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lettuce and tomatoes, and some coffee. Sometimes he has a hamburger
and French fries and a soda.
Mr. Smith tries to be home at 6:00 or 6:30 every evening so that
he can have dinner with his wife and children. His wife serves not only
a full meal of chicken, meat, or fish, a salad, and vegetables but also a
dessert of pie or cake. The parents have coffee, and the children drink
milk. At about l0p.m., while watching TV, Mr. Smith has a snack of
either some ice-cream or another piece of pie.
Once a week, Mr. Smith goes out with his wife to a restaurant for
dinner. They usually go to a Chinese, Italian or Mexican restaurant
because they like to try different international cuisine. On Saturday or
Sunday afternoon, the whole family eats out at a fast-food place because
that is what the children prefer.

5.Listen to the text “Everyone’s cup of tea” and render it.

Everyone’s Cup of Tea

The one drink that Britons love more than all others is tea. Today
the people of Britain drink more tea than any other nation in the world.
They drink it in bed in the morning, round the fire on winter afternoons
and out in the garden on sunny summer days.
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The British first heard of tea at the end of the 16 century, and
first tasted it in about 1650. For almost two centuries all tea was brought
from China until, in 1823, a tea plant was found growing in India.
Sixteen years later the first eight chests of Indian tea were sold in
London. Today London’s tea markets have tea from India, Sri Lanka
(Ceylon), Africa, and China.
There are two kinds of tea in Britain: afternoon tea and high tea.
Afternoon tea takes place between 3:30 and 5:00 p.m. High tea is taken
between 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. by families which do not usually have a late
dinner. High tea is sometimes called supper.
At 11 a.m. a lot of people stop working and have a cup of tea or
coffee with slices of bread and butter or cakes. This meal is called
elevenses.
“How do you like your tea – with or without?” The answer to this
question for most people in Britain is “With, please,” though some
people drink their tea without milk or sugar.

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