Assignments to the text

1. Analyse the tense forms of the verbs.

2. Write out the names of dishes (mind the articles, explain the use of the articles).

3. Say what you have learned from the Story about:

a) the womans’s behaviour;

b) the reason for the author’s nervousness.

4. Think and answer:

1) Why did the author agree to meet the woman at Foyot’s?

2) What kind of restaurant was it?

3) What impression did the woman give?

4) What phrase would she pronounce before ordering a dish?

5) What did the words “I never eat more than one thing” mean for the author and his life for the rest of the month?

6) Why did the woman think the author mean?

7) What was the author’s revenge?

8) Which of the characters do you sympathize with?

Choose the proverb which best illustrates the idea of the story. Prove your choice.

a) Appetite comes with eating.

b) Eat at pleasure, drink with measure.

c) After dinner comes the reckoning.

Vocabulary

A
Appetite	Аппетит	Appetizer	закуска
B
Beer	Пиво	Bill	Счет
To pay the bill	Заплатить по счету	Broth	Бульон
C
Cafeteria	Кафетерий	Canteen	Столовая в учреждении
To choose (chose, chosen)	Выбирать	Choice To make a choice	Выбор Сделать выбор
Chop	Отбивная котлета	Cloackroom	Гардероб
Cook	Повар, готовить	Cooker	Плита
Course	Курс, блюдо	For the first course	На первое
For the second course	На второе
D
Dessert	Десерт	Diet	Диета
To be on a diet	Быть на диете	To be on a slimming diet	Быть на диете с целью похудеть
Delicious Tasty (syn)	Вкусный	To dine in To dine out	Есть дома Есть вне дома
Drink	Пить, напиток
E
To eat (ate, eaten)	Есть
Scrambled fried eggs	Яичница глазунья
F
Fried	Жареный	To fry	Жарить
Frying-pan	Сковородка
G
Glass	Стакан	Wine-glass	Рюмка
Glass-holder	Подстаканник
H
Harm	Вред	Harmful	Вредный
Hunger	Голод	Hungry	голодный
L
Liqueur	Ликер	Liquors	Крепкие спиртные напитки
list	Список
M
Meal	Прием пищи	Menu	Меню
On the menu	В меню	Motto	Девиз
Mustard	Горчица
O
Order	Заказ, заказывать	To take smb’s order	Принять у к.-л. заказ
P
Pastry	Сдобная выпечка
R
Restaurant	Ресторан	Roastbeef	Ростбиф
S
Snack To have a snack	Закуска Закусить, перекусить	Soup Steak	Суп Бифштекс, натуральный кусок жареного мяса
Substantial	Существенный, плотный
T
Tea Toast To tempt	Чай Тост Искушать, соблазнять	To propose a toast   To treat smb with	Произнести тост за ч.-л. Угощать кого-л. чем-л.
W
Waiter Waitress Head waiter	Официант Официантка Метрд’ отель	Dry wine Semi-dry wine	Сухое вино Полусухое вино