III. Speaking.

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B. Mind the prepositions with the following. Suggest the Russian variant for the sentences.

A. Find in the article the English equivalents for the following

II. Vocabulary

1. Кухня стала центром современного дома

2. Целое столетие социальных перемен

3. Улучшилось благосостояние рабочего класса

4. Изобретение электро - бытовых приборов

5. Растущие цены за услуги по дому (за найм слуг)

6. Кухня стала визитной карточкой в доме среднего класса

7. Кухня будущего – место, где больше равноправия

8. Дизайн (кухонь) адресован исключительно покупателям – мужчинам

1. to supply ideas for turning that pokey back room into a place of cherry wood cabinets…

2. Only the poor and the servants ate in the kitchen.

3. The rising cost of servants boosted demand for labour – saving devices.

4. A woman was taught to fulfillher dreams through her kitchen.

5. British men have been inspired to put on their aprons by male celebrity chefs.

6. Kitchen manufacturers are responding with a cool, harder-edged look, designed to appeal to masculine taste.

7. The lure of state-of-the-art multi-media gadgetry will pull more men intothe kitchen in the future.

A. Answer the questions:

1. Has the kitchen become the heart of the modern house?

2. Why do estate agents use photographs of kitchens to sell properties?

3. What does the elevation of the kitchen relate to?

4. How were kitchens run at Hampton Court Palace?

5. When did house keeping become a matter of interest to the literate classes?

6. What boosted demand for labour – saving devices?

7. Is it reasonable for women to combine cult of the kitchen with climbing the professional ladder?

8. Will the kitchen become a more egalitarian place with spouses chopping together in domestic bliss?

9. Could men be wishing to call the shots in the kitchen?