Write down the English equivalents for the following Russian words and word- combinations.
Еда на вынос, кафетерий, закусочная, на закуску, на десерт, чаевые, меню, низкокалорийная диета, высококалорийная диета, кухонный комбайн, плотная еда, безвкусный обед, хорошо приготовленное мясо, недожаренный бифштекс, открытый пирог с ягодами и фруктами, сосиски в тесте, печь в духовке, варить, жарить на сковороде, жарить в гриле, острая пища, яйцо - пашот, русская кухня.
Exercise 2.
Study the following examples. Render the sentences into Russian.
Here are some common ideas about food: Eating carrots is good for the eyes.
Fish is good for the brain.
Eating cheese at night makes you dream.
Garlic stops you getting colds.
Drinking coffee stops you sleeping.
Yoghurt makes you healthy.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
A hot milk drink helps you go to sleep.
A cup of tea revives you.
Crusty bread makes your hair curl.
Brown eggs taste better than white ones.
"Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like, and let the food fight it out inside you." (Mark Twain)
"More die in the United States of too much food than too little." (J.K. Galbraith)
"One should eat to live, not live to eat." (Moliere)
"When we consume a large steak we are eating something that may have
used up enough grain to keep a family in the drought-stricken areas of
Africa for a week." (Kenneth Mellandy, Can Britain Feed Itself.)
Exercise 3.
Match the Russian expressions on the left with their English equivalents on the right.
- брать свои слова обратно a) to have a sweet tooth
- чёртова дюжина b) sponger, free loader
3. быть себе на уме c) Eat, drink and be merry (for tomorrow we die).
- голодный как волк d) bread-winner
- добро быстро забывается e) to eat like a bird
- кормилец f) it makes my mouth water
- собаку съесть g) Dutch treat
- Демьянова уха h) to live from hand to mouth
- картофель в мундире i) Hunger is the best sauce
- понимает, как свинья в апельсинах j) to go Dutch
- сладкоежка k) Honey is not for the ass's mouth
- перебиваться с хлеба на квас l) to know smb. inside out
- халявщик m) baker's dozen
14. слюнки текут n) Honey catches more flies than vinegar
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- голод не тётка o) jacket potato
- пить будем, гулять будем, а p) to eat one's words
смерть придёт - помирать будем
- вскладчину q) Eaten bread is soon forgotten
18. ласковое слово и кошке приятно r) to know which side one's bread is buttered on
- малоежка s)as hungry as a hunter
Exercise 4.
Read the dictionary definitions of some words and phrases from the Topical Vocabulary. Deduce the meaning from these definitions and put them down in your notebook.
1. a meal taken out of a restaurant to eat at home
2. list of course or dishes that are available in a restaurant
3. mixed alcoholic drink, especially one taken before a meal
4. something served in order to encourage the appetite
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5. style of cooking
6. sort of food to which a person is limited, e.g. in order to lose weight
7. cooked too much
8. not completely cooked throughout
9. annual period of forty lays before Easter, observed by devout persons as a period of fasting and penitence
10. cook, be cooked , by dry heat in an oven
11. cook, be cooked , in boiling fat
12. (of meat, potatoes, etc) cook , be cooked in a hot oven
13. cook , be cooked, under or over great heat
14. one of the several parts of a meal
15. place (especially in factories, offices , barracks) where food and drink are sold and meals bought and eaten.
Exercise 5.
Sort these dishes out under the heading starters, main courses or desserts.
chicken casserole coffee gateau fresh fruit salad
grilled trout prawn cocktail rump steak
sorbet Irish stew chocolate fudge cake
shrimps in garlic
Exercise 6.
What might you say to the person / people with you in a restaurant if...
1. your chips had too much oil / fat on them ?
2. your dish had obviously been cooked too much / too long?
3. your peace of meat was absolutely perfectly cooked?
4. your dish seemed to have no flavour at all?
Exercise 7. How do you like the following foods prepared? Use the following words (to boil, to fry, to bake, to roast, to grill) and look up others if necessary.
a leg of chicken, eggs, potatoes, sausages, a fillet of cod, prawns, mushrooms
Exercise 8.
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