Traditional meals in Britain

1. Read and translate the text given below:

The usual meals in Britain are: breakfast, lunch, tea and «upper. Breakfast is generally a bigger meal than they have on the Continent, though some English people like a continental breakfast of rolls, butter and coffee. But the usual English break I list is porridge or cornflakes with milk or cream and sugar, bacon and eggs, marmalade made from oranges with buttered toasts and tea or coffee. For a change, you can have boiled egg, cold ham or, perhaps, fish.

People in Britain generally have lunch about one o'clock. A businessman in London usually finds it impossible to come home for lunch, and so he goes to a cafe or restaurant; but if he is making lunch at home, he has cold meat (left over probably from yesterday's dinner), potatoes, salad and pickles with a pudding of fruit to follow. Sometimes people have a mutton chop or steak and chips followed by biscuits and cheese, and some people like a glass of light beer with lunch.

Afternoon tea you could hardly call a meal but it is a sociable sort of thing as friends often come in then for a chat while they have their cup of tea with cake or biscuit.

In some houses dinner is the biggest meal of the day. In a great many English homes people make the midday meal the chief one of the day, and in the evening they have the much simpler supper — an omelette or sausages, sometimes bacon and eggs, and sometimes just bread and cheese, a cup of coffee or cocoa and fruit.

Some people also have "high tea". They say there is no use for these afternoon teas where you try to hold a cup of tea in one hand and a piece of bread and butter about as thin as a sheet of paper in the other. They have it between five and six o'clock, and have ham or tongue and tomatoes and salad or sausages with good strong tea, plenty of bread and butter, then stewed fruit, with cream or custard and pastries or a good cake. And that's what an Englishman calls a good tea.

In common with other West European coutries the British diet has changed over the last twenty years. In general, people are responding to recent medical advice and are cutting down on fatty food, heavy puddings and stodgy cakes. Food such as pizza, pasta and baked potatoes are now commonly served in English homes in preference to heavy evening meals during the week. People are more prepared to experiment with different styles of cooking.

At breakfast time it is usual to expect cereal and toast or rolls with butter and jam insted of the "traditional English breakfast". This is because of health considerations, the time needed for preparation and the cost.

The main family meal of the week tends to be on Sunday lunch at which, typically, a roast joint of meat will be served with several vegetables. You may also be served a pudding such as apple pie with cream. This is an occasion for the family to get together to talk and relax in a comfortable, friendly atmosphere.

Learn the vocabulary.

a roll - булочка

porridge - овсянка

cornflakes - кукурузные хлопья

cream - сливки

a buttered toast - обжаренный кусок хлеба с маслом

a boiled egg - вареное яйцо

ham - ветчина

pickles - маринованные овощи

a pudding of fruit - фруктовый пудинг

a mutton chop - котлета из говядины

steak - бифштекс

biscuits - печенье

a sociable sort of thing - (здесь): повод для общения

an omelette - омлет

sausages - колбаса

bacon and eggs - яичница с беконом

cocoa - какао

"high tea" - плотный ужин с чаем

tongue - язык

a tomato - помидор

stewed fruit - консервированные фрукты

custard - сладкий заварной крем

pastries - печенье

the British diet - типичная английская еда, национальное меню

to respond to recent medical advice - учитывать последние медицинские рекомендации

to cut down on fatty food - сокращать потребление жирной пищи

a stodgy cake - тяжелый для желудка торт

pizza - пицца

pasta - паста

baked potatoes - запеченный картофель

in preference to smth. - вместо чего-либо

a cereal - пища быстрого приготовления из злаков

health considerations - соображения здоровья

a roast joint of meat of meat - кусок жареного мяса

3. Give Russian equivalents:

Left over from yesterday's dinner, the usual meals, a continental breakfast, to find it impossible, cold meat, to come for a chat, the biggest meal of the day, in a great many English homes, the midday meal, the much simpler supper, to experiment with different styles of cooking.

4. Translate into English:

Tрадиционная еда, континентальный завтрак, крепкий чай, фруктовый пудинг, плотный ужин с чаем, повод для общения, обжаренный кусок хлеба с маслом, яичница с беконом, главная трапеза, послеобеденный чай, время на приготовление.

5. Answer the questions:

1. What do people eat for breakfast in Britain?

2. When do people generally have lunch? What do people eat for lunch?

3. What is afternoon tea?

4. What is the chief meal of the day? What does it consist of?

5. What do people in Britain eat for the midday meal and supper?

6. What is high tea?

7.How has the British diet changed over the last 20 years?

8. What is it usual to expect for breakfast in the UK and why?

9. What is the main family meal of the week?

 

6. Translate Into English:

1. Континентальный завтрак состоит из булочек с маслом и кофе.

2. Традиционный английский завтрак состоит из каши или кукурузных хлопьев со сливками, яичницы с беконом и тостом с маслом.

3. Лондонский бизнесмен идет на обед в кафе примерно в час дня, поскольку не может поехать домой обедать.

4. На обед англичане обычно едят котлету или бифштекс с жареной картошкой, салатом и маринованными овощами.

5. Иногда за обедом англичане выпивают стакан легкого пива.

6. Послеобеденный чай — скорее повод для общения, чем трапеза.

7. Обед или плотный ужин с чаем — главная трапеза английского дня.

8. С кофе или чаем англичане обычно съедают тост с маслом и сыром или джемом, печенье или пирожное.

9. Как и другие европейские народы, британцы меньше употребляют жирную пищу и тяжелые для желудка пудинги и торты.

10. Меню в Великобритании изменилось, поскольку люди следуют медицинским советам.

11. Исходя из соображений здоровья и стоимости, на завтрак обычно подают пищу быстрого приготовления из злаков.

12. Британцы уже не так консервативны в еде как раньше и с готовностью экспериментируют с различными кухнями.

13. Во время основной трапезы недели подаются жареное мясо и овощи, а также яблочный пирог со сливками.

 

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