At dinner

Mother: The table is laid. Come along, both of you, and let us begin. It’s high time to have

dinner.

Father: I’m ready; I feel quite hungry.

Alec: So am I. I could eat a horse.

Mother: Well, we haven’t got a horse for you, but what we have got is quite nice. Your favorite

dishes will be served today.

Alec: What are they? I’ve got so many.

Mother: For the first course we shall have chicken soup and rissoles with mashed potatoes for

the second.

Alec: And for dessert?

Mother: I’ve got stewed fruit with cake.

Alec: Oh, that’s wonderful! It’s a pity you don t make stewed fruit more often. May I go and get

it now?

Father: Don’t he so impatient. Wart till we’ve finished the second course. Where is the salt,

please?

Mother: Alec, pass the salt-cellar to Father, please.

Alec: Here you are, Dad.

Father: Thank you, son.

Mother: Why don’t you help yourself to some salad, Alec?

Alec: You know I don’t like salad of any kind.

Mother: Here is your soup.

Alec: Thank you, Mother. May 1 trouble you for a piece of bread?

Mother: Brown or white?

Alec: Brown pleases. The soup is delicious today! It smells lovely, mum. May I have another

helping?

Mother: Certainly, dear, I want you to have a good meal. Any more soup for you, Father?

Father: No more, thank you. Where are the napkins?

Mother: They are in the sideboard drawer. I always forget to put them out.

Father: Never mind. Alec will fetch them, won’t you?

Alec: Here are the napkins, Dad.

Mother: Hand me your plate, dear, I’ll give you some rissoles. Will two rissoles do?

Alec: Yes. Mum... And now may I have stewed fruit with cake which has been promised?

Mother: Take it from the fridge. I put it there to cool.

Alec: Oh, apricots and cherries!

Father: Thank you, dear, for a most delicious dinner.

Mother: Now Alec, I want you to help me clear the table. These plates, spoons, knives and forks

must be taken to the kitchen. This bread-basket, the salt cellar and mustard-pot must be put into

the sideboard.

Alec: I’ve done all that, Mum, What else?

Mother: Take the table-cloth and foul it neatly. Then put the chairs straight and sweep the room.

That’s a good boy!

Викладач ______________І.С. Коковіхіна

І курс, ІI семестр

Практичне заняття 4. Тема «Table manners»

1. ПРОЧИТАЙТЕ ТА ПЕРЕКЛАДІТЬ ТЕКСТИ.

2. ПІДГОТУЙТЕСЬ ДО ДЕТАЛЬНОГО ПЕРЕКАЗУ ОДНОГО З ТЕКСТІВ.