Напишите 5 вопросов к тексту Americans and British people generally eat three meals a day though the names vary
according to people's lifestyles and where they live.
The first meal of the day is breakfast. The traditional full English breakfast served in many
British hotels may include fruit juice, cereal, bacon and eggs, often with sausages and tomatoes,
toast and marmalade, and tea or coffee. Few people have time to prepare a cooked breakfast at
home and most have only cereal or muesli (AmE granola) and/or toast with tea or coffee. Others buy
coffee and a pastry on their way to work.
The traditional American breakfast includes eggs, some kind of meat and toast. Eggs may be
fried, 'over easy', 'over hard' or 'sunny side up', or boiled, poached or in an omelette (= beaten
together and fried). The meat may be bacon or sausage. People who do not have time for a large
meal have toast or cereal and coffee. It is common for Americans to eat breakfast in a restaurant. On 32
Saturday and Sunday many people eat brunch late in the morning. This consists of both breakfast
and lunch dishes, including pancakes and waffles (= types of cooked batter) that are eaten with
butter and maple syrup.
Lunch, which is eaten any time after midday, is the main meal of the day for some British
people, though people out at work may have only sandwiches. Some people also refer to the midday
meal as dinner. Most workers are allowed about an hour off for it, called the lunch hour, and many
also go shopping. Many schools offer a cooked lunch (school lunch or school dinner), though some
students take a packed lunch of sandwiches, fruit, etc. Sunday lunch is special and is, for many
families, the biggest meal of the week, consisting typically of roast meat and vegetables and a sweet
course.
In the US lunch is usually a quick meal, eaten around midday. Many workers have a halfhour break for lunch, and buy a sandwich near their place of work. Business people may sometimes
eat a larger lunch and use the time to discuss business.
The main meal of the day for most people is the evening meal, called supper, tea or
dinner. It is usually a cooked meal with meat or fish or a salad, followed by a sweet course. Some
people have a TV supper, eaten on their knee while watching television. In Britain younger children
may have tea when they get home from school. Tea, meaning a main meal for adults, is used
especially in Scotland and Ireland; supper and dinner are more widely used in England and Wales.
Dinner sounds more formal than supper, and guests generally receive invitations to 'dinner' rather
than to 'supper'.
In the US the evening meal is called dinner. It is usually eaten around 6 or 6.30 p.m and often
consists of dishes bought ready-prepared that need only to be heated. In many families, both in
Britain and in the US, family members eat at different times and rarely sit down at the table
together. Unless it is a special occasion, few people drink wine with dinner.
Many people also eat snacks between meals. Most have tea or coffee at mid-morning, often
called coffee time or the coffee break. In Britain this is sometimes also called elevenses. In the
afternoon most British people have a tea break. Some hotels serve afternoon tea which consists of
tea or coffee and a choice of sandwiches and cakes. Many people eat chocolate bars, biscuits (AmE
cookies) or crisps (AmE chips). Some British people have a snack, sometimes called supper,
consisting of a milk drink and a biscuit before they go to bed. In the US children often have milk
and cookies after school. Adults are especially likely to snack (= eat snacks), while watching

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