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Lesson 26
Text A
What Are the Times of Meals?
Mr and Mrs Williams had always spent their summer
holidays
in England in the past , in a small boarding-house at the seaside. One
year, however, Mr Williams made a lot of money in his business , so they
decided to go to Rome and stay at a really good hotel while they went
around and saw the sights of that famous city.
They flew to Rome, and arrived at their hotel late one
evening. They expected that they would have to go to bed hun- gry, because
in the boarding-houses they had been used to in the past, no meals were
served after seven o'clock in the evening. They were therefore surprised
when the clerk who received them in the hall of the hotel asked them
whether they would be taking dinner there that night.
"Are you still serving dinner then?" asked
Mrs Williams.
"Yes, certainly, madam," answered the clerk.
"We serve it until half-past nine. "
"What are the times of meals then?" asked Mr
Williams.
"Well, sir," answered the clerk, "we
serve breakfast from seven to half-past eleven in the morning, lunch from
twelve to three in the afternoon, tea from four to five, and dinner from
six to half-past nine. "
"But that hardly leaves any time for us to see the
sights of' Rome ! " said Mrs Williams in a disappointed voice.
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Text B
The Food Is Bad
Lise, Nick and Bill had gone
out walking for the day. Nick got back about six. "Haven't Bill
and Lise arrived yet?" he asked. "I thought they were
ahead of me. . . "
It was 7. 30 when Bill and Lise came in. The
others were just finishing supper. " Where on earth have you
been?" Nick asked.
"We'll tell you all about it after
supper," Bill said. "We'd better go and get our food. The
warden's alreatly told us that we're late. . . "
After supper, the group sat around talking.
| STEVE: |
Ugh ! The food here really is bad. My soup was cold.
And the meat-huh! -it was like |
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leather! |
| LtsE: |
Yes, and they don't give you very much, either. I'm
still hungry. Are hostels in |
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England always as- badas this? |
| Anna: |
I haven't stayed in one for ages. But I'm sure this |
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one is especially bad. And the warden is so unpleasant.
. . |
| MALC: |
"Don't do this, don't do that. You mustn't do
this, you can't do that. . . " |
| STEVE: |
WEll, I'm going to write a letter of complaint. To the
Secretary of the Youth |
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Hostels Association! |
| LIsE: |
And we'll all help you. . . |
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Questions on Text B
7. Read the following dialogue once. Underline the key words while reading
and retell to your partner the dialogue in your own words.
| A: |
They don't really think you
took it, do they? |
| B: |
1 don't know. I just know I've
never been asked so many questions in my life. |
| A: |
How many of them were there? |
| B: |
Three-but there was one of
them who kept asking really stupid questions. |
| A: |
Like what? |
| B: |
Oh, he wanted to know what
time I got up this morning and if I bad a bath or a |
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shower - you know, things like
that. |
| A: |
What on earth has that got to
do with some money disappearing? |
| B: |
I've no idea. Oh yes, and the
most ridiculous thing. He asked me what I had for |
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breakfast this morning. |
| A: |
Oh well, that's it. They
obviously think you're a desperate criminal and you have |
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to steal to eat. I should
think you'll get thirty years. |
| B: |
Hmm. Tharik you very much. |
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