Topic 4: English-speaking country
Read and translate the text. Match the questions below with each paragraph: Great Britain The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is situated on the British Isles. The British Isles consist of two large islands: Great Britain and Ireland, and about five thousand small islands. Their total area is over 244,000 square kilometers. The United Kingdom is made up of four countries: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Their capitals are London, Edinburgh Cardiff and Belfast respectively. Great Britain consists of England, Scotland and Wales and does not include Northern Ireland. But in everyday speech Great Britain is used to mean the United Kingdom. The capital of the UK is London. The British Isles are separated from the European continent by the North Sea and the English Channel. The western coast of Great Britain is washed by the Atlantic Ocean and the Irish Sea. The surface of the British Isles varies very much. The north of Scotland is mountainous and is called the Highlands, while the south, which has beautiful valleys and plains, is called the Lowlands. The north and west of England are mountainous, but all the rest-east, center and south-east is - a vast plain. Mountains are not very high. Ben Nevis in Scotland is the highest mountain (1343 m). There are a lot of rivers in Great Britain, but they are not very long. The Severn is the longest river, while the Thames is the deepest and the most important one. The mountains, the Atlantic Ocean and the warm waters of Gulf Stream influence the climate of the British Isles. It is mild the whole year round. The UK is one of the world's smaller countries. Its population is over 57 million. About 80% of the population is urban. The UK is a highly developed industrial country. It is known as one of the world's largest producers and exporters of machinery, electronics, textile, aircraft and navigation equipment. One of the chief industries of the country is shipbuilding. The UK is a constitutional monarchy. In law, the Head of State is the Queen. In practice, the Queen reigns, but doesn't rule. The elected government rules the country with the Prime Minister at the head. The British Parliament consists of two chambers: the House of Lords and the House of Commons. There are three main political parties in Great Britain: the Labour, the Conservative and the Liberal parties. The Conservative party is the ruling party nowadays. Answer the questions: 1. The UK is an island state, isn't it? Where is it situated? 2. What countries is the UK made of? What are their capitals? 3. What channel separates the British Isles from the European continent? 4. The surface of the British Isles varies very much, doesn't it? 5. What is the north of Scotland called? What is the south of Scotland called? 6. What's the highest mountain in Scotland? 7. Are there a lot of long and deep rivers in Great Britain? 8. Why is the climate of the British Isles mild? 9. Is the UK a large country? 10. What's the UK's population ? Vocabulary: The United Kingdom of Great Britain Соединенное Королевство Великобритании and Northern Ireland и Северной Ирландии the British Isles Британские острова to be situated быть расположенным to consist of состоять из total area общая площадь respectively соответственно to include включать at the head во главе parliament парламент chamber палата to separate разделять to wash омывать surface поверхность to vary менять(ся), разнообразить mountainous гористый valley долина vast огромный plain равнина deep глубокий to influence влиять climate климат mild мягкий, умеренный the whole year round круглый год population население urban городской highly developed высокоразвитый textile текстиль aircraft самолеты navigation судоходство equipment оборудование chief главный, основной shipbuilding кораблестроение constitutional monarchy конституционная монархия law закон in law по закону the head of the state глава государства queen королева in practice фактически, на практике to reign царствовать to rule править to elect выбирать government правительство Prime Minister премьер-министр Act out the dialogue: - What kind of country is Great Britain? - Great Britain is a capitalist country. - What chambers does the British Parliament consist of? - It consists of two chambers: the House of Lords and the House of Commons. - Whom do the chambers consists of ? - The House of Lords has 850 members, composed of the lords. The House of Commons consists of 630 members, who are elected by ballot. - What political parties are there in Great Britain? - At present there are the following political parties in Great Britain: the Conservatives, the Labour Party, the Liberals and the Communist Party. - Which party is in power now? - At present the Labour is in power. - Whose interest does the Labour Party serve? - In reality the Labour party serves the interests of the English bourgeoisie. The only party that serves the interests of the English working people is the Communist Party headed by John Hollan. Translate into English: 1. Соединенное Королевство Великобритании и Северной Ирландии расположено на Британских островах, состоящих из двух больших и тысяч малых островов. 2. Население Великобритании в основном городское и составляет более 57 миллионов человек. 3. Соединенное Королевство состоит из четырех частей, в Великобританию входят Англия, Шотландия и Уэльс. 4. Британские острова омываются Атлантическим океаном, Ирландским морем, Северным морем и проливами Ла-Манш и Па-де-Кале. 5. Британские острова состоят из гористой части и низин. 6. Реки в Великобритании не очень длинные. 7. На климат Великобритании оказывает влияние Гольфстрим. 8. Великобритания производит и экспортирует станки, электронику, текстиль, суда. 9. Великобритания - конституционная монархия.
Topic 5: Shopping Read and translate the text: Shops Tradesmen or shopkeepers generally deal only in certain goods. The grocer sells a variety of foodstuffs such as flour, butter, eggs, biscuits, jam and jellies, cheese, sugar, spice tinned and frozen foods. The greengrocer deals in fruit and vegetables. The florist sells flowers and plants, wreaths and bouquets. We go to a fishmonger for fish and if he is a poulterer as well we can buy poultry there - chickens, ducks, geese or turkeys. A milkshop is called a dairy. There we buy dairy produce - milk, butter, cheese, cream, sore cream and eggs. Then we run out of bread. We go to the baker's and ask for a loaf of white or brown bread. A cake shop sells pastries and cakes of all kinds. The confectioner always does a good trade selling sweets - chocolates, toffees and other tempting things. That makes every child's mouth water. A draper sells clothes. A tailor sells men's clothes, either ready-to-ware or made to measure. If a woman wants to buy ready-made clothes to a dress shop or a department store. A dressmaker makes ladies' clothes in her own home. The hatter sells men's hats, but the milliner sells hats for ladies. The hosier sells hosiery or knitted goods like stockings, socks or underclothes, a man's outfitter sells everything a man needs in the way of clothes. Those who need paper, pens, rubbers, ink, rulers, notebooks, exercise books and bloating-paper can get them at the stationer's. The bookseller sells books and magazines. The watchmaker repairs and sells clocks and watches. The jeweler sells jewelry and also things of gold and silver, ornaments. The china-shop has a large stock of china porcelain and earthenware. The ironmonger supplies everything made of iron (hard-ware) from nails to gardening - tools. The furniture-shop sells furniture either for cash, or on hire purchase. A chemist although a qualified pharmacist, sells many things besides medicines - perfume, toilet articles such a soap, toothpaste, spongers, tooth brushes and even cameras and films. What a long list of shops we can make! In spite of this many large stories called department stores, sell all the goods we have mentioned under one roof. Answer the questions: 1. Who does the shopping in your family? 2. How often do you go shopping? 3. Do you prefer to go shopping on weekdays or at the weekend? 4. Do you like to go to small shops or to big department stores and supermarkets? 5. Which do you think is the most convenient time for shopping? 6. Some people are fond of window-shopping. Can you say that you belong to such people? 7. What are advantages and disadvantages of big supermarkets? 8. Can you see a different between state-owned shops and private shops? Which ones do you prefer? Vocabulary: to buy (to purchase, to shop for) покупать to sell продавать to supply снабжать, поставлять to deliver доставлять (товары) to display выставлять (товары) cheap дешевый expensive (dear) дорогой to cost стоить price, at a price цена, по цене discount, at a discount скидка, со скидкой sale распродажа cash-desk касса salesman (shop assistant) продавец saleswoman продавщица customer (shopper) покупатель consumer потребитель shopping queue, line очередь to do one's shopping делать покупки to go shopping идти по магазинам baker's / bakery булочная flour мука butter масло egg яйцо biscuit (сухое) печенье cheese сыр sugar сахар spice специя, пряность salt соль tinned foods консервированные продукты frozen foods замороженные продукты plant растение vegetable овощ fruit фрукты wreath венок bouquet букет poultry домашняя птица game дичь chicken цыпленок duck утка goose гусь turkey индейка butcher's мясной (магазин) confectioner's кондитерский dairy молочный greengrocer's овощной fishmonger's рыбный sweet-shop сласти shop-window (window display) витрина department store универсальный магазин counter прилавок shop (store) магазин booth ларек stall (kiosk) киоск to change разменять change сдача to pay платить How much is it? Сколько стоит What does it cost? to wrap заворачивать (покупку) fitting room примерочная to try on примерять to fit сидеть (о платье) to suit, to become подходить, быть к лицу to match, to go with сочетаться, гармонировать style, design фасон fashion, vogue мода all the vogue крик моды up-to date современный stylish модный bunch of flowers букет цветов loaf of (bread) батон (хлеба) draper's ткани (магазин) tailor портной hosiery трикотаж stockings чулки socks носки underclothes нижнее белье rubber ластик ink чернила rule линейка notebook записная книжка blotting-paper промокательная бумага stationer's канцелярские товары magazine журнал clock часы (настенные) watch часы (наручные) jewellery ювелирные украшения gold золото silver серебро ornament украшение china-shop магазин посуды porcelain фарфор earthenware глиняная посуда ironmonger торговец железными изделиями nail гвоздь gardening tools садовые принадлежности furniture мебель cash наличные деньги on hire purchase в кредит, в рассрочку perfume духи toilet articles туалетные принадлежности soap мыло tooth paste зубная паста sponge губка tooth brush зубная щетка camera фотоаппарат film пленка (фото-, видео-) that will do это годится, устраивает to be out of stock кончиться, распродать Act out the dialogues: 1. - Can I help you? - Yes, I'm looking for a sweater. - We've got some sweaters over here. What color are you looking for? - This blue one is nice. - Yes, it is. Is it for yourself? - Yes, it is. Can I try it on? - Yes, go ahead. - No, it's too small. It doesn't fit me. Have you got one in a bigger size? - No, I'm afraid not. What about the red one? - No, I don't like the color. Red doesn't suit me. OK, I'll leave it. Thank you. - Goodbye. 2. - Can I help you, sir? - Yes, I'm looking for something for my wife. Have you got any perfume? - Yes, sir. Try this. It's our new perfume for this season. It's called Reward. - Can I try it? Mm. It's very good. How much is it? - This bottle costs $37. - Hm. Have you got it in a smaller bottle? 3. - Excuse me. - Yes, madam, can I help you? - I'd like a box of chocolates for my friend. - Yes, madam, 500 grams? - How much is that? - Ten dollars. These are particularly good chocolates. - OK, I'll have them. Translate into English in writing: 1. Мне нужно сделать сегодня кое-какие покупки. 2. Завтра мы идем покупать мне пальто. 3. Больше всего я люблю в этом универмаге отдел ювелирных изделий. 4. Когда открываются (закрываются) магазины в вашем городе? 5. Такие костюмы сейчас в моде. 6. По дороге домой зайди в гастроном и купи: немного сахара, банку вишневого варенья, бутылку томатного соуса и два батона хлеба. 7. Выбор продуктов в этом супермаркете очень широкий. 8. У меня мало времени на приготовление пищи, поэтому я часто покупаю замороженные продукты. 9. В нашем гастрономе всегда в продаже свежее мясо. 10. На рынке некоторые продукты можно купить по более низкой цене.
Read and translate the text: My meals It goes without saying that I prefer to have meals at home. At the weekend I like to get up late and have a good breakfast of scrambled eggs, or pancakes, or something like that. But on weekdays I'm always short of time in the morning. So I just have a cup of strong tea or coffee and a couple of sandwiches. As I spend a lot of time at school (usually eight or nine hours) it's necessary to have a snack at midday just to keep me going. That's why I have to go to the school canteen to have lunch. Our school canteen leaves much to be desired. It has become a tradition with our canteen to serve chops and watery mashed potatoes every day with a glass of cocoa or stewed fruit. But I enjoy my evening meal at home. My mother is a wonderful cook and her dinners are always delicious and various. To begin with, we usually have some salad - tomato and cucumber salad or mixed salad (I like it very much). For the first course we have some soup - noodle, mushroom or cabbage soup, or maybe some fish soup for a change. for the main course we have meat, chicken or fish dishes, for example, steak or fried fish with spaghetti or potatoes (boiled or fried). We also have a lot of vegetables - green peas, carrots, tomatoes, cucumbers. I prefer meat to fish but my mother makes me eat fish from time to time. She says it's good for my brains. For dessert we have some fruit, fruit juice or a cup of tea with a slice of cake. On Sundays we sometimes go to McDonald's. I like everything there: cheeseburgers, hamburgers and Big Macs, apple pies and fruit cocktails. But unfortunately we can't afford to go there very often, because it's rather expensive for a family and besides, they say it's not very healthy to eat at McDonald's. Answer the questions: 1. How many meals a day do you usually have? 2. What do you usually have for breakfast? 3. Where do you have lunch (dinner)? 4. How many courses does your lunch (dinner) usually consist of? 5. What is your favourite dish? 6. What vegetables do you like? 7. What do you usually have for dessert? 8. How often do you eat out? 9. Can you cook? 10. Do you agree that the best cooks in the world are men? Vocabulary: food пища, съестные припасы fresh свежий diet диета to be on a diet быть на диете groats крупа buck wheat гречневая крупа rice рис semolina манная крупа corn кукуруза corn flakes кукурузные хлопья beef говядина pork свинина mutton (lamb) баранина veal телятина cutlet рубленая котлета salami копченая колбаса ham ветчина cold pork буженина herring селедка salmon лосось, семга (амер. горбуша) shrimp (prawn) креветка cottage cheese творог carrot морковь cabbage капуста onion лук garlic чеснок pepper перец dills укроп parsley петрушка grapes виноград pear груша plum слива cherry вишня, черешня peach персик lemon лимон orange апельсин pine-apple ананас tangerine мандарин melon дыня water-melon арбуз strawberry клубника, земляника raspberry малина currant смородина nut орех seeds семечки soft-drinks безалкогольные напитки honey мед jam варенье jar of jam банка варенья to have tea пить чай to be hungry быть голодным to be thirsty хотеть пить help yourself угощайтесь macaroni (pasta) макароны waiter (waitress) официант, -ка order заказ can I have могу я заказать for a first coarse на 1-е блюдо for a main на 2-е for dessert на десерт it tastes good вкусно to cook (food) готовить stuff фарш plate тарелка fork вилка spoon ложка knife нож it goes without saying само собой разумеется to prefer предпочитать scrambled eggs яичница pancakes блины, оладьи short of time не хватает времени couple пара, два sandwich бутерброд to have a snack перекусить to keep smb going для поддержания сил canteen столовая leaves much to be desired оставляет желать лучшего to serve обслуживать, подавать a chop котлета watery водянистый mashed potatoes картофельное пюре cocoa какао stewed fruit компот delicious вкусный various разнообразный to begin with для начала salad салат tomato помидор cucumber огурец mixed смешанный noodle soup куриный суп с лапшой mushroom soup грибной суп cabbage soup щи for a change для разнообразия steak бифштекс to boil варить to fry жарить green peas зеленый горошек to make smb to do smth заставлять кого-то делать что-то from time to time время от времени berries ягоды vegetarian вегетарианец brain мозги juice сок slice ломтик, кусочек cheeseburger чизбургер hamburger гамбургер apple pie яблочный пирог fruit cocktail фруктовый коктейль afford позволять себе prefer smth to smth предпочитать что-то чему-то they say говорят it's not very healthy вредно для здоровья Act the dialogue: - How do you like the soup? - Awfully nice really. Don't you think so? - Yes, it is indeed. Pass me the salt, please. - Here you are. Some more bread? - Yes, please. - What comes next, Ann? - Pork chops with roast potatoes. - And what follows that? - Wouldn't you like to make a guess? - Stewed apricots as usual, I suppose. - There you are wrong, John. It's apple pudding with whipped cream. - Apple pudding and with whipped cream! My, isn't it fine? - I'm happy that I've suited your taste. Translate into English: 1. Каждое утро я ем кукурузные хлопья с молоком. 2. Агличане пьют чай со сливками, а не с лимоном. Такой чай они называют "русский чай". 3. Моя подруга - вегетарианка, и поэтому она обычно ест овощи, фрукты, ягоды, молочные продукты и иногда рыбу. 4. Я сейчас на диете и поэтому съем только немного вареного мяса и овощей. 5. Наша семья любит овощи, и летом и зимой мама часто готовит нам салаты. 6. Какой суп ты хочешь? Грибной. Только пусть мама сварит его. Он будет тогда гораздо вкуснее. 7. Разрешите предложить вам еще чашку кофе? Спасибо, не кладите много сахару, пожалуйста. 8. Что ты заказал на второе? Еще ничего, но закажу котлеты с макаронами. А я макаронам предпочитаю картофель, поэтому я возьму курицу с пюре. 9. Я очень хочу пить! Сегодня очень жарко.
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