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and cabbage 'soup (borshch), noodle soup or just broth. Some people choose
mushroom soup or fish-soup. For the 2-nd course Russians eat different
kinds of salad (meat salad, fish. salad, vegetable salad), fried, boiled or
stewed meat or fish. At times we cook a roast chicken, especially on
holidays. For the 3-d course (for dessert) we have a glass of juice, a piece of
a cake or a pie (cookies) if we aren’t on a diet.
       At four or five the Russians may have a bite: waffles, cakes with juice,
tea, cocoa, or something of the kind.
        Supper in Russia means one more big meal at seven. The table groans
 with food again. Some people prefer mashed potatoes with pickled or fresh
 vegetables, such as tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, onions (leek). Others eat
 stewed cabbage with a beefsteak or fried liver or kidneys. Russians also like
 stuffed peppers, tomatoes, squashes, potatoes. A special Russian dish is,
 "pyelmeni", a kind of ravioli - small cases of pasta containing chopped
 meat. After that we have a glass of milk or stewed fruit with biscuits,
 crackers, or sweets (candies). But if you are thirsty you drink a coke,
 lemonade, some beer or even champagne.
       Most Russians have never counted calories and they are deeply con-
vinced that their food is healthy. Some housewives may admit that it takes
some time to prepare all the stuff, including pickles, home-made preserves
and traditional Russian pies and pancakes. But they don't seem to mind too
much and boil, fry, roast, grill, broil, bake and make. Paraphrasing a famous
proverb one can say:
       “What is a Russian man's meal is a British man's poison”.
       Americans often have dinner at about 5:00 p. m.
       It is usually the largest meal of the day. It consists of milk, vegetable
and some type of meat. Americans also enjoy carrots, peas, spinach, beets,
tomatoes, green beans, squash and many other types of vegetables.
       The meat could be chicken, turkey beef or pork. Many Americans
enjoy a salad with their dinner. They either have vegetables from a can or
they buy them fresh from the supermarket.
       Americans seldom have dessert and if, they do it is usually very light.
       They seldom sit at the table and eat for very long; they “eat and run”.
 But many people have different tastes and enjoy different food.

III. Read, translate and reproduce the dialogues:
         Dialogue 1.
                          At the Savoy restaurant:
Stanley: Let's study the menu now and see what's on it tonight.
Waiter: Good evening, gentlemen. Are you ready to order now?


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