Английский язык. - 58 стр.

       Round about 11 in the morning some Englishmen who work have their
tea or coffee break. In the morning Americans have a bowl of serial or
bacon eggs, toast with jelly and a cup of tea or coffee. They also like
pancakes with maple syrup.Then at mid-day, say from I till 2, the city
pavements are full of people on their way to cafes. This is lunch time in
Great Britain. At lunch people seldom eat soup. Those who have lunch at
home may eat chicken or clear soup but not always. They usually have a
meat course and a sweet dish. Englishmen like steaks, chops, roast-beef,
Yorkshire pudding or fish and chips. A meat course is served with plenty of
vegetables: peas, beans, or cauliflower.
       A sweat dish is perhaps fruit and pudding or a pie with tea to follow.
The usual noon time meal consists of something light, and quick to eat. It
could range from a hot, dog or hamburger from a restaurant or something
they have packed in a brown bag. Afternoon tea can hardly be called a meal.
Tea drinking is quite a tradition with the English. Strong tear is mostly
drunk with sugar and cream or milk. Such tea is known as English tea. Tea
with lemon is called Russian tea in England.
       The evening meal, when all the family gather round the table after
their working day, goes under various names: tea, high tea, dinner or supper.
It is usually a meat course followed by tinned fruit or a cake and tea. In
Great Britain they have dinner at five or six. Soup may be served then, but
one should not be misled by the word "soup". British soup is just thin paste
and a portion is three times smaller than in Russia. A lot of British prefer to
eat out "Fish and Chips" shops are very popular with their take-away food.
The more sophisticated public goes to Chinese, Italian, seafood or other
restaurants and experiments with shrimp, inedible vegetables and hot drinks.
       When outing, that is on a picnic, the English load their lunches on
baskets with all sorts of hamburgers or sandwiches made of slices of bread
and butter with ham, cheese, raw tomatoes, cabbage leaves in between.
Americans seldom eat large lunches and don't enjoy very many "sweets".
       In Russia people may have anything for breakfast. Some good-
humoured individuals even prefer soup, but, of course, sandwiches and
coffee are very popular. Russians like fried or boiled potatoes with some
sausage or ham or a chop (cutlet). Sometimes we prefer an omelette, boiled
or fried eggs or just some porridge.
       The heart of a Russian person fills with joy when the hands of the
clock approach three o'clock. His or her dinner includes three courses. A
Russian will have a starter (salad, herring, cheese, etc.), soup, steaks, chops,
or fish fillets with garnish, a lot of bread, of course, and something to drink.
For the I-st course we eat chicken soup or cabbage soup (shchi), or beetroot


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