Listen, watch and speak для студентов I курса

Intonation Drills

1. There’s 'many a slip between the 'cup and the lip.

2. It’s 'not my 'cup of tea.

b) Comment on the proverb and saying given above. Give their Russian equivalents.

Samuel Pepys [pi:ps] – English diarist and naval administrator.

LISTENING AND SPEAKING

A – You must have some more chicken.

B – No, thanks. I’m supposed to be slimming.

A – Can I tempt you?

B – Well, maybe I could manage a very small piece.
Dialogue 2:

A – Wouldn’t you like to finish up the omelette?

B – No. really, thank you. I just couldn’t eat any more.

A – Come on now. Surely you can manage it.

B – No, thank you, really. I must have on pounds as it is.
Dialogue 3:

A – Another piece of meat pie?

B – No, thanks, really. I’m on a diet.

A – Please do. You’ve hardly eaten anything.

B – It’s delicious, but I don’t think I ought to.
Dialogue 4:

A – Do have the rest of the mashed potato.

B – No, thank you. I’ve had too much already.

A – Just take it to please me.

B – OK, but only a small piece or I shan’t have room for any pudding.
Dialogue 5:

A – Would you care for a cup of tea?

B – Only if you are having one.

A – Do you take milk and sugar?

B – A dash of milk and two lumps, please.
b) Act out the dialogues in pairs.
14. Complete the dialogues given below.

Dialogue 1:

A – Surely you can eat …

B – Well, maybe I could manage just …

the rest of the lamb/a little; some more potatoes/one or two; another slice of toast/one more; some more trifle/a little more

Dialogue 2:

A – You must have some more …

B – No, thanks, really. I’ve had far too much already.

Rice; potatoes; wine; carrots, meat; ice-cream

Dialogue 3:

A – Wouldn’t you like some more …?

B – Yes, I’d love some. It’s …

pudding, pie, salad, stew, wine, trifle

lovely, delicious, excellent, very nice, tempting

Dialogue 4:

A – Would you care for a cup of tea?

B – I’d rather have a cup of coffee, if you don’t mind.

A chocolate biscuit / a cream cake; a glass of milk / a drink of orange; a cucumber sandwich / a slice of cake; another piece of toast / a sausage roll

15. Listen to an American explaining American etiquette on table manners. Answer the following questions:

1. What is a man supposed to do before sitting down at the dinner table?
2. In which hand do Americans hold their fork?
3. When do they use their knife?
4. Where is the knife placed afterwards?

16. Read about table manners in Britain and say how they differ from those in your country. Open the brackets and use the verbs in the appropriate forms.

Although rules regarding table manners are not very strict in Britain, it ... (to consider) considered rude to eat and drink noisily. At formal meals, the cutlery ... (to place) placed in the order in which it ... (to use), starting from the outside and working in. The dessert spoon and the fork ... (usually / to lay) at the top of your place setting, not at the side.

After each course, the knife and fork ... (should / to lay) side by side in the middle of the plate. This shows that you ... (to finish) and that the plate ... (can / to remove). If you ... (to leave) the knife and fork apart, it ... (will show) that you ... (not / to finish) eating yet. It ... (to consider) impolite to smoke between courses unless your hosts say otherwise. It is polite to ask permission before you smoke in people’s homes. In Britain, smoking ... (to forbid) now in many public places, for example, on the underground, in shops, in theatres and in cinemas.
17. Discuss a). which of the following habits you consider rude and why; b). which of them, if any, you consider acceptable only at home, and which you consider totally unacceptable:

• 
  helping yourself to food without asking
  
• 
  starting to eat before everyone is served
  
• 
  picking at food with your hands
  
• 
  reading at the meal table
  
• 
  resting your elbows on the table
  
• 
  reaching across the table in front of people
  
• 
  leaving the table before other people have finished
  
• 
  not thanking the cook
  
• 
  wiping your plate clean with bread.
  

HOME ACTIVITIES

18. a) Open the brackets and use the verbs in the appropriate forms. 

Although pubs _______________________ (1 – always/to use) by all social classes, there used to be an informal class division. The ‘public bar’ _____________ (2 – to use) by the working class. This is where a dart board and other pub games ___________________ (3 – could/to find). The ‘saloon bar’, on the other hand, _______________(4 – to use) by the middle classes. Here there was a carpet on the floor and the drinks __________ (5 – to be) a little more expensive. Some pubs also __________ (6 – to have) a ‘private bar’, which was even more exclusive. Of course, nobody had to demonstrate class membership before entering this or that bar. These days, most pubs __________________ (7 – not/to bother) with the distinction. In some, the walls between the bars _________________________ (8 – to knock down) and in others the beer _______________ (9 – to cost) the same in any of the bars.

b). Get ready to discuss the text in class.
19. Listen to the two people who have just had a meal in a restaurant and write a reproduction of the conversation explaining at the end what the dilemma is. Write the reproduction in the Past in Reported Speech.

 Step III

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

PHONETIC EXERCISES

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