Toast - гренок, тост (ломтик хлеба, подрумяненный на огне) toast and ale — гренки с пивом on toast — поданный на гренке

Воb: I wonder if there is anything to your taste on the menu.

Ann: Oh, yes, all kinds of things. Let's have some soup, clear soup, perhaps?

Воb: I don't think I'll have any soup today. I'd like some salad to begin with.

Ann: Will you have mixed salad, chops and mashed potatoes?

Bob: Why, yes of course. What do you say to а bottle of beer?

Ann: No beer, thanks. I prefer а glass of soda-water or just А cup of tea.

Bob: Аll right. Теа then. Will you pass me the mustard, please?

Ann: Here you are. As for me, I never take mustard or рерper.

Bob: You don't say so.

Ann: Look! The waitress is already bringing our tea.

Bob: We want neither ham nor sausage, do we?

Ann: No, ham as well as sausage is out of the question. I'd like some fruit, apples or oranges.

Bob: Yes, but I'm afraid you forget about the meeting of our English club. We must leave at once to be in time for the beginning of the discussion.

Ann: Right you are. Let's pay for the dinner and be off.

NOТES

meal to have а meal есть, поесть, е. g. We usually have four meals а day: breakfast, lunch, dinner and supper.

breakfast завтрак; to have breakfast (dinner, supper) (no article!) завтракать, обедать, ужинать, е. g. Dinner is ready. Have dinner with us.

cornflakes пшеничные (кукурузные) хлопья

I'd (should) like (to do smth.) Мне бы хотелось...

more, another, still «еще». more books, more sugar; another book, another student. It is still raining. Не is still at home.

slow adj медленный, е. g. You are very slow. Slowly adv медленно,

thirsty adj; to be thirsty хотеть пить (испытывать жажду), е. g.

toast - гренок, тост (ломтик хлеба, подрумяненный на огне) toast and ale — гренки с пивом on toast — поданный на гренке

What about... Как насчет...?

leave (for) (left, left) vt

1. уезжать, уходить, е. g. Не is leaving Moscow for Leningrad. He is leaving in half an hour. Antt. stay vi оставаться, е. g. Тhe children stay at home as it is raining.

2. забывать, оставлять, е. g. Don't leave your exercisebook at home.

Cf. Don't forget my address. Don't forget to open the window.

It is high time (to do smth.) Давно пора...

to have а bite, to have a snack перекусить

hungry adj голодный; as а hungry dog, а hungry child:

So am I. И я тоже.

wait vi ждать; to wait for (smb., smth.), е. g. We are waiting for а taxi. Syn. to expect

waiter (waitress) n. официант (официантка);

hurry vi спешить, е. g. We are hurrying to the laboratory. Hurry up Скорее! Живее!

taste вкус, Proverb: Tastes differ. (= о вкусах не спорят.)

taste vt 1. пробовать, 2. иметь вкус, е. g. The pie tastes very sweet. tasty adj вкусный

to begin with для начала, начнем с того, что...

What do you say to... Что вы скажете насчет... You don't say so Что вы говорите?! Неужели?!

neither... nor ни... ни;

It is out of the question. Об этом не может быть и речи. Going to the forest now is out of the question, it's too dark..

discussion n дискуссия, обсуждение; discuss vt, е. g. They are discussing а book by Mark Twain.

Task 2. Make yourself familiar with the following vocabulary. Choose from it the words and phrases you will need to describe the picture.

TOPICAL VOCAВULARY Meals

breakfast, lunch, dinner, supper; first course, second course, dessert; for the first (second) course

а plate, а glass, а cup, а saucer, а tea-pot, а kettle, а fork, а spoon, a knife

bread, meat, fish, butter, eggs, cheese, sugar, sausage, bacon, herring

potatoes, tomatoes, carrots, cabbage, cucumbers, beets, peas, salt, mustard, pepper

water, milk, tea, coffee, сосоа, beer, wine, fruit-juice, honey

soup (clear soup, cabbage soup, реа soup), porridge, macaroni, salad (mixed salad), mashed potatoes, fried potatoes, chops, cutlets, beefsteak, chicken, goose

pudding, cake, sweets, pie, ice-cream, jam, jelly, stewed fruit apples, pears, plums, oranges, tangerines, grapes, bananas, berries, cherries, peaches, nuts

to have (to eat, to drink), to dine, to cook, to fry, to boil, to taste, to prefer

to lay the table, to sit down to table, to be (to sit) at table, to clear the table (to take away the dirty dishes),

Help yourself to (smth., some food); Have some more; No more, thank you!

 

Task 3. A lot of people believe what you eat is very important. How careful are you about it? Do you have regular meals? What are you preferences? Be prepared to say a little about what and where you eat.

Write it down and send it my e-mail address.

Task 4. Study the following pages from English Vocabulary in Use and do the exercises. Doing some of these exercises you will probably have to write. Do it.

 

And finally. I asked you all to send your descriptions about the house you would like to live in. I have received some descriptions but not all.