At the restaurant

Chris Eubank is a boxer. His story is different.

At the moment I’m healthier than any man in the street. I’m fit again, although I had chickenpox not so long ago. I had a temperature of 102 and my face was swollen. Apart from colds and flu, chickenpox is the only illness I’ve had. When we were children my mother gave us basic food like fish, rice, fresh vegetables and fruit. Junk food like hamburgers and sweets are expensive and we couldn’t afford them. The kitchen is the most important room in the house because food is medicine. We weren’t when we were children because we ate the right things. Now I don’t eat until after three in the afternoon because I like to train on an empty stomach.

I began smoking when I was six, but when I was sixteen my chest began to burn whenever I ran fast, so I gave up. My favourite drink is water or pineapple juice.

I don’t feel as if I’m getting old yet - no grey hair and my teeth are all mine.

 

 

 

 

 

Read the following dialogue and make sure you understand all of it. Be prepared to act as translator, the notes below will help you.

At the restaurant

Ann: I think, it's high time to have а bite. I am hungry.

Воb: So am I. I see you are ready to go down to the canteen.. I am just finishing this article. Will you wait а minute, please.?

Ann: Yes, hurry up, then.

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.