Question

ПЖ ПЖ ПЖ II.Read the text and answer the questions People who come to Britain for the first time find some of the customs new and interesting. The English do not shake hands each time when they meet. When you go to a friend's house for a meal, it is not the custom to say "Thank you" at the end of the meal as in most European countries. Here you wait until you are leaving to go home and then you thank your friends for their invitation. Very few people, even people with quite a lot of money, have servants in their homes. It's very difficult to find a servant and to find a good servant is even more difficult. They also want too much money for their job. So families do most of the housework themselves, and husbands usually work as much as wives. Most of the housework is done on Saturday mornings or afternoons when nobody works. 1. What do tourists find strange in Britain? 2. When do you usually say "Thank you" if you have a meal at a friend's house? 3. Do all rich people have servants? 4. Do wives do most of the housework? 5. Why do people do their housework on Saturdays?

Answer 1

Ответ:

1) People who come to Britain for the first time find some of the customs new and interesting.

2)When you go to a friend's house for a meal, it is not the custom to say "Thank you" at the end of the meal as in most European countries.

3)Very few people, even people with quite a lot of money, have servants in their homes. It's very difficult to find a servant and to find a good servant is even more difficult.

4)So families do most of the housework themselves, and husbands usually work as much as wives.

5)Most of the housework is done on Saturday mornings or afternoons when nobody works.

Answer 2

1. Tourists find the customs in Britain strange and interesting. 2. In Britain, it is not the custom to say "thank you" at the end of a meal at a friend's house. Instead, you wait until you are leaving to go home and then you thank your friends for their invitation. 3. No, not all rich people have servants. It is difficult to find a servant, and even more difficult to find a good servant. Additionally, servants may ask for high wages. 4. In Britain, families do most of the housework themselves, and husbands typically work as much as wives. Therefore, it is not solely the responsibility of wives to do the housework. 5. People in Britain often do their housework on Saturdays because it is a day when nobody works. This allows for more free time during the rest of the week for work and other activities.