LESSON TWELVE (THE TWELFTH LESSON)

Text In the Lunch Hour (Meals)

Grammar t Выражение просьбы нли приказания, обращен ных к 1-му или 3-му лицу .(§ 61, стр. 597)

2.    Дополнительные придаточные предложения, вве денные союзами il нли whether (общие во просы в косвенной речи) (§ 62, стр. 597)

3.    Употребление артикля с именами существитель ными вещественными. (§ 63, стр. 597)

4 Сочетания a little, a few. (§ 64, стр. 598)

IN THE LUNCH HOUR (MEALS)

I usually have lunch at half past one, but yesterday I went to the office without breakfast (I only had a cup of tea) and by twelve o'clock I was already hungry. I don’t like having lunch alone, so I said to Nick: "Let’s have lunch together.” “All right,” he answered, “I’ll join you in a few minutes.”

When we went to the canteen, there weren’t many people there. We got tickets (checks) for lunch, sat down at a table near the window, and called the waitress. She brought knives, forks, spoons and plates and took our tickets (checks).

“Will you have any soup today?” I asked Nick.

“No, I’m not very hungry,” he said. “But I’ll have some mineral water, salad, meat and potatoes', and ice cream for the sweet.