My usual shopping round

We go shopping every day. The other day my mother took me on a usual shopping round. We went to the grocer’s and greengrocer’s as we had to run out of sugar and onions.

At the greengrocer’s there was a long queue. But we had nothing to do but stand in the queue if we wanted to get to the counter and hare some onions. The shop-girl weighed us half a kilo of onions, we thanked her and went out.Then we made our way to the grocer’s where we bought a kilo of sugar and some sausage. We were about to go home as my mother suddenly remembered we had hardly any bread in the house. We dropped in at the baker’s and bought a loaf of brown bread, some rolls and buns. On our

way home my mother decided to call at commercial shop. She was looking for a present to my father - as it was his birthday soon.

As soon as we entered the shop, we found ourselves in a fantastic motley city of silk skirts and shirts, woolen pullovers, frocks and leather boots and shoes. The smiling girl met us at the counter. My mother said she wanted to buy a size 50 shirt of a dark— blue colour. The girl suggested looking at a dark—blue cotton shirt with short sleeves. The shirt was the latest fashion and we were sure the father would like it. We paid the money at the cash desk. The cashier gave us a receipt and with it we came up to the shop assistant. She passed us a wrapped parcel with the shirt, thanked us and added they were always glad to see us at their shop and we happy and a bit excited went out the shop.

Questions:

1. W hat is shopping?

2. How do sellers advertise their wares?

3. What do the sellers do to increase their profit?

4. Is there any service which helps to save time during shopping?

5. What kind of a service is it?

Викладач ______________І.С. Коковіхіна

І курс, ІI семестр

Практичне заняття 2. Тема «Meals»

1. ПРОЧИТАЙТЕ ТА ПЕРЕКЛАДІТЬ ТЕКСТ.

2. ПІДГОТУЙТЕСЬ ДО ДЕТАЛЬНОГО ПЕРЕКАЗУ ТЕКСТУ.

MEALS

There are four meals a day in an English home: breakfast, lunch, tea, and dinner.

Breakfast is the first meal of the day. It is at 8 o’clock in the morning and consists of porridge with milk and salt or sugar, eggs - boiled or fried, bread and butter with marmalade or jam. Some people like to drink tea but others prefer coffee. Instead of porridge they may have fruit juice, or they may prefer biscuits.

The usual time for lunch is 1 o’clock. This meal starts with soup or fruit juice. Then follows some meat or poultry with potatoes - boiled or fried, carrots and beans. Then a pudding comes. Instead of the pudding they may prefer cheese and biscuits. Last of all coffee-black or white. Englishmen often drink something at lunch. Water is usually on the table. Some prefer juice or lemonade.

Tea is the third meal of the day. It is between 4 or 5 o’clock, the so-called 5 o’clock tea. On the table there is tea, milk or cream, sugar, bread and butter, cakes and jam. Friends and visitors are often present at tea.

Dinner is the fourth meal of the day. The usual time is about 7 o’clock, and all the members of the family sit down together.

Dinner is usually consists of soup, fish or meat with vegetahles: potatoes, green beans, carrot and cabbage; sweet salad, ice-cream or cheese and biscuits. Then after a talk they have black or white coffee.

This is the order of meals among English families. But the greater part of the 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 5 and 6 o’clock, and then in the evening, before going to bed, they have supper.

So the four meals of the day are either breakfast, dinner, tea, supper; or breakfast, lunch, tea, dinner.

ANSWER THE QUESTIONS:

1. How many times a day do you have meals?

2. What does your breakfast (dinner, tea or supper) consists of?

3. What do you prefer for breakfast (dinner, supper)?

4. When do you usually have your breakfast (dinner, tea, supper)?