1. 
   There’s absolutely nothing to do round there in the evenings and it’s fairly quiet during the day time.
   
2. 
   We live on a main road and lots of lorries go past.
   
3. 
   The nightlife’s good. There’s always something happening.
   
4. 
   It’s quite run-down and there’s quite a lot of crime and social problems.
   
5. 
   There are lots of parks and trees, which is nice.
   
6. 
   It’s incredibly expensive round there. All you see are beautiful houses with perfect gardens. I could never afford to live there.
   
7. 
   It’s in the middle of nowhere. You need a car to get anywhere.
   
8. 
   There’s a lot of litter – the streets are filthy and there’s graffiti everywhere.
   
9. 
   There are plenty of shops and it’s well connected for transport.
   
10. 
    There are lots of families living there, so it’s nice for the kids, but we could do with more shops nearby.
    

b. Write a list of areas you know. Swap your paper and ask your partner What’s … like? Your partner should answer the questions using language from ex. a.

Track 4. Ex. 4. a. You are going to hear two people talking about the area they live in. Listen and answer the questions about each conversation.

1. 
   Do they like it?
   
2. 
   What’s nice about the area?
   
3. 
   What’s bad about the area?
   
4. 
   How has the area changed?
   
5. 
   What caused the change?
   

b. Try to complete the sentences from Listening.

1. 
   There are still things about it, but it’s … than … before.
   
2. 
   There’s … much crime as … five years ago.
   
3. 
   It’s … quiet as … .
   
4. 
   There were … flights than … now.
   
5. 
   One of the budget airlines started using the airport and over the past few years it … bigger and … .
   

c. Complete these sentences so they are true about your town / country. Work in pairs. Explain your ideas.

1. 
   … is / are much worse than … was / were before.
   
2. 
   … isn’t / aren’t as bad as it / they used to be.
   
3. 
   There is much less … than there was a few years ago.
   
4. 
   There is / are more … than there was / were in the past.
   
5. 
   It’s far easier to … than it used to be.
   
6. 
   … is more touristy than it used to be.
   
7. 
   … is / are getting better and better.
   
8. 
   Over the past few years, they’ve built more and more … in … .
   

Ex. 5. Read the following text.

Only a madman would choose to live in a large modern city

‘Avoid the rush-hour’ must be the slogan of large cities the world over. If it is, it’s a slogan no one takes the least notice of. Twice a day, with predictable regularity, the pot boils over. Wherever you look there are people, people, people. The trains which leave or arrive every few minutes are packed: an endless procession of human sardine tins. The streets are so crowded, there is hardly room to move on the pavements. The queues for buses reach staggering proportions. It takes ages for a bus to get to you because the traffic on the roads has virtually come to a standstill. Even when a bus does at last arrive, it’s so full, it can’t take any more passengers. This whole crazy system of commuting stretches man’s resources to the utmost. The smallest unforeseen event can bring about conditions of utter chaos. A power-cut, for instance, an exceptionally heavy snowfall or a minor derailment must always make city-dwellers realise how precarious the balance is. The extraordinary thing is not that people put up with these conditions, but that they actually choose them in preference to anything else. Large modern cities are too big to control. They impose their own living conditions on the people who inhabit them. City-dwellers are obliged by their environment to adopt a wholly unnatural way of life. They lose touch with the land and rhythm of nature. It is possible to live such an air-conditioned existence in a large city that you are barely conscious of the seasons. A few flowers in a public park (if you have the time to visit it) may remind you that it is spring or summer. A few leaves clinging to the pavement may remind you that it is autumn. Beyond that, what is going on in nature seems totally irrelevant. All the simple, good things of life like sunshine and fresh air are at a premium. Tall buildings blot out the sun. Traffic fumes pollute the atmosphere. Even the distinction between day and night is lost. The flow of traffic goes on unceasingly and the noise never stops. The funny thing about it all is that you pay dearly for the ‘privilege’ of living in a city. The demand for accommodation is so great that it is often impossible for ordinary people to buy a house of their own. Exorbitant rents must be paid for tiny flats which even country hens would disdain to live in. Accommodation apart, the cost of living is very high. Just about everything you buy is likely to be more expensive than it would be in the country. In addition to all this, city-dwellers live under constant threat. The crime rate in most cities is very high. Houses are burgled with alarming frequency. Cities breed crime and violence and are full of places you would be afraid to visit at night. If you think about it, they’re not really fit to live in at all. Can anyone really doubt that the country is what man was born for and where he truly belongs?

---

---

b. Find in the text the advantages and disadvantages of living in the city. Compare the differences between living in the city and in the countryside.

Ex. 26. Describe any city you have visited. You should say:

• 
  where it is situated and why you went there;
  
• 
  what it is famous for;
  
• 
  what the must-visit places in this city for a tourist.
  

Explain why you enjoyed it.

VII. FOOD, MEALS AND EATING OUT

Ex. 1. a. Read the text paying attention to the words and phrases in bold.

AN ENGLISHMAN'S MEALS

There are four meals a day traditionally in Britain: breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner. In many countries breakfast is a snack rather than a meal but the English breakfast is a full meal, much bigger than on the Continent. Some people begin with a plateful of porridge but more often cornflakes with milk and sugar, a toast, cereal, fruit and tea or coffee. At the weekends people eat the traditional ‘English’ breakfast: fried bacon, sausages, eggs, tomatoes, baked beans, mushrooms and fried bread. The British have breakfast at about eight o'clock in the morning,

Most British people now have such a full breakfast only on Sunday mornings. On weekdays it is usually a quick meal just cornflakes, toast and tea.

Lunch is also a light meal. People usually eat soup (which consists of meat, poultry or fish and a plenty of vegetables) or some sandwiches at around 1 o’clock.

Dinner is the most substantial meal of the day. The usual time is about seven o'clock and all the members of the family sit down together. The first course might be soup. Then comes the second course: fish or meat, perhaps the traditional roast beef of old England. Then the dessert is served: some kind of sweet. But whether a person in fact gets such a meal depends on his housekeeping budget. Some people in the towns and nearly all country people have dinner in the middle of the day instead of lunch. They have tea a little later, between five and six o'clock, when they might have a light meal — an omelette, or sausages or fried fish and chips or whatever they can afford.

The main meal of the day – variously called tea, supper or dinner – is some time after 5 o’clock. The most traditional Sunday main meal is roast beef with potatoes, vegetables and gravy – a sauce made from meat juices and stock and thickened with flour. Yorkshire pudding baked in the oven is traditionally served with roast beef.

At the weekends afternoon tea is a very sociable time. Friends and visitors are often present.

Some people like to have the so-called "high tea" which is a mixture of tea and supper — for example meat, cheese and fruit may be added to bread and butter, pastries and tea.

Then before going to bed, they may have a light snack or supper — e. g. a cup of hot milk with a sandwich or biscuit.

The evening meal as we have said already goes under various names: tea, "high tea", dinner or supper depending upon its size and also the social standing of those eating it.

British eating habits are very different now from thirty years ago. In most towns there are Chinese and Indian restaurants but in big cities you can also eat Japanese, Thai, Korean and Malaysian food. These restaurants are often cheaper than European ones and many people think that the food is more interesting.

Take-away food is also very popular in Britain. There are fish and chips shops everywhere as well as restaurants selling fast food like pizzas and hamburgers. 

b. Identify the following statements as T (true) or F (false) and correct the false ones. Prove your ideas.

1. 
   Breakfast is often the main meal of the day.
   
2. 
   People usually eat toasts, cereal, fruit and coffee or tea.
   
3. 
   The traditional ‘English’ breakfast consists of eggs, bacon, roast beef and vegetables.
   
4. 
   Lunch usually takes place at 3 or 4 o’clock.
   
5. 
   People often eat soup for breakfast.
   
6. 
   They call the main meal of the day a supper, a tea or a dinner.
   
7. 
   One usually serves roast beef with potatoes, vegetables and gravy.
   
8. 
   People usually boil the Yorkshire pudding.
   
9. 
   The British never eat Korean or Malaysian food.
   
10. 
    You can’t take your food with you if you leave a restaurant.
    

---

c. Match the words in bold type with the definitions below.

1. Have you had breakfast?	a) the main evening meal
2. What time do you have lunch?	b) the desire for food
3. What are you having for dinner?	c) the meal eaten around midday
4. I’m starving.	d) very hungry
5. We’ve only got time for a snack.	e) the first meal of the day
6. I hope you’ve got good appetite.	f) a quick and easy meal
7. Do you want some supper?	g) what and how a person eats
8. Eating habits of this country are very different now from thirty years ago.	h) a small meal eaten just before you go to bed

c. Retell the text using the words and phrases in bold.
Ex. 2. Match the methods of cooking with their definitions.

bake	cook in very hot oil
boil	cook over hot water
fry	cook under / over a flame
grill	cook meat, etc. in an oven
roast	cook in hot water
steam	cook bread, etc. in an oven

Ex. 3. Match the verbs on the left with the nouns on the right.

1) bake	a) an egg / bacon / hamburger
2) roast	b) a leg of lamb / a chicken
3) boil	c) bread / a cake / a lasagne
4) fry	d) rice / carrots / green beans

Ex. 4. a. How many things can you add to the chart?

Meat lamb, …

Seafood tuna, …

Fruits oranges, …

Vegetables carrots, …

Drinks milk, …

Example: ‘Can you think of any more meats?’ - ‘Sure. There’s chicken and …’.

b. Work in pairs. Compare your lists. Then discuss these questions.

---

• 
  What things are the same in your lists? What are different?
  
• 
  What’s your favourite in each list? What’s your least favourite?
  
• 
  Which foods can you use these cooking methods with?
  

bake barbecue boil broil fry grill steam

Example: ‘You can bake cakes and cookies’. ‘You can also bake bread and…’

c. Do you often eat the following food in your country? If so, do you eat in the same way?

Example: In Britain, we often eat ‘fish’ but not usually ‘raw fish’.

raw fish	fried rice
fried eggs	grilled sausages
baked potatoes	roast beef
raw spinach	roast peppers
fried bread	boiled eggs
grilled cheese	baked bananas

Ex. 5. Problems with food. Complete the following sentences with these words.

stale burnt ripe sour rotten fresh

1. I’m afraid I’ve done it again! The toast’s … . I’ll make some more.

2. I wouldn’t drink that milk if I were you. It doesn’t smell very … .

3. This milk tastes a bit … . Did somebody forget to put it back in the fridge again?

4. I can’t believe it! I only bought this bread yesterday. It’s … already!

5. Some of these apples are … and I only bought them at the weekend.

6. I’d leave these bananas for another day. They are not … yet.

Note. You can also say that meat, fish, fruit or milk is off or has gone off – ‘This milk’s off. This fish is starting to go off.’
Ex. 6. Complete the dialogues with the pairs of verbs in the box.

roast / grill mash / grate steam / boil deep-fry / stir-fry slice / marinate

1. 
   A: If you … vegetables, rather than … them, you keep in more of the vitamins.
   

B: Oh, I didn't know that.

2. 
   A: Please don't ... the fish in all that oil. Why don't you … it, the Chinese way?
   

B: I've never tried cooking that way.

3. 
   A: Can I give you a hand?
   

B: Yes, please. If you could … the potatoes and … the cheese, that would be a help.

4. 
   A: That knife's very sharp - be careful when you … the meat.
   

B: OK. How long does it need to … in the wine for?

5. 
   A: How are you going to cook the chicken pieces?
   

B: It's a waste of electricity to … them in the oven, so I think I'll … them.


Ex. 7. Complete the adjectives for describing food.

1. 
   She makes wonderful desserts but everything comes with cream and chocolate. It's just so f _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
   
2. 
   Since Lindsay came back from Mexico, everything comes with chillies. It's much too s _ _ _ _ for me.
   
3. 
   That sauce was really t _ _ _ _ -what herbs did you add to it?
   
4. 
   I admit I'm a bit fussy. I'm not keen on fish and I never eat fried food. It's just too g _ _ _ _ _.
   
5. 
   My pasta is a bit b _ _ _ _. Could you pass the salt?
   
6. 
   The steak and chips were really f _ _ _ _ _ _. I don't think I can eat any more.
   

Note. You will often see the past participles of cooking verbs on menus in English, e.g. Chicken marinated in wine served with mashed potatoes and roasted

---

Смотрите также файлы

• 4. Из какого материала делали первые шесты для прыжков с шестом.docx

• Ереси как феномен религиозной культуры.pdf

• Основные особенности и проблемы философии Нового времени.pptx

• МОВОЗНАСТВОш.docx

• Федеральная служба по техническому и экспортному контролю (фстэк россии).pdf