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The boys say: "We want to help you, father." 16. Mr. Smith says:

"Have dinner with us." 17. The mother says: "Eat up your porridge, children." 18.

The teacher says: "Find the Thames on the map, Mike." 19. They say: "Don't

make so much noise, John. The baby is asleep."

TEXT 1 MEALS

The Smiths are in their dining-room. There are five of them: Mr. Smith, the

head of the family, Mrs. Smith, his wife, and their children: John, Ann and Kitty.

They are having breakfast.Mrs. Smith is putting some cornflakeson the boy's

plate. The elder daughter is passing the sugarto her father,

Mrs. S m i t h : Will you have sugar on your cornflakes, John? John: Oh, no,

Mum,thank you. I'd likesome moremilk instead.

Mr. S m i t h : Why aren't you eating anything, Kitty? You are so slow.Look,

Ann is already finishing her cornflakes.

K i t t y : I don't like cornflakes. I'm just thirsty.Give me some tea and cakes,

Mum,

Mrs. S m i t h : Now, be a good girl, Kitty. Have some more cornflakes. We're

going tohave bacon and eggs, and then you'll get your tea with toastand

marmalade.

Mr. S m i t h : Could you give me a little more cornflakes, dear?

Mrs. S m i t h : Just a moment. (Mrs. Smith passes him his plate.) What

aboutbacon and eggs? Will you have some?

Mr. S m i t h : Sure. And then a nice strong cup of tea. I'm afraid I must leave

in a quarter of an hour or so.

The father is already having his cup of tea while the children are still talking

over their cornflakes.

TEXT 2

IN THE CANTEEN

A n n: Ithink, it's high time to have a bite.I am hungry.

В о b: So amI, I see you are ready to go down to the canteen, I am just

finishing this article. Will you waita minute, please.

A n n : Yes, hufry up,then.

В о b : Iwonder if there is anything to your tasteon the menu.

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A n n : Oh, yes, all kinds of things. Let's have some soup, Clear soup,

perhaps?

B o b : I don't think I'll have any soup today. I'd like some salad to begin

with.

A n n : Will you have mixed salad, chops and mashed potatoes?

B o b : Why, yes of course. What do you say toa bottle of beer?

A n n : No beer, thanks. I prefer a glass of soda-water or just a cup of tea.

B o b : All right. Tea then. Will you pass me the mustard, please?

A n n : Here you are. As for me,I never take mustard or pepper.

B o b ; You don'tsay sol

A n n : Look! The waitress is already bringing our tea.

B o b : We want neitherham norsausage, do we?

A n n : No, ham as well as sausage is out of the question.I'd like some fruit,

apples or oranges.

B o b : Yes, but I'm afraid you forget about the meeting of our English club.

We must leave at once to be in time for the beginning of the discussion.

A n n : Right you are. Let's pay for the dinner and be off.

VOCABULARY NOTES

mealn завтрак, обед или ужин; to have a mealесть, поесть, е. д. We

usually have four meals a day: breakfast, lunch, dinner and supper.

breakfastn завтрак; to have breakfast (dinner, supper)(no article!)

завтракать, обедать, ужинать, е. д. Dinner is ready. Have dinner with us.

cornflakesпшеничные (кукурузные) хлопья

Mum = Mummyмама; Cf. Dad — Daddy

I 'd (should) like (to do smth.)Мне бы хотелось ...

more, another, stillcorrespond to the Russian «еще». Thepronouns more

and anotherare used with nouns. Moreis used both with counta-bles in the plural

and uncountables: morebooks, moresugar; anotheris used only with countables

in the singular: anotherbook, anotherstudent. Cf. more tea, but another cup of

tea. Stillis used with verbs. It is often translated into Russian as «все еще», е. д.

It is still raining. Heis still at home.

slow adj медленный, e. g. You are very slow. Slowly adv медленно, e. g. You

speak very slowly.

to be going toсобираться

toastл гренок; ломтик хлеба, подрумяненный на огне What

about...? Как насчет ...?

leave(for) (left, left)W 1. уезжать, уходить, e. gr. He is leaving Moscow for

St.Petersburg. He is leaving for St.Petersburg. He is leaving in half an hour. Ant.

stay vi оставаться, e.g Thechildren stay at home as it is raining. 2. забывать,

оставлять, е. g Don't leave your exercise-book at home, Cf. Don't forget my

address. Don't forget to open the window.

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It is high time (to do smth.)Давно пора ...

to have a biteперекусить

hungry adj голодный; as a hungry dog, a hungry child: to behungry хотеть

есть, е. д. I am hungry. I am going to the canteen, hunger л голод

I am hungry. So amI. И я тоже. The word combination So am (do, can...)I is

used as a reply to an affirmative sentence. Neither am (do, can...)I is used after

negative sentences, e. g. I am reading. So amI. I prefer a cup of tea. So do I. I can

do it. So can I. I amnot writing. Neither am I. I don't like this salad. Neither does

my sister. He can't translate this sentence. Neither can I. The subject is at the end

of the phrase and is stressed: 'So do XI.

wait vi ждать; to waitfor (smb., smth.),e. g. We are waiting for a taxi,

waiter (waitress)n официант (официантка); Syn. to expect

hurry vi спешить, e. g. We are hurrying to the laboratory. Hurry up!Скорее!

Живее! е. д. Hurry up, it's already 8 o'clock.

taste n вкус, e. g. You must know her taste if you want, to buy her a present,

to one's tasteпо вкусу. Proverb: Tastes differ. ( = о вкусах не спорят.) taste

vt 1. пробовать, e. g. Will you taste my porridge? 2. иметь вкус, е. д. The pie

tastes very sweet, tasty adj вкусный

to begin withдля начала, начнем с того, что ...

Whatdo you say to... Что вы скажете насчет ...

You don't say so!Что вы говорите?! Неужели?!

neither ... norни ... ни; In sentences with neither ... northe verb is used in

the affirmative form and agrees with the second noun in number and person, e.

g. Neither Ivanov nor Petrov knows the answer to my question. We have

neither bread nor meat in the house. Please go and buy some. ! It is outof the

question.Об этом не может быть и речи. Это ; (совершенно) исключается,

е. д. Going to theforest now is out of the question, it's too dark.

discussion n дискуссия, обсуждение; discuss vt, e. g They are \ discussing a

book by Mark Twain.

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TOPICAL VOCABULARY

Meals

breakfast, lunch, dinner, supper; first course, second course, dessert; for the

first (second) course

a plate, a glass, a cup, a saucer, a tea-pot, a kettle, a fork, a spoon, a knife

bread, meat, fish, butter, eggs, cheese, sugar, sausage, bacon, herring

potatoes, tomatoes, carrots, cabbage, cucumbers, beets, peas salt, mustard,

pepper

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water, milk, tea, coffee, cocoa, beer, wine, fruit-juice, honey soup (clear soup,

cabbage soup, pea soup), porridge, macaroni, salad (mixed salad), mashed

potatoes, fried potatoes, chops, cutlets, beefsteak, chicken, goose

pudding, cake, sweets, pie, ice-cream, jam, jelly, stewed fruit apples, pears,

plums, oranges, tangerines, grapes, bananas, berries, cherries, peaches, nuts

to have (to eat, to drink), to dine, to cook, to fry, to boil, to taste, to prefer

to lay the table, to sit down to table, to be (to sit) at table, to clear the table (to

take away the dirty dishes); Help yourself to (smth., some food); Have some

more; No more, thank you!

PHONETIC NOTES

1. T h e i n t o n a t i o n o f a p a r e n t h e s i s depends on its position

in a sentence. A parenthesis at the beginning of a sentence is usually stressed. It

often forms a separate sense-group.

e.g. I'm aVfraid, I must 'leave in a tquarter of an 'hour or xso. ;

xNow I V be a 'good xgirl, Kitty.

As for ,me | I V never take 'mustard or xpepper.

A parenthesis in the middle or at the end of a sentence is usually unstressed or

half-stressed and it continues the melody of the preceding sense-group.

e. g. Y d like some xsalad to begin with. t" ~* ^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2. Compound nouns are usually pronounced with the stress on the first element

only: a "dining-room, a "blackboard, but "ice-'cream, cas'sette-re.corder.

EXERCISES

I. Transcribe the following words and explain the reading rules:

a) porridge, salt, already, thirsty, bacon, marmalade, father, meals, dining-

room, dinner, passing, butter, sweets, spoon, husband, afraid, Smith, moment,

about, leave, talking, another;

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b) thin, think, bite, hungry, just, article, canteen, please, kind, chop, glass,

mustard, pepper, pass, use, sausage, apple, right, discussion, off, mashed.

II. Copy out of the texts the words: a) with the digraphs ее, ea; b) with the third type