English National Meals

The Celebration of Birthday Party
Our traditional meal consists of three courses. We usually have breakfast, dinner and supper. But today is a particular day. Today is my husband’s birthday. I awake very early in the morning and go to the bus stop. I take a bus and go to the market. The bus is overcrowded in rush hours. I must buy many different things there, especially a gift for my husband. I go to the butcher’s and buy two kilos of meat. Then I buy other things. After that I come back home. The bus is about empty now. I get off a bus and go home with my purchases. I open the door with my key and come into the flat. I take off my shoes and pass into the room. I want to prepare pilaff. I switch on the gas stove, put a pot on the stove, pour three hundred grams of cotton oil and heat all. After that I peel onion and carrot; and cut meat into pieces. I fry meat, onion, and carrot in the pot. In half an hour I pour water and throw rice. In an hour pillaff is ready. At the same time I cook other dishes: different salads such as olivye and venegred. The main is a cake. I take three eggs beat them into the big bowl, put one glass of sugar and mix it with mixer, put one glass of flour and mix all again. I pour all into the pan and put all into the oven. In forty minutes the cake is ready. I want to decorate the cake myself. I take sugar, milk, cacao, mix all, heat on the stove and pour it out on the cake. Today we wait for our guests to the birthday party. The table is laid for guests and everything is ready for the party.
There is no place like home
Today we have a house warming party. We have got a flat in a new four-storey house. It is on the ground floor. It is a fine three room flat. It has all modern conveniences such as running water, gas, electricity, central heating and a telephone. There is a study, a kitchen, a bathroom and a lavatory in our flat. This is our sitting room. The walls are blue and the ceiling is white. There is a carpet on the floor. There are wall lamps on the walls. There is also a sofa, two armchairs and a vase of flowers. On the right there is a writing table. Next to the writing table there is a bookcase. There are no photos on the walls, but there are a few pictures of well-known American painters. Sometimes we have our meals or watch TV in this room. I often read my newspapers and magazines in the study. We usually have our meals in the kitchen. The kitchen is large and there is much air there. It is clean and neat. There is a gas stove, a table and four chairs and a cupboard. Now we expect our friends to the house warming party. The table is laid for supper and everything is ready for the party.