My meals

UNIT 4.

MEALS

I. РЕЧЕВЫЕ МОДЕЛИ, ОБЕСПЕЧИВАЮЩИЕ ОБЩЕНИЕ

В РЕЧЕВЫХ СИТУАЦИЯХ:

«ЗАПРОС МНЕНИЯ», «ВЫРАЖЕНИЕ МНЕНИЯ», «СОГЛАСИЕ/НЕСОГЛАСИЕ»

ASKING ABOUT SOMEONE’S OPINION

What do you feel about...?

What do you think about...?

What's your opinion of...?

How do you see...?

How would you react to...?

Do you have any particular views on …?

OPINION

I think that...

I believe that...

As I understand it...

In my view...

In my opinion...

As far as I know...

As I see it...

To my mind...

I consider that...

It's my feeling that...

From where I stand...

AGREEING / DISAGREEING

That's quite right.

That's true.

Exactly so!

I'm with you there.

I'm of the same opinion

I absolutely agree with...

don't agree.

Not really.

I'm not sure, in fact.

That's wrong!

I don't think that's right.

I don't see why...

КОММУНИКАТИВНЫЕ ЗАДАНИЯ:

1. Спросите у своего товарища, о том, какое у него мнение о вашем университете (о первых днях учебы в университете, об одногруппниках, о режиме рабочего дня студента и др.). Пусть он выскажет свое мнение, с которым вы согласитесь / не согласитесь.

2. Спросите у студентов вашей группы, о том, какое у них мнение о студенческой жизни. Пусть каждый выскажет свое мнение, с которым вы согласитесь / не согласитесь.

3. Работая в триаде, поинтересуйтесь у одного из партнеров по общению о его мнении по поводу учебного расписанию. Пусть он выскажет это мнение, с которым второй партнер не согласится и приведет свои доводы, обосновывающие несогласие.

II. Текст для чтения, перевода И ОБСУЖДЕНИЯ

АКТИНЫЙ ВОКАБУЛЯР

it goes without saying

scrambled eggs

pancakes

short of time

couple

sandwich

to have a snack

to keep smb going

canteen

leaves much to be desired

to serve

a chop

watery

mashed

cocoa

stewed fruit

delicious

various

to begin with

salad

tomato

cucumber

noodle

mushroom soup

steak

spaghetti

to boil

to fry

green peas

from time to time

slice

cheeseburger

hamburger

Big Mac

MY MEALS

It goes without saying that I prefer to have meals at home. At the weekend I like to get up late and have a good breakfast of scrambled eggs, or pancakes, or something like that. But on weekdays I'm always short of time in the morning. So I just have a cup of strong tea or coffee and a couple of sandwiches.

As I spend a lot of time at the university (usually eight or nine hours) it's necessary to have a snack at midday just to keep me going. That's why I have to go to the university canteen to have lunch. Our canteen leaves much to be desired. It has become a tradition with our canteen to serve chops and watery mashed potatoes every day with a glass of cocoa or stewed fruit.

But I enjoy my evening meal at home. My mother is a wonderful cook and her dinners are always delicious and various. To begin with, we usually have some salad — tomato and cucumber salad or mixed salad (I like it very much). For the first course we have some soup — noodle, mushroom or cabbage soup, or maybe some fish soup for a change. For the main course we have meat, chicken or fish dishes, for example, steak or fried fish with spaghetti or potatoes (boiled or fried). We also have a lot of vegetables — green peas, carrots, tomatoes, cucumbers. I prefer meat to fish but my mother makes me eat fish from time to time. She says it's good for my brains. For dessert we have some fruit, fruit juice or just a cup of tea with a slice of cake.

On Sundays we sometimes go to McDonald's. I like everything there: cheeseburgers, hamburgers and Big Macs, apple pies and fruit cocktails. But. unfortunately we can't afford to go there very often, because it's rather expensive for a family and besides, they say it's not very healthy to eat at McDonald's.