial, then we call it dinner. We don't often eat soups, but if we do, that would most often be at dinner time.

I should say the British people do not eat oat as much as other Europeans do, still many of them would enjoy a dinner at a restaurant. Today the number of people eating out has increased.

But the most popular place for a drink and a chat is a pub. And that's where I am inviting you now. Shall we go?

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