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LESSON 16

THE THEME: English meals
E N G L I S H M E A L S

ENGLISH MEALS

BREAKFAST


SUPPER



LUNCH




DINNER

SNACK


1.Read and translate the text
There are 4 meals a day in an English home: breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner. Breakfast is the 1^st meal of the day. It is about 8 o’clock in the morning and consists of porridge, eggs, and bread and butter with marmalade or jam. Some people like to drink tea, but others prefer coffee. Instead of porridge they may have fruit juice with biscuits.
The usual time for lunch is 1 o’clock. It consists of soup, meat with vegetables. They drink coffee or tea. Water is always on the table.
Tea is the 3^rd meal of the day. It is between 4 or 5 o’clock, the so-called 5 o’clock tea. On the table there is milk, sugar, bread, butter, cakes and jam. Guests are often present at tea.
Dinner is the 4^th meal of the day. It is about 7 o’clock in the evening. It consists of soup, fish or meat with vegetables, fruit salad, and ice-cream or cheese and biscuits. Then after talk they have a coffee. So the four meals of the day are breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner.
2. Answer the questions.

1. 
   How many meals are traditionally eaten in England?
   
2. 
   What drinks usually accompany each meal?
   
3. 
   What do the English usually eat at each meal?
   
4. 
   Some people eat their meals at different times. Why?
   

LESSON 17

THE THEME: The United States of America
1. Read and translate the text
The United States of America, or the USA, is a large country. It is the fourth largest country by area, only a little smaller than Europe. It stretches from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. The main landmass of the USA contains 48 of the 50 states that comprise the country. The only countries that the main landmass of the USA borders are Mexico to the south and Canada to the north. In addition, two states are not connected to the main landmass. They are Alaska, the biggest state, which is northwest of Canada and across the Bering Strait from Russia, and Hawaii, a chain of islands in the Pacific Ocean.
The United States has many different kinds of land. It has mountains and forests, deserts and lakes. Almost any kind of land and climate that one can imagine can be found somewhere in the United States.
As for the population, it is the third largest country in the world. About 260 million people live there. While three-quarters of the USA is considered “white”, their ancestors were immigrants from other countries. Except for the Native Americans, approximately one percent of the population, all Americans are relative newcomers to the country. About 12 percent of the population have significant root in Africa and consider themselves African Americans. The Latino population, or people with significant roots in Mexico and South and Central America, is currently 7 percent and growing. The Asian-American population is also increasing. But despite the diversity of the people in America, any citizen of America is considered simply an American.
The thirteen original states of the USA, which stretched from the Atlantic Coast to the Mississippi river, were originally British colonies. In 1775, those states began the Revolutionary War to separate themselves from Britain. With declaration of Independence, issued on July 4, 1776, they formally separated themselves from British rule. The present constitution was proclaimed in 1787 inPhiladelphia.
The flag of the United States is called “The Stars and the Stripes”. The 50 stars, white on a blue field, represent the 50 states, and the 13 stripes represent the 13 original British colonies that declared independence from Great Britain in 1776.
The national anthem is called “The Star Spangled Banner”, and is about the flag. It is from a poem which was written by Francis Scott Key while he was held captive on a British warship during a battle.
The early colonists in America had a difficult life, suffering from hunger and disease in the America wilderness. Very often they were short of clothes and other necessities.
When fertile soil was discovered west of the Appalachian Mountains, many farmers decided to leave their homes and travel to find new homes and farms.