WE LEARN ENGLISH. PART I. Ромаданова О.Н - 65 стр.

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The waiter said, “Can’t you tell the difference, sir, by the taste?”
“No,” the man said, “I can’t.”
“Well,” answered the waiter, “if you can’t tell the difference, what does it matter
which it is?”
2. A man was having soup in an English hotel. The waiter gave it to him
and then, looking out of the window, said to the man, “It looks like rain, sir.”
”Yes,” said the man, as he took a spoonful of soup, “and it tastes like rain,
too”.
3. King George III of England was in the country one day and stopped at a
small hotel for lunch. He wasn’t very hungry, so he had only two boiled eggs.
He ate them and asked for the bill. The landlord gave him the bill – two pounds.
The King said, “What! Two pounds for two eggs? Eggs must be very scarce
here.”
“No, sir,” said the landlord, “eggs are not scarce – but kings are”.
Task 6. Read the text “Meals in Britain” and do the tasks following it.
A traditional English breakfast is a very big meal – sausages, bacon, eggs,
tomatoes, mushrooms... But nowadays many people just have cereal with milk
and sugar, or toast with marmalade, jam, or honey. Marmalade and jam are not
the same! Marmalade is made from oranges and jam is made from other fruit.
The traditional breakfast drink is tea, which people have with cold milk. Some
people have coffee, often instant coffee, which is made with just hot water.
Many visitors to Britain find this coffee disgusting!
For many people lunch is a quick meal. In cities there are a lot of
sandwich bars, where office workers can choose the kind of bread they want –
brown, white, or a roll – and then all sorts of salad and meat or fish to go in the
sandwich. Pubs often serve good, cheap food, both hot and cold. School-
children can have a hot meal at school, but many just take a snack from home –
a sandwich, a drink, some fruit, and perhaps some crisps.
“Tea” means two things. It is a drink and a meal! Some people have
afternoon tea, with sandwiches, cakes, and, of course, a cup of tea. Cream teas
are popular. You have scones (a kind of cake) with cream and jam. At the
weekends people often invite their friends to have a chat over a cup of tea.
The evening meal is the most substantial meal of the day. They usually
have dinner between 6.00 and 8.00, and often the whole family eats together.
On Sundays many families have a traditional lunch. They have roast meat,
either beef, lamb, chicken, or pork, with potatoes, vegetables, and gravy. Gravy
is a sauce made from the meat juices.
The British like food from other countries, too, especially Italian, French,
Chinese, and Indian. People often get take-away meals – you buy the food at the
restaurant and then bring it home to eat. Eating in Britain is quite international!
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