American

1. hashed brown potatoes

2. eggs sunny side up

3. waffles

4. grits

5. clam chowder

6. Boston baked beans

7. pot roast

8. club sandwich

9. hamburger

10. apple pie a la mode

11. pecan pie

12. muffins

13. baked Alaska

14. upside-down cake

15. brownies

16. crackers

17. root beer

18. mint julep

19. Bourbon

Exercise 1. Translate into English.

1. Налить вам еще чашку чая? 2. Какое ваше любимое рыбное блюдо? 3. Я не люблю кофе с молоком. 4. Пора обедать, стол уже накрыт. 5. Я бы выпил стакан горячего, крепкого чая. 6. Кто испек этот пирог? Он очень вкусный. 7. Намажьте немного масла на хлеб и положите ломтик сыра. 8. Мясо следует потушить с луком и картофелем. 9. Что вы будете есть на завтрак – яйца всмятку или яичницу? 10. Садитесь за стол. Ужин подан. 11. На второе подали большую жирную индейку. 12. Он съел полную тарелку клубники со сливками. 13. Вам следовало бы купить две булки хлебы. 14. Есть ли у вас рыбные консервы? 15. Что у вас сегодня на обед, 16. Я бы выпил немного сухого вина. 17. Передайте мне, пожалуйста, горчицу. 18. Положить вам на тарелку немного картофеля? 19. Я видел как девочка ела варенье прямо из банки. 20. «Ели мы ужасно много. В час завтрак: мясо, рыба, какой-нибудь омлет, сыр, фрукты и вино. В шесть часов обед из восьми блюд, с длинными антрактами, в течение которых мы пили пиво и вино. В девятом часу чай. Перед полуночью Ариадна объявляла, что она хочет есть, и требовала ветчины и яиц всмятку». (А. Чехов)

Exercise 2. To complete this part, a look at drinks and the drinking habit. Note down the soft and strong drinks below that you have tried. Beside each, put whether you like it or not and when would you or somebody else would normally drink it.

The cocktail you couldn’t mix

It’s funny, isn’t it, how your friends never seem to get on well together? Let me introduce you to some of mine. They’re nice people, all of them, but put them in a room together and the silence is shattering. I just don’t understand it. I should have known they wouldn’t get on, though, from their drinking habits.

Retired Colonel, William Smythe-Johnson, MBE: double gins at his club with just a dash of tonic and a slice of lemon; claret at dinner and brandy, French cognac, after dinner; always has a cup of tea at four o’clock sharp.

His wife, Wilhelmina: dry martini most of the time; champagne cocktail when entertaining – vintage champagne.

Will Smythe, bank manager: scotch and bourbon, usually with ice, occasionally soda, mainly at home; goes mad with duty free schnapps after annual skiing holiday; German light white wine with clients; sometimes treats himself to a glass of port after dinner.

His wife, Helen: Bacardi or other white rums with various mixers, most often coke; insists on a glass of medium dry sherry before evening meal; they share freshly ground coffee (never instant) at breakfast and offer the children pure, natural, unsweetened, nothing-added whole fruit juice.

W. P. Smytheson, university professor: a teetotaller – greatest love (after books) a cup of cocoa or drinking chocolate in the comfort of his rooms; drinks mineral water at the functions he has to attend.

Helena Johnson, fashion designer: occasionally a few vodkas in the lounge bar; vermouth – Chinzano, Dubonnet, etc. – at home; enjoys a good sparkling wine as an aperitif.

Willy Johns, one of my best friends, a teacher: Guinness (draught, not bottled) in the saloon bar; a lot of orange squash after cross-country runs with the boys.

Billy Johns, unemployed at the moment: either lager in the saloon bar or rough cider in the public bar; has had to cut down on drinking lately.

Bill Smith, labourer: drinks mild or bitter in the public bar; if he’s won on the horses, he’ll have a bottle of light ale and a whisky.

His wife, Minny: drinks milk stout, which makes her quite tipsy, or – less often – shandy, which doesn’t; keeps an undrinkable blackcurrant cordial (she calls it a liqueur) for when visitors come – visitors don’t come very often.

Exercise 3. Drinking. Put each of the following words or phrases in its correct place in the passage.