Ex. 1. Read and retell the text.

Ex. 2. Answer the questions.

1.What problem do American consumers face when buying food?

2.How often does the family visit a supermarket to purchase its food for a week?

3.What will enable Americans to make their buying decisions right at home?

4.What is the secret of success of fast-food and take-out restaurants?

5.What is more recent development in the American food industry?

6.Which food items are very popular now in America?

Ex. 3. Find in the text equivalents to the following words and phrases.

Потребители, изделия из дробленного зерна, типы продуктов, консервированный, полуфабрикат, духовка, подавать на стол, запеченная рыба, вегетарианский стол, “быстроешки”, постное мясо, ресторан, “обеды на дом”.

Ex. 4. Make up questions to which the following sentences might be the answers.

1.Meats, fish, fruit, vegetables etc. are available throughout the country during any season of the year.

2.Now virtually all food stores have a wide choice of frozen foods specially prepared to be cooked in a microwave oven.

3.The microwave oven has revolutionized the home preparation of meals.

4.Since the 1950s fast-food and take-out restaurants have had a phenomenal proliferation in the U.S.

5.An entire family can often go to eat at fast-food place for convenience and economy.

6.Animals are now being scientifically bred to produce lean meat.

7.A demand for foods grown and produced free of fertilizers has led to the development of an “organic food” industry.

Grammar: Construction “To be going to”.

“going to (do)” is used

when one says what one intends to do in the future.

- Are you going to watch the ten o'clock news?

- No, I am too tired, I am going to have an early night.

when the speaker knows something is about to happen. Usually there is something in the present situation that makes the speaker sure about what will happen:

- Look at that little boy at the puddle. He is going to fall into it.

The sky is overcast with black clouds. It is going to rain.

Ex. 5. Say when you are going to do something.

1.Have you spoken to the manager? (after lunch)

2.Have you made the tea? (gust)

3.Have you bought a car? (soon)

4.Have you done your homework? (just)

Ex. 6. Write questions with going to.

1. It is unexpectedly hot today. (what/you/wear)

2. Vlad has given me his latest painting. (where/you/hang it)

3. I've decided to sell the house. (what/you/buy/instead)

Ex. 7. Answer the questions using was/were going to.

1. Did you ask Melany to help you?

No, I … but I changed my mind.

2.Did they visit the Tate Gallery?

No, they … but they changed their mind.

3. Did he attend the meeting?

No, he … but he changed his mind.

Ex. 8. You have to say what you think is going to happen in these situations.

1.You are my best friend. We have been friends for many years. Now you are going away. (miss)

2.The children went to the woods all by themselves. They don't know the area well. (get lost)

3.There is a hole in Tom's jacket pocket. He's put some small change in it. (lose)

Ex. 9. Translate into English.

1.Ты почистил машину? - Нет еще. Я почищу ее завтра.

2.Вы уже пообедали? - Нет еще. Мы как раз собираемся сделать это.

3.Небо такое голубое. Будет чудесный день.

4.Я решила устроить званый вечер. - Кого ты собираешься пригласить?

5.Твои друзья ездили в отпуск в Испанию? - Нет они собирались, но передумали.

6.Экзамен завтра. Ты совсем не занимался. Ты провалишься.

Методические указания по изучению данного раздела:

1. Дать необходимую фоновую информацию предложенного текста.

2. Лексические задания направлены на актуализацию словарного запаса по теме, поэтому необходимо формировать умения определять смысловую релевантность английских слов.

3. Извлекать необходимую информацию и структурировать ответ и формулировать свою точку зрения;

уметь рассуждать логически, используя необходимые лексические выражения.

4. Формирование грамматических навыков пройденного материала

Unit 14.

SHOPPING.

Text: The Big Stores of London.

Grammar: The Future Indefinite (Simple).

Практические цели: Формирование умений и навыков устной речи (говорения) и письменного выражения мыслей, закрепление лексического и грамматического материала. Развитие навыков диалогической речи по теме "Shopping”.

The Big Stores of London.

One of the features of London is the number of big stores, most of which are to be found in or near the West End. These stores are the mixture of tradition and modernity.

They developed in the nineteenth century; they maintain the dignity of that century, yet there are always ready to follow new trends.

The big stores of London are vast big buildings, many stories high, equipped with speedy lifts and escalators, with well-planned lighting, ventilation and heating.

Departments are carefully named; “1Budget Dresses” are really cheap dresses- but no customer likes to be thought of as a “cheap” shopper. The same applies to “Ready-to-wear”; it is used to be used for the garments that were not made-to-measure, though now of-the-peg clothes are the rule rather than the exception. “Mother-to-be” or “Lady-in-Waiting” will often be found instead of the conventional “Maternity wear”. Then there are newer words for the new trend of fashion- “Mix-and-Match”, “Unisex”, “Millinery”, “Gowns”, and sometimes still the words derived from the French- “Mantles” for coats, “Layette” for baby-wear. Another feature of London's shopping life is the chain-stores, in which the goods are displayed on open counters. A wide variety of goods is offered- chiefly foodstuffs, household goods, clothing and stationery. These chain-stores have branches in most British towns of importance.

One very well-known firm of chemists has shops in many parts of London, too, and in these you may buy not only dairy produce but also groceries, soap and household articles.

Most of the food stores, called supermarkets, operate on the self-service system: you go in, puck up a basket, walk round the shop and choose what you want. At the exit there is a check- out point, a cash-desk where you pay for all your goods together.

Topical vocabulary.

1.to be found находиться

2.mixture смесь

3. modernity современность

4. to develop развивать

5.to maintain поддерживать

6.dignity достоинство

7.new trends новые тенденции

8. to be equipped оборудованный

9. department store универсальный магазин

10.chain stores магазины филиалы

11.wide variety широкое разнообразие