My family and I

MEALS

The usual meals in England are breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner or supper.

Breakfast is generally a bigger meal than they have on the Continent. In the morning Englishmen have their favourite breakfast of cornflakes with milk and sugar or porridge. They spread some marmalade on the toast and butter. They also have some coffee and a roll. Breakfast is often a quick meal.
The midday meal is called lunch (then the evening meal is called dinner) or dinner (then the evening meal is called supper). At about 1 o’clock most offices and small shops are closed for an hour. Factory workers usually eat in their canteens. The usual midday meal consists of two courses: a meat course with plenty of vegetables and a sweet pudding. Those who eat at home usually call this midday meal, dinner. It is a three- or four-course meal. The first course is soup. Then comes fish or meat served with various vegetables. Sometimes they have chicken or duck for a change. For dessert they have jelly or fruit.
Afternoon tea is taken at about 5 o’clock. This means a cup of tea and a cake or biscuit taken in the sitting room or at work.
If the midday meal is the chief one of the day in the evening they have much simpler supper: an omelette or sausage, sometimes bacon and eggs. But certainly it is not the same in every English home. The meal depends on the state of the housekeeping budget. Besides, tastes differ.


MY INSTITUTE

I am a student of the Moscow Institute of Humanitarian Sciences and Economics, Kirov branch. I am in the___ year of the Faculty of ___. The head Institute is in Moscow.

Kirov branch is rather young. It was opened in 1996, but very soon became one of the leading non-state higher education institutions of its kind in Kirov region. The Institute trains specialists for medium size and small business, state and private companies and enterprises in a number of specialities including economics, banking, taxation, accounting, law, management, psychology and journalistics.
In 1996 the Institute admitted its first students to the Faculty of Economy and Management, the Faculty of Law. In 1998 two more Faculties started working: the Social-Psychological and the Faculty of Journalism. Later the Faculty of Design appeared.
Now over ___ students study at the Institute, almost half of them are studying to obtain a second higher education. One can choose the most convenient form of studying: by correspondence, the day-time and the part-time forms. The students of the extra-mural and evening-time forms of studying acquire higher education without leaving their jobs.
The students of Institute have all conditions to get a good education. There are many specialists of great practical experience, Doctors of Sciences and professors who give lectures and do their best to give our students professional specialization. Today the Institute has 2 buildings for studies with specially equipped classrooms, laboratories, lecture-halls, several computer classes, a library and a stadium.
The students have a 3 or 6 year-of-studies-course. It depends on the faculty. Every day students have lectures, seminars, tutorials and practical experiences. They have two terms a year, then they pass their exams and have vacations in winter and in summer. After graduation from the Institute the students get a diploma. They can also continue their studies at the Post-Graduate School.