Traditional American Food

Americans eat a lot. They have three meals a day: breakfast, lunch and dinner. Most of Americans don't eat home but prefer to go to restaurants. They can choose from many kind of restaurants. There is a great number of ethnic restaurants in the United States. Italian, Chinese and Mexican food is very popular. An American institution is the fast food restaurant, which is very convenient but not very healthy.

However there are some principles of American cuisine (if we may call it so). Americans drink a lot of juices and soda, eat a lot of meat, fruits and vegetables, not much bread. In the morning Americans have cereal or scrambled eggs, milk or orange juice. Chicken or fish, fried potatoes, vegetable salads, and desert: this is the most common menu for lunch. Dinner is probably the most important meal of the day, some people have family dinner, when all members of family have to be there. For dinner Americans usually have meat, fried or baked potatoes with ketchup or sour cream, corn, peas, sometimes macaroni and cheese or spaghetti; ice-cream, fruit or cake may be for dessert. Turkey, ham and apple pie are traditional for Christmas and Thanksgiving Day dinners.

Vocabulary:

ethnic - етнічний

healthy – здоровий, корисний

juice - сік

cereal - кукурудзяні пластівці

potatoes - картопля

salad - салат

ketchup - кетчуп

ice-cream - морозиво

apple pie - яблучний пиріг

Christmas - Різдво

Thanksgiving Day - День подяки

Questions:

1. How many times a day do Americans eat?

2. Do Americans like to eat at home?

3. What kind of restaurants is popular in the US?

4.What do Americans eat for breakfast?

5. What is the most important meal of the day?

6. What is a family dinner?

7. What dishes are traditional for Christmas and Thanksgiving Day dinners?

Спеціальність: Музичне мистецтво

stringed instrument – струнний інструмент

violin – скрипка

cello – віолончель

viola – альт

double bass – контрабас

harp – арфа

guitar – гітара

harp – гуслі

balalaika – балалайка

domra – домра

old clavichord – старовинний клавікорд

piano – фортепіано

clavecin – клавесин

harpsichord – клавесин

wind-instrument – духовий інструмент

flute – флейта

clarinet – кларнет

oboe – гобой

bassoon – фагот

pipe – труба

french horn – валторна

trombone – тромбон

tuba – туба (духовий музичний інструмент)accordion – аккордеон; гармоника

Стійкі вирази:

for a song – (розм.) дуже дешево, за безцінь

song and dance – (брит.) галас або скандал

song and dance – (амер.) просторові пояснення

waltz – (розм.) нікчемна справа

Спеціальність: Культурологія

to film – знімати фільм, робити кінозйомку

to make, produce, shoot a film\ movie - знімати фільм, робити кінозйомку

filming – випуск фільму

shooting, filming - знімальний процес

shooting stage - знімальний майданчик

sequence - послідовний ряд кінокадрів, епізод, сцена

event - сцена, епізод фільму

shot – кадр

rush - перші зняті епізоди фільму для показу

film strip (брит.) - кіноплівка

cinematic (прикм.) – що відноситься до кіно

actor, player – актор, виконавець

a film star (movie star амер.) – кінозірка

film-maker - ворець кінофільму; кінорежисер

cameraman – кінооператор, телеоператор

director of photography - оператор-постановник

chief operator - головний оператор

director - режисер, кінорежисер, постановник

casting director - особа, що відповідає за підбір акторів (посада асистента режисера)

assistant - помощник режиссера

film crew / unit - знімальна група

cast – склад акторів фільму

supporting cast - виконавці другорядних ролей

showing room – кінозал

cinema hall - кінозал

a cinema ticket- квиток в кіно

Спеціальність: Хореографія

Bad Dancers?

There aren't any BAD Dancers!

Often times, I listen to people make comments such as, "he has no rhythm.... or she can't follow". Sometimes the comments are even more harmful, "what do they think they're trying to do - that looks simply awful", or "he can't dance at all, he's just bopping - maybe he should take some lessons"!

Have you ever thought this? Ever voiced this to your friends? What's really important about dancing anyway?

I've attended many social dances and many competitions and must admit there is one dancer that I always enjoy watching on the floor. Have you ever seen the dancers that dance every dance (even if they can't dance?) but they're always smiling - always having fun. I watch these dancers in fascination, they are actually having a great time.

When I watch people on the dance floor, I often wonder, Why are they dancing - they look like they're in pain? I am truly amazed that anyone would go out for an evening of torment and painstaking work - there is a time and place for everything in life.

Social dancing is people moving together on the dance floor and enjoying themselves. We don't all have to dance the same way. Even if you just get up and sway to the music, that's your way of expressing pleasure in dancing. Did you ever think to yourself, "They're not bad dancers - just different".

A dance floor will always have people with different styles and knowledge levels about dancing: which doesn't mean they are good or bad dancers, just people enjoying themselves for an evening. Maybe if you take dancing so seriously that you're losing your ability to laugh at yourself over a mistake it's time to take a lesson or two from a social dancer that doesn't perform ballroom steps but actually moves to music for FUN!

Спеціальність: Образотвочре мистецтво