a) explain the meaning of:
delicious (about food), layer-cake, oven, napkin, a big eater, done to a turn, seconds.
B) give the Infinitive oft
overdone, spilt, upset, mashed, stewed.
IV. a) Give asummary of Text in reported speech.
Example: Text is a talk between two friends in the dining hall of their Institute. They seem very hungry, but they haven't got much time left before the end of the break, so one of them stands in the line, while the other reads the menu. There is a rich choice of dishes in it but as they are in a hurry they take only salads, fish jelly and chicken soup, which shows that they are obviously Russians: the English are not overfond of soup, as you know.
B) Learn Text by heart and recite it la pairs.
V. Study Essential Vocabulary II and the commentary to it and answer the following questions:
1. What kinds of food do you know? Give as many nouns denoting food as you can. 2. What meals do you know? 3. What dishes do you know? Give as many names of dishes as you can. 4. What is understood by a "course"? What attributes may qualify this word? 5. What can be boiled? 6. Do we fry meat or do we roast it? 7. What is an omelette made from? 8. What are cornflakes generally eaten with? 9. What is the difference between fried potatoes and chips? 10. What kind of meal is five o'clock tea in England? Do you know other names for this meal? 11. What kinds of fruit do you know? 12. Do we roast fish? What is the way to cook it? 13. Do you ever have stewed fruit for dessert? 14. Do you usually have a starter before dinner or do you do without it? 15. Where do you have your meals on weekdays and on Sundays?
VI. Fill in prepositions or adverbs where necessary:
1. Take another helping... salad. 2. I think I'll trouble you... a second cup of tea. 3. Will you please pass... the sugar. 4. She is going to make some fish soup... dinner. 5. Marmalade is made... orange peel. 6. The egg is eaten... a small spoon. 7. Their meal consisted... two courses. 8. What can you recommend... the first course? 9. The meat is done... a turn. 10. No sugar... me, thank you. 11.... midday people have their meals... home or... the canteen. 12. Custard is made... eggs and milk. 13. The fish is just... my liking. 14. Evening meal goes... various names... England. 15. I don't take milk... my tea. 16. Help yourself... some pastry. 17. Broth is made... boiling chicken. 18. Will you please hand... the salt-cellar? 19. What do you usually order... dessert? 20. The way to refuse... a dish is... saying "No, thank you." 21. You may ask... a second helping.
VII. Translate these sentences into English:
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VIII. a) Act out the dialogues below:
A. Inviting someone out
S.: Hallo, Bill, have you got any plans for this evening?
.: No, really, no.
S.: Well, would you like to have a meal with me?
.: Oh, well, I'm not sure I can manage that.
S.: There's a nice Chinese restaurant in town the food's very good there.
.: Oh, that sounds very nice, thanks.
S.: I'll call for you about 8, then.
.: 8 o'clock. Fine, thanks.
B. Asking your friends to doyou a favour.
J.: I'm just going shopping. Do you want anything?
M.: Are you going past the baker's by any chance, Jan?
J.: Yes.
M.: Well, I wonder if you could get me fifteen Danish pastries.
J.: Fifteen? I can't imagine why you want fifteen.
M.: Well, I want to give everyone in the class one for tea.
J.: OK! I hope I'll get one of them.
M.: Of course, thanks a lot. (Functions of English. Teacher's Book. Cambridge Univ. Press, 1981)
