Lifestyle in Britain. Дворжец О.С. - 129 стр.

   pubs originate from the days when                     alcohol. You must be 18 before you can
   many people couldn’t read. Pubs                       legally buy or drink alcohol in a pub.
   were known by the picture on the
   sign which hung outside – “The Red                    Tapescript 18
   Lion”, “The White Horse” and so on.
NM And who owns the pubs? Are they                       See The Old Gumbie cat in Unit IV 11.1
   privately owned?                                      and Answer Key.
TL Not usually. Very few are in private
   hands. Most pubs, like this one, are                  Tapescript 19
   owned by one or other of the large
   national breweries. They own the                      Number 1
   premises and supply the beer.                         At Penta we try harder to make buying a
NM I see. Well, enough talking. Perhaps                  used car easier and better for you. Like the
   it’s time for me to try one of your                   Penta five hundred pound choice. We’ll
   excellent beers!                                      give you a five hundred pound discount off
                                                         the car you’re buying, or five hundred
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                                                         price, or a five hundred pound cheque
British beer can be confusing to visitors.               when you take delivery. It’s your choice,
Many foreigners who are new to pubs ask for              and remember, all Penta’s used cars are
“a beer, please” – but this alone is not enough.         covered by our unique Penta promise, and
In Britain you must specify the quantity you             the chance to exchange within seven days.
want – a pint or half a pint – and the type.             ‘You’ll do a great deal better at Penta.’
There are three types of beer in Britain. Bitter
is the most popular beer; it is a medium                 Number 2
brown beer, and is not very alcoholic, at about          Charles Church, builders of quality houses,
4% alcohol by volume. Lager is a light-                  invites you to the cheese and wine opening
coloured beer, similar to beers popular in the           of their third show house, The Frencham,
rest of Europe. Stout is a very dark, almost             at Mill Grange, Calcott, from six till eight
black beer; the Irish stout called Guinness is           p.m. Friday the fifteenth of June, and nine
the most famous brand.                                   till five on Saturday the sixteenth. Come
Most bitter drinkers prefer “real ale” these             along and join us for cheese and wine. View
days. Real ale is bitter brewed in the tradi-            this attractive three-bedroomed linked de-
tional way and then stored in barrels. The               tached house and see the other two fur-
barman “draws” the beer from the barrel us-              nished luxury show houses. Decide which
ing a hand pump. Other beers called keg beers            is the best Charles Church home for you at
are stored in pressurized barrels, and the bar-          Mill Grange, just off Mill Lane on the A4
man or barmaid needs only to turn a small tap            opposite the Calcott Golf Club. Charles
on the bar for the beer to pour into the glass.          Church, quality homes of character.
Ordering in a pub can also confuse visitors, as
there is no waiter or waitress service. You              Number 3
must order your drink from the bar, and pay              ‘Telecom … Telecom … Telecom …
for it at the same time.                                 Telecommunicating …’
Laws on drinking in Britain are very strict. If          Get down to the British Telecom ‘phone
you want to sell alcohol you have to have a              shop in Friar Street, Reading where you’ll
licence, and as Tony said in the interview a             find a great choice of in-phones, including
pub may only open at certain times of the day.           ‘Slimtel’, the one-piece in-phone with
No children under 14 years of age may go into            press button dialing, last number recall and
a pub (although many pubs have a children’s              a style you’ll like for just twenty-nine
room away from the bar). Fourteen-year-olds              ninety-five. See ‘Slimtel’ at the British
may go into a pub but may not buy or drink               Telecom ‘phone shop. Now open at Friar

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