C. Each rose sent on Valentines Day has some meaning. For example, a red rose means love and respect and pink says, «I am having sweet thoughts about you. Also, it is believed that one rose stands for love at first sight, eleven flowers mean that the receiver is truly and deeply loved and a hundred and eight roses are recommended for marriage proposals.
D. Some superstitions about seeing birds on Valentines Day are really funny. It was once believed that if a woman saw a flying robin, she would get married to a sailor. However, if she saw a sparrow, her future husband would be poor. If she saw a goldfinch, she would marry a millionaire. There is no answer to who she would marry if she saw a pigeon, as history does not say anything about pigeons.
E. Romeo and Juliet, the two characters from the play by William Shakespeare, are remembered all over the world as an emblem of romance. The young lovers lived in Verona, Italy. Every Valentines Day, this city still receives about 1,000 letters addressed to Juliet. The fictional character is still alive for many people who believe in romantic and immortal love.
F. Started by a group of feminists, Quirkyalone Day is celebrated on February 14 as an alternative to Valentines Day. The new holiday started in 2003 as a celebration of romance, freedom and individuality. Its a day to celebrate the things you enjoy doing alone. Ways to celebrate include: buying yourself a new dress, taking a long walk without your mobile phone, exploring a new part of town, trying a new recipe etc.
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Fish and chips
Long before the Big Mac was invented, Britain had its own national form of fast food fish and chips (or fishnchips for short). Fishnchips was a relatively balanced and healthy meal that people could eat in the street on the way home from work, or during their lunch-break. Wrapped in newspaper, it would keep warm even on the coldest days of the year. Besides, serving fishnchips in newspaper helped to keep prices low.
No British town is more than 150 km from a sea port, and most are much closer. So when railways were built in the 19th century, fresh sea fish could easily be bought in all British towns. Cheaper than meat, sea fish became a popular source of protein. By 1870, fish and chip shops were opening all over the country and soon every town in Britain had its fishnchip shops. For a hundred years, they were a popular British style restaurant.
In the last quarter of the 20th century, things changed. «Fish and chips are not so popular with young people these days,» says Lizzie, a teenager. «Most of the time, if young people want to eat out, theyll go to a Burger King or a Chinese take-away. Fish n chips is a bit old-fashioned. But there are still cheap chip shops around. We sometimes have it at home, and we go and get it from the chip shop. It saves cooking!»
Thousands of chip shops have closed in the last twenty-five years. Some have been turned into Chinese or Indian take-aways, others have just closed. They have survived best in seaside towns, where the fish is really fresh, and people visit them more as a tradition than for any other reason.
Yet nothing, perhaps, can save the classic fishnchip shop from disappearance. Fishnchips wrapped in newspaper is already just a memory. European hygiene rules dont allow food to be wrapped in old newspapers, so todays chip shops use cardboard boxes. Of course, you can still eat fish and chips with your fingers if you want, but there are now plastic throw-away forks for people who do not want to get greasy fingers!
In spite of these changes, the classic fishnchip shop could disappear in a few years time for another reason lack of fish. For over ten years European agriculture ministers have been trying to solve the fish problem but with little success. As a result of industrial fishing, some types of fish are disappearing. Limits on the number of fish that can be caught have been introduced, but fishermen in Britain and other countries protest against them because jobs are lost. At some point, thousands of European fishermen could lose their jobs anyway, as there will be few fish left to catch. Soon sea fish will become rarer and, as a result, more expensive.
The traditional fishnchip shops will certainly continue to reduce in number. Soon cheap fishnchip shops will be gone completely. Fish and chips, however, will survive as a high-priced specialty in some expensive restaurants. In the years to come, they may become the only place where you can try this traditional English dish.
13. Fishnchips became popular much earlier than Big Macs.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
Ответ: _______
14. Traditionally only fish with white meat were used to make fishnchips.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
Ответ: _______
15. In the 19th century, in Britain, fish was more expensive than meat.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
Ответ: _______
16. According to Lizzie, todays young people prefer burgers to fishnchips.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
Ответ: _______
17. The number of fishnchip shops in Britain is rising steadily.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
Ответ: _______
18. New packaging has made fishnchips more popular.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
Ответ: _______
19. In the near future there will be fewer places where people can try fishnchips.
1) True 2) False 3) Not stated
Ответ: _______
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