LIFESTYLE IN BRITAIN

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МИНИСТЕРСТВО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ
ОМСКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ
О.С. Дворжец
Учебное пособие
Рекомендовано УМО по образованию
в области лингвистики
Омск
2004
УДК 802.0
ББК 81.2я73
Д 243
Рецензент
преподаватель кафедры англ. яз. ОмГУ Шина Милн
Дворжец О.С.
Д 243
Lifestyle in Britain: Учебное пособие. 2-е изд., перераб. и доп. –
Омск: Омск. гос. ун-т, 2004. – 146 c.
ISBN 5-7779-0465-3
Пособие содержит разнообразные задания для аудиторной и самостоятельной работы студентов с использованием аутентичных материалов Британского
телевидения, художественных и документальных англо-язычных фильмов. Пособие разработано с учетом принципа коммуникативной направленности и соответствует современным требованиям преподавания иностранных языков.
Для студентов гуманитарных вузов, изучающих английский язык.
УДК 802.0
ББК 81.2я73
ISBN 5-7779-0465-3
© Омский госуниверситет, 2004
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The booklet was written within a framework of
TEMPUS-COMPACT project (1999–2001) and the author
would like to thank project coordinators Galina Telegina and
Michael Townsend, lecturers of Wolverhampton University
Veronica Brock and Paul Brett for their help.
Special thanks to Sheena Milne, a visiting lecturer
from Glasgow at Omsk State University whose advice
on certain aspects of British life was invaluable.
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Contents
Introduction ...................................................................................................... 5
Activity lists ..................................................................................................... 8
Unit I. Housing............................................................................................... 16
Unit II. Employment ...................................................................................... 32
Unit III. Family Life....................................................................................... 50
Unit IV. Being young today. Leisure activity options in Britain................... 61
Unit V. Shopping ........................................................................................... 81
Unit VI. Food and Drink ................................................................................ 99
Unit VII. Test. Discussion............................................................................ 113
Tapescripts ................................................................................................... 120
Answer Key.................................................................................................. 133
Bibliography................................................................................................. 145
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INTRODUCTION
The nature and purpose of the course
The project is topic based resource around the theme of Lifestyle in Britain.
The resource is a collection of activities from various sources adapted for lessons.
It is a 50-60 hour course depending on the way classes are organised, how
strong their motivation is, their previous experience of English and various other
factors. It consists of 6 Units – Housing, Employment, Family Life, Leisure Activity Options, Shopping, Food and Drink – which may be used within the framework
of the project as well as independent projects.
The project is designed for (upper-) intermediate or advanced students – in
order to cope with it they should be able to understand spoken and written English
well enough for a reasonable variety of situations and topics.
It will take students up to a point where their receptive and productive use of
English, both spoken and written, is accurate and fluent over a wide range of topics
and situations. The materials are aimed at a hypothetical group of students taking a
course of country studies or an optional English course of oral and written practice.
Listening activities are based on some authentic interviews and video (documentary, feature). These teach vocabulary, stimulate discussion and train learners to
understand natural speech. In some tasks students may not understand every word
of what they hear: they need to experience some language which is beyond their
present capacities – this happens in natural language learning all the time.
Reading activity is based on a variety of authentic articles from British newspapers and magazines, books by British and Russian authors.
Speaking is based on authentic material as well as special material for discussion.
The resources are varied and flexible, they involve students in different types
of activities ranging from reading comprehension and writing compositions to active and varied “communicative” practice on the basis of a wide selection of authentic material.
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TESTS
The test in Unit VII covers the language and facts from the previous lessons. It is
meant to give students an idea of how well the material has been assimilated. Students may prepare the test in advance and get it all right – this is an extremely effective form of revision. If a teacher wants to administer unseen tests as well, he
may provide a parallel test at the same level. Literary and cinema quizzes in Unit
IV are based on the books, writers and films popular in England and Russia and
hopefully known to the Russian learners of English.
The for further information section gives students the opportunity to work independently and find more information on the subject under discussion. It provides a
list of possible sources, such as books, films or Internet sites. This can involve project work, or can be set as homework. The list is not exhaustive, but acts as a starting point for more research.
TAPESCRIPTS AND RECORDING SYMBOLS
Exercises using scripted recordings are marked
T
Exercises using audio recordings are marked
A
Exercises using video recordings are marked
V
STUDENT’S AUDIO CASSETTE
Looking for a flat.
Sharing working experience: Jean Attree, Barbara
Radio talk about types of offices.
Radio programme about the relationship between appearance and employment opportunities.
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Amanda Peniston Bird about her career.
Modern thinkers on the condition of marriage today.
Blind Date, a programme on British TV.
Five advertisements.
Advertising song.
Shopping with Argos/Past Times.
English students about their leisure time.
Radio extracts on places to visit or things to do.
Radio programme about a sports event.
Interview about British pubs.
Soundtrack of a sequence from the musical Cats.
When do people in Britain eat what?
What do people drink in Britain?
Recipes for traditional British meals.
STUDENT’S VIDEO CASSETTE
Equity Release Scheme.*
House Invaders.*
Mary Poppins. **
My best friend’s wedding.**
Kilroy. *
Cats.**
The phantom of the opera.*
Closure of the high street chain ‘C&A’.*
Commercials.*
Ainsley’s meals in minutes.*
* Programmes from British TV (BBC 1, BBC 2, ITV)
** Sequences from feature films.
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Unit I. Housing
Material used
Tasks
Activity
description
exercises/factfiles/graphs/advertisements
1
Warm up
Factfile: housing in Britain. Gapped text
2
Reading
Profiles about housing. Exercise
3
Reading and speaking
Graph. Text on modern developments in home-ownership.
4
Reading and writing
Advertisements on renting/buying houses
5
Article ‘There’s no place like home’
6
Exercise: description of houses
7
Rendering
Passages for rendering from Russian into English
8
Listening
Exercise
9
Watching video
9.1
Checking
Duration
Newspaper articles/ task sheets/ texts/
A
V
T1 In search of a
flat
Exercise
comprehension
9.2
Speaking
10
Watching video.
V1 British TV: Equity
release scheme
V2 British TV: House
Invaders
Speaking
11
Writing. Speaking
Topics for writing.
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Unit II. Employment
Material used
Tasks
Activity
description
Duration
Factfiles/newspaper articles/notes/
exercises/tables/advertisements/task sheets
1
Warm up
Factfile : Employment in Britain. Gapped text
2
Reading
The profile: employment situation and earning money in Britain
34
Speaking. Writing
Table. Advertisements on employment available. Task sheet
5
Reading. Speaking
Article ‘Tips for Practical job Hunting’
6
Rendering
Profiles for rendering from English into Russian
V
T2 T3 Discussing
work experience
78
9 10.1
A
Listening. Speaking
Exercises. Notes: changes in office work
T4 Radio talk: Types
of offices
10.2
T5
Radio
programme: relationship
between appearance
and employment opportunities.
10.3
Watching video
11 12
13 14
Writing. Speaking
V1 Sequence
from the film
Mary Poppins:
In search of a
nanny
Exercises: writing CV, letters of application.
Job advertisements.
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Unit III. Family life
Material used
Tasks
Activity
description
1
A
newspaper articles
Warm up
Factfile : Family life in Britain
Reading. Speaking
Profiles about family life: gapped text. Articles.
Letters to newspapers
Rendering
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Duration
Factfile/texts/exercises/ topics/ profiles
V
4
5
T7 Modern thinkers
on marriage
6
Listening. Speaking
Exercises
T8 T9 T10 ‘Blind
date’ on British TV
78
T11 Radio phone – in
programme
9 10
V4 Sequence from
the film My best
friend’s wedding
Watching video. Speaking
V5 Sequence from
talk show Kilroy
11
Writing. Speaking
Topics for writing and discussion
10
Unit IV. Being young today. Leisure activity options in Britain
Tasks
Activity
description
Material used
12
Warm up
34
56
Reading. Speaking
Factfile/profiles/exercises/topics/tables/
advertisements
Factfile on leisure activity options in Britain. Table: results of a survey
Profiles about leisure activity options and the arts. Literary/ cinema quiz. Arts and entertainment advertisements
Rendering
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A
V
T12 English students
about their leisure time
T13 T14 Radio extracts
on places to visit/things
to do
89
Listening. Speaking Exercises1
10 11
T15 Radio programme
about a sports event
T16 Interview ‘Pubs in
Britain’
T17 More information
about British pubs
12 13
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Watching video
Writing. Speaking
Exercises. The poem The old Gumbie cat by T.E. Eliot T18 Soundtrack
and lyrics from the musical Cats
musical from Cats
the
V6 Sequence from
the musical Cats
V7 Sequence from
the musical The
Phantom of the
Opera
Topics for writing
11
Duration
Unit V. Shopping
Material used
Tasks
Activity description
A
exercises
1
2
3 4 5
6
Warm up
Duration
Factfiles/ profiles/ task sheets/topics/
Reading. Speaking
Factfile on the shops and shopping habits in Britain
Profiles about shopping and shops. Exercises.
Task sheet
Rendering
Passages for rendering from Russian into English
V
T19 Advertisements
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9 10
T20 T21 T22
Advertising song
Listening for gist, for specific Exercises
information, confirmation. Listening and note-taking. Speaking
T23 T24 T25
Shopping with Argos
T26 Shopping with
Past Times
11 12
Watching video. Speaking
V8 British TV:
closure of the
high street chain
‘C&A’
Exercises
V9 British TV:
ten commercials
13
Writing. Speaking
Topics for writing
12
Unit VI. Food and drink
Material used
Tasks
Activity description
A
magazine articles
12
Warm up
34
56
7
8
9
10 11
Reading
Rendering
Duration
Factfiles/profiles/exercises/texts/
V
Factfile on food and eating habits in Britain
Gapped text
Profiles, magazine article about what British people
eat. Texts on recent changes in British eating habits. Menues. Exercises
Passages (recipe) for rendering from Russian into
English
T27 When do people in Britain eat
what?
Listening for gist, for specific Exercises
information. Listening and
comparing. Speaking
T28 What do people drink in Britain?
T29 Recipes for the
traditional British
meals
12
Watching video. Writing
Exercises
13
Writing the recipe
Exercise
V10 British TV:
Ainsley’s meals
in minutes
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The term ‘lifestyle’ is so wide, controversial, promising and vague a notion that one cannot but feel that it‘s a lot in general and nothing
in particular unless something is done to make it
narrower.
Dictionary definitions, for example: ‘Lifestyle - a way of life of an individual or a society’
(School dictionary, McMillan Publishing Company, NY, London COLLIER 1987), ‘Lifestyle
- a way of life or style of living that reflects the
values and attitudes of an individual or group’
(Webster’s II New College Dictionary, Houghton Mufflin Company, NY) and
others while giving a general idea, are still of little help.
The idea becomes more and more tangible as one reads texts describing the
UK and giving the popular images of the country, characterising it as a centralised
and unitary state. It is widely assumed that the British form a relatively homogeneous society with a strong sense of identity, but this is an assumption that requires
considerable qualification. Even after 300 years the terms ‘British’ and ‘Britain’,
which are used for official purposes, can seem very artificial. For centures there
has been the idea of England (or Scotland, or Wales), rather than of Britain. If you
look up ‘Britain’, ‘British’ or ‘Briton’, you will find ‘See England’. Many people
call Britain ‘England’, and the British ‘English’, as if Wales, Northern Ireland and
Scotland were merely outer additions to England.
The idea of England evokes images of the Queen, the Houses of Parliament,
Westminster Abbey, the Tower of London and the soft landscape of the southern
counties of England. This is not surprising since almost one quarter of the British
people live within 25 miles (40 km) of London’s Trafalgar Square. But it also reveals that England as well as Britain is dominated by the south, and particularly the
southeast.
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Any snapshots or popular images of England might be misleading. But it
could be a good idea to address a wide range of topics in the spheres of housing,
employment, family life, leisure activity options, shopping, food and drink: perhaps this might throw light on the notion of lifestyle in Britain.
You can get an impression of these things through the prism of statistical data
and the British media. You can also watch some video sequences and hear British
people on the audio tape telling you about various aspects of life in their country:
it’s a vivid human interest story. Read, watch and listen to it for yourself and enjoy
it!
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UNIT I. HOUSING
How do you explain the popularity of the different types of
dwelling in Britain? Are the same types popular in your country? How many houses were built by the private / public sectors? What are current trends for home decoration and furnishings?
WARM UP
1.1
Read the factfile and
Factfile
Housing
complete it with the figures
given below:

150,000

7%

£62,000
195,000
66%
72%
1.2 Work with a partner.

Check
your
answers
with the factfile in the
Answer Key.

Which facts about housing in Britain are similar to facts in your
country?

Which facts are different?

Which facts do you find
interesting?
1
In 1990, ……………. houses were built by the private sector
(commercial builders), and approximately a quarter of this figure, (47,000), by the public sector (local government housing
authorities).
2
Shelter, a charity which looks after the homeless, estimates that
more than ………………. people under the age of 25 are homeless for at least a short period in any given year.
Between 1971 and 1999, the proportion of people who owned
their own homes rose from 50% to ……………….., a rise of
16%. This is the highest percentage in Europe.
3
There are now more than 15 million owner-occupied homes in
Great Britain.
Owner-occupiers are entitled to tax relief on mortgages of up to
£30,000.
The average value of a three-bedroomed house in Britain in
1992 was …………………, but in large areas of the south-east
such properties are worth at least twice that price.
4
If an owner-occupier fails to keep up his/her mortgage repayments, the building society may take possession of his/her
house. In 1991, 75,400 houses were repossessed by building societies. This was a massive increase of ………………… over
1990.
5
The proportion of privately-rented accommodation declined
from over 50% in 1951 to just over ………………….in 1999.
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READING 1
2
Read the profiles about housing in Britain and write captions for the photographs
below with the following:
a
The least desirable: a flat
b
An exception: the town house
c
Less desirable: a terraced house
d
Second best: a semi-detached
e
The most desirable home: a detached house
f
A thatched cottage: an idealized country retreat
1
2
3
4
5
6
Many aristocratic families own fine old country houses, often with a great
deal of land attached, in which they have lived for hundreds of years – these are
stately homes. They have a great emotional investment in their houses – and are
prepared to try very hard to stay in them. Many people in Britain dream of living in
a detached house; that is, a house which is a separate building. A large, detached
house not only ensures privacy, it is also a status symbol. At the extreme end of the
scale there is the aristocratic ‘stately home’ set in acres of garden. Such a house is
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an unrealistic dream for most people. But even a small detached house, surrounded
by garden, gives the required suggestion of rural life which is dear to the hearts of
many British people. Most people would be happy to live in a cottage, and if this is
a thatched cottage, reminiscent of a pre-industrial age, so much the better.
In general people try to avoid living in blocks of flats (what Americans call
‘apartment blocks’). Flats, they feel, provide the least amount of privacy though a
lot of flats are very expensive and beautiful. In the big cities thousands of people
live happily in flats although as a rule, not having a separate entrance to the outside
world does not suit British tastes. Although it is densely populated, Britain has the
second lowest proportion of flat – dwellers in the EU (the lowest of all is in Ireland).
A very large proportion of people live in semi-detached houses: one building
with two separate households. Each house is the mirror of the other, inside and out.
The typical semi-detached has two floors and three bedrooms.
A terraced house is less desirable. Each house in the row is joined to the next
one. (Houses at the end of the row are a bit more desirable – they are almost like a
semi-detached). They usually have two floors, with two bedrooms upstairs.
The town houses which can be found in the inner areas of most cities are an
exception to the general pattern. They often have three or more floors, perhaps including a basement or semi-basement. Although they are usually terraced, those
that are well-preserved and in a ‘good’ area may be thought highly desirable. Many
have been broken up into flats or rooms for rent. Most of the comparatively small
number of people who rent from private owners live in flats of this kind.
A studio is a workroom of a painter, sculptor, photographer, etc. or it might
also be a one-room flat. A bungalow is a small house with only one story.
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READING AND SPEAKING
3.1
The graph below shows how home-ownership has increased in the second half
of the twentieth century. Talk about the modern developments in owning and renting
houses using the graph and the profiles below.
Owner – occupied
Rented from local authority
Rented from housing associations, privately, or
with a job or business
The desire to own the place where you live is almost universal in Britain, however, house prices are
high. This dilemma is overcome by the mortgage system, which is probably a more established aspect of
everyday life here than it is anywhere else in the world. About 70% of all the
houses in the country are occupied by their owners and almost all of these were
bought with a mortgage. At any one time, half of these are owned by people who
have borrowed 80% (or even more) of their price and are now paying this money
back month by month. The normal arrangement is for the borrower to pay back the
money over a period of twenty to twenty-five years but it can be longer, especially
since house prices are continuing to rise.
People are happy to take out mortgages because house prices normally increase a bit faster than the general cost of living. Therefore, most people can make
a profit when they sell their house.
Although nearly everybody wants to own his house, it is only in the last quarter of the twentieth century that a majority of people have done so. Before that
time, most working-class people lived in rented accommodation. From 1950 to
1980 the proportion of ‘owner-occupiers’ gradually increased. The ambition to
own was made easier by policies of ‘tax-relief’…
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If you want to buy a house, it is rare to deal directly with the person selling.
Instead, you go to an estate agent. These companies exist to act as ‘go-betweens’
for people buying and selling houses. They help with the various procedures – and
take a fat slice of commission! If you are interested in one of the houses ‘on their
books’, they will arrange a ‘viewing’. You can also spot houses for sale by the ‘For
sale’ signs which are put up on wooden posts outside the houses concerned. If you
want to rent somewhere from a private landlord (not a council), the usual place to
look is in the local newspaper. Small ads in shop windows are also a popular way
of finding private rented accommodation.
3.2
The language of estate agents
It is a running joke in Britain that the more disreputable estate agents will always
try to make the houses they are trying to see sound much more desirable than they
really are. An estate agent would never write: “This is a horrible little house in
very poor condition. The trains go past every 10 minutes and shake the walls. The
back garden is laughably small. This is why it is so cheap”. Instead he would say:
“This compact residence is ideally priced for the first-time buyer. Although in need
of some renovation, it has some highly attractive features, including a small
patio/garden to the rear. It is very convenient for the railway station”.
What do you think the following extracts from estate agents’ descriptions really
mean?
Planning permission has been granted for the addition of a bathroom.
The rooms have been decorated to the taste of the present owner.
The cottage has a particularly charming historical character.
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READING AND WRITING
4
The advertisements below are taken from The Herald. Scotland’s Homes October
23, 2002.
Use the information in the advertisements to list as many facts as you can
about the types of housing described in them. Advertisers sometimes use abbreviations in classified advertisements for houses and flats. These are shortened versions
of words (hse = house). Using the words below as a checklist write out advertisements a-e in full and then write down the information under the appropriate heading in the Task Sheet.
oil ch – oil central heating
prof ext – professionally extended
semi – semi-detatched
rec hall – reception hall
rm – room
b/fast kit – breakfasting kitchen (ie. big enough for a table!)
d/stairs – downstairs
WC – toilet
bedrms – bedrooms
bathrm – bathroom
velux – very luxurious
gas ch/gch – gas, central heating
d/glaz, d/g – double glazed
gdn – garden
ent vest – entrance vestibule
fab – fabulous
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a
Knightswood Clarion Road
THORNWOOD
Semi detached villa with enviable open
views overlooking golf course. Rec hall,
bay windowed lounge, newly refitted
kitchen, bathroom, 2 dble bedrms, gch,
d/g, driveway, private gardens.
An exceptional and totally refurbished Top
Floor with accom comprising communal
entrance hall with sec entry, ‘L’ shaped
reception hall, bright bay windowed lounge,
refitted beech kitchen with stainless steel
appliances, bedroom & modern bathroom.
Gas ch, d/glazing, bright open views to rear
Offers over £69,995
b
O/o £65,000
Laurel Place
(EL6037A)
Clarkston
Cleuch Gardens
Prof ext semi villa. Open outlook, rec hall, Bay
lounge/dining room, family rm, b/fast kit, utility,
d/stairs wc, shower rm, 3 bedrms, bathrm, carpeted/lined attic, velux, garage, gas ch, d/glaz,
alarm. (010811610)1
c
Hillhead
The Atrium Pentse
Reluctant sale due to business relocation this stunning linked period villa has origins in late 18th century. Set in an attractive country setting
the property offers ent vest, hall, lounge, fab conservatory, b/fast kit, utility + wc, sitting rm, bedrm 1,3 further bedrms, study, store, gdn and
patio, d/glaz, oil ch, the village of West Kibride is a developed craft village and has train station with regular Glasgow commuter service, early
entry available, reduced from original price of £145,000. (005411910)A
d
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By West Kilbride
Reduced by £26,000
Fabulous duplex penthouse with private roof terrace in this exclusive much admired development. The property occupies prime corner position with
stylish interior, ‘L’ shaped reception hall, feature 34ft double volume lounge, dining room, dining kitchen, gallery sitting room/study, 3 double bedrooms, master en-suite, bathroom, private roof terrace, communal roof terrace, d/glaz, gch, lift, video entry. (018552010)3
e
Task Sheet
Types of housing available (detached houses, studios, terraced houses, bungalows, etc.)
Sizes of houses and flats (number of rooms, total area, etc.)
Price (of rent, purchase, etc.)
Types of heating
Other information
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READING 2
5 Read the article ‘There is no place like home’ from The Herald Homes Gardens, Oc-
tober 23, 2002 and talk about current trends for home decoration.
Why are hard, man – made surfaces giving way to more tactile materials?
Are people still buying high fashion accessories for their homes?
What is coming to be of greater importance – decorating one room at a
time to a high standard or keeping the whole property looking up-to-theminute?
Is modern design being shunned in favour of reproduction-style furniture?
There is no place like home
Current trends for home decoration and furnishings reflect a demand for good
quality craftsmanship and traditional materials. ‘Back to nature’ seems to be the
message as hard, man-made surfaces give way to more tactile materials for
kitchen, sitting room and bedroom furniture.
People are still buying high fashion accessories such as throws and cushions
to keep their homes looking up to date, but larger, more expensive pieces are tending to be investment buys, items that will last many years without looking too
dated in a few years’ time.
The quick fix makeover, in the manner of TV interiors shows, is being recognized as all too often an enthusiastic waste of money and people are giving more
careful thought to the mix of colours, styles of furniture and decorative touches
their home is to receive.
Decorating one room at a time to a high standard is becoming of greater importance than keeping the whole property looking up to the minute as homes become more classical and comfortable.
This is not to say that modern design is being shunned in favour of reproduction-style furniture, but that classical and traditional British influences are greatly
in evidence.
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Leather sofas for example may have contemporary lines, but are mostly upholstered in traditional and flexible colours such as tan, burgundy and chocolate
brown.
Suede and sheepskin are also popular for upholstery and accessories, as are
very traditional bucolic fabrics such as corduroy and tweed.
Virtually indestructible, they are highly appropriate for family homes and perfectly in tune with countryside-inspired autumn looks.
Other furniture is chosen for its flexibility. Corner unit sofas that can be separated into individual chairs, smaller seating units and day beds are practical choices
for sitting rooms used for both family relaxation and entertaining.
Convenient drawers in coffee tables and underneath sofas are useful design
features that help control the quantity of objects such as remote controls and novels
that can clutter up a family room.
Other traditional notes include the use of decorative motifs such as elephants,
gun dogs and horses, particularly on cushion covers and curtain fabrics.
Wallpapers also reflect nostalgic notions with Chinese and Japanese designs
and plenty of pretty, medium to large patterned floral prints and paisley patterns.
Also in keeping with this traditional vibe is the revival of such classic pieces
of furniture as the bedroom dressing table.
Whether in a conventional or a contemporary design, the idea of a dressing
table and stool harks back to times when matters of costume and maquillage were
taken very seriously.
In the grungy 90s, daubing on makeup quickly in the bathroom mirror was acceptable, but that’s not the case any more.
Similarly, organizing custom-made storage space to accommodate clothes and
accessories keeps your items pristine and the bedroom clear and tidy.
In bathrooms, clever designs that save on space without compromising their
efficiency or looks are in good supply.
Through devices such as sit-down tubs, invisible shower surrounds and
obliquely-angled fixtures, bathrooms can be made more usable, and even squeezed
into previously unimaginable spaces in box rooms and under-stair cupboards.
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6
Read the four descriptions of British houses and say which of them were taken
from fiction and which ones came from newspapers. Can you add any other description
of a house taken from fiction / newspaper?
a
As one of only
five
A-listed
buildings
in
Bothwell,
Gleneden is truly
a sight to behold.
Making the 20
minute
drive
from Glasgow
was well worth
the trip.
The red sandstone building,
which dates from
1855 and is attributed to Alexander “Greek”
Thomson, comes
complete
with
turrets and flagpole, and these
are the very features
which
make it visible
from a quiet
country road.
From the bottom
of
the
sweeping driveway, you instinctively
know
you’re in for a
treat, as the sheer
size of Gleneden
manifests itself
in all its glory.
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b
There was Manderley, our Manderley,
secretive and silent
as it had always
been, the grey stone
shining
in
the
moonlight of my
dream, the mullioned
windows and the terrace. Time could not
wreck the perfect
symmetry of those
walls, nor the site
itself, a jewel in the
hollow of a hand.
The terrace sloped
to the lawns, and the
lawns stretched to
the sea, and turning I
could see the sheet
of silver placid under
the moon, like a lake
undisturbed by wind
or storm. I turned
again to the house,
and though it stood
inviolate, untouched,
as though we ourselves had left but
yesterday, I saw that
the
garden
had
obeyed the jungle
law, even as the
woods had done.
c
d
Against the next
batch of clouds, already piling up inkdark, broken chimneys and parapets
stood out. In her
once familiar street,
as in any unused
channel, an unfamiliar queerness had
silted up.
The
staircase
window
having
been boarded up, no
light came down
into the hall. But
one door stood ajar.
There were traces of
long former habits
of life – the yellow
smoke-stain up the
white marble mantelpiece, the ring left
by a vase on the top
of the escitoire; the
bruise in the wallpaper where on the
door being thrown
open widely, the
china handle had
always hit the wall.
There were some
cracks in the structure, left by the last
bombing.
If you want to find
Cherry Tree Lane all
you have to do is ask the
Policeman at the crossroads. He will push his
helmet slightly to one
side, scratch his head
thoughtfully, and then
he will point his white –
gloved finger and say:
“First to your right, second to your left, sharp
right again, and you’re
there.
If you are looking for
Number Seventeen –
and it is more than likely
that you will be, for this
book is all about that
particular house – you
will very soon find it. To
begin with, it is the
smallest house in the
Lane. And besides that,
it is the only one that is
rather dilapidated and
needs a coat of paint.
But Mr Banks, who
owns it, said to Mrs
Banks that she could
have either a nice, clean,
comfortable house or
four children. But not
both, for he couldn’t afford it.
Render the following passages from V. Ovchinnikov’s book ‘The oak’s roots’ into
English and compare your version with the given one.
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Англичанин инстинктивно относится к
своему дому как к осажденной крепости. Жилище его как бы повернуто спиной к улице. И если хозяин вздумает
летом погреться на солнышке, он всегда усядется позади дома, а не перед
ним.
An Englishman instinctively thinks of
his home as a fortress under siege.
Going home is like turning his back on
the world outside. If the householder
decides to sit outside in the sun in
summer, he will always choose the
back garden, not the front.
Дом служит англичанину крепостью,
где он может укрыться не только от непрошеных посетителей, но и от надоевших забот. Переступить этот порог
значит для англичанина переместиться
в совершенно другой мир, абсолютно
не связанный с миром его повседневного труда.
Home serves the Englishman as a fortress where he can find refuge, not
only from unwanted guests but from
his troubles. Crossing the threshold
for an Englishman means moving into a
totally different world, absolutely unconnected to the world of work.
Российский турист так же сетует в Англии на ванну без душа, как английский
турист в России – на умывальник без
пробки.
В английских домах умывальник часто
не имеет смесителя, так что воду из
двух кранов можно смешивать только в
закупоренной пробкой раковине.
A Russian tourist in England will complain about the lack of a mixer tap
just as an English tourist in Russia will
complain about a sink with no plug.
In British homes, sinks often have no
mixer tap so that the water from both
taps can only be mixed in the sink, by
putting the plug in.
Англичане склонны сурово относиться к
собственной плоти, и их жилища во
многом отражают эти спартанские нравы. К началу 70-х годов лишь 15 % жилищ в Британии имели центральное
отопление – в два-три раза меньше,
чем в европейских странах такого же
климатического пояса. Да и ванны понастоящему вошли в быт лишь перед
войной.
The English are given to treating their
own bodies harshly and their homes in
many ways reflect these Spartan manners. At the beginning of the 1970s
only 15% of homes in Britain had central heating – two or three times less
that other European countries with
similar climates. Even baths only became part of everyday life just before
the war.
Фраза «мой дом – моя крепость» была
когда-то рождена обитателем особняка.
Конечно, иметь теперь отдельный дом
в городе – недосягаемая мечта даже для
весьма состоятельной семьи. Англий-
The phrase ‘my home is my castle’ was
coined by an inhabitant of a detached
house. Of course, these days, having a
detached house in town is a dream
even for very well off families. The
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ский горожанин обычно называет домом то, что, в сущности, представляет
собой вертикально
расположенную
квартиру: внизу жилая комната, выше
спальня, а над ней, под самой крышей,
помещают детей.
place an English person calls home is
really a vertical flat – living room
downstairs, bedrooms upstairs and
above that, under the very roof, you
put the children.
Считая дом центром своего существования, англичанин, разумеется, хочет, чтобы он был комфортабельным, однако не
стремится делать из него некую витрину. Как святилище частной жизни, английский дом предназначен не поражать
гостей, а быть удобным для хозяев.
Considering his home the centre of his
existence, the Englishman naturally
wishes it to be comfortable, but without turning it into a museum. As a
sanctuary of private life an English
house is not intended to delight guests
but to be comfortable for the owners.
Англичанин любит жить в окружении
хорошо знакомых вещей. В убранстве
дома, как и во многом другом, он прежде всего ценит старину и добротность.
Когда в семье заходит речь, что пора,
пожалуй, обновить обстановку, под
этим словом имеется в виду реставрация, а не замена того, что есть, сохранение, а не изменение общего стиля
комнаты.
An Englishman loves to be surrounded
by very familiar things. In furniture as
with many other things, antiquity and
quality are valued above all else. When
a family decides that it’s time to renew the furniture, it is in the sense of
restoration, not replacement of what
already exists; preservation, not alteration of the general style of the
room.
Входя в дом англичанина, прежде всего
отмечаешь, как хорошо этот дом приспособлен к своему хозяину. Он как бы
вырос вокруг него, воплотив черты его
характера, как поношенное пальто облегает фигуру своего владельца. Входя
в дом американца, прежде всего замечаешь, как хорошо он приспособился к
своему жилищу.
Upon entering an English home, you
will notice above all how well the house
fits its owner. It seems to have grown
up around him, embodying elements of
his character, like a worn overcoat
fits its owner. On entering an American’s home, you will notice above all
how well he suits his house.
LISTENING
8
T1
A
You will hear a man who is looking for a flat talking to an estate agent
about the type of flat that he wants to rent. For questions 1-10, fill in the estate agent’s
form.
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Size of flat:
1
__________________________________________________________________
Area:
2
__________________________________________________________________
Distance from public transport:
3
__________________________________________________________________
Furniture wanted:
flat should be
4
__________________________________________________________________
Upper price limit:
5
__________________________________________________________________
Starting when?
6
__________________________________________________________________
Period:
7
__________________________________________________________________
Additional points:
flat must be
8
__________________________________________________________________
preferably
9
__________________________________________________________________
and
10
__________________________________________________________________
WATCHING VIDEO
9
V1
Current concerns about the prospect of declining pension income is leading
more people to look for other ways of providing for their retirement. One alternative is
to invest in property, with buy-to-rent becoming an attractive option for some. But what
about releasing some of the value tied up in probably your largest asset – your home?
The video sequence you are going to watch advertises equity release schemes designed
to do just this and are becoming more popular. There are today different types of equity release schemes available.
9.1
Watch the video sequence and say what type of equity release scheme it adver-
tises. What benefits does it provide?
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9.2
Are there ‘Equity release schemes’ or anything similar in your country? What are
the pros and cons of equity release? Discuss this with other students.
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V2
You are going to watch House Invaders, the popular show on BBC one
where Linda Barker with her ‘hunky helpers’ shows how she can transform a home
without spending any of your hand-earned cash. If she’s provided with the basics like
paint, timber and fabric, she can recycle the home of Michael and Jane Mansfield in
Warwickshire in just one day.
Michael and Jane Mansfield are perfectly happy with the interior of their house but the
kids, 10 year old James and 13 year old Hannah, aren’t, so they asked the House Invaders for help.
Watch the sequence and answer the questions:
a
Whose room was transformed?
b
Who made the colour choices?
c
What changes were made?
d
At the end of the day of “invasion” what did the family really think?
e
Do you think it is possible to successfully incorporate new bright colours
and similar things/ideas in old houses?
f
Can you think of any TV program in your country like House Invaders?
What are the differences/similarities?
SPEAKING AND WRITING
11
Choose one of the topics below and write a composition of about 150-200 words.
Before you start writing, discuss the questions with another student.
Topic 1
How do you explain the popularity of different types of dwelling in Britain? Are the same types popular in your country?
Topic 2
Even in a small town in Britain, several offices and shops will be occupied by companies called ‘estate agents’, whose only role is to help people buy and sell their houses. In the same town, however, there may be
no house construction companies at all to which people could go. Why
do you think this is? Is the same true in your country?
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Topic 3 In his book Down and Out in Paris and London George Orwell compared
the laissez-faire attitude towards homeless people in Paris with the rigid
attitude in London: ‘In Paris, if you had no money and could not find a
public bench, you would sit on the pavement. Heaven knows what sitting
on the pavement would lead to in London – prison probably.’It has been
observed that in the 1990s the contrast is now the other way around. It is
now in Paris, not London, that homeless people, if they want to avoid being taken away by the police, need to make sure that they don’t bring attention to themselves. Can you think why this change has occurred? How
does the present British attitude to homelessness compare with that in
your country?
Topic 4
You have decided to enter a competition in response to the advertisement
below:
YOUR CHANCE TO BUILD THE HOUSE OF YOUR
DREAMS!
DESCRIBE THE HOUSE OF YOUR DREAMS, AND YOU MAY
WIN UP TO HALF THE COST OF BUILDING IT.
Write your composition for the competition.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Books:
Anatomy of Britain by Anthony Sampson
Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
The English by Jeremy Paxman
The State We Are in by Will Hutton
Films:
Pleasantville (1998) directed by Gary Ross
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) directed by Charles Crichton
Websites:
www.greenwich2000.co.uk
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UNIT II. EMPLOYMENT
1
What do people in Britain expect from a job? Money, yes –
but what else? How do young people feel about starting work?
Why do some people prefer to set up on their own?
WARM UP
Factfile
Employment
1
In 1990 the number of British people in full-time work was ……
, the highest number ever.
1.1 Read the factfile and
given below:

27.1 million
11.3% 43%
£4,524
29.8 hours 43.5 hours
1935 1990 1983

Discuss your figures.
Check your answers
with the factfile in the
Answer Key.
Do any of these facts
surprise you?
Which facts about employment in Britain are
similar to facts in your
country?
Are there any facts
which are different?
1.3 In groups read the factfile again and write captions
for the two photographs.
2
Between 1979 and 1989 the number of self-employed people
rose by 70% to 3.2 million. This equaled ……of the total workforce.
3
In 1992 the highest-paid man in Britain was the managing director of a bank. He received an annual salary of £1,339,000. In the
same year a kitchen porter in a British Hospital, received an annual salary of …………….. .
4
In 1971 women made up 37% of the labour force in Britain. By
1988 this had risen to ….. .
5
On average British men work longer hours than men in other
European countries (……. per week as opposed to 40.7)
6
On average women work fewer hours than their European sisters
(….. as opposed to 33.4).
7
In 1990 fewer than 200,000 working days were lost through
strike action. This is the lowest figure since ….. .
8
Trade unions lost 25% of their members between 1980 and .… .
9
The Youth Training Scheme (YTS) was introduced in … . It
offered two years of training for 16-year-old school leavers.
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READING
2
Read the profiles below about the employment situation and earning money in
Britain and answer the following questions:
What English attitude to work does George Mikes’ statement reflect?
Are attitudes to work in Britain changing?
How are the earnings of manual and non-manual workers expressed and
paid?
The well-known statement written by Hungarian humourist George Mikes
‘The one thing the English will never forgive the Germans for is working too hard’
is, of course, not literally true. However, it does reflect a certain lack of enthusiasm
for work in general. At the upper end of the social scale this attitude to work exists
because leisure has always been the main outward sign of aristocracy.
And because of Britain’s class system, it has had its effects throughout society. If you have to work, then the less it looks like work the better. Traditionally
therefore, a major sign of being middle class (as opposed to working class) has
been that you do non-manual work. The fact that skilled manual (or ‘blue collar’)
workers have been paid more highly than the lower grades of ‘white-collar’ (i.e.
non-manual) worker for several decades has only slightly changed this social perception.
This ‘anti-work’ outlook among the working class has led to a relative lack of
ambition or enthusiasm and a belief that high earnings are more important than job
satisfaction.
These attitudes are slowly changing. For example, at least half of the workforce now does non-manual work, and yet a majority describe themselves as working class.
It would therefore seem that the connection between being middle class and
doing non-manual work is growing weaker. Nevertheless, the connection between
class distinctions and types of work lives on in a number of ways. One illustration
of this is the different way in which earnings are conventionally expressed and paid.
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Manual (and lowest grades
Non-manual
of non-manual)
Rate quoted
per hour / week
per year
Known as
wages
salary
Paid every
week
month
Method
usually in cash or into bank
by cheque or into bank
Perhaps the traditional lack of enthusiasm for work is the reason why the
working day, in comparison with most European countries, starts rather late (usually at eight o’clock for manual workers and around nine for non-manual workers).
However, measured by the number of hours worked in a week, the British reputation for not working hard enough appears to be false. The normal lunch break is an
hour or less, and most people (unless they work part-time) continue working until
five or later. Many people often work several hours overtime a week. In addition, a
comparatively large proportion of British people stay in the workforce for a comparatively large part of their lives. The normal retiring age for most people is sixtyfive (sixty for some, including a greater proportion of women).
3
3.1
Look at the tables below. They show the results of a survey amongst British
teenagers. Which of these words and expressions would you use to describe their attitudes to work?
adventurous
home-loving
3.2
conservative
materialistic
family-oriented
ambitious
Work in a group. What do / would you look for in a job? Discuss your views. Are
your attitudes similar to or different from the views of the British teenagers in the survey?
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Which factors are most important in a job?
Factor
Male %
Female %
Job satisfaction
58
66
Money
29
13
Friendly atmosphere
7
13
Good conditions
5
6
Training
3
3
Travel
1
2
Male %
Female %
In home area
50
43
Elsewhere in UK
30
37
In London
14
16
Abroad
36
40
Where they would like to work
Location
The survey sought the views of almost 1,500 16-18 year-olds studying at schools
and colleges throughout Britain. It shows that most teenagers have fairly traditional ambitions. They are most likely to want to stay in their home region and
build a secure future. Those that want to work abroad see it as a short-term investment in good experience for later careers at home.
4 When a company needs to recruit or employ new people, it may decide to advertise
the job or position on the appointments page of a newspaper. People who are interested can then apply for the job by sending in a letter of application and curriculum vi-
tae containing details of their education and experience. The company will then draw
up a shortlist of candidates, who are invited to attend an interview.
Look at the eight job advertisements below to find out as much as you can about the
various types of employment available. Write the information you find under the appropriate heading, and then report on your entries in each of the categories on the task
sheet.
What did you learn about employment in the UK from these advertisements? Are job
advertisements common in your country? If so, how are the advertisements in your
country similar to those in British newspapers?
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A NEW CAREER IN
SALES
You will be working for
a well-established company selling gardening
products to new and existing customers.
Own car essential.
Good career opportunities for the right candidate.
Starting salary £12,000 +
car. Interviewing immediately.
For details ring Mr. V.
Hammond on 0323
5033634.
SENIOR
ARCHITECTURAL
TECHNICIAN
MANAGER
Benson’s Carvery
A lively person with energy and enthusiasm
is required for our busy city centre restaurant. Must have at least three years’ experience in catering, and be good with people. A
qualification in catering management would
be an advantage.
With sound knowledge
of building construction required for local
firm of Architects.
Experience of Computer-aided Design an
advantage.
Telephone Rachel
Patel on 0236 723493,
or write with CV to:
Chambers Parslowe
Bennett
65 High Street
Pemberton
Surrey
Salary £ 16,000.
Closing date for applications Friday June 2nd.
Please ring 244044 for further information.
GENERAL
VACANCIES
CARPENTER
CREDIT CONTROL ASSISTANT
Experienced
parttime/fulltime/freelance
needed for structural
conversion work. £ 8
per hour. 081 398
9460, 6-8 p.m.
We have a vacancy for a Credit Control Assistant to
provide back-up and clerical support to the Credit
Controller.
Must be familiar with word-processing, able to work
on own initiative, and have good telephone manner.
Previous experience would be an advantage but full
training will be given.
Salary £ 6,000 – 7,000, depending on experience. Additional benefits include flexitime, company pension
scheme and subsidized staff restaurant.
ELECTRICIAN required due to expansion for servicing of
Catering Equipment.
Duties include providing estimates. Company van provided,
salary negotiable.
Contact Alan Bream
on 0893 83219.
Apply in writing with CV to Jean Forsythe, Personnel Manager, Cappa Ltd, Banbury OX23 4QT.
Task Sheet
Jobs which pay an hourly wage
Jobs which pay a salary
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DOMESTIC
NANNY mature, fun,
house-proud nanny required to look after two
children aged 6 and 3.
Must be able to cook and
swim. Salary to be negotiated. Own room/ bath/
car.
Tel 0865 794389.
COMPANION
goodhumoured, gentle, caring
woman 35-55 required by
disabled lady for light
household duties, cooking, reading, and friendship. £ 100 per week plus
own room, use of car.
Box 36.
Jobs with prestige
Facts about working hours
Benefits or ‘extras’ (health insurance, holidays with pay, etc.)
Labour organizations / trade unions
Qualifications required
Other information
Read the article Tips for Practical Job Hunting and answer the following ques-
5.1
tions:
a Who do you think it is written for?
b Who do you think it is written by?
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the
CONFIDENCE
factor
Whether you’re seeking your first job, looking for a new career
move or trying to get
back into work after a
spell away from employment, you need to
be well-prepared.
Personal confidence,
the ability to present
yourself to others, and
a knowledge of the local job market are all
part of successful job
hunting. Read on for
more…
5.2
Tips for
Practical Job
Hunting
The skill in job hunting lies in persuading an employer that you’ve
got the knowledge, skills and attitudes to be a useful member of his
or her workforce.
You’ve got to believe in yourself
before an employer will believe in
you. So think positively! Try writing a list of statements starting ‘I
think I would make a good employee because…’ It may sound
like a weird thing to do, but it can
be very confidence-boosting.
Remember … accentuate the positive.
Get together with a friend, and
help one another draft application
letters and CVs. Read through your
school or youth training record of
achievement, and remind yourself
of all the good qualities you have
to offer an employer.
I would make a good
worker because I
keep cool in a crisis.
I would make a good
employee because
I’m always cheerful.
I would make a
good employee because I like meeting people.
I would make a
good employee
because I enjoy
sorting out mechanical problems
like when Mick’s
car broke down.
List three things which are important in ‘the confidence factor’. Which of these
factors do you think is the most important?
5.3 Which of these jobs would suit the four speakers in the article best?
6
a police officer
d nurse
b car mechanic
e accountant
c shop assistant
f social worker
Render the following passages into Russian and compare your version with the
given one.
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ALL WORK, NO PLAY.
We’ve got the balance wrong.
It began life inside the American
expression ‘gettalife’. Since then
the word has developed a life of
its own – as used by the stressed
workaholic who sighs, ‘I have no
life’. In this new context the
word refers to those rare moments of genuine living, to those
fleeting seconds of ‘quality time’.
It can be spent anywhere – just
as long as it’s away from the office or the factory.
ДЕЛУ ВРЕМЯ, ПОТЕХЕ ЧАС.
Работать или жить?
Всё началось с американского выражения ‘gettalife’. Ведь это его
произносят теперь живущие во
временном цейтноте трудоголики,
вздыхая: «Разве это жизнь?» В
этом новом контексте ‘gettalife’ностальгия по настоящей жизни,
быстротечным секундам, прожитым в удовольствие, «всласть» где угодно, только не в офисе или
на предприятии.
The conflict between life and
work is laid bare in a survey published by Management Today
magazine. The survey reveals
that employees across Britain
,male and female, are cracking
under the stress of work overload.
Результаты исследования, опубликованные в журнале Management
Today, показывают наличие противоречий между работой и жизнью
людей. Опрос свидетельствует о
том, что служащие по всей Великобритании испытывают срыв изза перегруженности работой.
More than half of respondents
report spending between 41 and
50 hours a week at work, with a
further 25% staying in the office
for more than 50 hours. Close to
half say they find it increasingly
hard to reconcile their work with
their personal commitments.
Больше половины респондентов
сообщают, что проводят от 41 до
50 часов в неделю на работе, 25%
опрошенных остаются на рабочих
местах свыше 50 часов. Примерно
половина респондентов сообщают,
что им становится всё труднее совмещать работу с личной жизнью.
Fascinatingly, a quarter say they
would accept less money in return
for more time.
Интересно, что четверть опрошенных готовы получать меньше денег, но иметь больше свободного
времени.
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LISTENING AND SPEAKING
7.1
A Work in two groups
T2 Group A
You will hear Jean Attree who set up as a professional photographer, turning a
hobby into her business. Listen to what she says and
a
put the events in the right order
does A-level course
completes course at North London Polytechnic
leaves school
becomes self-employed photographer
works in office
b
say how these people / organizations help Jean?
her friends
her local Jobcentre
South Thames TEC
other photographers
c
say what Jean felt the advantages and disadvantages of becoming selfemployed were
d
say which of these things Jean has learnt to do:
run a business
deal with customers
get commissions for magazines
photograph record covers
build up the business
work with other photographers
e
think of one more question you would like to ask Jean
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T3 Group B
You will hear Barbara talking about her experience of working in offices. Listen to
what she says, read the multiple choice questions and decide which of the four
choices a, b, c or d is the correct answer.
1 At the moment Barbara is
a
looking for work.
b
working as a legal assistant.
c
enjoying a vacation.
d
out of work.
2 With regard to relations among colleagues, Barbara thinks that nowadays
a
offices put more pressure on employees.
b
people have become more self-centred.
c
business is more competitive.
d
employees are less committed to their work.
3 Barbara prefers to work in places where
a
there is a reward for each person’s effort.
b
goals are understood by everyone.
c
individual talent is recognized.
d
there is a shared aim.
4 Barbara works best when jobs are done
a
late in the day.
b
according to a fixed timetable.
c
early in the day.
d
by a group.
5 Barbara has had to accept
a
lack of organization in offices.
b
the unpredictability of most working days.
c
the need to work to deadlines.
d
the requirement to keep everything in its place.
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6 In Barbara’s opinion, offices run smoothly when people
7.2
a
start work as early as possible.
b
give priority to important matters.
c
concentrate on mainly small matters.
d
anticipate the near future.
Find a partner from the other group (group A/ group B). Compare your informa-
tion.
Do you think the work place is becoming more competitive? Why?
Whose job – Jean’s or Barbara’s – seems to be more competitive / demanding / appealing to you? Why?
8.1
You are going to hear a radio talk about different types of offices. Before you lis-
ten, read through the notes Changes in office work below and try to predict what kind
of information is missing. What do you think is meant by a ‘virtual office’? Do you know
what ‘teleworking’ refers to?
8.2
A
T4
Listen and complete the notes according to the information you hear in
the recording. Use one or two words in each gap. Remember that the words in the task
summarise or rephrase the words in the recording.
Changes in office work
Traditional office:
each employee has an (1)…………………………………
located in a prime (2) …………………………………….
running costs are (3) ……………………………………..
Virtual office:
on arrival staff (4) ………………………………………..
then request a (5) …………………………………………
collect belongings from (6) ………………………………..
popular with companies and their (7) …………………….
Teleworking:
staff work (8) ……………………………………………..
communicate by fax, telephone and (9) ………………….
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8.3 Discuss these questions:
How much does the idea of working in a ‘virtual office’ appeal to you?
Can you think of any advantages for employees?
9.1 Discuss the following questions:
Do attractive people have an advantage over others when it comes to getting a job?
Is there discrimination against people on the basis of physical characteristics? If so, should this discrimination be prohibited by law?
Should legislation be introduced to protect people against unfair dismissal?
9.2
A
T5
You will hear part of a radio programme about the relationship between
appearance and employment opportunities.
Listen to the programme and answer the following questions:
How many people did Jeff Biddle and Daniel Hamermesh survey?
What did they discover?
Is there a reaction against discrimination in the work place?
9.3 Discussing
Compare the answers in the radio programme with the ones you gave in 9.1 .
How does this situation compare with the situation in your country?
Can you suggest any solutions?
What things can you do to make the best possible impression at a job interview?
WATCHING VIDEO
LISTENING
10
A
You are going to listen to a nanny talking about her career, and then
watch a video sequence where some children give their opinion on the requirements
their nanny should meet.
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10.1 Discuss the following questions:
Have you ever had a nanny?
What is your idea of a good nanny?
How should a nanny be employed?
Could you give an example of a nanny from classical English books?
10.2
T6
A
You will hear Amanda Peniston-Bird, 21, the daughter of a judge, who
has just completed a two-year training course to be a nanny at the Norland Nursery
Training College. She talks about her career. Listen and say whether the following
statements are true (T) or false (F).
T
a
F
Amanda had two trained nannies who lived with the family
and worked full time.
b
It was Amanda’s mother who influenced her choice of career.
c
Amanda applied for the post of nanny to twins aged six
months.
10.3
V3 Watching a video sequence
You will watch a sequence from the film ‘Mary Poppins’, a screen version of the famous book by Pamela L.
Travers. Choosing a nanny is ‘an important and delicate
task’ for the Banks family. Here, Jane and Michael
Banks, the family’s two ‘adorable children’ have decided to make up an advertisement themselves rather than ‘get somebody to put in
the morning paper the news that they require the best possible nanny at the lowest
possible wage and at once’. Listen to Jane and Michael’s requirements for a nanny
and complete the gaps in their own advertisement from the sequence.
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Wanted – a nanny for two adorable children
If you want this choice(1) ……..…
Have a cheer disposition
Rosy cheeks, no (2)………
Play games, all sorts
You must be (3)………
You must be (4)………
Very sweet and fairly (5) …………
Take us on (6)…………, give us treats
Sing songs, bring (7)…………….
Never be (8)…………. or cruel
Never give us (9) …………. or gruel
(10)………….. us as a son and daughter
And never smell of (11) ……………
If you won’t scold and (12) ………….. us
We will never give you cause to hate us
We won’t hide your (13)………… so you can’t see
Put (14)…………. in your bed
Or (15)…………. in your tea
Hurry nanny
Many thanks Sincerely
Jane and Michael Banks.
10.4 Discussion
a
Do you appreciate the ‘advertisement’?
b
Do you think Amanda Peniston-Bird could meet the requirements and be
a good nanny for the Banks children?
WRITING
11 The curriculum vitae
Sarah White is one of the applicants for the job at RODERO.
Study her CV to see how the information is presented and decide
where each of the following headings should be placed.
RODERO has a new position open:
PUBLIC AFFAIRS ASSOCIATE
We are looking for an experienced public affairs associate. Job
is based in Berlin. Candidates must have substantial PR Press
experience and strong writing skills. They must have serious
proficiency in sports (skiing, climbing …) and outdoor experience. German mother tongue. Environmental background a
plus. RODERO is a San-Francisco company which designs
and distributes functional outdoor clothing. Send CV with
picture to:
Sergi Bowen
RODERO GMSR
Caterstrasse 18
8000 Berlin 18 – Germany
The interviews will be in Berlin during the first week in March.
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REFERENCES
INTERESTS
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Telephone:
EDUCATION
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
CURRICULUM VITAE
1
……………….
Name:
Date of Birth:
Nationality:
Address:
PERSONAL DETAILS
Sarah White
7 August 1978
British
52 Hanover Street
Edinburgh EH2 5LM
Scotland
031 449 0237
2
……………….
2000 -2001:
London Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Diploma in Public Relations
1997-2000:
University of London
BA (Honours) In Journalism and Media Studies (Class II)
1990-1997:
Fettes College, Edinburgh
A-levels in German (A), English (B), History (B) and Geography (C)
3
……………….
2001 to present:
Scottish Wildlife Trust
Department of Public Relations
Responsible for writing articles on all aspects of the Trust’s activities and ensuring
their distribution to the press. Editor of the Trust’s monthly journal. In charge of
relations with European environmental agencies.
Summers of
1999 and 2000:
Three-month training period with the Glasgow Herald. Assistant to the sports editor.
Summer of 1998:
Sales assistant in the record department of Harris Stores Ltd., Edinburgh.
4
……………….
Sports: Cross-country skiing, rock-climbing and swimming.
Secretary of the local branch of ‘Action’, an association organizing summer camps for disabled children.
5
……………….
Camp counselling certificate
Grade 3 ski instructor
Driver’s licence (car and motorcycle)
IBM PC user
Fluent German and good working knowledge of French
6
……………….
Geoffrey Williams,
Professor of Journalism,
University of London
Bill Denholm,
Sports Editor,
Glasgow Herald
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12 Letters of application
A letter of application (also called a covering letter) can be as important as the CV
in that it often provides the first direct contact between a candidate and an employer. If this letter is not well written and presented, it will make a poor impression. A letter of application normally contains three or more paragraphs in which
you should:
confirm that you wish to apply and say where you learned about the job
say why you are interested in the position and relate your interests to those
of the company
show what you can contribute to the job by highlighting your most relevant
skills and experience
indicate your willingness to attend an interview (and possibly state when
you would be free to attend)
Complete Sarah White’s letter of application using the following verbs:
contact
apply
discuss
enjoy
employed
notice
welcome
advertised
involved
matches
Sarah White
52 Hanover Street
Edinburgh EH2 5LM
Scotland
UK
15th January
Sergi Bowen
RODERO GMSR
Caterstrasse 18
8000 Berlin 18 – Germany
Dear Mr Bowen
I am writing to (1)… for the position of Public Affairs Associate which was (2)... last week in the International
Herald Tribune.
Although I am presently (3)... by a non-profit making organization, it has always been my intention to work in a
commercial environment. I would particularly (4)... the chance to work for your company and as you will (5)... on
my enclosed curriculum vitae, the job you are offering (6)... both my personal and professional interests.
My work experience has familiarized me with many of the challenges (7)... in public relations today. I am sure
that this, together with my understanding of the needs and expectations of sport and nature enthusiasts, would be
extremely relevant to the position. Moreover, as my mother is German, I am fluent in this language and would
definitely (8)... working in a German-speaking environment.
I would be pleased to (9)... my curriculum vitae with you in more detail at an interview. In the meantime, please
do not hesitate to (10)... me if you require further information. I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours sincerely,
Sarah White
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13
Refer back to the job advertisement, CV and letter of application. What do you
think Sarah White’s chances of getting the job are? What are her strengths and weaknesses?
14
Read the eight job advertisements below, then choose one of them and prepare
the CV and letter of application that you would send to companies. You may invent as
many details as you wish but note that the person who you present in your CV should
hopefully (or wants to) be up to the job.
MARKETING MANAGER
We are looking for an experienced marketing professional to
manage the promotion of our new range.
The ideal candidate will have at least three years experience in
marketing management, and will be a result-oriented leader
with creative, organizational, and communications skills.
This is an outstanding opportunity and compensation will be
dependent upon experience and results. We offer an attractive
benefits package.
Please send resume to:
Personnel Department, Duluth Fashionwear,
200 Wydale Street, Pemberton Surrey
PHOTO STUDIO MANAGER
Outgoing, enthusiastic person wanted for
photo studio in Falls Church. Spring and autumn weekends, full time in summer. Sales
and management experience a must. £7 / hr
+ bonus. Artley Photographers. 202 776 4825
__________________________________
AU PAIR
Non-smoking female needed for live in childcare. Northwest area. £100 wk. 462 4159
__________________________________
CHILDCARE (after school)
Friendship Heights, 2 girls, 6 and 8, 15-20
hours per week, M / F, own car, references
required. Ideal for student, £8 per hour. Call
202 363 3158
__________________________________
RESTAURANTS
The Italian Straw Hat
Restaurant is now hiring M / F waiters, bartenders, cooks, dishwashers, and managers
for its Brighton opening. Apply in person 9
a.m. 6 p.m. at 788 Flemming Road, Brighton.
NANNY
Working couple seek fully trained nanny to
live in and look after 2 year-old son. Require
loving, dependable woman with excellent
references and driving record. Must speak
English. Hours 7.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. £150 /
wk + free room, board, use of car. Please
send application and resume to Ad 8375
__________________________________
Market Researchers needed to conduct telephone studies. Evening and weekend shifts
available. No exp nec. We train, but good
reading and pronunciation required. £145 /
wk. Call Maddison Ltd 212 403 8827
__________________________________
Secretary wanted for Pest Control company
in Roxburgh. Hours approx 9 till 3 p.m. Could
develop into 40-hour week. Must have basic
secretarial skills, good phone manner, and be
able to work independently. £7 / hr. Please
call 974 3827 from 9 till 4 for appt.
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Books:
Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe
The Money Drunk by Mark Bryan and Julia
Cameron
Films:
Trading Places (1983) directed by John Landis
Play:
Money by Carol Churchill
Websites:
www.bundesbank.de
www.stw.org/
www.worldbank.org/
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UNIT III. FAMILY LIFE
Why is the number of extra-marital births in Britain increasing? How many marriages in Britain end in divorce? What is
the average life expectancy for British men/women? Why do
people get married?
WARM UP
1.1
Read the factfile
Families
Factfile
and complete it with
the figures given below.

72 years 87%
1.8 51% 10%
25% (twice) 27%
two-thirds 27
2 14%

Discuss your figures.
Check your answers with the
factfile in the Answer Key.
Which facts about
family life in Britain today are similar to facts about
your country?
Are there any
facts which are
very different?
Which facts do
you find most interesting?
1
The present population of Britain is 57 million. That is expected to rise to 60
million by 2010. The average number of children per family is …
2
… of the 41,000 babies born to 15-19-year-olds in Britain were outside marriage. This compares with 62% in the United States and 10% in Japan.
3
At birth the average life expectancy for British males is …; for females it is
78.
4
More than … of British couples marrying now have lived together before
marriage.
5
… of all British women are in paid employment.
6
About … of women in Britain are married by the time they are 18. For the US
the figure is 11%, Brazil 24% and China 38%.
7
Britain is known to have the highest teenage pregnancy rate in Europe. The
average age at which a woman has her first child is … .
8
Britain has the highest divorce rate in European Community countries. It also
has the highest marriage rate in the EC. … of all households are one-person
households.
9
… of second marriages in Britain end in divorce.
10
A survey of 53 countries showed that Britain has one of the highest rates of
sexual activity in the world among teenagers and young women. … of all
births are to unmarried mothers.
11
… of British children live in one-parent families.
12
Teenage mothers are more likely to drop out of school than girls who have a
child later. … out of 5 women with pre-school age children go out to work.
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READING
2
Read the profiles below about family life in Britain. Some of the sentences (a-g)
have been removed from the profiles. You should put them in the correct numbered
gap. There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use.
a
There is also an ethnic dimension.
b
Is Britain really in moral decline?
c
They also usually now want the right to pursue a career.
d
Yet as a picture of the way most British people live, it is increasingly unrealistic.
e
These families often experience isolation and poverty.
f
What can be made of such evidence?
g
This suggests a static situation, but there is major movement between
classes.
The nuclear family, a married couple with perhaps two children, is still considered the ideal social unit and most young people still aspire to this idea of their
own future (1) … . If the picture includes the traditional idea of the man going out
to work while the wife stays at home, it is now true of less than 10 per cent of
households. Even without such a limited definition, only 40 per cent of the population live in nuclear family households, and even within this group a considerable
proportion of parents are in their second marriage with children from a previous
marriage.
Alongside a social acceptance of divorce greater today than in the 1950s and
1960s, women have been increasingly dissatisfied by the traditional expectations
of the woman’s role in marriage (2) … . Sometimes the husband’s difficulty in
adapting to the new situation puts a strain on the marriage.
One inevitable consequence of the climbing divorce rate has been the rise of
single-parent families (3) … . The great majority of single parents are women. One
in three children under the age of five has divorced parents. Forty per cent of children experience the divorce of their parents before the age of 18.
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There has also been an increase in babies born outside marriage. It is indicative of both the increasing proportion and changing social attitudes that these babies, once described as ‘illegitimate’, are now described officially as ‘extramarital’.
The remaining extra-marital births are to single mothers, with the rate being
highest in areas of high unemployment and the greatest poverty, suggesting to
some analysts that the birth of a child gives a woman in such circumstances someone to love, a purpose in life and also state assistance (4) … . On account of traditional patterns of family life, over 40 per cent of Caribbean families are singleparent ones.
(5)… . For some, such statistics are evidence of moral decline, and they argue
the need to return to traditional values. In the face of the evidence this sounds like
wishful thinking.
(6)… . It would be safer to say that moral values are changing, with less attention to traditional definitions of immorality, and greater emphasis on personal
morality being rooted in kindness and respect for others.
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3.1
Jigsaw reading
The articles First real kiss came on the wedding day and We’d both had time to
make mistakes from the ‘Daily Mail’ give you more ideas on the issue of family life in
Britain today.
Divide into two groups
Group A Read the article First real kiss came on the wedding day
Group B Read the article We’d both had time to make mistakes
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First real kiss came on We’d both had time to
the wedding day
make mistakes
GEORGE
and
Agnes Sutton never
held hands or kissed
before they walked
up the aisle at St
Cuthbert’s Church,
Didsbury, on their
wedding day in September 1930.
Sixty years later,
they are about to
celebrate their diamond wedding.
Their recipe for a
successful marriage
is simple. ‘We get
along very well and
don’t keep any differences going,’ says
George, now 88.
The couple met
at work and courted
for nine months before getting married.
Agnes had been
out with ‘one or two’
boys before but she
was George’s first
girlfriend.
For nine months,
they met twice a
week, and usually
went to the pictures.
But physical contact
was out of the question.
‘I don’t think we ever
held hands – I didn’t
3.2
know him properly,’
said Agnes. ‘He
might have given me
a peck on the cheek
when he was leaving
me, but we never
held hands.’
Agnes says the
key to their long,
successful marriage
has been their determination to sort
out any differences.
‘In our day,
when you got married, that was it.
There were marriages that didn’t
work out but you
didn’t leave your
husband.
‘Of course we
have had rows.
We’ve fallen out and
not spoken to each
other, but we have
always managed to
sort it out by sitting
down and telling
each other what we
think,’ she said.
‘It’s all too free
and easy today. People
are
always
switching,
and
changing. To me it
doesn’t seem right,’
she said.
FINANCIAL researcher Claire Randell, 28, married merchant banker Peter
Bowman, 28, this
March after a fouryear courtship.
‘I went to Durham
University and had a
couple of boyfriends
there, then came to
London for work.
When I met Peter it
wasn’t love at first
sight. He had had
girlfriends before me,
but neither of us was
jealous about the past.
‘In fact, I preferred
that he had already
had other relationships. We’d both had
time to make mistakes, to know what
we’d had and what
we wanted. If you
have been out with
other people you recognize the goodness
in a real relationship.
‘Peter bought a flat
near mine in West
Hampstead, but after
about two years we
decided to buy a
house together.
‘The crunch came
in our relationship
when we went on a
long trip. We went to
India,
Nepal,
Hongkong and then
Thailand, where Peter
proposed on a palmlined beach. I must
admit I didn’t have to
think twice but just
said yes.
‘We didn’t move
back in together when
we returned to London. I felt that if I
was wearing white
and having an oldfashioned wedding, I
wanted to respect tradition by living apart
at the end.
Different
‘I’m really enjoying
being married; it does
feel different from
just living together.
With a woman there
are obvious externals
– the name change
and the ring – but it’s
more than that. You
feel you’ve made a
big step. It’s different
and it’s better,’ said
Claire.
Which questions does your article answer?
a
Who speaks in the article – the husbands or the wives?
b
Which couple were married in Didsbury?
c
Where did Claire and Peter get engaged?
d
When do couples celebrate their diamond wedding?
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3.3
When you have answered the questions, find a partner from another group.
Swap information.
1 Compare the two women’s …
a
feelings about being married
b
knowledge of their husbands before marriage
2 Which woman …?
a
thinks that it’s too easy to get out of marriage nowadays
b
thinks it’s a good thing to have other relationships before marriage
c
thinks it’s important to be able to talk to her husband about their differences
4
Newspapers in Britain often contain columns in which an adviser – usually female
– replies to published letters asking for advice about personal problems. Here is an example of a published letter and a reply:
4.1
Divide into 4 groups. Read the letters and decide what advice you would give to
the writers.
Group A: Read letter 1
Group B: Read letter 2
Group C: Read letter 3
Group D: Read letter 4
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Letter 1
They’ve cut me out
My two best mates are
being really horrible to
me. I have no idea
what I’ve done wrong
but they both keep
canceling outings with
me and then I find out
that they’ve been out
with each other. I
don’t know what to do
and I feel really left
out and lonely.
Blazin’ Squad fan, 12
Letter 2
Letter 3
I know he’s cheating
I’ve just found out
my boyfriend is
cheating on me with
one of my mates.
I’m really upset and
angry, and don’t
understand why
they’d do this to me.
They don’t know
that I know yet, so
should I confront
them or just leave
them to it?
Westlife fan, 15
Should I have sex?
I’m a 14-year-old girl
and I’m going out with a
bloke who is 17. We’ve
been dating for six
weeks and he really
wants to have sex. I do
too, but I’m worried
about him thinking I’m
inexperienced cos I’m a
virgin. Also I think I
should wait cos a girl I
know slept with a guy
and his mates graffitied
it all over the school.
Cheeky Girls fan, 14
Letter 4
I know Dad’s secret
I’ve found out my dad
had an affair with another woman. I was
looking on his computer and I accidentally opened an email
from her. Should I tell
my mum or keep quiet
for the sake of the
family? I think it’s
over now, but I’m not
sure. I hate my dad
now and he doesn’t
know why. Help!
Will Young fan, 14
4.2 After you have read the letters, make up your replies and read them to the class.
4.3
Match the replies below to the letters you’ve just read and compare your groups’
replies with the original published replies below.
A
Don’t let anyone pressure
you into having sex when
you are not sure. At 14
years old, you’re are two
years under the age of consent and that means both
you and your boyfriend
would be breaking the law.
It’s easy to feel pressurised
into sleeping with someone
but you really must wait
until you’ve reached the
age of consent and feel
emotionally prepared. If
this boy still piles the pressure on, dump him. Anyone who really cares for
you will wait until you’re
ready.
B
C
It’s easy to misinterpret emails and
text messages, so
don’t jump to any
dramatic conclusions yet. This is
affecting your relationship with your
dad, and you don’t
really know if he’s
guilty. Have a word
with him in private
– you might have
been worrying about
nothing. If you
really can’t do that,
talk to a family
member you trust.
Your mates are being unfair. No one deserves this
treatment – at least not
without being told what
you’ve done. Try chatting
to them about it. If it turns
out they’re just being
bitchy then dump them –
who needs friends like
that? If you’re worried
about who you’re going to
be friends with now, don’t
be. Join some after-school
clubs or set one up. Or be
brave and just walk up to
someone else who you
think might need a friend.
Good luck!
D
Definitely confront them! They
can’t be allowed
to get away with
treating you so
badly. They’ve
probably done
you a favour in
the long run. It’s
better you find out
now what they’re
really like and
move on. Cheating blokes and
disloyal best
friends are bad
news.
Are the replies what you expected?
Did anything in the replies surprise you?
Would this reply be appropriate in your country? If not, why not?
Do newspapers in your country have similar advice columns?
What kinds of problems do people write about in your country?
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5
The profiles below from ‘The British Sketches’ by Donald Reifield cast ‘inside’ light
upon marriage and love in Britain. Render them into Russian and compare your version
with ours.
What does the word ‘love’ mean to an
Englishman? Before beginning a process
of introspection I opened the Large
Oxford Dictionary. I found such a
muddle of prejudices and hopes that I
immediately understood why we, as a
nation, are a long way away from other
nations and languages when it comes to
questions of love – to put it mildly.
Что значит слово «любовь» для англичанина? Прежде чем заглянуть самому себе
в душу, я открыл Большой оксфордский
словарь. Я нашел такую путаницу предрассудков и упований, что мне сразу стало понятно, почему мы, как народ, в вопросах любви стоим – мягко говоря – поодаль от других народов и языков.
Love is ‘the feeling of attachment
founded on the difference between the
sexes’. The dictionary offers us another definition of English love: ‘the
condition of the heart in relation to a
person arising from recognition of attractive qualities, mutual feelings or
natural attachment and manifesting itself as tenderness and attachment’.
Любовь – это «то чувство привязанности,
которое основано на разнице полов».
Словарь предлагает нам еще одно определение любви по-английски: «состояние души по отношению к человеку, возникающее из признаний привлекательности, из сочувствия или из естественной
привязанности и проявляющееся как
нежность и привязанность».
How cosy, how suitable for the hearth.
What does this peaceful English love
have in common with the love recognized by the French or the Russians?
Как уютно, как это годится для домашнего очага. Что общего у такой спокойной
английской любви с той любовью, которую признают французы или русские?
From early childhood our clergymen and
teachers insist upon the difference between love and lust, as though the one
excluded the other. Therefore, for we
English, love without feeling is like cognac without alcohol.
С раннего детства наши священники и преподаватели настаивают на разнице между
love – любовь духовная – и ей созвучным
lust – похоть, как будто одна исключает
другую. Таким образом, нам, англичанам,
фактически подносят любовь без чувственности, как коньяк без алкоголя.
Aristocrats, who defined for ever the
morals of the French and the Russians,
realised long ago that love is one thing,
and marriage quite another.
Аристократы, которые навсегда определили нравственность русских и французов, давно поняли, что любовь – одно, а
брак – другое.
Love is an involuntary and simple feeling. Marriage is a considered and complex contract.
Любовь – это невольное и простое чувство, брак – это расчетливый и сложный
контракт.
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In the opinion of the modern American
sexologist Ruth Dickson, love and marriage are even incompatible. But the
Puritans and the bourgeoisie, followers
of Saint Paul, decided that love and
marriage were inseparable. Not for
nothing does the famous English song
say ‘love and marriage is like a horse
and carriage’.
So go on you old nag, haul that cart while
you are still alive to do it.
сексолог Рут Диксон, любовь и брак даже
несовместимы. Но пуритане и буржуа,
наследники Святого Павла, решили, что
любовь и брак нераздельны. Недаром в
знаменитой английской песне поют, что
любовь и брак – это лошадь и карета. Так
что тяни, бедная кляча свою телегу, пока
не сдохнешь.
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T7
A
You will hear Sheena Milne talking about modern thinkers turning their at-
tention to the condition of marriage today.
6.1
Listen and take notes to answer the questions:
1
Who is Martin Whyte?
2
What does Whyte’s survey show?
3
How important, according to what Whyte says, is romance?
4
What can you infer from what Sheena Milne said?
a Old fashioned love is best.
b English women prefer romance.
c The survey backs romantic love.
6.2
Listen again and discuss the answers with the students. What do you think of
the results of the survey?
7.1
T8
A
You will hear Noel talking about Blind Date, a programme on British TV.
How do players choose dates during the programme? Is there a programme similar to
Blind Date on TV in your country?
7.2
T9
T9a
A
You are going to listen to three women answering the three
questions James had asked them during the programme. What questions do you think
James had asked them? Listen to their talk and check your answer.
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7.3
T10
A
A week later, James and the woman he chose were invited back to the
programme to talk about their date together. Listen and find out how they got on .
a Does he want to go out with her again?
b Does she want to go out with him again?
8.1
T11
A
You will hear part of a radio phone-in programme where people ask an
expert for advice on etiquette at weddings. Listen to the first caller on the line and decide which of the problems 1-6 Mrs Romsey asks about. Write Yes or No in each box.
1 The best time of year for weddings.
2 Who should make the guest list.
3 Who should pay for the wedding.
4 Whether to get married in church.
5 How many guests to invite.
6 Whether to invite her friends.
8.2 Discuss with your partner what advice would be appropriate in your country.
WATCHING VIDEO
SPEAKING
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V4 You are going to watch a sequence from the film ‘My best friend’s wedding’
which gives you an idea of how weddings in England and
America are held.
Some words from the box might be helpful to describe the
wedding of Michael O’Neal and Klimmy Wallace, characters in
the film.
a registry office a church the aisle
a vicar the best man
the bridesmaids the reception
the organist the choir a bouquet a veil
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What happens when people get married in your country? Are there any special activities or customs? Describe a typical wedding ceremony in your country.
You are going to watch Kilroy, a popular TV talk show on BBC One. The theme of
10
the discussion is family problems, Mothers and Sons.
‘It so happens that only two or three weeks after Chris’ father dies, Chris’ relationship with his mother, once close, becomes distant and cold…’
10.1
V5 Watch the sequence from Kilroy and match Chris’ and Patricia’s replies to
the questions Kilroy asks on the show.
P – Patricia
C – Chris
My husband died. I did know David before John died. We were just friends.
1 P
He kept phoning me to keep me going and it did.
2 P
Chris said I put David before him.
3 P
Chris objected to me having him around.
4 C
I hate him.
5 C
He’s always around.
6 C
I miss my Mum.
7 C
Having another man so soon.
8 C
She should stop seeing him.
9 P
Nearly 40 years.
10 C
Yes, and I didn’t like it.
10.2
Discuss the following questions with the students:
What advice did the audience give Chris?
What would you advise him?
Is this problem typical in your country?
Are there any TV shows in your country that are likely to discuss this
problem?
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WRITING AND SPEAKING
11
Choose one of the topics below and write a composition of about 150-200 words.
Before you start writing, discuss the topic with another student.
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Topic 1 Marriage has no place in society in the 21 century.
Topic 2 Generation gap. The beginning is done for you:
You’ve nursed him, changed his nappies, and watched him with admiration
growing to a man. As a mother, you found that bond you have with your son very
special. But what happens? It all goes wrong. Your close relationship with your
son becomes distant and cold …
Books:
Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus by John Gray
Raising Boys by Steve Biddulph
The Ax by Donald Westlake
Why Men Don’t Iron: The Real Science of Gender Studies by Anne and Bill
Moir
Why Sex Is Fun by Jared Diamond
Single and Lone Parents by Craig Donnellan
Films:
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) directed by Mike Newell
Green Card (1990) directed by Peter Weir
Muriel’s Wedding (1994) directed by P.J. Hogan
Runaway Bride (1999) directed by Gary Marshall
Very Bad Things (1998) directed by Peter Berg
American Beauty (1999) directed by Sam Mendes
The Flight club (1999) directed by David Fincher
The Men And A Little Lady (1990) directed by Emile Ardolino
Websites:
www.marriagetools.com
www.eoc.org.uk
www.women.com
www.ippf.org/newsinfo/index.htm
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What do you know about the life of young people in Britain?
Young people in Britain: what is their life like today?
Can you solve the literary/cinema quiz?
WARM UP
Factfile
1.1
below:

1.2
six two £5 £1,000
70%
half
nine
99% a quarter
three quarters (twice)
three hours five
four-fifths 89%
Check your answer
Leisure Activity Options
1
The Central Statistical Office’s Social Focus on Children puts into
perspective current anxieties about the number of children being
brought up by one parent. … of dependent children, the CSO finds,
still live in a family with two parents. They are under more careful
parental control than is often assumed: … of 11 – to 13 – year olds
actually like school. Although truancy is a problem for a small minority of the young, … were never absent from school.
2
… of children use a library at least once a fortnight, with … using it
once a week.
3
Sport is still very popular; even in winter, more than four out of …
children play at least once a week.
with the factfile in the An-
4
Nearly … children in ten are interested in the environment.
swer Key.
5
… already have money in a savings scheme.
Discuss these questions with
6
… of primary school children have hands-on experience of computers.
students:
7
Most of today’s children have money in their pocket and televisions in
their bedrooms. Children’s spending power is rising annually. Pocket
money is not the only source of income and … of those over 11 have
a job of some kind.

Which facts about young
people in Britain today
are similar to facts about
your own country?

Are there facts which are
very different?

Which fact do you find
most interesting?
8
One 15-year-old in ten has at least … a year to spend and more than
eight in ten have at least … a week.
9
… out of five of those over 10 have a building society account and a
further third in the age group have a bank account.
10
Homes with children tend to be packed with consumer durables.
Nearly … in ten households with children have a computer. Watching
television is the favourite pastime, with the average child watching …
a day.
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2.1
Here are the results of a recent survey about the most popular leisure activities
in Britain. Try to guess whether the percentages for 16 – to 24-year-olds is higher (+)
or lower (-) than for the population as a whole.
What people do - % participation – at least once a week
Activity
% of people % of 16- to 24-year-olds+or-?
Watching TV
96
Reading books
60
Listening to CDs/tapes/records
58
Watching
videos
programmes)
Cooking
47
(recorded
37
Visiting a pub in the evening
36
Gardening
42
2.2
Look up the percentages for young people in the Answer Key. How similar is
your list to the most popular activities in the survey?
READING
3
Read the profiles about leisure activity options and the arts in Britain and answer
the questions below.
What leisure activity options do most British people prefer?
Does the government in Britain subsidize the arts and encourage artistic
endeavor in schools and elsewhere?
Are the arts of interest to a vast majority of British people?
What areas of the arts seem to be particularly appreciated and valued in
Britain and which seem to be ignored or undervalued?
In what ways does the appreciation of the different aspects of the arts vary
in your country?
The fact remains that most British people prefer their sport, their television
and videos, and their other free-time activities to anything ‘cultural’.
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Sport probably plays a more important part in people’s lives in Britain than it
does in most other countries. For a very large number and this is especially true for
men, it is their main form of entertainment. Millions take part in some kind of
sport at least once a week. Many millions more are regular spectators and follow
one or more sports.
Interest in the arts in Britain used to be largely confined to a small elite. Compared with fifty years ago, far more people today read books, visit art galleries, go
to the theatre and attend concerts. Nevertheless, publicly, the arts are accepted and
tolerated but not actively encouraged. As a proportion of its total expenditure, government financial support for the arts is one of the lowest of any western country.
In schools, subjects such as art and music tend to be pushed to the sidelines.
London has some of the finest collections of painting and sculpture in the
world, but tourist brochures give little space to this aspect of the city. Except for
the most famous, artists themselves have comparatively little public recognition.
Some British artists have international reputations, and yet most people in Britain
don’t even know their names.
The British are enthusiastic readers. The average British home has 200 books.
One family in ten has more than 500 books. Sixty-six per cent of households have
a dictionary and a Bible. In a recent survey 59% of people said they had read a
book in the last month. Forty per cent of all books bought in Britain are bought for
other people, as Christmas or birthday presents.
There are free public libraries throughout Britain. Fifty-six per cent of people
hold a current public library ticket.
The theatre has always been strong in Britain. Its centre is London where successful plays can run without a break for many years. Every large town in the
country has its theatres. British theatre is much admired.
The cinema in Britain is often regarded as not quite part of ‘the arts’ at all – it
is simply entertainment. Although cinema – going is a regular habit for a much larger number of people than is theatre-going, British film-directors often have to go
to Hollywood because the resources they need are not available in Britain.
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Classical music in Britain is a minority interest. Few classical musicians become well-known to the general public. Despite the low profile, thousands of British people are dedicated musicians and many public libraries have a well-stocked
music section. Several British orchestras, soloists, singers, choirs, opera companies
and ballet companies, and also certain annual musical events, have international
reputations.
4 Jigsaw reading
The three profiles below give more information about arts venues, British films
and books.
4.1 Divide into three groups
Group A Read the profile British films
Group B Read the profile British books
Group C Read the profile Annual arts festivals
British films
British books
Annual arts festivals
Here are some of the
most successful and / or
respected British films
of the 1980s and 1990s:
Chariot’s of Fire.
Here are some of the best
British novels since 1950:
Elizabeth Bowen. The Little Girls.
Agatha Christie. A Murder
is Announced.
Gregory’s Girl.
Daphne du Maurier. My
Cousin Rachel.
Gandhi.
William Golding. Lord of
A Letter to Brezhnev.
the Flies.
My Beautiful Launder- Patrick Hamilton. The West
Pier.
ette.
John Le Carre. The Spy
Who Came from the Cold.
A Room with a View.
Iris Murdoch. The Nice and
A Fish Called Wanda.
the Good.
Michael Ondaatje. The
Shirley Valentine.
English Patient.
Henry V.
Alan Sillitoe. Saturday.
Night and Sunday.
Howard’s End.
Morning.
The Crying Game.
Muriel Spark. The Prime of
Much Ado About Noth- Miss Jean Brodie.
John Fowles. The Collecing.
tor.
Four Weddings and a Tolkien. The Hobbit.
The Lord of the Rings.
Funeral.
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There are many festivals throughout Britain
during the year. Here are the most wellknown:
Aldeburgh
June. East Anglia. Classical music. Relatively
informal atmosphere.
Edinburgh International Festival
August. All the performing arts. More than
ten different performances every day. World
famous.
The Proms
July-September.
London. Classical music. ‘Proms’ is short for
‘promenades’, so-called because most of the
seats are taken out of the Albert Hall, where
the concerts take place, and the audience
stands or walks around instead.
Glyndebourne
All summer. In the grounds of a large country
house in Sussex. Opera.
Royal National Eisteddfod
July. Wales. Music, poetry and dance from
many different countries. Mostly in the form
of competitions, with special categories for
Welsh performing arts.
Glastonbury and Reading
The two most well – established rock music
festivals.
4.2 Which questions does your profile answer?

What are the most successful British films / books of recent times? Can
you continue the list?

What world arts festival is held in August?

What arts festival held in East Anglia in June gives its audience a chance
to listen to classical music?

Why are ‘The Proms’ called so?

When is Edinburgh International Festival held?

Where are the two most well-established rock music festivals held?
4.3 When you have answered the questions, find a partner from another group. Swap
information.
5

How many of the British films from the list have you watched?

What books by British writers from the list have you read?
Test your English literature/cinematography knowledge with a 10- question ‘Liter-
ary/Cinema quiz’.
5.1 Literary quiz
1
Which famous works began with these words?
a
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of
a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
b
It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.
c
Mr Salteena was an elderly man of 42 and was fond of asking ‘peaple
(sic) to say with him’.
2
Which fictional characters lived in the following places?
a
221b Baker Street.
b
Dingley Dell.
c
Thorrifield Hall.
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3
4
What kind of animal was each of the following?
a
Nana.
b
Shere Khan.
c
Macavity.
Whose ‘potted biographies’ are these?
a
A Brilliant stylist who created the most famous ‘gentleman’s gentleman’
in literature.
b
A film critic and travel writer whose ‘entertainments’ and serious novels
with a theological base have made him one of the most prolific and distinguished writers of the twentieth century.
c
A contemporary of Shakespeare who was killed in a fight in a tavern
when he was only 29.
5 Which of Dickens’ novels do these characters appear in?
a
The Artful Dodger.
b
Little Nell.
c
Grip.
5.2 Cinema quiz
Can you recognize the films based on the books written by British writers? Pictured below are a variety of such productions. The clues – the names of the writers
– are given. Match them with the pictures and give the film titles. The first task is
done: 1a Harry Potter
1
J.K. Rowling
2
Michael Ondaatje
3
Agatha Chistie
4
Charles Dickens
5
Pamela L. Travers
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b
c
d
e
6 What would you like to do?
Look at the arts and entertainment advertisements. Imagine that you are in the city
where they were published. Choose the five events you would most like to attend.
List each event, and your reason for choosing it.
Events
1
2
3
4
5
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7
Render the passages Generation gap by Colin Mc Kinneth into Russian. Compare
your version with the original one:.
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Collin Mc Kinneth
Колин Макиннес
«Конфликт поколений»
Generation gap
In the last few years we have heard
a lot about the gap that separates
the younger generation from their
parents and indeed from everyone
over the age of thirty.
В последние годы мы много слышали о пропасти, которая отделяет молодежь от родителей, да и вообще
ото всех, кому уже за 30.
The most serious period of disagreement between the younger and
older generations is adolescence.
Boys and girls under the age of 14 or
15 may challenge the judgement of
adults, but are unlikely to be successful. This challenge becomes more
urgent in adolescence and the years
immediately following it, when children physically become men and
women - even before reaching full
maturity – as young people struggle
for the full rights and responsibilities of adults.
Самого критического момента разногласия между молодым и старшим
поколением достигают в пору отрочества. Мальчики и девочки, не достигнув 14-15 лет, могут оспаривать
суждения взрослых, но вряд ли это
получается у них убедительно. В отрочестве же и в непосредственно за
ним следующие годы, когда дети
физически превращаются в мужчин и
женщин, пусть даже и не достигая
полной зрелости, вызов принимает
обостренную форму, так как молодежь стремится получить в полном
объеме права и ответственность
взрослых.
Fifty years ago a teenager would
have been considered either ‘a big
boy’ or ‘a young man’. ‘The undertwenties’, as they have come to be
known (even to themselves) as a
separate, independent age group simply did not exist then.
50 лет назад подростка считали либо
«большим мальчиком», либо «молодым человеком» – тогда не существовало отдельной, самостоятельной
возрастной группы, которую стали
называть, в том числе и они сами,
«додвадцатилетними».
Let us consider ‘youth culture’; that
is, the life-styles of several million
young men and women between the
ages of 14 and 22 and find out their
basic characteristics and how their
culture differs from that of other
age groups.
The first peculiarity of ‘youth culture’ is youth itself. The second is a
Обратимся к рассмотрению «молодежной культуры», т.е. жизненного
уклада нескольких миллионов юношей и девушек в возрасте приблизительно от 14 до 22 лет, и посмотрим,
что им присуще особенного, в чем
их культура, можно сказать, отличается от культуры других возрастных
групп. Первой особенностью «моло69
high level of scepticism towards authority.
дежной культуры» как раз и является
культ самой юности. Другая особенность молодежи – в высшей степени
скептическое отношение к авторитетам.
Проявились изменения и в отношении молодежи к ответственности. Те,
кто испытывает неприязнь к молодежи и ее независимому духу, обычно жалуются на то, что она утратила
это достойное восхищения социальное чувство. Разница состоит в том,
что сейчас молодые люди обоего
пола стремятся получить ответственность на своих собственных условиях. Поражает в молодом поколении и
его больший интернационализм.
Changes have come about in young
people’s attitude to responsibility.
Those hostile to independentspirited youth usually complain that
the youth of today no longer has a
due sense of society. The difference
is that nowadays young people of
both sexes want responsibility on
their own terms. The younger generation has a heightened sense of internationalism.
Where the more artistic sides of
youth are concerned, though less important, it is young people’s modes of
dress and musical tastes that are
most often noted by critics as their
most striking aspects.
As regards music and singers, the
main complaints of older-generation
critics regarding ‘pop-music’ arise
from the fact that they have not listened to very much of it.
Если говорить о более живописных
атрибутах молодежи, которые, хотя
они и менее существенны, чаще всего поминаются критиками, то тут
больше всего бросается в глаза их
костюм и музыкальный вкус.
Что же до музыки и певцов, то главная беда критиков старшего поколения, обсуждающих этот вид «поп-искусства» заключается в том, что лишь
очень немногие вообще ее слышали.
Чем яростнее они ее поносят, тем
меньше они обычно о ней знают.
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T12
A
Listen to three English students at a boarding school answering the
question: ‘What do you do in your leisure time?’ Write 1, 2 or 3 to show which students
do what:
a
feels there isn’t much spare time in the day
b
has a lot of work to do outside class
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c
enjoys shopping as a leisure time activity
d
works for the school’s Internet website
e
is studying a foreign language
f
likes to visit the nearby city
g
is musical
h
enjoys socializing in their spare time
i
has some responsibility for catering
j
would like to do more sport
T13
A
Listen to four short radio extracts on places to visit or things to do. What
sort of places or activities do they refer to? Tick (√) the correct items in the following
list:
zoo
fashion show
dance
motorbike race
exhibition
bowling alley
motor show
Would you like to go to any of these? Discuss your opinions in pairs.
9.1 Look at the advertisements for places to go or things to do.
What sort of place or activity is advertised in each one?
What town is each place or activity in?
1
2
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9.2
T14
A Listen to the extract from local radio news. Which of the places or activi-
ties advertised in Task 9.1 does it refer to?
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10
T15
A You will hear part of a radio programme about a sports event. For ques-
tions 1-7, decide which of the choices a, b or c is the correct answer.
1
2
3
What is special about the festival?
a
It is the largest event of its kind.
b
It includes a large number of Fun Sessions.
c
People can both watch and take part in sports.
Who are the Fun Sessions aimed at?
a
People who have never practised sports before.
b
Sports lovers of all ages.
c
Children who want to try a new sport.
Why does the speaker recommend that parents bring their children along to
the Fun Sessions?
4
5
6
7
a
It is a way of involving children in sports.
b
Many children need new sports skills.
c
Many children are not active enough.
Which of these sports does the Watersports Activity Course include?
a
Swimming.
b
Rowing.
c
Diving.
Numbers on the Watersports course are limited because
a
too many people want to try this event.
b
it depends on the availability of equipment.
c
the equipment needed is very expensive.
The Fun Run is intended for
a
people invited to take part
b
people who like competitions.
c
everyone who likes running.
Who is this talk aimed at?
a
People who have bought tickets for events.
b
People who may not have heard about the event.
c
Parents of children who have registered.
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11
The pub – an abbreviation of public house – is a central feature of British soci-
ety; the most popular place where people relax at the end of the working day. Going to
pubs is one of the most popular leisure activity options in Britain. The British pub exercises a special fascination for foreigners. In fact it is so popular that many imitations
exist around the world, some relatively successful, others less so.
Salisbury is a small cathedral city in the south – west of England. Nick McIver went
to a pub there called “The Haunch of Venison” to meet Tony Leroy, the landlord (below
right), and find out more about pubs.
11.1
T16
A
Listen to the interview and answer the questions Nina McIver asked
Tony Leroy:
When was “The Haunch of Venison” built?
What type of customers come to “The Haunch of Venison”?
“The Haunch of Venison” is open all day, isn’t it?
What do most people drink in pubs?
Do you have to drink if you come to a pub?
Do they also sell food in
“The Haunch of Venison”?
Why is “The Haunch of
Venison” called that?
Do all pubs have similar
origins?
Who owns pubs? Are they
privately owned?
11.2
T16
A Listen to Nina McIver and Tony Leroy again and say which words or
expressions in the interview mean:
a
a place where people board or live
b
someone who often goes to the same pub
c
strong alcoholic drinks like whisky and gin
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d
non-alcoholic drinks
e
light meals served in pubs
11.3
T17
A Tony Leroy gives some more information about drinking in Britain. Lis-
ten and test your understanding by answering the questions:
a
What type of beer is Guiness?
b
Should you leave a tip for the waiter or waitress in a pub?
c
What can a 12-year-old buy in a pub?
WATCHING VIDEO
12
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats, based on the book by T.S. Elliot Old Possum’s Book
of Practical Cats, is the most famous musical in theatre history. It is also the longest – running musical in the history of
the West End. It has played in twenty countries, been translated into ten languages and been seen by more than 50
million people around the world. It became the first British
musical to be seen in the former Soviet Union.
12.1
T18
A
Listen to the soundtrack of a sequence from the musical Cats, The Old
Gumbie Cat and compare the lyrics with the text of The Old Gumbie Cat from the book
by T.S. Elliot below. Do you notice any difference?
THE OLD GUMBIE CAT
I have a Gumbie Cat in mind, her name is Jennyanydots;
Her coat is of the tabby kind, with tiger stripes and leopard
spots.
All day she sits upon the stair or on the steps or on the mat:
She sits and sits and sits and sits – and that’s what makes a
Gumbie Cat!
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But when the day’s hustle and bustle is done,
Then the Gumbie Cat’s work is but hardly begun.
And when all the family’s in bed and asleep,
She slips down the stairs to the basement to creep.
She is deeply concerned with the ways of the mice –
Their behaviour’s not good and their manners not nice;
So when she has got them lined up on the matting,
She teaches them music, crocheting and tatting.
Her equal would be hard to find, she likes the warm and sunny spots.
All day she sits beside the hearth or in the sun or on my hat:
She sits and sits and sits and sits – and that’s what makes a Gumbie Cat!
As she finds that the mice will not ever keep quiet,
She is sure it is due to irregular diet
And believing that nothing is done without trying,
She sets straight to work with her baking and frying.
She makes them a mouse-cake of bread and dried peas,
And a beautiful fry of lean bacon and cheese.
The curtain-cord she likes to wind, and tie it into sailor-knots.
She sits upon the window-sill, or anything that’s smooth and flat:
She sits and sits and sits and sits – and that’s what makes a Gumbie Cat!
She thinks that the cockroaches just need employment
To prevent them from idle and wanton destroyment.
So she’s formed, from that lot of disorderly louts,
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A troop of well-disciplined helpful boy-scouts,
With a purpose in life and a good deed to do –
And she’s even created a Beetles’ Tattoo.
So for Old Gumbie Cats let us now give three cheers –
On whom well-ordered households depend, it appears.
12.2
V6
Cats is now available as a special video presentation. Watch the sequence
The Old Gumbie Cat and make sure you answered the questions in 12.1 correctly.
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V7
Lloyd Webber’s string of hit musicals are all house-
hold names. How many of them do you know? Which of them
have you watched? Make presentations of some of Lloyd Webber’s hits in class. The information below and sequences from
the Gothic melodrama of Phantom of the Opera on your video
tape may be useful.
The story of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s success began not in one of the prestigious
West End or Broadway theatres but in the assembly hall of a small West London
prep school in 1968. The couple of hundred parents who had gathered there for an
end-of-term concert were witnessing the birth of a modern musical phenomenon.
The engaging pop cantatahich their sons were singing – a piece called Joseph and
the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – had been composed by Andrew Lloyd
Webber, still not twenty years old.
Twenty-four years later, the same composer became Sir Andrew when he was
knighted by the Queen for services to the arts in June 1992 …
WRITING
14
Choose one of the topics below and write a composition/a letter of about 150-200
words. Before you start writing, discuss the topics with another student.
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Topic 1 You have seen this letter in an English-speaking newspaper:
Dear Sir,
Young people today watch too much television. When I was a child, we played games, developing friendships. We read, developing our knowledge of languages. We had active hobbies: stamp
collecting, bird watching. Today, youngsters sit passively and watch the rubbish on the television
screen. No wonder educational standards are falling!
Yours faithfully,
J. Row
Write a composition expressing your opinion about what the writer of this letter
says.
Topic 2 You have invited a British friend of yours, who is spending a few moths in your
country, to spend some time with your family. You have now received the letter below
from him:
Unfortunately I have had to change some of my plans and I’m not going to
be able to come and visit you on the weekend of the 2nd and 3rd. Is there
any other weekend that is possible? Maybe if you don’t have a full weekend free, I can come for a day, or one and a half days. Do let me know
when the best time for you is. I’m really sorry about having to cancel the
2nd, but I am sure you will understand.
Write soon and let me know.
Best wishes,
George
Read the letter from your friend and the diary below with the notes you have made for
yourself. Then write a letter to your friend, suggesting suitable alternative plans for a
visit. Do not write any addresses.
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Call M. –
George to
come too?
Extra tickets?
SUTURDAY
2
GEORGE
VISITING
9
Rock concert
at Apollo
16
Museum?
SUNDAY
3
Excursion
to Botanic
Gardens?
Tennis
Coaching
23
Maria’s
party
30
WEEKEND
10
17
Morning:
English Club
Meeting (film)
Find out
if guests
allowed.
31
Morning:
English Club
Meeting: Planning
next year’s activities
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Find out which film
- George might be interested.
Topic 3
15
One Christmas and New Year tradition that seems to be increasing in popularity is
that of writing letters to the newspapers to complain about Christmas and the New
Year. Below you are given an example of such a letter written by George F. Fairfax,
aged 21.
16 Carlton mansions,
Manchester, MA1 62D
14th December 1997
The Editor
‘The Times’
200 Gray’s Inn Road,
London, WC1X8EZ
Sir,
Since I last wrote to your newspaper a year has passed. However your paper’s attitude to these
idiotic festivities has not changed at all.
Although it is clear to most right-thinking people that the so – called ‘festive season’ is nothing more than a time for synthetic sentiment, your paper persists in perpetuating the myth of a
‘time of good will’ etc. For example last week you published a nauseating piece on ‘Childhood
Christmases’ and printed photographs of the tasteless illuminations that ‘decorated’ (your
word!) some provincial town. In this way you are encouraging those who see the last week of
December and the first week in January as an opportunity for reckless self – indulgence.
However, in spite of my distaste for this nonsense, perhaps because I don’t want to be thought
of as a miserable crank, I should like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Yours faithfully,
George F.Fairfax
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What are Christmas, New Year and other holidays to you? Would you call them ‘idiotic
festivities’, ‘a time for synthetic sentiment’ or are they ‘festive seasons’, ‘times of good
will’? Is there a tradition to write letters to newspapers about leisure activity options in
your country? Express your opinion in a composition.
Books:
Junk by Melvin Burgess
Teenagers: The Agony, the Ecstasy, the Answers by Aidan MacFarlane and Ann
Pherson Easy Riders, Raging Bulls by Peter Biskind Halliwells’ Film and Video
Guide 2000 by John Walker
Change in British Society: from 1900 to the Present Day by Halsey A.H.
Absent fathers, Lost Sons by Guy Corneau
Films:
Thelma and Louise (1991) directed by Ridley Scott
Boyz ’n’ the Hood (1991) directed by John Singleton
Boogie Nights (1997) directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
Being Young Again (1999) directed by Peter Ross
Mrs Merton
Websites: www.nspcc.org.uk/
www.nbc.org.uk/
www.the menscenter.com/
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UNIT V. SHOPPING
Are the British adventurous shoppers? What do they appreciate in goods? In your country, do shops stay open for more
or fewer hours a week than they do in Britain?
WARM UP
1.1
complete it with the words
given below:
coin

midday

all day half-past five

twentieth century

banknotes

one hundred

the pound sterling a ‘quid’
1.2
Sundays
eight
six
very late
Christmas
Work with a partner

Discuss your answers

Check your answers with
the factfile in the Answer
Key.

Shopping
1
The normal time for shops to open is … in the morning. Large outof-town supermarkets stay open all day until about … o’clock.
2
Most small shops stay open … and then close at … or a bit later.

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Factfile
Do any of the facts from
the factfile surprise you?
3
In some towns there is an ‘early closing day’ when the shops shut at
… and do not open again. However, this is becoming rarer.
4
In the last quarter of …, shop opening hours have become more varied. Regulations have been relaxed. It is now much easier than it
used to be to find shops open after … .
5
In some areas the local authorities are encouraging high street shops
to stay open … on some evenings as a way of putting new life into
their ‘dead’ town centers.
6
The most significant change in recent years has been with regard to
… . By the early 1990s many shops, including chain stores, were
opening on some Sundays, especially in the period before … .
7
The currency of Britain is … , whose symbol is ‘£’, always written
before the amount.
8
Informally, a pound is sometimes called … , so £ 20 might be expressed as ‘twenty quid’. There are … pence (written ‘p’, pronounced ‘pea’) in a pound.
9
The one-pound … has four different designs: an English one, a
Scottish one, a Northern Irish one and a Welsh one. In Scotland, …
with a Scottish design are issued. These notes are perfectly legal in
England, Wales and Northern Ireland, but banks and shops are not
obliged to accept them if they don’t want to.
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READING
2
Read the profiles about shopping in Britain and answer the following questions.
Are the British conservative shoppers?
What do the British appreciate in the things they buy?
What seems to be most surprising in Britain for foreign shoppers?
Where have the supermarkets been moving recently?
Why do high streets still manage to survive in Britain?
The British are not very adventurous shoppers. They like reliability and buy
brand-name goods wherever possible, preferably with the price clearly marked
(they are not very keen on haggling over prices). It is therefore not surprising that a
very high proportion of the country’s shops are branches of chain stores.
Visitors are sometimes struck by the variety of types of shop. Most shops are
chain stores, but among those that are not, there is much individuality. Independent
shopowners feel no need to follow conventional ideas about what a particular shop
does and doesn’t sell.
In the last quarter of the twentieth century supermarkets have been moving
out of town, where there is lots of free parking space. As they do so, they are becoming bigger and turning into ‘hypermarkets’ stocking a wider variety of items.
For example, most of them now sell alcoholic drinks, which are conventionally
bought at shops called ‘off-licences’. They also sell petrol and some items traditionally found in chemists and newsagents.
However, this trend has not gone as far as it has in some other European countries. For example, few supermarkets sell clothes, shoes, kitchen utensils or electrical goods. They still concentrate mainly on everyday needs.
The area in town where the local shops are concentrated is known as the high
street (the American equivalent is ‘Main Street’). British high streets have suffered
from the move towards out-of-town shopping. In the worst-affected towns, as
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many as a quarter of the shops in the high street are vacant. But high streets have
often survived by adapting. In larger towns, shops have tended to become either
more specialized or to sell especially cheap goods. Many have become charity
shops (selling second-hand items and staffed by volunteers) and discount stores.
Many of the central streets are now reserved for pedestrians, so that they are more
pleasant to be in.
Even most small high streets still manage to have at least one representative of
the various kinds of conventional food shop (such as butcher, grocer, fishmonger,
greengrocer), which do well by selling more expensive luxury items. (Although the
middle classes use them, supermarkets have never been regarded as ‘smart’ or
fashionable places in which to shop).
The survival of the high street has been helped by the fact that department
stores have been comparatively slow to move out of town. Almost every large
town or suburb has at least one of these. They are usually not chain stores and each
company runs a maximum of a few branches in the same region.
3 Jigsaw reading
The three profiles without titles below give more information on shopping and
various shops and on how goods are measured in Britain.
Divide into three groups
Group A Read profile 1
Group B Read profile 2
Group C Read profile 3
3.1 Give your profile one of the titles below as you read:
a Some well-known names.
b How much do you want?
c The corner shop.
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1
2
3
A shop by itself in a residential area is often referred to as ‘the corner
shop’. These sometimes
sell various kinds of food,
but they are not always
general grocers. Usually
their main business is in
newspapers, magazines,
sweets and tobacco products. It is from these that
most ‘paper rounds’ are
organized. Only in corner
shops do shopkeepers
know their customers personally. Only in them is
the interaction across the
counter often social as
well as transactional. People working in other shops
are often very helpful, but
the conversation usually
has some clear purpose.
In the last quarter of the
twentieth century, many
corner shops have been
taken over by people from
southern Asia who have
delighted the neighbourhood by staying open very
long hours.
On tins and packets of food in
British shops the weight of an
item is written in the kilos and
grams familiar to people from
continental Europe. However,
most British people have little
idea of what these terms mean.
Therefore, many of their packets
and tins also record their weight
in pounds (written as lb). Moreover, for all fresh food items, such
as meat, cheese, fruit and vegetables, the price is listed only in this
latter way. Nevertheless people
sometimes ask for a kilo of apples
or 200 grams of cheese. Because
of European regulations, supermarkets have to price produce in
kg. You can ask for either kg or lb
in a shop. If those were the
amounts you wanted, you would
have to ask for ‘two pounds or so’
of apples and ‘half a pound or
less’ of cheese and you would be
about right.
Shoe and clothing sizes are also
measured on different scales in
Britain. The people who work in
shops which sell these things usually know about continental and
American sizes too, but most British people don’t.
The best known supermarket
chains are Sainsbury and
Tesco, although there are
others. Asda is the best
known of many discount
stores.
There are several department
stores with a large number of
branches e.g. Debenhams and
BHS, which are all over the
country. Marks & Spencer is
one of the most famous ones.
It is so well-known that it is
often referred to as ‘Marks &
Sparks’ or just ‘M & S’. To
the British, clothes at M & S
are typical of the middle
range: they are neither cheap
nor expensive, fairly good
quality and rather conservative. Unlike most other department stores, M & S also
has a ‘food hall’, where items
are more expensive than they
are in supermarkets.
In a category all by itself is
Woolworth’s, which used to
have a branch in almost every
high street in the country. It
sells mostly sweets, music,
toys and children’s clothes of
the cheaper kind.
3.2 Which questions does your profile answer?
What is ‘the corner shop’?
What can you buy in corner shops?
Do shopkeepers know their customers?
Who are the owners of shops in Britain?
In what way do many packets and tins record their weight?
What scale is used for measuring shoe and clothing sizes?
What is the best-known discount store?
Can you name the only department stores with a large number of branches?
What is Woolworth’s known for?
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3.3 When you have answered the questions, find a partner from the other groups.
Swap information.
3.4 Write captions for the photographs below using information from the profiles.
a
c
b
d
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4 Shopping habits
The statements below give information about shopping habits in the UK. Are these
habits the same (S) or different (D) from the shopping habits of the people in your
culture? Put a tick (√) in the appropriate boxes in the Task sheet. If any of the habits are different, write brief notes explaining the differences.
Task sheet
In your culture
In the UK
1
Adults do most of their own shopping for clothes.
S
D
□
□
Notes
2
Mothers usually buy all the □
clothes for the young children in
Notes
the family
3
Teenagers usually choose their
own clothes.
□
□
□
Notes
4
Married couples usually shop for
□
large items such as cars, furniture,
and TV sets together.
Notes
□
5
Shopping for groceries is usually □
done by going to the supermarket
Notes
once a week.
□
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6
Shops do not close for lunch, and □
some stay open till 7.00 p.m. or
later on certain days, especially in Notes
big cities.
7
Department stores and grocery
stores are open all day Saturdays.
□
□
□
Notes
In families, it is often the mother □
who does most of the food shopNotes
ping.
□
Many oven-ready (frozen or mi- □
cro-wavable) items are available
Notes
in supermarkets.
□
10 Many people buy bread, cakes, □
biscuits, and pies in a supermarket
Notes
rather than in a bakery.
□
8
9
5 A lot of shops and businesses in Britain choose names which indicate what they sell
or do. Can you identify the trade of each of the following from their names? Try to do
the exercise without looking at the list of alternatives on the right.
1 KLEEN-EZE (pronounced clean-easy)
a
a car hire company
2 EUROPCAR
b
a hairdresser
3 LA GONDOLA
c
an Italian restaurant
4 THE GOLDEN CURRY
d
a travel agency
5 TRAVELLERS’ WORLD
e
an artists’ supplier
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6 THE COMPLETE ARTIST
f
a shop selling things for children
7 SCISSORS
g
an Indian restaurant
8 MOTHERCARE
h
a dry-cleaning company
6 Render the following passages into English and compare your version with the
given one.
ПОЛТОРАСТА ЛЕТ назад Наполеон пренебрежительно отозвался об англичанах
как о нации торговцев. Эта характеристика
в те годы и много лет спустя считалась
оскорблением для каждого уважающего
себя человека. В настоящее время мы все
еще остаемся нацией торговцев – согласно данным Министерства торговли и промышленности каждый десятый из нас работает в розничной торговой сети. Но
сейчас мы этим гордимся.
150 years ago Napoleon scornfully
spoke of the English as a nation of
shopkeepers. In those days and for
many years after that description
was considered insulting to every
self-respecting person. Nowadays
we still remain a nation of shopkeepers: according to figures from
the Department of Trade and Industry, one in ten of us works in
retail, only now we are proud of it.
Если нам нужно купить подешевле, тогда
мы идем в другие магазины - в супермаркеты, такие, как Теско, в фирменные магазины типа Бутс, специализирующиеся на
продаже медикаментов и предметов гигиены, в магазины Маркс энд Спенсер,
продающие разнообразные товары.
If we need to buy at lower prices,
we go to other shops – to supermarkets like Tesco, or to chain
stores like Boots, which specialises
in retailing medicines and hygiene
products, or to Marks and Spencer,
which sells a variety of goods.
Все многофилиальные магазины обязаны
своим успехом распространению в розничной сети системы самообслуживания –
явления послевоенных лет. Почти каждый владелец магазина в наши дни – от
бакалейщика на углу улицы до председателя группы Хэрродс – убежден, что покупатель склонен сам выбирать необходимые для него товары.
All chain stores owe their success
to the spread in the world of retail of the self-service system
which appeared in the post-war
years. Almost every shop owner
these days - from the grocer on
the corner to the president of the
Harrods Group – is convinced that
the customer is inclined to choose
the goods he needs for himself.
A large shop needs a large customer pool and good transport
links and car parks. Supermarkets
cannot continue to expand without
Большому магазину требуется большой
район для обслуживания, он нуждается
также в хороших подъездных путях и автостоянках. Супермаркеты не могут про88
должать расширяться, если их не передвигать на окраину городов, куда покупателям легче добираться на машине.
В наших перенаселенных городских центрах просто нет места для паркования
большого числа машин, а именно это является существенным стимулом для покупателей, стремящихся купить все «за
одну остановку».
moving to the edges of towns,
which customers can easily reach
by car.
In our overpopulated town centres
there simply is not the space for
parking large numbers of cars and
it is this is precisely whey shoppers wish to buy everything at one
stop.
Итак, становится все более очевидно, что
сейчас образовались два примерно равных
лагеря. С одной стороны, многофилиальные магазины старого типа, такие, как
Маркс энд Спенсер, которые все еще тяготеют к центру городов, а с другой – новый
тип магазинов, например, те которые стремятся открывать гигантские супермаркеты
площадью более 4 600 кв.м (иногда их называют гипермаркеты) на совершенно новых участках вне городских кварталов.
So it becomes still more obvious
that two different camps have
arisen. On the one hand, chain
stores of the old variety, like
Marks & Spencer, still gravitate
toward town centres and on the
other hand, the new kind of
stores, like Tesco, strive to open
gigantic
supermarkets,
over
43000m² in area in absolutely new
out-of-town locations.
Характерной чертой городских торговых The characteristic town shopping
центров все еще является обычный уни- centre is still the general departверсальный магазин.
ment store.
Некоторым универмагам удалось сохранить свои позиции. Они добились этого
главным образом благодаря переходу к
системе самообслуживания путем сокращения пустующих площадей в помещениях, введения эскалаторов и т.д.
Один из крупнейших наших универмагов –
магазин Хэрродс.
Certain department stores have
managed to protect their positions. They have done so mainly
because they have gone over to
the self-service system, reducing
in the empty spaces with the introduction of escalators etc. One
of our largest department stores
is Harrods.
Хэрродс начался с бакалейного магазина
и, постепенно расширяясь в течение столетия, занял все здания квартала в Найтсбридже, в которых он размещается и по
сей день.
Harrods started out as a grocery
store and over 100 years of constant expansion, took over all the
buildings in a whole block in Knightsbridge, where it still is today.
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Сооружение, которое видно с улицы, со
всеми своими башнями и куполами, в
действительности не что иное, как фасад,
наложенный на десятки зданий более раннего периода. Магазин занимает площадь
в 5 га или даже больше, и его товарооборот столь же велик, насколько разнообразен ассортимент предлагаемых в нем товаров.
The building visible from the
street, with all its towers, and
domes, is in reality no more than
a façade applied to dozens of
buildings of an earlier period. The
store takes up about five hectares, or even more and its turnover is as great as the variety of
goods on offer.
Очень многие из его покупателей приезжают – или присылают заказы – из-за границы. Хэрродс до сих пор старается
функционировать в соответствии с принципом, выраженным в его телеграфном
адресе – «Все Лондон» - и в его девизе
«Omnia Omnibus Ubique» (все, для всех,
везде). В этом магазине вы никогда не получите отказа; если у них нет чего-нибудь
на складе, они добудут это.
A great number of customers
come or send orders from abroad.
Harrods to this day endeavours to
work by the principle expressed in
its telegraph address, ‘All London’
and its slogan, ‘ Omnia Omnibus
Ubique’ (Everything for Everybody, Everywhere). In this store
you will never be refused anything
– if they don’t have something in
stock, they will get it.
Другое явление последних лет – это возрождение крытого рынка. Молодые люди
Маркс и Спенсер предприняли свои первые шаги именно в этой области в начале
нашего века и в целом принцип был разумен: создать группу однотипных торговых точек под одной крышей, а затем сдавать их в аренду по низкой плате мелким
торговцам.
Another phenomenon of the last
few years is the revival of the covered market. The young Marks and
Spencer took the first steps in this
area at the beginning of the century and on the whole the principle
was a sensible one – to form a group
of the same kind of trading points
under one roof, and then lease
them to small traders at low rates.
При таком разнообразии форм и методов
розничной торговли хождение по магазинам в сегодняшней Англии не надоедает,
а зачастую приносит и много приятного
волнения. Нам нужно всего понемногу, и с
нашей традиционной склонностью к компромиссам мы будем, очевидно, сохранять такое разнообразие еще в течение
очень длительного времени.
With such diversity of form and
methods in retail trade, shopping
in modern England is never dull and
it often brings a lot of excitement. We need a little of everything and with our traditional inclination to compromise we will
clearly keep this diversity for a
long time to come.
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LISTENING
7.1
T19
A
Listen to the five advertisements and say which pictures represent the
same type of product or service as the advertisements?
Number the pictures in the order that you hear the advertisements.
7.2
T19
A
Read these questions. Try to answer them as you listen to the adver-
tisements again.
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Advertisement 1
a Complete this sentence:
‘At Penta we try ……………. to make buying a used car ……………….
and …………………… for you.’
b Penta is open
every day.
every day except Sundays.
until 7 p.m.
Advertisement 2
a Charles Church are offering cheese and wine when you visit their showhouse
every day from 9-5 p.m.
every evening and Saturday all day.
on Friday evening and Saturday all day.
T
F
b The new show-house is opposite a cricket club.
Advertisement 3
a The Slimtel costs
£28.85
£39.95
£29.95
b Complete the opening times of the British Telecom Phone Shop. Mondays
to Fridays ……. to ……….
Saturdays …….. to …….
Advertisement 4
a Finder magazine is published
once a month.
once a week.
every day.
T
b Finder is a financial news magazine.
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F
Advertisement 5
a Tick the towns you hear:
Pisa
Venice
Verona
Milan
Naples
Turin
Florence
Rome
Bologna
b How many flights are there to Milan ?
2 per day
3 per day
3 per week
8.1
T20
A
This is part of an advertising song. Listen and follow the words in your
booklet.
‘… it is the best to buy.
Let’s not talk, instead I’ll show you why.
But how, how can I make this clear
With you in there and me out here?
I’m gonna knock on your door,
Ring on your bell,
Tap on your window too.
Come on and open your door so I can show you more,
I’m gonna knock and ring and tap until you do.’
In pairs, discuss who is talking and who he is talking to.
What do you think this song is advertising?
In pairs, make a list of possibilities.
………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………
8.2
T21
A
Listen to another part of the same song and make changes to your list
if necessary.
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8.3
T22
A
Now listen to some more of the same song. What is the song advertis-
ing?
9
A
You will hear the marketing manager of Argos, telling customers about shop-
ping with Argos.
9.1
T23
A In the first extract he talks about the three steps of buying goods at Ar-
gos. Listen and put them in the order in which he talks about them.
a
take the form to a service point
b
complete a selection form
c
pick up goods from the collection counter
9.2
T24
A In the second extract he gives details about how to order at Argos.
Listen to what he says and complete the following flow chart:
Customer orders any of the items covered by Free Home Delivery
1
at the Customer Services area in Argos stores or by telephoning
2
3
9.3
T25
A
In the third extract he talks about what customers might do if they
don’t like a product they bought at Argos. Listen to what he says and complete the sentences below:
a
If you change your mind and decide that a product you have bought does
not meet your exact requirements …
b
We simply ask that …
c
Please note …
d
This guarantee …
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10
A
You will hear David Short, the marketing manager of Past Times telling you
about this chain of shops selling gifts inspired by the past.
10.1
T26
A Listen to what David Short says and say which of the following items
from PAST TIMES catalogue he mentions:
HAPPY PIG
EDWARDIAN CROQUET SET
MONET WINE COOLER
VENETIAN GLOBES
ANTIQUE TEDDY BEAR BOOKENDS
VICTORIAN ETAGERES
PEACOCK UMBRELLA
EXLUSIVE GARDEN CHAIR
ALICE IN WONDERLAND FIGURES
10.2 Below are some of the items from PAST TIMES Summer 2000 catalogue he
mentioned.
TEA ON THE LAWN
2273 Set of 3 Figures
0786 Alice
£ 57.50
(11¾ tall) £ 19.99
0787 Mad Hatter (12 tall)
£ 19.99
0782 White Rabbit (12¾ tall) £ 19.99
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Complete the order form for the items taken from PAST TIMES Summer 2000
catalogue, and say what you know about the literary characters shown in the figures. Read the description in the Answer Key and check your answer.
WATCHING VIDEO AND SPEAKING
11.1 V8 Watch the video sequence about the closure of the high street chain ‘C & A‘
and decide whether these statements are true (T) or false (F):
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T
1
‘C&A’ is to close all its stores in Britain.
2
Based in Munich, ‘C&A’ is losing £1 million a week.
3
Matalan, another high street chain, is losing even more than ‘C&A’.
4
‘C&A’ customers make desperate efforts to improve image of their
F
favourite stores.
5 ‘C&A’ is retreating to its base in Europe.
11.2 Can you think of a similar situation in your country? Has any chain of stores like
the British ‘C & A’ ever been closed? What could be the reasons for this?
12.1 V9 Watch the ten commercials and match the products in A with their descriptions in B
A
1
‘Inspiration’
2
Personal computer
3
Olivio oil
4
Nurofen
5
Washing machine
6
SMILES
7
Nescafe ice
8
WHISKAS
9
Brita
B
a Too moreish to share
b Things you expect to be noisy, don’t
have to be noisy
c Does wonders for water
d Proven to reduce the appearance of the
7 signs of ageing
e Mashed potato with a smile
f It’s a state of mind
g 16 sensational songs available at WH
Smith
h Irresistibly tasty
i Really great PCs …
j Targets pain without water
10 Schredded wheat
12.2
Can you compare the commercials you’ve just watched with the ones in your
country? How are the same / similar goods advertised on TV in your country?
SPEAKING AND WRITING
13 Choose one of the topics below and write a composition/letter of about 150-200
words. Before you start writing, discuss the questions with another student.
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Topic 1 The advantages and disadvantages of shopping in supermarkets, compared
to corner shops. Which is more likely to: a) be nearer home? b) have all the things
you want to buy c) sell cheaper goods? d) sell better quality goods? e) offer quicker
service? f) offer more personal service? g) have a more friendly atmosphere
Topic 2 The advantages and disadvantages of shop opening hours in Britain. In
your country, do shops stay open for more or fewer hours a week than they do in
Britain? Do you think that the de-regulation of shop opening hours is a good thing?
Websites: www.world of shopping.com
www.classicengland.co.uk
www.ukshops.co.uk
www.theukhighstuet.com
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UNIT VI. FOOD AND DRINK
What do you know about British cuisine? What do visitors to Britain
think about British food? Is food given considerable attention in
Britain?
WARM UP
1.1
The following sentences have been removed
from the factfile. Read the
profiles and put each sentence in the correct numbered gap. There is one extra sentence which you do
not need to use.
a Another explanation may be
that most visitors to Britain do
not get the opportunity to sample home cooking.
b One reason could simply be
that British tastes are different
from everybody else’s.
c Even in fast food restaurants
and everyday cafés, the quality
seems to be lower than it is in
equivalent places in other
countries.
d These places are definitely not
where to find good British food.
e By now, however, the British
are extremely open to the cuisine of other countries.
f When the British do pay attention to food, it is most frequently not to appreciate but to
notice what they don’t like
about it.
g Perhaps this is why the range
of plants and animals which
they will eat is rather narrow.
h While the British are conservative about ingredients, they are
no longer conservative about
the way they are served.
i Parties and celebrations are not
normally centred around food.
j The coffee is often just as bad
as it is in cafés.
k Wartime women had to forget
600 years of British cooking.
Factfile
Food
1
Britain and good food are two things which are not commonly associated.
Visitors to Britain have widely varying opinions about all sorts of aspects
of the country, but most of them seem to agree that the food is terrible.
Why? … However, the most common complaint is not so much that British food has a strange, unpleasant taste, but rather that it has very little taste
at all. The vegetables, for example, are overcooked. It is all too bland.
2
… They either eat the food cooked in an institution, such as a university
canteen, or they ‘eat out’ a lot, usually in rather cheap restaurants and
cafés. … Typical British cooking, which involves a lot of roasting, does
not suit the larger scale production or the quick preparation which is required in such places. For one thing, food should, according to British
people, be eaten hot, which is difficult to arrange when feeding large
numbers of people. In addition, the British have not got into the habit of
preparing sauces with grilled food in order to make it tastier.
3
The explanations above can only serve as a partial excuse for the unfortunate reputation of British cuisine. … It seems that British people simply don’t care enough to bother.
4
Even at home, food and drink is given relatively little attention. … British supermarkets sell far more instant coffee than what the few people
who drink it often call ‘real’ coffee. Instant coffee is less trouble. Meals
tend to be eaten quickly and the table cleared. … For example, if a British person expresses a liking for barbecues, this does not necessarily
mean that he or she likes barbecued food – it is understood to mean that
he or she enjoys the typical barbecue atmosphere.
5
… Food hits the headlines only in the context of its dangers: for example
in 1993, when it was discovered that 100 tonnes of six-year-old beef had
been allowed to go on sale.
6
British people have been mostly urban, having little contact with ‘the
land’, for longer than the people of other countries. ….
7
However, the picture is not entirely negative. … In the 1960s, it was reported that the first British package tourists in Spain not only insisted on
eating (traditionally British) fish and chips all the time but also on having
them, as was traditional, wrapped up in specially imported British newspaper! …The country’s supermarket shelves are full of the spices and sauces
needed for cooking dishes from all over the world. In addition, there is
increasing interest in the pure enjoyment of eating and drinking.
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a Discuss your answers.
b
Check the answers with the factfile in the Answer Key.
2 Which of the following statements about food do you think are true?
a
The biggest owner of pubs in Britain is a Japanese bank.
b
People in Britain are buying 20% less food from supermarkets today than
they did ten years ago.
c
The British spend about £ 1.26 billion a year on hamburgers, double what
they spend on medicines.
d
Over five million kilograms of crisps are eaten in Britain every week.
e
There are more Chinese take-aways than there are fish and chip shops in
the UK.
f
One of the most successful food programmes on TV recently was called
‘Two Fat Ladies’. It celebrated some of the richest, heaviest, fattiest
foods in British and world cooking.
g
In 1997, a frozen food company started selling chocolate – flavoured
carrots and pizza – flavoured sweetcorn to encourage children to eat fresh
vegetables.
h
Just over half the restaurants in Britain are fast-food outlets or takeaways.
i
Every person in Britain eats a ready meal from a supermarket at least five
times a week.
READING
3 Jigsaw reading
The two profiles below give you more information about what British people eat.
Divide into two groups
Group A Read profile 1
Group B Read profile 2
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1
2
A ‘fry-up’ is a phrase used informally for
several items fried together. The most
common items are eggs, bacon, sausages,
tomatoes, mushrooms, and even bread. It
is not always accompanied by ‘chips’ (the
British word for French fried potatoes).
The British eat rather a lot of fried food.
Although it is sometimes poetically referred to as ‘the staff of life’, bread is not
an accompaniment to every meal. It is not
even normally on the table at either lunch
or the evening meal. It is most commonly
eaten, with butter and almost anything
else, for a snack, either as a sandwich or
toast (a British household regards toasting
facilities as a basic necessity). On the
other hand, the British use a lot of flour for
making pastry dishes, both savoury and
sweet, normally called ‘pies’, and for making cakes.
Eggs are a basic part of most people’s diet.
They are either fried, soft-boiled and eaten out
of an ‘egg cup’, hard-boiled (so that they can be
eaten with the fingers or put into sandwiches) or
poached (steamed).
Cold meats are quite popular. To many British
people, preserved meats are typically ‘Continental’. It is common for a family meal to finish
with a prepared sweet dish. This is called either
‘pudding’, ‘sweet’ or ‘dessert’ (class distinctions are involved here). There is a great variety
of well-known dishes for this purpose, many of
which are served hot (often a pie of some sort).
The British are the world’s biggest consumers
of sugar-more than five kilograms per person
per year. It is present in almost every tinned
food item and they also love ‘sweets’ (which
means both all kinds of chocolate and also what
the Americans call ‘candy’).
Which questions does your profile answer?
What phrase is used for several items fried together?
Are eggs, bacon, and sausages often eaten?
When is bread normally on the table?
How much flour do the British use?
Are cold meats popular?
What are most common words for sweet dish?
Do the British love sweets?
When you have answered the questions, find a partner from the group. Swap information.
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4
You are going to read a magazine article in which a number of people describe
their eating habits. For questions 1-14 choose from the list of people (a-g) in the box.
Some of the people may be chosen more than once. There is an example at the beginning (0).
a the Norris family
c the Scott family
f Ade Bakare
b Michael Norris
d Caroline Scott
g Ade Bakare’s mother
e the Mughal family
Which of the families or people:
eats together every morning?
0
almost never eats together?
C
1
feels that eating together keeps the family
2
3
cooks food that is healthy?
4
5
eats a lot of frozen food?
6
spends a long time cooking?
7
cooks in a large group?
8
often does not eat at home?
9
thinks children should be taught table man-
10
close?
ners?
doesn’t have fixed eating habits?
11
12
has special meals at the weekend?
13
14
For some people it’s dinner. Others call it supper. Whatever you know it as, the evening
meal is not what it was.
Paul Richardson finds out who eats what and when.
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Separate tables
The Norris family is a monument to modern
frozen-food technology. ‘I can’t remember
the last time we all ate together,’ says husband Michael Norris. ‘Mostly the food
comes out of the freezer and goes straight
into the microwave. We have two diningtables but they never get used, not unless my
mother-in-law, who lives with us, cooks
something.’ The children, Sophie and Ben,
eat when they come home from school, while
watching TV. Pat Norris, who works irregular hours and travels a lot, boils soup and
makes a salad when she’s at home; Michael
often eats out. It’s informal, but everyone
likes it.
The art of course eating
The Scott family like a bit of formality in
their lives. ‘We’re not stuffy,’ insists Caroline, ‘but we always have napkins and white
linen and flowers on the table. My husband
always has a bath before dinner, and we always change clothes. I think it’s important
for the children to have good manners.’
Caroline drives across town to find food
that’s not ‘full of all sorts of nasty chemicals.’ The result is meals that ‘sometimes
take an hour and a half, at least, and longer at
weekends.’ The children attend an equally
civilized breakfast served at 8.00 a.m.
prompt in the dining-room. ‘It’s a sort of ritual so we can all see one another. We all feel
it’s important,’ says Caroline, who doesn’t
have a microwave and does most of the
cooking herself. ‘I seem to spend a lot of
time cooking,’ she says. ‘I don’t know why. I
suppose it’s because we’ve always done it.’
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Spice of life
The evening meal at the Mughal household
brings together three generations: 18-month-old
Sameer, his sister Nina, three, parents Rubina
and Haleem and the grandparents. Sometimes
there are other family members as well. ‘People
catch up with each other at meal times,’ says
cousin Shamreen. ‘We usually eat quite late,
about 8.30 or 9.00 p.m., because we wait for everyone to get in. It’s important to have a table
that’s laid out, although during the week it’s
usually just a couple of dishes. Weekends are a
bit more special!’ Rubina will normally cook a
rice dish, a meat curry and sometimes a salad.
Quite a lot for one pair of hands, but there are
always people around to help – and, as Shamreen
points out, a lot of Asian dishes can be made the
night before, or even frozen.
Student life
Ade Bakare, 23 years old and a student at
Thames Polytechnic, tends towards the irregular
in his dining habits. Between 9.00 p.m. and
11.00 p.m. about three times a week, ‘depending
on how we’re feeling,’ Ade and his flatmates settle down to a meal. The menu may vary between
Kentucky Fried chicken and ‘ebba,’ an African
dish made of ground rice. ‘Obviously fast food is
easier, and none of the other guys are very good
cooks,’ says Ade. The taste for African cooking
comes from his mother’s house, where the set-up
is rather different. ‘I’d always sit down at the
table with my mother. The food is much more
substantial, much more nutritious, partly because
she wants to ensure that I am eating properly.’
The two texts that follow describe recent changes in British eating habits. Read
Texts A and B. As you read, make a note of any information that suggests a change in
the way people live.
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Text A
Eating and Drinking Habits
The general level of nutrition
remains high. There has a significant shift in eating patterns
over the decade, reflecting
greater emphasis on health,
frozen and convenience foods.
Consumption of several items,
such as sugar, eggs, fresh potatoes and fresh green vegetables, has declined substantially.
Other changes include:
a long-term decline in consumption of red meats –
beef, lamb and pork – while
at the same time consumption of poultry has been rising;
a rise in fish consumption;
an increase in purchases of
semi-skimmed milks; with
skimmed milk now constituting more than half of the
total household consumption of liquid milk;
a decline in the total consumption of cooking and
spreading fats, but rapid
rises in the consumption of
vegetable and salad oils and
low-fat spreads;
a long-term rise in consumption of fresh fruit, such
as bananas; and
a large increase in fruit juice
consumption
There has been an increase
in the number of meals eaten
away from home, for example
in restaurants or at work, and a
growth in the consumption of
food from ‘take-away’ and
‘fast-food’ shops.
Alcohol consumption has
changed little in recent years.
Beer is the most popular drink
among male drinkers, whose
overall consumption is significantly higher than that of
women. A high proportion of
beer is drunk in public houses
(‘pubs’), traditional social centers for many people, and in
clubs. Consumption of table
wine has grown.
Official Handbook in Britain
Text B
Burger Kings March on UK Stomachs
The world’s two biggest burger chains, McDonald’s and
Burger King, are planning big
expansions to supply what
they believe is the nation’s
increasing appetite for fast
food.
McDonald’s intends to open
100 restaurants each year, to
add to the 830 it has at present. Its big rival, Burger
King, which has 455 restaurants, is to open 55 new outlets this year.
Yesterday Tim Lang, Professor of Food Policy at
Thames University, declared
himself an opponent. ‘I would
be congratulating the companies if they were moving into
selling fruit and vegetables,
but selling more burgers is
hardly the sort of advance that
the British diet needs,’ he said.
Professor Lang believes the
American fast food wave has
changed our eating habits. We
have had fish and chips, Cornish pasties and sandwiches
for a long time, but the difference is that the burger chains
set up in prime High Street
spots to tempt us in.
‘We can’t say people aren’t
enjoying it. They are buying it
and eating it. But does this
represent a wholesome healthy
food culture? My honest opinion is no.’
The answer, says Professor
Lang, is to get the British back
into their kitchens by teaching
children to cook.
Children used to learn to
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cook either at home around
the age of 6 to 8 or at school
between 12 and 15. Now they
miss the second chance and
are subjected to the ‘burgerisation’ attitude of ‘why bother to
cook when you can nip out
and get a burger or a pizza?’
Food analyst Umesh Raichada said of the McDonald’s
and Burger King plans: ‘There
is definitely room for this
massive expansion. People are
eating out much more than
they used to. These chains are
having to expand now to keep
out the competition from pizzas and other ethnic foods.
They’re hoping to win over
the stomach share and they
want to win it before anyone
else does.’
The Guardian
What are the most likely reasons for these changes in your opinion? Compare
changes in eating habits in your country with those of Britain. Make a list of similarities and differences, and discuss it with your classmates.
6 Reading menus
6.1
Here is a typical restaurant menu. Look at it and sort out the dishes below under
the headings: starters, main courses, desserts.
Courses and dishes – a typical menu
Dinner
Starters
courses
Fish
£p
Prawn cocktail
Chilled melon
Garlic mushrooms
Main Courses
Meat
dishes
Rumpsteak
Pork chop
Lamb casserole
Chicken Kiev
prices include vegetables, chips or boiled
potatoes
fresh fruit salad
garlic king prawns
mato char grilled vegetables
£p
Dover sole
Grilled trout
Cod in cheese sauce
Children’s Portions
Burger ‘n’ beans
Fish fingers ‘n’ chips
sometimes called
sweets
pudding
afters
(especially at home)
Desserts
Chocolate fudge cake
Ice cream (various)
Apple pie with cream
Tea, coffee
snacks always available
mussels in wine
Irish stew
fish and chips
small items, e.g.
sandwiches,
pies,
etc.
bacon, lettuce and tobeef and stout pie
chocolate cake chicken, leek and bacon ground coffee cakes and scones
6.2
Read The Grapevine Restaurant and Teashop menu. Which of these dishes come
from Britain? Do you know where the others come from? What would you like to order?
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6.3
Can you name the foods in the picture? Which of them are/is on the menu of the
Grapevine Restaurant and Teashop ?
6.4
What experience do you have of food in Britain? Choose some appropriate words
from the list below and add some of your own.
exciting
dull
cheap
expensive
tasty
bland
well-prepared
poorly prepared
international
traditional
surprising
predictable
7 Here are some quotations about British food. Place each one on this scale.
Very good
Mixed good and bad
Very bad
a ‘It takes some skill to spoil a breakfast – even the English can’t do it!’
J K Galbraith, economist
b ‘On the Continent people have good food; in England people have good
table manners.’
George Mikes, writer and humorist
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c ‘If the English can survive their food, they can survive anything!’
George Bernard Shaw, writer
d ‘Even today, well-brought up English girls are taught to boil all vegetables
for at least a month and a half, just in case one of the dinner guests comes
without his teeth!’
Calvin Trillin, American writer
e ‘English cooking? You just put things into boiling water and then take
them out again after a long while!’
An anonymous French chef
8
Render the following passages (recipe) into English and compare your version with
the given one.
Английские завтраки - еда на любителя, они
очень сытные, жирные и традиционные. Если вам придется останавливаться в английской гостинице типа Bed and Breakfast, такой завтрак + кукурузные хлопья с молоком
придется употреблять каждый день.
The English breakfast is a meal for the
enthusiast. It is very filling, fatty and
traditional. Should you find yourself in
a British ‘Bed and Breakfast’, a breakfast like the following plus cereal with
milk will be a daily necessity.
Английский завтрак нельзя назвать частью
уравновешенной диеты.
This meal cannot be eaten regularly as
part of a healthy diet.
Если рассказывать коротко: надо взять все
ингредиенты и обжарить их на сковороде до
корочки. Или приготовить на гриле, что более полезно.
In short, you put all the ingredients in a
frying pan and fry them to a crisp. To
be healthier, you can also grill them.
Начать с фасоли. Выложить ее в сковороду,
и хорошо прогреть. Пока вы приготавливаете остальные ингредиенты, не забывайте
помешивать фасоль, чтобы избежать цементирования томата на дне сковородки. Томатный соус должен слегка загустеть, когда он
готов к раскладыванию на тарелки, положите в него немного сливочного масла.
Далее сосиски и бекон. Намного вкуснее их
жарить, но полезнее готовить на гриле. Их
готовят при низкой температуре гриля, сначала сосиски, затем бекон (он готовится на-
Start with the beans. Cook them slowly
on the hob. As you prepare the rest of
the meal give them an occasional stir to
stop them cementing to the bottom of
the pan. The tomato sauce should gradually reduce and thicken a little. When
you're ready to serve them add some
butter (to taste - careful) and stir in.
Ok, the sausages and bacon; these
taste nicer if fried, but for health reasons you are better off at least grilling
the sausages. Grill SLOWLY. Sausages
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много быстрее). Надо сказать, что сосиски,
которые едят англичане, совсем не похожи
на российские молочные, скорее это толстые, свиные и очень жирные сардельки.
first and then the bacon (it won't take
as long to cook). It should be pointed
out that British sausages are very different from Russian ones. Usually they
are thick, very fatty pork saveloys.
В небольшом количестве сливочного и растительного масла обжарить грибы и томат.
Томаты можно готовить и на гриле.
The mushrooms and tomatoes should be
fried in a little oil and a little butter.
The tomatoes can also be grilled.
Кровяная колбаса должна быть обжарена последней, вместе с яичницей глазуньей.
The black puddings should be fried - do
these last, with the eggs.
Разогреть масло на сковороде, разбить туда
яйцо и обжарить. Если вы обжаривали бекон
на сковороде, положите в ту же сковородку
хлеб и поджарьте его до корочки. В противном случае, подсушите его в тостере.
Fry the egg in oil and, if you fried the
bacon, fry the bread in the same oil as
the bacon. Otherwise toast the bread.
Второй способ - взболтать яйца венчиком и
поджарить на сковороде.
Разложить все на одной тарелке и подавать с
кетчупом.
Option two - make scrambled eggs
Serve it all on a big plate with tomato
ketchup.
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T27
A
Listen to Sheena Milne talking about when people in Britain eat what and
look at the hotel menus below. Can you label them correctly – Continental or British?
Menu 1
Menu 2
Orange juice or
Fresh fruit cocktail
Cereal or porridge
Bacon, sausage and eggs,
Keudgeree, or Kippers
Toast, rolls
Butter and marmalade
Coffee,
Tea, or
Hot chocolate
Orange juice or
Fresh fruit cocktail
Croissants
Brioches
Butter and jam
Coffee,
Tea, or
Hot chocolate
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T28
A Listen to Noel Lockley talking about what people drink in Britain and take
notes under the headings: soft drinks, drinking wine, most common pub drinks. Compare what Sheena Milne and Noel say with what Tony Leroy said in the interview 10 .
Leisure Activity Options in Britain T15 , T16 .
What do people drink in your country?
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T29
A Sheena Milne and Noel Lockley are going
to tell you how you can cook some of the traditional British meals. Divide into four groups as you listen to the
recipes and take notes. After you have taken down the
recipes, swap information. Now that you have the four
recipes taken from A Taste of England, an English Tourist Board cookery book, how
about cooking them?
Did you understand all those cookery terms? Here’s a guide to some of the most
common ones.
to blanch – to immerse in boiling water for a very short period
to blend – to mix together, often in a food processer
to chop – to cut into pieces (finely = small pieces; coarsely = roughly).
to infuse – to soak a substance in liquid to extract the flavour.
joint – large piece of meat, usually roasted in the oven.
left-over beef – cooked beef remaining from a previous meal.
to mash – to crush boiled vegetables to a puree, often with a little milk or butter.
to mince – to cut up into very small pieces, usually meat
mincemeat – mixture of apples and dry fruit.
pinch – a very small amount – literally, what can be picked up between thumb and
forefinger.
to pipe – to squeeze through a decorative nozzle.
pudding cloth – piece of cloth used to cover food before cooking it in steam.
to season – to add flavouring (salt, pepper, herbs, spices) to food.
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to shred – to cut into thin strips.
to slice – to cut into thin pieces.
to steam – to cook in steam, over boiling water.
to strain – to separate a liquid from solid particles.
suet pastry – pastry made with suet, an animal fat.
WATCHING VIDEO
You are going to watch a sequence from Ainsley’s Meals In Minutes, a show on
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BBC1 in which magnificent meals are created in a matter of minutes.
12.1
V10 Watch the sequence and answer the questions:
1 What ‘quick and easy dishes’ was Ainsley cooking during his show?
2 How long did it take Ainsley to cook his spicy sausage patties with potato
wedges?
3 Have you ever tasted any of Ainsley’s meals? Which of them would you
like to cook?
12.2
Below are the ingredients for Ainsley’s sausage patties. Watch the sequence
again – can you write down the recipe for the patties?
Spicy Sausage Patties
Ingredients
Patties
Sauce
Wedges
l lb Sausages
2 tbsps ketchup
Potatoes
1 tbsp Cranberry jelly
1 tbsp honey
¼ tbsp cayan pepper
Small bunch-Spring onions
1 tbsp soy sauce
¼ tbsp (ground) cumin
Flour for rolling
1 tbsp vinegar
Rock salt to taste
1 tbsp English mustard
1 orange
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WRITING
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Summer pudding
This is a traditional English sweet dish that can be made from almost any kind of
soft fruit (blackcurrants, blackberries, strawberries or raspberries are all very
good). Below you are
given the recipe in diagram form only. Can
you now write out the
recipe in full?
Ingredients
650-700 g of soft
fruit
A cup of water
(about 200 cc)
Sugar to taste
Stale white bread
Books:
Food Technology by Jill Robinson
GM Free: Shopper’s Guide to Genetically Modified Foods by Sue Dibb and Tim
Lobstein
Genetic Engineering, Food and Our Environment: A Brief Guide by Luke Anderson
Websites: www.fol.co.uk
www.icta.org
www.monsanto.vigil.net/
www.purefood.org
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UNIT VII.
TEST
I. Look at the various types of house below and match each with its correct description.
1. cottage
2. semi-detached
house
3. terraced house
a a house in a row of houses which are all joined together.
b a house which stands alone and is not joined to any
other.
4. bungalow
c a house which is joined to another on one side only.
5. council house
d a house which is rented from a local authority.
6. detached house e a small house in the country, usually with a garden.
f a house which has only one floor (storey).
II. In each question (7–36), only one of the four answers is correct. Choose the
correct answer and mark it on your answer sheet.
7. There are now more than … owner-occupied homes in Great Britain.
a 15 million
b 10 thousand
c 57 million
d 6 million
8. The average value of a three-bedroomed house in Britain in 1992 was … .
a £ 1,000,000
b £ 15,000
c £ 62,000
d £ 10,000
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9. A large detached house not only ensures privacy, it is also … .
a an award
b a status symbol
c an insult
d a mark of distinction
10. Although it is densely populated, Britain … of flat-dwellers in the EU.
a has a great number
b has the second lowest
c has the second highest
d has the highest
11. If you want to buy a house in Britain, it is rare to deal directly with the person selling. Instead, you go to … .
a an estate agent
b the building society
c the savings bank
d the mortgage company
12. Traditionally, a major sign of being middle class (as opposed to working
class) has been that you do … work.
a minor
b non-manual
c manual
d hard
13. The connection between being middle class and doing non-manual work … .
a doesn’t exist
b is growing weaker
c is distinct
d is traditional
14. The normal lunch break in Britain is … .
a an hour or less
b less then an hour
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c an hour or two
d ten minutes
15. The normal retiring age for most people in Britain is … .
a fifty
b forty-five
c sixty-five
d seventy
16. In Britain the working day, in comparison with most European countries,
starts … .
a quite early
b early in the morning
c late at night
d rather late
17. … of all British women are in paid employment.
a 10%
b None
c 51%
d 20%
18. About … of women in Britain are married by the time they are 18.
a 10%
b 60%
c 5%
d 80%
19. … of second marriages in Britain end in divorce.
a 10%
b Two thirds
c 80%
d 90%
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20. Britain has … divorce rate in the European Community.
a no
b the average
c the highest
d the lowest
21… of the population in Britain live in nuclear family households.
a 40%
b 90%
c 10%
d 70%
22. Sixty-six per cent of households in Britain have … .
a a dictionary
b a dictionary or a Bible
c a Bible
d a dictionary and a Bible
23. The cinema in Britain is often regarded as … .
a a favourite pastime
b a national hobby
c real art
d not quite part of ‘the arts’
24. British theatre is … .
a neglected
b not important for citizens
c much admired
d not known
25. Classical music in Britain is … .
a a minority interest
b quite popular
c much admired
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d played only by professionals
26. Royal National Eisteddfod is held … .
a all year round
b in Scotland in April
c in Wales in July
d in London in June
27. The normal time for shops to open in Britain is … .
a 9.30
b 8
c 10
d 9
28. Informally, a pound is sometimes called … .
a a ‘penny’
b a ‘quid’
c a ‘cent’
d a ‘dollar’
29. Most shops in Britain are … .
a chain stores
b supermarkets
c hypermarkets
d candy stores
30. The best known of many discount stores in Britain is … .
a Asda
b Past Times
c Marks and Spencer
d Laura Ashley
31. A shop by itself in a residential area is often referred to as … .
a ‘the chain store’
b ‘the corner shop’
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c ‘the retail outlet’
d ‘the market place’
32. There are more … than there are fish and chip shops in Britain.
a salad bars
b pizza huts
c Chinese take-aways
d American pubs
33. One of the most successful food programmes on TV in Britain was called
….
a ‘Two Fat Ladies’
b ‘Elegant British gentlemen’
c ‘To Eat or Not To Eat?’
d ‘Invisible Japanese Gentlemen’
34. The average person in Britain eats a ready meal from a supermarket … .
a at least five times a week
b once a year
c less than once a month
d twice a week
35. The British word for French fried potatoes is … .
a ‘chips’
b ‘crisps’
c ‘fish and chips’
d ‘toasts’
36. … is the most popular drink among male drinkers in Britain.
a Cognac
b Vodka
c Beer
d Wine
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QUOTATIONS/TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION
What reasons or facts you learnt in Units I-VI of this booklet can explain/support/disprove the following quotations about the English? Give your comment on them.
1. Almost every nation has a reputation of some kind. The French are supposed to
be amorous, gay, fond of champaigne; the Germans dull, formal, efficient, fond
of military uniforms and parades; the Americans boastful, energetic and vulgar.
The English are reputed to be cold, reserved, rather haughty people who do not
yell in the street, make love in public or change their governments as often as
they change their underclothes. They are steady, easy going and fond of
sports…
2. It has been said that the British are suspicious of things in public life which are
logical or systematic…
3. Foreigners often picture the Englishman dressed in tweeds, smoking a pipe,
striding across the open countryside with the dog at his heels…
4. Apart from the conservatism on a grand scale which the attitude to monarchy
typifies, England is full of small-scale and local conservatism, sometimes of a
highly individual or particular character…
5. The English are a nation of stay-at-homes. There is no place like home, they
say. The fire is the focus of the English home…
WRITING
Write a composition on Lifestyle in Britain of about 200-250 words.
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T A P E S CRI P T S
Tapescript 1
E = estate agent
E:
C:
E:
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E:
C:
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C:
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C:
E:
C:
C = customer
E:
Good morning. Can I help you?
Hi. I’m looking for an apartment to
rent and I wanted to talk to you about
what you had to offer right now.
Yes, of course. Let me first take down
a few details about what you’re looking for to see whether there’s anything I can offer you, and then I’ll
take a few personal details if that’s
OK. So. First of all the size of the flat
– what kind of flat are you looking
for? How large?
Well, I’m not sure because I don’t
know what I can afford, but ideally I
suppose I would look for three rooms
– so it’s what you would call a twobedroom flat here.
Right – so two bedrooms. And have
you thought where?
Well, I need to take the train to work
and in the evenings I often stay at
work and come home quite late, so I
guess the general area would be
north of the station.
Fine, yes, this seems logical, although
of course flats near the station are
quite expensive, how far away from the
station are you willing to consider?
Well, I suppose if it’s basically about
a fifteen-minute walk away from the
station, that’s OK – no, actually, let’s
say ten minutes from the station. Yes,
ten minutes is the farthest I would be
willing to go.
OK. And how much are you willing to
pay?
How much do you think somewhere
like this will cost me?
Well, it depends of course on other
things, though mainly on whether it’s
furnished, unfurnished or partly furnished. Have you thought of that?
C:
E:
C:
E:
C:
E:
Yes, and we’re going for an unfurnished flat.
Well, in that case you’re slightly better off, but still in this area the least
you’d expect to pay is probably £400
a month – and that won’t get you a
nice place. If you want something nice,
you’ll have to be willing to pay more.
Right. Well, let’s say up to £550, no
more.
Good. Now, about time – when do
you need to move in?
I definitely need a place for April 1st.
And I would want to have a contract
for at least a year.
OK. Any other points you would want
to make before we start looking?
Yes. Firstly, it’s got to be on the
ground floor; and then we’ve got two
young kids, so preferably I’d like the
flat to be near a children’s playground, and then a school. But these
two requirements – near the playground, and near a school – these
two are not that important because
we can always manage with the car.
OK. Now if you would just give me a
few personal details – your name …
Tapescript 2
Jean Attree
I’ve always enjoyed photography and it is
something where you learn a lot from experience. Friends told me that my pictures
were good, and encouraged me to try and
make a living at it. I started in October,
and I’m building up confidence and contacts. I’ve also had work assisting other
photographers which is a good way to
learn.
I’ve done various commissions, but at the
moment I’m developing my portfolio so that
I can get work doing album covers and
commissions for magazines. I like doing
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portraits and I enjoy black and white photography, but colour work pays better.’
As she was unemployed, her local Jobcentre
put her in touch with the enterprise team at
South Thames TEC (Training and Enterprise
Council). They were able to give her an enterprise allowance of £40 per week to get her
started.
‘I was one of those people who couldn’t wait
to leave school. At 16 I went into a boring office job which I hated. I started to think that
doing a degree would widen my options. I did
a one year part-time A level course, and then
at 24 went to North London Polytechnic to do
a degree in French and film studies. Having
had experience of working, I was keen to
make the most of the opportunity to study.
As the course came to an end I still wasn’t
sure what I wanted to do. Self employment
appealed to me as it offered challenge and
variety, though I knew there wouldn’t be paid
holidays or sick leave. Since I started I’ve
learned a lot about the practical aspects of
running a business and marketing myself. I’m
getting better at dealing with customers – in
knowing what they are looking for. I’m hoping the business will build up steadily.’
P:
B:
P:
Tapescript 3
P = Presenter
P:
B:
B = Barbara
These days, fewer and fewer people
work in factories or outdoors, on the
land, and the majority of school and
college leavers today will find themselves working in an office. So is that
something to look forward to or not?
With me today, I have Mrs Barbara
Mayor, who’s going to tell us about
her experience of office work. Barbara, can you begin by telling us what
you do?
Well, I’m not working at the present
time and I haven’t since before
Christmas of last year. I’ve always
been employed as a legal assistant.
Unfortunately, my last office closed
down, partly I think due to the economy. Things weren’t going well and
they just weren’t making any money,
so it was kind of a forced retirement
B:
P:
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in a sense, but one I’ve extremely enjoyed. I don’t know what I’m going
to do, whether I’ll go back to it, or
whether I’d really like to look for
something else to do.
One of the benefits of working in an
office is the social aspect – you are
working with a team of colleagues
who often become your friends too.
Have you found this? Can you tell us
about your relations with colleagues?
In the past, I’ve had various different
jobs and just worked with wonderful
people. In the last several years,
though, the experiences haven’t been
good, and I don’t think it’s the offices
so much as the times, people changing, people seem to be caught up
more in their own worlds, than they
used to be. There used to be more
camaraderie, people used to be more
helpful and there were fewer barriers
to break down. Now I find it’s more
of a cut-throat world, people are out
for themselves, not just in the office
but in everyday living – people seem
a lot more isolated.
So it seems office life is changing,
and perhaps not for the better. What
would you say is the most important
factor that makes somewhere a pleasant place to work?
Having camaraderie with the people
that you work with, people working
together as a team, not isolated people who are doing things for their
own ego, wanting to outshine everybody else. I think you have to work as
a team and have a goal. You know,
the goal is to get the job done, or the
project or whatever it is at the time.
Most people think of the working day
as being 9 to 5, but many companies
have introduced flexible working
hours, so employees have a certain
amount of choice about when they
start work and when they finish. This
takes into account people’s circumstances, like whether or not they have
children, and the fact that everyone
has a slightly different rhythm of
B:
P:
B:
work. So, Barbara, when do you think
you work best?
Well, I work best, I’m more alert first
thing in the morning. In the evening I
tend to slow down. I think I work best
when I’m working with people who
are prepared to work with you, not
against you. People who don’t have
their own agenda.
Yes, indeed. Now, these days many
offices are open plan, aren’t they,
unlike in the past, when employees
usually each had their own room. But
of course, everyone still has their own
desk or workstation. So, Barbara,
how do you like to organize your
workplace?
I’m very organized. I have to have a
place for everything and everything
in its place. I can’t work in confusion.
I don’t thrive under stress, which is
very difficult in the legal profession
because everything does tend to have
a time limit on it, so you’re constantly
under this pressure of things having
to be done in a certain time period,
you know, and I like to keep very organized and know what things have to
be done. … I feel if you take care of
the little things, big things don’t become a problem, and this is very often
a problem in offices. They don’t like
to give you the time to take care of the
small, mundane things that make an
office run smoothly. They just want
you to kind of get in and start working
and sometimes you need to organize
and see what’s ahead, and look at the
calendar for next week, and worry
about what’s coming up. And then I
find things tend to look smooth, starting from kind of small up.
of filing cabinets and a few potted plants to
liven things up, seems the way things have
always been.
Things are changing though, and for one
good reason – cost. It’s expensive to have
an office building on a prime site in a
modern city. The price of land in city centres is incredibly high. It costs a lot to keep
the building clean and heated or airconditioned, and there is general maintenance and repairs that have to be paid for.
So more and more companies are turning
to the ‘virtual office’.
‘What’s that?’ you may well ask. Well, on
arriving at work, instead of going straight
to your own desk, you check in, rather like
checking into a hotel, and then you request
a workstation. In effect, this is your desk
for a certain time, and it won’t be the same
one every time. You are allocated a free
desk for a fixed time, and you take your
possessions out of a locker and carry them
to the workstation you have been given.
When you have finished, you take your
possessions back to the locker and the desk
is ready for the next lucky worker.
Not surprisingly, companies and their accountants love the idea. Accountants know
that they are saving a lot of money by
spending less on office equipment, heating
and lighting. Employees are much less enthusiastic. You’ve lost your space, so the
office is even more impersonal. You can’t
leave anything lying around. If you’re in the
office at peak times, you can even find
yourself without a desk and working standing up.
Another new form of working – teleworking – is more popular with staff because,
for one thing, they don’t have to travel to
work. It’s also a way for the company to
economise because staff work from home ,
providing their own office, light, heat and
shelter. They keep in touch with the office
and clients by computer, fax and telephone. Usually the company will provide
this equipment and pay for the necessary
connections to its own computer. Many
workers enjoy the flexibility they have
over how they organize the working day,
and the escape from daily commuting, but
Tapescript 4
Presenter: Do you really want to work in an
office? No? Well, you’re certainly not alone.
The traditional office has changed little in the
last hundred years. Oh, yes, there have been
changes in technology but the idea of an office with a desk for each person and a number
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traditional and wore a uniform to be a
nanny. I have always got on well with
children. I have always enjoyed taking care
of my sister and younger cousins. I told
Mummy very firmly that I wanted to be a
nanny when I grew up. At the time she
laughed. I know that she and Daddy
thought it was just a childish phase I was
going through, but it wasn’t. They thought
I would follow in my father’s footsteps and
study law. But I didn’t. There were some
terrible rows but I didn’t go to university. I
left school and spent a year working at Ludgrove School, where Prince William used
to go. Then I started my training course at
Norland College. I finished the course last
month and I’ve applied for the post of
nanny to twins aged six months. Mummy
and Daddy weren’t angry for long, we
made it up before I went to college, and
they have encouraged me ever since.
some feel isolated without the chance for a
chat around the coffee machine.
So there it is – losing your own desk, companies saving more money, more people staying
at home. We’ll have to see how long the traditional office lasts in the light of these new developments.
Tapescript 5
Does the way you look affect your career
chances?
To find the answer, Jeff Biddle and Daniel
Hamermesh of the university of Texas surveyed 7,000 people.
They discovered that good-looking people
were paid around 15% more.
Biddle and Hamermesh then spent 15 years
following the careers of a selected group of
lawyers. They found that the better-looking
ones had better chances of promotion than the
others.
They also found that more was expected of
the better-looking ones by their clients.
However, a reaction is now occurring against
this kind of discrimination in the work place.
The courts are awarding compensation in
cases of unfair dismissal.
In Santa Cruz, discrimination on the basis of a
person’s physical characteristic is now forbidden.
The only criterion for employment is whether
a person is able to do the job.
Tapescript 7
Whenever modern thinkers turn their attention to the condition of marriage today,
they are agreed on one thing; that our
‘morally liberated age’ gives couples every
chance to avoid a failed marriage. An extraordinary survey in English has overturned the new moralists. It proves that
couples who married in the old-fashioned
way – without much pre-marital physical
contact – were just as happy and contented
as ‘modern’ couples.
Professor Martin Whyte, who led the research team in Detroit, said ‘We have
shown clearly that brides who took the opportunity to date other men or live with
their partners before marriage have no better chance of a happy ending’.
‘What really counts are the romantic feelings. The couple who felt romance had more
chance of making a successful marriage’.
Tapescript 6
My sister Charlotte was born when I was
seven and my mother decided she needed a
nanny to look after us. So we got Alison. She
was very young, seventeen I think, and wonderful. I adored her. She only worked parttime with us before she started her training at
Norland College. She had to dress us in the
morning and take me to school. After school
she made us delicious teas and read us stories
in bed. On Charlotte’s birthday she organized
a fantastic party.
When Alison left, we had a trained nanny
who lived with us and worked full-time. She
was called Nanny Barnes by everyone, including my parents. She was older and quite
Tapescript 8
Blind Date
Blind Date, hosted by Cilla Black,
has been running on British TV since
1985. In the programme, a man and a
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woman take it in turns to choose their date
from three members of the opposite sex who
are hidden behind a screen. Each player asks
three questions to the three hidden contestants
and then has to choose one of the contestants
on the basis of their answers. The following
week the players and the successful contestants are invited back to the programme to talk
about their dates together.
J:
No1:
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C=Cilla
J:
No2:
J=James
J:
And that question goes to Number 1.
No1 : Actually, I’m not a very good cook.
But when you choose Number 1
tonight, the only tasty thing on
your mind will be me.
J:
Number 2?
No2 : Hello, James.
J:
Hello.
No2 : My speciality is chocolate mouse –
it’s sweet, dark, delicious and
bubbly – just like me.
J:
Okay. And finally to Number 3.
No3: Well, James, I’d make sure you ate
plenty of spinach, ‘cause like Popeye, you’ll need all your strength
to keep up with me!
C:
And your second question, James?
J:
That question for Number 2.
No2: Well, I’d have to be a koala bear –
my enormous brown eyes make me
irresistible, and you’ll want to
cuddle me all night.
J:
… and Number 3.
No3: I don’t want to frighten you, but I
have earned the reputation for being a bit of a man-eater. So I’d
have to describe myself as a maneating tiger, because when I go after something, there is no escape.
J:
Number 1.
No1: It would have to be a fox, ‘cos I’m
sly, cunning and naturally foxy. So
you’re going to have to chase me if
you want to catch me.
C:
It’s time for your last question,
Chuck. I hope it’s a good one.
No3: Well, James, I wish that Numbers 1
and 2 would disappear, so that you
and I could start our date right
now.
And Number 1, please.
I had my palm read by a gypsy recently, and she told me that I
would meet a talk, dark, handsome
stranger before my next birthday.
Guess what – it’s my birthday tomorrow.
And finally to Number 2.
James – I wish the screen between
us was transparent – because if
you could see me, you’d know that
I was the only one for you.
Tapescript 9a
C=Cilla
C:
J=James
So what’s your first question,
James ?
J:
They say that the way to a man’s
heart is through his stomach, and I
must say, I do like my food. If you
were to cook me a meal, how
would you impress me? … And
that question goes to Number 1.
No1 : Actually, I’m not a very good cook.
But when you choose Number 1
tonight, the only tasty thing on
your mind will be me.
J:
Number 2?
No2 : Hello, James.
J:
Hello.
No2 : My speciality is chocolate mouse –
it’s sweet, dark, delicious and
bubbly – just like me.
J:
Okay. And finally to Number 3.
No3: Well, James, I’d make sure you ate
plenty of spinach, ‘cause like Popeye, you’ll need all your strength
to keep up with me!
C:
And your second question, James?
J:
I’ve got two pet frogs which my
friends say are like me – a good set
of legs, like a drink and come alive
in the evening. Imagine you had a
pet that reflected your personality,
and what would it be?... That question for Number 2.
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No2:
J:
No3:
J:
No1:
C:
J:
No3:
J:
No1:
J:
No2:
Well, I’d have to be a koala bear –
my enormous brown eyes make me
irresistible, and you’ll want to
cuddle me all night.
… and Number 3.
I don’t want to frighten you, but I
have earned the reputation for being a bit of a man-eater. So I’d
have to describe myself as a maneating tiger, because when I go
after something, there is no escape.
Number 1.
It would have to be a fox, ‘cos I’m
sly, cunning and naturally foxy. So
you’re going to have to chase me if
you want to catch me.
It’s time for your last question,
Chuck. I hope it’s a good one.
I’m a very superstitious sort of
person and I believe that wishes
can come true. If one of your
wishes were to come true, what
would it be? And that goes to
Number 3.
Well, James, I wish that Numbers 1
and 2 would disappear, so that you
and I could start our date right
now.
And Number 1, please.
I had my palm read by a gypsy recently, and she told me that I
would meet a talk, dark, handsome
stranger before my next birthday.
Guess what – it’s my birthday tomorrow.
And finally to Number 2.
James – I wish the screen between
us was transparent – because if
you could see me, you’d know that
I was the only one for you.
M:
J:
M:
J:
M:
J:
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J=James
M:
J:
soon as she saw them. Everybody
else does.
I didn’t fancy James, and it was
probably partly because of his eyebrows. He’s extremely proud of
them, but I think they look like a
couple of caterpillars.
During the date, I talked about myself, my character, my personality,
my job, because I really wanted
Melanie to get to know me. Melanie
is actually quite serious and rather
difficult to get to know. She wasn’t
very talkative and she didn’t tell me
much about herself. But I think she
liked all my jokes.
During the date, James talked about
himself non-stop, and it was quite
clear that he wasn’t interested in
getting to know me at all. He’s very
talkative. In fact, I didn’t get a
chance to say anything really. He
laughed a lot at his own jokes too. At
first, I thought he was really funny,
but then I got a bit tired of his jokes
and I wanted to talk about more serious things – you know, get to know
him a bit better.
Mel is a total flirt – she was all over
me like a rash.
I’m an affectionate sort of person,
but there was no kissing on the date.
It would have been like kissing my
brother.
I think Mel fancied me more than I
fancied her – basically her body
language gave it away. Although I
think Mel is pretty, I think she should
work out a bit more and maybe lose
a few kilos.
I=Interviewer
M=Melanie
I:
When the screen went back, I was
expecting a tall, dark, handsome
man. But what I saw was tall, dark
and not very handsome.
I think Mel loved my eyebrows. I
think she fell in love with them as
Mrs R:
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Mrs R.=Mrs Romsey
And first on the line we have Mrs
Romsey, who lives in north-east
London. Good morning Mrs
Romsey.
Good morning, yes, I’d like to
ask for some advice about weddings. My daughter’s getting
I:
Mrs R:
I:
Mrs R:
I:
Mrs R:
I:
Mrs R:
I:
Mrs R:
married later in the year and I’d
like to know, should I make the
guest list, the people to invite, or
should my daughter?
Well, usually the bride’s parents
can choose the guests, because
they pay for the wedding!
Yes, but ought I to ask for suggestions?
Yes, you should ask the bridegroom’s parents for suggestions.
And is it all right if I give them a
maximum number?
Oh yes, yes, usually this depends
on the size of the church or how
much you want to spend on the
reception, but you should invite
members of your family and the
bridegroom’s family in equal
proportion.
But what should I do about my
daughter’s friends? Are they
counted as family, or not?
Um, you could ask your daughter
and her boyfriend to give you a
list of the friends they would like
to invite. So then you have three
groups of guests: your family,
the other family and the couple’s
friends.
I see, thank you. One thing, can I
decide how many friends they
should invite?
Oh, yes. If you’re paying.
Thank you.
2
3
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Tapescript 13
Students in England talk about how they
use their free time.
I = Interviewer 1-3 = Students
I
1
far to go into Bristol – get the bus, or
you can walk if you wanted, and I
mean with it being the second biggest
city in England you’ve got every shop
you can imagine.
Well, recently spare time has become a
little non-existent. But I do quite a lot
of music. And socializing and I mean
basically this year there’s a lot more
work and a lot more organization to do
so there isn’t very much during the
school day. I mean there are quite often large gaps. The school day is structured so that there are large gaps between lessons sometimes but in practice you tend to have to work or do
something else in that time.
I’ve got a lot of work to do outside of
actual classes, I’ve got a lot of homework to do. Then there are extra things
like preparing essays for the Internet –
our Internet website. I have to prepare
an essay for geography and an essay
for Spanish every now and again and
also I’m, well I’m part of the catering
committee so I have to do quite a bit of
work for that – and various responsibilities within the house. Socially, going up to Clifton village, shopping,
things like that. Every now and again a
bit of sport if I’m lucky. But generally
it’s a lot of work, and you’re just trying
to get some free time to relax and unwind really, and get up and get yourself away from the pressures of everyday school life.
… in the coming week. And a few exhibitions that I’d like to highlight. The exhibition at the Cleveland Craft Centre shows
the work of Philip Webb, an architect from
1831 to 1915. Whilst at the Kirk Leven
Old Hall you can see the picture book exhibition until June the twenty-fourth. And
in Hartlepool the Gray Art Gallery is
showing two photographic exhibitions, the
first on experimental photography, and the
second called ‘Nicaraguan photographs’ by
Bob Anderson.
If your lessons finish around lunch
time or early afternoon, what do you
do with the rest of the day?
It depends, really. Now that we’re in
our final year there’s always quite a
lot of work to do but apart from that
we’re right next to Clifton, which is
like a village, so we can go in there, go
to cafes, go to shops, and then it’s not
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It’s bonanza time at the Carnaby Raceway
this weekend. Don’t miss the social highlight
of the season, the ‘Meet the Riders’ disco
dance at the Spa Royal Hall, Bridlington.
Eight till one. Competitions, including Miss
Wet T-shirt. Tickets two pounds, available at
the door. Come and meet the country’s top
road racers.
Come to Auto sixty-six Club’s biggest ever
motorcycle road race meeting. This Sunday at
Carnaby Raceway, Bridlington. See the works
Hondas of Australian Wayne Gardner, Roger
Marshall and Joey Dunlop, battling with the
factory Suzukis of Mick Grant and Rob McElney. Major national solo championship, plus
the amazing sidecars. You’ve seen them on
TV, now the superstars come to Carnaby Raceway, Bridlington. Sunday at twelve-thirty.
News now of a fashion show which is taking
place tonight at Winterton Rangers Football
Club at eight o’clock. Admission is fifty
pence and that includes refreshments. They’ve
got a cake stall. They’ve got a raffle, and all
the proceeds will be going to the Fire Service
National Benevolent Fund. That is well-worth
supporting. A fashion show at Winterton
Rangers Football Club tonight. Eight o’clock.
Admission 50p, including refreshments. And
all proceeds are going to the er … Fire Service National Benevolent Fund.
SJ:
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The City of York got a royal visit today when
Prince Charles arrived to open the latest tourist attraction, a tenth century Viking village.
Jorvik is a two and a half million pound reconstruction of a Viking settlement, which
has taken more than two years to develop.
Since its opening to the public a month ago,
sixty thousand people have visited the site,
and the organizers are extremely excited
about the response.
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A = announcer SJ = Stewart Johnson
A:
One of the most exciting events this
summer is the Richmond Festival of
Sport, taking place in Richmond be127
tween May 27th and June 4th. Here to
tell us about it is Stewart Johnson.
Well, this is an especially exciting
time for us because of the large number of new events we’re offering this
year. We’re in our ninth year now,
and we’re on our way to becoming
one of the largest events of our kind
in the country. And probably the secret of our success is that we offer
what is, really, a unique mixture of
participation and spectator events,
which means that everybody can take
part in one way or another, either
being active in the sport of their
choice or cheering their favourite
team.
Now on the whole, the festival is intended for all ages, but Fun Sessions
are special. Although anyone can
take part, we’ve structured them so
that they’re in fact aimed at children
and intended for them to try out new
skills and practise them – and at the
same time have fun. Equipment is
provided, and we have qualified instructors at hand at every session. So
all you have to do is bring your kids
along! Amongst the sports we are
offering this year are golf, squash,
karate, fencing, and, for the first time
this year, tennis as well. I think most
of us realize how important it is to
start practising sports from a young
age, so don’t miss this opportunity to
get your child involved. This is a gift
for life!
From May 30th to June 2nd we will be
holding a Watersports Activity
Course at the Royal Canoe Club, and
participants will have the chance to
try various sports such as rowing,
sailing and canoeing, and the event
will end with a fun regatta to give
young people the chance to put their
newly learnt skills to the test. Children will be split into age groups for
the activities and must be capable of
swimming a hundred metres in light
clothing. Unlike most events taking
place this week, numbers on these
courses have to be limited, because
we need to make sure that we have
enough boats and canoes and so on,
and unfortunately we’ve got to insist
that parents register their children at
least a week before the event, erm,
simply because this gives us time to
organize the necessary equipment,
and we’re asking for a registration
fee of £5 to make sure that people
turn up.
Erm, another important part of the
whole event is the competitions that
we hold. These competitions will be
going on throughout the week, and
Sunday 4th June promises to be an
especially exciting day with the final
match in each sport taking place.
Well, I said earlier that our activities
are intended for all ages, and I’d like
to end with a mention of the Fun
Run, which signals the end of the festival, erm, and if you enjoy running
but don’t enjoy competing, this is the
event for you. People of all ages –
families, children, senior citizens –
everybody is invited to take part, and
in fact our oldest participant up till
now has been an 82-year-old woman
– the oldest participant, in fact, in an
amateur event in Britain. And if she
comes back this year she will help us
beat our own record – and hers –
and become at 83 the oldest participant in an amateur event. Or maybe
one of our listeners would like to try
and beat that? We’ll be happy if you
do!
NM
TL
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TL
NM
TL
NM
TL
NM
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NM Tony, your pub looks very old. When
was it built?
TL About 1320. It was originally built
as a lodging house for the workers
who built Salisbury Cathedral.
NM As long ago as that? And what type
of customers come here?
TL Well, this is a city centre pub, and at
lunchtime and in the early evening
we get a lot of shopkeepers, businessmen and local workers who
TL
NM
TL
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come in for a pint of beer and a
sandwich. Then in the evenings we
have people calling in before they go
out to eat, or to the cinema or theatre, and then, of course, we have our
“regulars” – people who come in
frequently for a drink and to meet
their friends.
I see. So you serve a wide range of
people during the day. You are open
all day, are you?
Except for Sundays, yes. We have to
obey the licensing laws, which means
that we cannot open outside the hours
of 11am and 11pm on weekdays and
Saturdays. On Sundays we can open
only from 12 noon to 3pm, and then
from 7pm until 10.30pm.
And what do most people drink?
Beer. Most of our customers drink
beer. But we also sell wines and
spirits – gin, whisky, vodka, rum
and so on. In fact, I have a very
large selection of spirits. I’ve got
163 bottles, including 63 different
makes of whisky.
And do you have to drink if you
come to a pub?
Yes, we expect our customers to buy
something, but not necessarily an
alcoholic drink. You can have a soft
drink, orange juice or Coca Cola, for
example, and we also serve coffee.
And you say that you also sell food?
Yes. We do bar snacks, which are
light meals that people can eat in the
bar- sandwiches, pies, and that sort
of thing.
“The Haunch of Venison” is an interesting name. Why is your pub
called that?
In the last century the special dish of
this pub was venison, which is deer
meat. The pub took its name from a
particular cut of meat, which is the
side – or flank – of the animal.
Do all pubs have similar origins?
No. Some pubs used to attract particular professions – carpenters, for
instance, so they were called names
like “The Carpenters’ Arms”. Other
pubs originate from the days when
many people couldn’t read. Pubs
were known by the picture on the
sign which hung outside – “The Red
Lion”, “The White Horse” and so on.
NM And who owns the pubs? Are they
privately owned?
TL Not usually. Very few are in private
hands. Most pubs, like this one, are
owned by one or other of the large
national breweries. They own the
premises and supply the beer.
NM I see. Well, enough talking. Perhaps
it’s time for me to try one of your
excellent beers!
alcohol. You must be 18 before you can
legally buy or drink alcohol in a pub.
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See The Old Gumbie cat in Unit IV 11.1
and Answer Key.
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Number 1
At Penta we try harder to make buying a
used car easier and better for you. Like the
Penta five hundred pound choice. We’ll
give you a five hundred pound discount off
the car you’re buying, or five hundred
pounds in addition to your part-exchange
price, or a five hundred pound cheque
when you take delivery. It’s your choice,
and remember, all Penta’s used cars are
covered by our unique Penta promise, and
the chance to exchange within seven days.
‘You’ll do a great deal better at Penta.’
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British beer can be confusing to visitors.
Many foreigners who are new to pubs ask for
“a beer, please” – but this alone is not enough.
In Britain you must specify the quantity you
want – a pint or half a pint – and the type.
There are three types of beer in Britain. Bitter
is the most popular beer; it is a medium
brown beer, and is not very alcoholic, at about
4% alcohol by volume. Lager is a lightcoloured beer, similar to beers popular in the
rest of Europe. Stout is a very dark, almost
black beer; the Irish stout called Guinness is
the most famous brand.
Most bitter drinkers prefer “real ale” these
days. Real ale is bitter brewed in the traditional way and then stored in barrels. The
barman “draws” the beer from the barrel using a hand pump. Other beers called keg beers
are stored in pressurized barrels, and the barman or barmaid needs only to turn a small tap
on the bar for the beer to pour into the glass.
Ordering in a pub can also confuse visitors, as
there is no waiter or waitress service. You
must order your drink from the bar, and pay
for it at the same time.
Laws on drinking in Britain are very strict. If
you want to sell alcohol you have to have a
licence, and as Tony said in the interview a
pub may only open at certain times of the day.
No children under 14 years of age may go into
a pub (although many pubs have a children’s
room away from the bar). Fourteen-year-olds
may go into a pub but may not buy or drink
Number 2
Charles Church, builders of quality houses,
invites you to the cheese and wine opening
of their third show house, The Frencham,
at Mill Grange, Calcott, from six till eight
p.m. Friday the fifteenth of June, and nine
till five on Saturday the sixteenth. Come
along and join us for cheese and wine. View
this attractive three-bedroomed linked detached house and see the other two furnished luxury show houses. Decide which
is the best Charles Church home for you at
Mill Grange, just off Mill Lane on the A4
opposite the Calcott Golf Club. Charles
Church, quality homes of character.
Number 3
‘Telecom … Telecom … Telecom …
Telecommunicating …’
Get down to the British Telecom ‘phone
shop in Friar Street, Reading where you’ll
find a great choice of in-phones, including
‘Slimtel’, the one-piece in-phone with
press button dialing, last number recall and
a style you’ll like for just twenty-nine
ninety-five. See ‘Slimtel’ at the British
Telecom ‘phone shop. Now open at Friar
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Street, Reading, nine to five weekdays, and
Saturdays nine thirty till four.
‘Telecom …’
Electrolux! Has the world’s first computerized sewing machine that even writes! Call
44624888.
Electrolux! It is the best to buy.
Number 4
Brown Chesterfield suite, sixty pounds.
Dragon 3Z computer, a hundred and thirty
pounds. McClaron Europa pram buggy, sixtyfive pounds. Boosey and Hawkes clarinet, a
hundred pounds.
Pianola circa nineteen hundred, a hundred and
fifty pounds.
Looking for a bargain? You’re sure to find it
in Finder, your weekly magazine packed with
homes, jobs, motors and hundreds of bargains. And remember your private ads for
items under a hundred pounds we’ll advertise
free. Finder every Friday, just twenty pence.
‘Find it fast in Finder’
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How to shop
Shopping is simple:
1 Write the catalogue number and the
quantity of the goods you require on
a selection form.
2 Take the form to a service point.
3 Whilst you are paying, your goods
will be brought to the collection
counter ready for you to collect.
Some of our larger items can also be
ordered by telephone and delivered
to your door.
Number 5
Alitalia is Italy. With three daily flights to Milan, twice daily to Rome. Throughout the
week to Venice, Pisa, Turin or Bologna. All
from Heathrow, all at convenient times. With
superbly designed comfortable seats, a choice
of great Italian wines with meals, and our inflight duty-free boutique carrying exclusive
top-class Italian merchandise, making Eurobusiness Alitalia the executive’s choice.
Alitalia, elegante, Alitalia.
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… it is the best to buy.
I’m gonna knock on your door,
Ring on your bell,
Tap on your window too.
Come on and open your door so I can show
you more,
I’m gonna knock and ring and tap until you do.
How to Order
You can order any of the items covered by
Free Home Delivery at the Customer Services area in our stores, or you can order
by telephoning the ARGOS DIRECT
FREE LINKLINE anytime between
8.00am and 10pm, 7 days a week giving
your order and credit card details. Once
you place an order, we will contact you to
arrange delivery. Delivery will normally be
within 14 days, unless otherwise indicated
in the item description or at the time of ordering.
To ensure delivery before Christmas,
please place your order before 17th December (3 day service) or 7th December
(14 day service).
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I’m gonna vacuum your floor,
Polish your hall, shampoo your carpet too.
I’m gonna show you how to get a unit now and
you will say you want to have one for you.
Welcome to your guide to great value
If you change your mind and decide that a
product you have bought does not meet
your exact requirements, we offer you the
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out the ‘fry-up’ and just have the cereal,
tea and toast. The rest have even less.
What the vast majority of British people
have in the mornings is therefore much
closer to what they call a ‘continental’
breakfast than it is to a ‘British’ one.
‘Elevenses’ is, conventionally, a cup of tea
or coffee and some biscuits at around
eleven o’clock. In fact, people drink tea or
coffee whenever they feel like it. This is
usually quite often.
Lunch is typically at one o’clock (any
shops which close for lunch close from one
to two). But it is often a bit earlier for
schoolchildren and those who start work at
eight o’clock.
For the urban working class (and a wider
section of the population in Scotland and
Ireland) tea is the evening meal, eaten as
soon as people get home from work (at
around six o’clock). For other classes, it
means a cup of tea and a snack at around
four o’clock.
‘Supper’ is another word for the evening
meal among those people who do not call
it ‘tea’.
‘Dinner’ is also commonly used for the
evening meal. It suggests something rather
grander and eaten comparatively late (at
around eight o’clock). It is associated with
relative formality (many people talk about
‘Christmas dinner’, even if they have it in
the middle of the day). It is also sometimes
used to refer to the midday meal in
schools.
opportunity of returning it within 16 days of
purchase, for a full refund or exchange. We
simply ask that it is returned in its original
and unspoilt condition, with its original wrapping and your receipt. Please note this promise does not apply to earrings for pierced ears,
food products, camcorders, prerecorded music
or videos, computer software, fresh flowers
and Christmas decorations. This guarantee
does not affect your statutory rights.
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Summer at Past Times!
There’s nothing quite like sitting in the garden, dreaming of an Edwardian summer with
croquet and tea on the lawn. So we’ve made
sure our Summer Past Times catalogue is full
of unusual gifts, ornaments, furniture and accessories for you and your family to enjoy
outdoors.
You’ll find our charming Alice in Wonderland figures, modeled on the famous 1865 illustrations by Sir John Tenniel. Our exclusive
canopied hardwood garden chair is covered in
a fabric recalling William Morris’s Willow
design. And there are lots more treats for you
and your garden throughout the rest of our
new catalogue.
As you know, our items are generally authentic replicas or, based on period designs – most
are exclusive to Past Times. We deliver to
your door in 7 days or less, and everything
you buy is guaranteed without question. We
hope you find lots in our Summer catalogue
to help you make the most of your summertime in the garden.
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What people drink.
As well as large amounts of hot drinks
such as tea, coffee and cocoa, British people – especially children – drink squash (a
sweetened fruit concentrate that has to be
diluted with water) and brand-name ‘soft’
(nonalcoholic) drinks. They also expect to
be able to drink water straight from the tap.
Before the 1960s, wine was drunk only by
the higher social classes and was associated in most people’s minds with expensive restaurants. Since that time, it has increased enormously in popularity.
When people eat what: meals.
Generalizations are dangerous. Below is described what everybody knows about – but
this is not necessarily what everybody does!
Breakfast is usually a packeted ‘cereal’ (e.g.
cornflakes) and/or toast and marmalade. It
isn’t usually a ‘traditional’ British breakfast
which is a large ‘fry-up’ preceded by cereal
with milk and followed by toast, butter and
marmalade, all washed down with lots of tea.
In fact, only about 10% of the people have cut
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Beer is still the most popular alcoholic drink.
The most popular pub beer is ‘bitter’, which is
draught (i.e. from the barrel), has no gas in it
and is conventionally, drunk at room temperature. A sweeter, darker version of bitter is
‘mild’. These beers have a comparatively low
alcoholic content. This is one reason why
people are able to drink so much of them! In
most pubs, several kinds of bottled beer, usually known as ‘ales’, are also available.
Beer which has gas in it and is closer to continental varieties is known as ‘lager’. During
the 1980s strong lager became popular among
some young people. Because these people
were used to drinking weaker traditional beer,
they sometimes drank too much of it and became aggressive and even violent. They therefore became known as ‘lager louts’.
In some pubs, cider is available on draught,
and in some parts of Britain, most typically in
the English west country, it is this, and not
beer, which is the most common pub drink.
Shandy is half beer and half fizzy lemonade.
It has the reputation of being very good for
quenching the thirst.
Steak and Kidney Pudding
Cut the beef and kidney into cubes, toss in
seasoned flour. Line a pudding basin with
three quarters of the pastry and fill the basin with alternate layers of beef, kidney
and onions; sprinkle each layer with parsley and a little salt and pepper. Add sufficient stock to just cover the meat, cover
with the pastry lid and pudding cloth.
Steam for 4 hours.
Bread and Butter Pudding
Heat the milk with the lemon rind and
leave to infuse for 10 minutes. Beat the
eggs with the sugar and brandy; pour over
the strained milk and mix well. Butter the
bread, remove crusts and cut into triangles.
Place half the mixed currants, sultanas and
peel in the base of a greased pie dish. Arrange half the bread on top and sprinkle
with the remaining fruit. Strain half the
custard over the bread and leave to soak
for 5 minutes. Place the remaining bread
on top and strain over the rest of the custard. Dust with grated nutmeg or cinnamon
and bake in a roasting tin with hot water
for 45 minutes. Serve with cream.
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Irish Stew
Cut the meat up into fairly small pieces, removing the fat. Slice the onions. Peel the potatoes and cut them into thick slices. Put the
meat and vegetables into a saucepan in layers,
finishing with a layer of potatoes. Season with
salt and pepper. Add water. Bring to the boil,
then cover and simmer gently for about two
hours. To serve, pile the meat and onions in
the center of the dish, with the potatoes round
the edge, and pour the sauce over the meat.
Sprinkle the parsley over the potatoes.
Shepherd’s Pie
Heat the oil and fry the onion and meat until
brown. If using leftover beef do not fry this.
Stir in the flour and stock. Add the parsley,
marjoram and salt and pepper to taste. Blend
in the left-over beef. Put this mixture in an
ovenproof dish and pipe the mashed potato
over the top. Bake in the oven for about 45
minutes or until the top is golden brown.
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ANSWER KEY
UNIT I. HOUSING
1 1 195,000
2 1f
2e
2
3a
50,000, 66%
4d
5b
3
£62,000
4 72%
5 7%
6c
3.2 Estate agents’ language: The descriptions might mean:
6

There is no bathroom in this house;

The decoration is very strange indeed;

This cottage is extremely old and probably falling down.
a The Herald Scotland’s Homes. October 23, 2002
b Daphne Du Maurier. Rebecca
c Elizabeth Bowen. The Demon Lover
d Pamela L. Travers. Mary Poppins
8
A
1
three rooms/two bedrooms
2
north of the station
3
10 minutes on foot/a ten-minute walk
4
unfurnished
5
£550
a/per month
6
April 1st
7
(at least) one year
8
on the ground floor
9
near a playground
10 near a school
(9 and 10 in any order)
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UNIT II. EMPLOYMENT
1.1
1 27.1 million
2 11.3%
3 £4,524
4 43%
5 43.5 hours
6 29.8 hours
7 1935
8 1990
9 1983
5.1
a
b
5.2
people who are looking for a job
department of employment
Personal confidence, the ability to present yourself to others, and a knowledge of the local
job market, persuading an employer that you’ve got the skills and knowledge needed for the job,
being positive about yourself
7.1
A
Group A
a
Jean Attree leaves school, works in office, does A-level course, completes course at
North London Polytechnic, becomes self-employed photographer.
b
Her friends encouraged her, saying that her photographs were good. Her local Jobcentre put her in touch with the enterprise team. South Thames TEC gave her an allowance of £40 per week to help her get started. Other photographers let her assist
them so that she could learn.
c
Advantages: offered challenge and variety.
Disadvantages: no paid holidays or sick leave.
d
Has learnt: to run a business.
to deal with customers.
to work with other photographers.
Hopes to do: get commissions for magazines.
photograph record covers.
build up business.
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Group B
1d
2b
8.2
3d
2 position
6 a locker
3 costly/expensive
7 accountants
4 check in
8 at/from home
5 work station
9 computer
A
7,000

That good looking people were paid around 15% more and had better chances of promotion

Yes
aF
A
bF
10.3
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
cT
V
position
warts
kind
witty
pretty
outings
sweets
cross
castor oil
Love
barley water
dominate
spectacles
toads
pepper
1 PERSONAL DETAILS
4 INTERESTS
12
6d

10.2
11
5c
A
1 office
9.2
4c
2 EDUCATION
5 ADDITIONAL SKILLS
3 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
6 REFERENCES
1 apply
2 advertise
3 employed
4 welcome
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5 notice
6 watches
7 involved
8 enjoy
9 discuss
10 contact
UNIT III. FAMILY LIFE
1 1 1.8
7 27
8 25%
2 1d
3.2
2 87%
2c
3 72 years
9 two-thirds
3e
4a
5f
4 25%
10 27%
5 51%
11 14%
6 10%
12 2
6b
a mainly the wives
b George and Agnes
c on a beach in Thailand
d after 60 years of marriage
3.3
1a Agnes: marriage is for life, the important thing is to sort out your problems and differences by talking things through, you mustn’t give up too easily
Claire: marriage is different to living together, it feels better.
b Agnes: they saw each other twice a week for nine months before they got engaged, they
did not hold hands or have any physical contact except possibly the occasional quick
kiss on the cheek.
Claire: lived with Peter for a while before they decided to get married, after a four year
courtship and a round the world trip.
2 a Agnes
b Claire
c Agnes
4.3 1C
6.1 1
2D
3A
4B
Professor Martin Whyte led the research team
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2
It proves that couples who married in the old-fashioned way – without much premarital physical contact – were just as happy as modern couples.
3 It is very important – it is ‘what really counts’, ‘the couple who felt romance had more
chance of making a successful marriage’.
4 English women prefer romance.
7.2
A
Here are the three questions James asked the three contestants.
1
They say that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, and I must say, I do
like my food. If you were to cook me a meal, how would you impress me?
2
I’ve got two pet frogs which my friends say are like me – a good set of legs, like a
drink and come alive in the evening. Imagine you had a pet that reflected your personality, what would it be?
3
I’m a very superstitious sort of person and I believe that wishes can come true. If one
of your wishes were to come true, what would it be?
7.3
A
a Yes
b No
8.1
A
1 No
2 Yes
3 No
4 No
5 Yes
6 Yes
10.1
V
Ten questions Kilroy asked on the show:
1
What happened?
2
What did the boy object to?
3
Did you put David before Chris?
4
How do you feel, Chris?
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5
Why do you miss your Mum?
6
What’s the problem with Mum?
7
What’s disrespectful?
8
What did you say to your Mum?
9
You’ve been married forty years?
10 Did you see them holding hands?
UNIT IV. BEING YOUNG TODAY. LEISURE ACTIVITY OPTIONS IN BRITAIN
1.1
1
Four fifths
2
70%
3
five
4
nine
5
Three quarters
6
99%
7
a quarter
8
£1,000 £5
9
Two
10 six
three quarters
89%
half
three hours
2.1
Activity
% of people % of 16- to 24-year-olds+or-?
Watching TV
96
97
Reading books
60
55
Listening to CDs/tapes/records
58
81
Watching
videos
programmes)
Cooking
47
50
37
38
Visiting a pub in the evening
36
59
Gardening
42
12
(recorded
5.1 Literary quiz
1
a Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.
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b A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.
c The Young Visiters (sic) by Daisy Ashford.
2
a Sherlock Holmes.
b Mr Wardle and his family (in The Pickwick papers).
c Mr Rochester (in Jane Eyre).
3
a a dog (in Peter Pan)
b a tiger (in The Jungle Book).
c a cat (in Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats).
4
a P.G. Wodehouse.
b Graham Greene.
c Christopher Marlowe.
5
a Oliver Twist.
b The Old Curiosity Shop.
c Barnaby Rudge (Grip was his raven).
5.2
1
a Harry Potter
2
d The English Patient
3
b Death on the Nile
4
c Christmas Carol
5
e Mary Poppins
8
a2
9
A
b 1,2,3
c 1,3
d3
e3
f1
g2
h2
i3
j3
A
The extracts concern the following places/activities: exhibition, dance, motorbike race, fashion
show
9.1
Locations:
1 London
2 Bewdley (but train travels 12 ½ miles therefore not limited to Bewdley)
3 York
4 Windsor
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5 Edenbridge
6 Not stated in the ad. But students may know that the British museum is in London
9.2
A
Advertisement 3
10
A
1c
2c
11.2
3a
4b
5b
6c
7b
A
a a lodging house
b a regular
c spirits
d soft drinks
e bar snacks
11.3
A
a Stout
b No – there are no waiting staff in a pub
c Nothing – 12-year-olds not allowed in
12.1
A
Instead of the last two lines in the book ‘So for Old Gumbie Cats let us now give
three cheers – On whom well-ordered households depend, it appears’ you can hear chorus singing ‘For she’s a Jolly Good Fellow ... Thank you, my dears!’
UNIT V. SHOPPING
1 1 nine eight
5 very late
2 all day
6 Sundays
half-past five
Christmas
3 midday
4 twentieth century
7 the pound sterling
9 coin banknotes
3.1
Profile 1 c
Profile 2 b
Profile 3 a
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8 a ‘quid’
six
100
5 1h
2a
3c
4g
5d
6e
7b
8f
7.1 A
The advertisements are for the following:
1
used cars (Penta)
2
houses (Charles Church Homes)
3
telephones (British Telecom)
4
a classified advertisements magazine (Finder)
5
Alitalia airlines
7.2 A
Advertisement 1
a ‘At Penta we try harder to make buying a used car easier and better for you.’
b every day
Advertisement 2
a on Friday evening and Saturday all day.
b False
Advertisement 3
a £29.95
b Mondays to Fridays 9 to 5
Saturdays 9.30 to 4
Advertisement 4
a once a week
b False
Advertisement 5
a Pisa Milan Venice Rome Turin Bologna
b 3 per day
8.3 A
The advertisement is for Electrolux – sewing machines, vacuum cleaners, floor polishers, etc.
9.1 A
1b
2a
3c
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9.3 A
a we offer you the opportunity of returning it within 16 days of purchase, for a full refund
or exchange.
b it is returned in its original or unspoilt condition
c this promise does not apply to earrings for pierced ears, food products, camcorders, prerecorded music or videos, computer software, fresh flowers and Christmas decorations.
d does not affect your statutory rights.
10.1
ALICE IN WONDERLAND, EXLUSIVE GARDEN are mentioned
10.2
A
ALICE FIGURES Ornaments for the garden or house, our 3 exclusive figures are modeled on
the illustrations by Sir John Tenniel for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, first published in
1865. Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) originally told the story of the little girl’s magical adventures to the real-life Alice Liddell during boat trips on the river near Oxford. Frost-resistant
polyresin suitable for indoor or outside use.
11.1 V
1T
2F
3F
4F
5T
12.1
1g
2i
3d
4j
5b
6e
7f
8h
9c
10 a
UNIT VI. FOOD AND DRINK
1 1b
2
2 a, d
3c
4 j, i
5f
6g
7 h, e
a True. Nomura Bank owns 3, 998 British pubs (March 1998 figure)
b
False. Supermarkets have more than doubled their share of food sales in the past ten
years.
c False. £1.26 billion is spent on hamburgers, but this is less than half of what is spent on
medicines.
d True
e True
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f True
g True. The company is ‘Iceland’.
h True
i False. The true figure is less than once a month.
4 1a
2c
3e
4 d 5 g 6 a 7 d 8 e 9 b 10 d 11a 12f 13c 14e
6.1
starters: bacon, lettuce and tomato
mussels in wine
garlic king prawns
char-grilled vegetables
main courses: Irish stew
chicken, leek and bacon
desserts: fresh fruit salad
chocolate cake
beef and stout pie
ground coffee
fish and chips
cakes and scones
6.3
1 shepherd’s pie
lade
7 scones
pudding
9
A
12.1
2 haggis 3 fish and chips
8 porridge
4 smoked salmon
9 bangers (or sausages) and mash
11 kippers 12 Cornish pasties
5 sandwiches
6 marma-
10 roast beef and Yorkshire
13 bacon and eggs 14 rice pudding
Menu 1 is British, Menu 2 is Continental
1 Spicy sausage patties with potato wedges
cheesy treats
chicken chow mein
2 Less than 30 minutes
12.2
Recipe
Patties
Split open the sausages into a bowl. Add the cranberry jelly. Chop up the onions quite finely and
add to the mixture. Mix well. Scoop some out (tbl spn) and roll it in your hands (put flour on
hands) til you get firm little patties. Repeat with the rest of the mixture. Dust them with flour.
Heat pan on a low-to-medium heat and add a table spoon of sunflower oil.
Wedges
Take the potatoes and slice them into wedges length-ways. Take the cayan pepper, cumin, salt
and a little oil and combine in a bowl with a brush and brush the mixture over the potatoes
lightly. Fry on a char-grill pan (for 5-8 minutes turning regularly). Add thyme to the pan.
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Sauce
To a hot saucepan add the ketchup, honey, soy sauce, vinegar and mustard. Roll the orange on
the worktop pressing firmly to release the juice. Cut it in half and squeeze the juice into the pan.
Stir and allow to reduce.
13
Summer pudding
1 Prepare (clean/wash) the fruit.
2 Stew till soft with the water and the sugar.
3 Cut the bread into slices slightly more than 1 cm thick.
4 Line the basin with bread slices.
5 Pour in the hot fruit.
6 Cover the top with slices of bread.
7 Stand the basin in a cool place. Put a small plate on top with a heavy weight on it.
8 Leave until the next day.
9 Turn out carefully.
10 Serve with cream or custard (a sweet sauce made from milk, eggs and sugar)
UNIT VII.
1
e
10
b
19
b
28
b
2
c
11
a
20
c
29
a
3
a
12
b
21
a
30
a
4
f
13
b
22
d
31
b
5
d
14
a
23
d
32
c
6
b
15
c
24
c
33
a
7
a
16
d
25
a
34
c
8
c
17
c
26
c
35
a
9
b
18
a
27
d
36
c
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