Yammy Christmas 

 In Austria, at the festive table is necessarily present carp stewed with beer sauce with ginger
bread, and dessert - sweet cheese pancakes in custard with caramel apricot sauce.
In England, spiced wine is served, tartlets with jam of dried fruits, plum pudding with a sprig of holly,
symbolizing the crown of thorns, red berries symbolize the blood of Christ.
In the Czech Republic sweet rolls filled with poppy, dried fruit and cottagecheese are served.
In Holland, help themselves with "oil balls". These are small balls made of flour and raisins, fried in
butter and sprinkled with sugar.
In Estonia the traditional Christmas dishes are stewed cabbage with blood sausage, pumpkin salad
and spicy cookies.
In Italy they always eat fresh pork sausage with braised lentils.
In France, will be served foie gras, oysters and seafood, then - a goose, and at the end - a chic
chocolate roll filled with chestnut cream.
In Poland, on New Year's table there are 12 dishes- carp, which is considered a symbol of family
happiness, and a cake with raisins, almonds, poppy seeds and honey.
In Mexico at Christmas children are presented with figures made of papier-mache, filled with
candies.
Vocabulary
a sprig of holly- веточка падуба
the crown of thorns- терновый венок
poppy- мак
dried fruit- сухофрукты
stewed cabbage- тушёная капуста
spicy- пряный
braised lentils- тушёная чечевица
chestnut- каштан 8. 11. tartlets- тарталетки
almonds- миндаль
custard- заварной крем
tartlets- тарталетки
British food and drinks / Британские еда и напитки
If you are in Britain and you feel like eating out, welcome to a traditional eating place called "a pub".
Here you can get any form of alcoholic drink, from beer to whisky or, nowadays, soft drinks. Many pubs
also run some kind of snack bar that provides cold food such as sausages, ham, olives, salad, veal-and-
ham pie, rolls and butter sometimes hot pies or toasted sandwiches.
Some pubs maintain the traditional division into two parts — a public bar and a saloon bar. In the first,
there is often a dart board and groups of friends will gather in the pub for a friendly match. The loser may
have to pay for a round! In the saloon bar, drinks cost little more, but the atmosphere is quieter and there
are perhaps fewer people.
In many pubs there is also a restaurant, and the food here is usually plain but of good quality. In fact, to
taste good, traditional English food you would do well to visit a reputable pub. Many business men often
have lunch in a pub near their office. In the country, the pub is often part of an inn where you can stay for
the night.
The Englishman’s favourite drink is beer, of which a variety of sorts is brewed. "Bitter" is probably the
most popular. "Stout" is a heavy dark beer, very popular in Ireland. English beer is different from
continental beer. The latter should be served well chilled, whereas English beer is at its best when it is
only cool Wine is also increasingly drunk, both in pubs and at homes.
The times of opening of pubs are regulated by law. Local variations are possible, but usually a pub is
open from half past eleven to three o’clock and from half past five to half past ten or eleven o’clock.
Betting is forbidden in pubs and children are not allowed to be in. However, increasing numbers of pubs
are opening their gardens to customers, so that children can play safely while their parents have a quiet
drink.
Now, you can choose between the pubs you would like to have a meal and a drink in.
Словарь
a feature of English life — характерная черта английской жизни
soft drink (s) — безалкогольный напиток
a snack bar — закусочная, буфет
a veal-and-ham pie — пирог из телятины и ветчины
toasted sandwiches — поджаренные бутерброды
a saloon bar — бар, салон-бар
a dart board — мишень для метания дротиков
plain — простой, без специй, без начинки
reputable — уважаемый, почтенный
brewed — сваренный (о напитке)
stout — крепкий портер (.вид пива)
Continental beer — легкое пиво
increasingly — все больше и больше