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achievements and who respects the privacy of others, is much more likely to win approval
and respect.
When invited to a meal at somebody else's house people often take a bottle of wine or
chocolates or flowers, as a gift. Apart from this, it is not usual to give presents to people you
do not know well. It is not considered polite to look round other people's houses without
being invited to do so, and people usually ask where the toilet is rather than going to look
for it. Many people do not smoke and visitors should ask permission before they smoke in
somebody's house. Close friends are much less formal in each other's houses and may get
their own drinks and help to clear away the meal.
40. Continue the list of things you shouldn’t do during your meals: 1. Don’t speak
with your mouth full. 2. Don’t eat off your knife. 3. Never read while eating.
41. Give the equivalents: поведінка, ввічливий (2), повага, увага, доказ, гідність,
брутальний, колупати у носі, відригувати, позіхати, інтимність, схвальна думка,
серветка, коліна, жувати, лікоть, досить, простягати (руку), дарунок, дозвіл.
ACCEPTING/REFUSING INVITATIONS
42. Complete the dialogues 1-4 using one of the expressions from the list below.
ACCEPT Enthusiastically: Thanks, I’d love to …; Thanks, that sounds great/like fun; I’d
love to, thank you very much for asking/inviting me.
Unenthusiastically: I guess so; I suppose so; I might as well; Why not?
REFUSE Politely: Thanks for asking/thinking of me but …; It sounds
lovely/great/wonderful/ but I’m afraid I …; Sorry, I can’t …; I would love to, but I’m afraid
I can’t because …; Thanks, but I’d rather not/I’m not very keen on …
Firmly: No, thanks, I don’t enjoy/fancy/feel like …
Impolitely: No, I don’t want to/ I hate …
1. A: We are all going out to that new Chinese restaurant tonight. Would you like to join us?
B: … (accept enthusiastically)
2. A: I’m having a party on Saturday night. I hope you can make it.
B: … (accept unenthusiastically)
3. A: I’m having a dinner party on Tuesday. Would you like to come?
B: … (refuse politely)
4. A: It’s my daughter’s birthday party on Sunday and all the children from her class will be
there. You are coming, aren’t you?
B: … (refuse firmly)
43. Use the phrases from the list and the prompts below to act out similar dialogues.
Will that be all? Would you like anything else? What would you like? Who’s next,
please? What can I get you? Here you are.
44. Invite somebody to: a wedding reception, a fancy dress party, a barbeque, an Italian
restaurant.

UNIT 5
The British Isles and the UK
1. Read the following text, translate it into Ukrainian.
The British Isles is a traditional geographical term used to identify the group of
islands off the northwest coast of Europe consisting of Great Britain, Ireland and the many
smaller adjacent islands. These islands form an archipelago of more than 6,000 islands off
2.
the west coast of Europe – totalling 315,134 km The term “British Isles” is correctly used
to describe the whole archipelago, but many Irish people, as well as some Scottish and
Welsh nationalists find the term “British Isles” proprietorial and unacceptable as being

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