On Manners and Customs in the USA

Вопрос №28

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Receptionist: Please sign the register, Mr. Hunt. Jim, take the suitcases to the second floor.

Jim: Yes, madam.

Mr. Hunt: Here’s the register. How much are the rooms please?

Receptionist: A single room's four pounds. A double room's six pounds. Would you like a

television in the room?

Mrs. Hunt? Yes, please. Mr. Hunt and I would like a television. We'd like a telephone too.

Receptionist:Every room's got telephone.

Mr. Hunt: Have the rooms got bathrooms?

Receptionist: Yes, every room’s got bathrooms

Mr. Hunt: Have the bathrooms got showers?

Receptionist: Yes, every bathroom's got a shower.

Mr. Hunt: Good.

Receptionist:Are you going to the rooms now?.

Mr. Hunt: Yes, we’re going now. Send two cups of coffee to the room, please.

Jane: And three lemonades.

Mr. Hurt: Yes, two cups of coffee and three lemonades.

Receptionist:Yes, sir. Here are the keys Mr. Hunt. Jim, take the Hunts to rooms six, seven and

nine.

Jim: Come this way please.

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The Hotel Rooms

Вопрос №29

A German composer, author of the Fifth Symphony.

Beethoven

 

Вопрос №30

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Shop­girl: What can I do for you, madam?

Customer: I'd like a pair of strong walking shoes for everyday wear.

Shop­girl: What size do you take in shoes?

Customer: My size is 37.

Shop­girl: Will you try on these brown shoes, please?

Customer: Don't you think that the heels are a bit too high for everyday wear?

Shop­girl: Oh, no, such heels are all the fashion now. But you can try on another pair. Here is a

pair of nice flat­heeled shoes. Do they pinch?

Customer: I like "them much better than those ones. Will you give me a shoe for the left foot,

please? It's a perfect fit. How much are they?

Shop­girl... roubles.

Customer: Will you wrap them up, please? Where is the cash­desk?

Shop­girl: It's at the end of the department. Thank you.

Customer: Thank you. Good­bye.

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At the Footwear Department

Вопрос №31

A carnival held in New Orleans, Louisiana in the days before Lent.

Mardi Grass

Вопрос №32

A person who lives a life of pleasure in extremely comfortable surroundings.

Sybarite

 

 

Вопрос №33

Passenger: I want a ticket to London, please. Which train must I take?

Booking­clerk: If I were you, I should take the 8.35 train.

Passenger: Do I have to change anywhere?

Booking­clerk: No, no change, it's a through train.

Passenger:Thank you. A ticket to London, please.

Booking­clerk: Single or return?

Passenger: Return, please, first class.

Booking­clerk: Here you are.

Passenger: Thank you. What time did you say the train goes?

Booking­clerk: 8.35. You'll have to hurry if you want to register your luggage.

Passenger: Thanks. (He hurries away)

Travelling by Train

Вопрос №34

For the 2­nd course Russians eat different kinds of salad (meat salad, fish salad, vegetable

salad), fried, boiled or stewed meat or fish. At times we cook a roast chicken, especially on

holidays.

For the 3­d course (for dessert) we have a glass of juice, a piece of a cake or a pie (cookies) if

we aren't on a diet. A lot of people eat ice­cream, fruit and berries for dessert (pineapples,

tangerines, apricots, cherries, mangoes? strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries and etc.). In

summer everybody adores to have a piece of melon or a water­melon).

In the evening we have supper. Some people prefer mashed potatoes with pickled or fresh

vegetables, such as tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, onions (leek). Others eat stewed cabbage

with a beefsteak or fried liver or kidneys. Russians also like stuffed peppers, tomatoes,

squashes, potatoes. A special Russian dish is "'pyelmeni", a kind of ravioli ­ small cases of pasta

containing chopped meat.

After that we have a glass of milk or stewed fruit with biscuits, crackers, or sweets (candies). But

Meals

Вопрос №35

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Nowadays more and more people travel around the world, some travel on business, some just

for travelling, but all of them have to stop at hotels.

There are millions of hotels all over the world, some of them are small and reasonably priced,

some are very expensive, and of course there are very big hotels which are well – known all

over the world.

And certainly every hotel has a restaurant where you can have three meals a day and where

you can book something to bring to your room.

Seaside hotels have swimming pools and tennis courts.

Surely modern hotels make our travelling easy and comfortable.

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Hotels

Вопрос №36

In general social customs which are considered polite abroad are respected in the USA.

Casual friendliness is characteristic for Americans and should not be mistaken for closed

friendship, which is usually developed over a period of time. Americans call each other by their

first names much sooner and more often than do people of most other countries. It may take

you a little time to learn some of the American small manners and customs.

Americans usually shake hands when they meet, but a man does not shake a woman’s hand

unless she offers it to him.

Introductions are simple: “Mr. Smith, Mr. Crown”, or “Bob Smith, John Crown,” or “Bob, John”.

For a more formal introduction, you may say, “Mr. Smith, may I introduce Mr. Crown?” When

you are introduced to someone you usually say “How do you do?” or “It’s nice to meet you”. You

can say a simple “Hello” to an informal introduction. When you introduce a man to a woman, say

the woman’s name first.

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