A) Read after the teacher

Listen to the two people who have just had a meal in a restaurant and write a reproduction of the conversation explaining at the end what the dilemma is. Write the reproduction in the Past in Reported Speech.

B). Get ready to discuss the text in class.

HOME ACTIVITIES

Read about table manners in Britain and say how they differ from those in your country. Open the brackets and use the verbs in the appropriate forms.

Although rules regarding table manners are not very strict in Britain, it... (to consider) considered rude to eat and drink noisily. At formal meals, the cutlery... (to place) placed in the order in which it... (to use), starting from the outside and working in. The dessert spoon and the fork... (usually / to lay) at the top of your place setting, not at the side.

After each course, the knife and fork... (should / to lay) side by side in the middle of the plate. This shows that you... (to finish) and that the plate... (can / to remove). If you... (to leave) the knife and fork apart, it... (will show) that you... (not / to finish) eating yet. It... (to consider) impolite to smoke between courses unless your hosts say otherwise. It is polite to ask permission before you smoke in people’s homes. In Britain, smoking... (to forbid) now in many public places, for example, on the underground, in shops, in theatres and in cinemas.

17. Discuss a). which of the following habits you consider rude and why; b). which of them, if any, you consider acceptable only at home, and which you consider totally unacceptable:

· helping yourself to food without asking

· starting to eat before everyone is served

· picking at food with your hands

· reading at the meal table

· resting your elbows on the table

· reaching across the table in front of people

· leaving the table before other people have finished

· not thanking the cook

· wiping your plate clean with bread.

18. a) Open the brackets and use the verbs in the appropriate forms. 4

Although pubs _______________________ (1 – always/to use) by all social classes, there used to be an informal class division. The ‘public bar’ _____________ (2 – to use) by the working class. This is where a dart board and other pub games ___________________ (3 – could/to find). The ‘saloon bar’, on the other hand, _______________(4 – to use) by the middle classes. Here there was a carpet on the floor and the drinks __________ (5 – to be) a little more expensive. Some pubs also __________ (6 – to have) a ‘private bar’, which was even more exclusive. Of course, nobody had to demonstrate class membership before entering this or that bar. These days, most pubs __________________ (7 – not/to bother) with the distinction. In some, the walls between the bars _________________________ (8 – to knock down) and in others the beer _______________ (9 – to cost) the same in any of the bars.

U Step III

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

PHONETIC EXERCISES

Intonation Drills

1. 'Eat at kpleasure, 'drink by mmeasure.

2. As 'drunk as a mlord. As 'sober as a mjudge.

3. 'Good 'wine needs 'no mbush.

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