you more porridge? 14. You don't take beer, do you? 15. You help me so much,
thank you. 16. You can't speak German yet, can you? 17. Shall I pass you the
cake? 18. May I bring my younger sister with me? 19. Thank you for your warm
greetings. 20. He never remembers his duties. 21. Will you play back the tape and
repeat the text?
XXXIV.
Find a picture on the topic "Meals" for your discussion in class. Prepare 8
—10 questions which would help your fellow-students to describe the picture. Get ready
to speak on the topic "Meals". Use pictures, slides for illustration.
XXXIV.
Read the recipe and guess what we are going to have for dinner today:
Pour water into a sauce-pan, put some meat into it. While it boils peel and cut
beetroot, carrots, parsley and onions. Heat 2 spoonfuls of butter in the frying pan.
Fry vegetables in it, add sliced tomato or tomato puree and cover the lid on. Stir
the vegetables, add some water if necessary, let them simmer. Remove them into
the sauce-pan. After 15—20 minutes add some cut cabbage, salt, vinegar and
sugar to your taste. Put potatoes either whole or cut up. Boil if until it's quite
ready. Serve with sour cream.
Ingredients:
500 gr. meat
100 gr. onions vinegar
300 gr. beetroot
100 gr. fresh tomatoes or sugar
200 gr. fresh cabbage 1 spoonful of tomato puree salt
Answer: Ukranian borshch
XXXVI.
a) Watch Film Segment One "Surprise for Dinner" for general content,
b) Watch the film segment again to find English equivalents to the following:
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я очень голоден; обед подан; мясное блюдо; баранья отбивная; жаркое;
съедобный; рыбные консервы; яичница; очень вкусный (восхитительный);
гореть; подгорать; сюрприз; в восторге; ничего не поделаешь; выиграть по
лотерее.
с) Answer your teacher's questions on the content of the film segment, d) Listen to
the sound track recording of Segment One. Get ready to describe the situation of the
segment and to reproduce the dialogue between Mr. and Mrs. Brown at table.
XXXVII.
a) Make up a dialogue on the following situation:
You ask your friend if he is hungry and when he is going to the canteen. You
are very busy and you can't leave the office earlier than 3 o'clock. You ask him to
buy a cake and two apples for you.
b) Get ready with a situation for your fellow-students to give it in the form of a
dialogue.
XXXVIII.
Find English proverbs concerning meals. Provide them with Russian
equivalents, ask your fellow-students to illustrate them. \
XXXVIII.
Describe: a) your Sunday breakfast; b) your dinner at home; c) the
procedure of laying the table for dinner.
LABORATORY WORK
I. a) Repeat the sentences after the tape, b) Make them interrogative
and negative.
II. Change the sentences into indirect speech. Begin each of them with He asks me ...
III. Supply short answers according to the model.
M o d e l : I am hungry. — So am I.
IV. Translate the sentences into English using the given word combinations.
V. Listen to the sentences on the tape. They are not true to fact. Correct them.
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II. a) Listen to the text "The Browns' Dining-Room". Translate it sentence by
sentence in the intervals, b) Ask each other questions on the text, c ) Retell the text, d )
Write it down.
Lesson Th irteen
Grammar: The Present Perfect Tense.
Texts: A Student's Day. 2. Dialogue.
Phonetics: The High-Falling or the Rising-Falling Tone.
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STUDY THE FOLLOWING
T a b l e No. 1 THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
He (She) Mary
has left Cs left) has
John Father
not left
(hasn't left)
for the Institute.
for the country.
I
for England.
We
have left ('ve left)
for Moscow.
You
have not left
They
(haven't left)
Betty and Tom
he (she)
Has
Mary
4
John
father
for the Institute?
(not) left
for the country?
I
for England?
we
for Moscow?
Have
you they
Betty and Tom
He (She)
Mary
has already had
John
(Fs already had)
breakfast.
Father
lunch.
dinner.
I
supper.
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We
tea.
You
have already had
an English lesson.
They
('ve already had)
Betty and Tom
He (She)Maryhas not hadJohn(hasn't had)breakfastFatherlunchdinneryet.
IsupperWeteaYouhave not hadan English lessonThey
Betty and Tom
CONTRACTED FORMS
We've left. — We haven't left. He's left. — He hasn't left.
GRAMMAR EXERCISES
I.
Study Substitution Table No. 1 and compose as many sentences
as you can.
II. Spell and transcribe the four forms of the following verbs:
be, do, have, see, strike, get, open, turn, wash, take, dry, clean, go, dress, put,
make, sweep, clear, stay, say, hurry, begin, prepare, come, work, press, iron,
gather, play, repair, knit, listen, hang, change, want, finish, know, help, fire, show.
III.
Answer the following questions:
1. Have you had dinner yet? 2. Have you had coffee today? 3. Has your
brother left for Kiev? 4. Has she ever met my elder brother? 5. Has Mary been to
the canteen yet? 6. Have you found anything to your taste on the menu? 7. Have
they paid for the lunch yet? 8. What book have you discussed today? 9. How
much have you paid for the supper? 10. You have learned this poem by heart,
haven't you? 11. You have made few mistakes in spelling, haven't you? 12. Where
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have you found this book? 13. Which lesson have you learned by heart? 14. What
English books have you read yet?
IV. Choose the right verb:
to tell — to say
1. Mr. Smith -{(JJ$/lr. Brown it is time to have a break for lunch. 2. Mr.
Sandford u'.:Ms son he is going to London. 3. Mrs. Watson ... her children that
they must not go out on such a nasty day. 4. Susan ... her friends that she has a lot
of work to do. 5. Mrs. Smith ... her sons that she has already made toasts for
them. 6. John ... his brother is a perfect sportsman. 7. The boy ... he is not going
to stay at home on such a fine day. 8. Tom ... his friend that he is always up at
eight. 9. The mother ... that she has already served breakfast. 10. The teacher ...
the student that he has made only a few mistakes in pronunciation. 11. The boy ...
he has already aired the room. 12. The girl... her mother that she doesn't like
boiled eggs. 13. The monitor. . we are going to have a sitting of our English club
tonight. 14. Mike ... his little brother is a very hard-working boy.
V. Use the following sentences i n indirect speech. Make all the necessary changes:
1. Mary says to me: "I am already finishing this book." 2. The girl says to her
mother: "I don't like porridge." 3. Tom says to his friend: "I am going to the
canteen." 4. The boy says to me: "I'm thirsty." 5. The teacher says to the students:
