Going to a restaurant L2 Arriving at a restaurant
1. Vocabulary
- mushroom soup
- Caesar salad
- fresh oysters
- shrimp cocktail
- roasted chicken with vegetables
- steak and baked potato
- fresh fish with rice
- vanilla [və’nɪlə]
- apple pie
- chocolate mousse
- lemon sorbet
- As a starter
- main course
- dessert special
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| [MAITRE D’] Good evening. Do you have a reservation? |
| [SALLY] Yes, we do. |
| [MAITRE D’] What name is it under? |
| [SALLY] Sally Phillips. |
| [MAITRE D’] Ah, yes. Ms. Phillips. That’s two people, for inside. |
| [SALLY] That’s right. |
| [MAITRE D’] come this way. |
| [WAITRESS] Good evening. My name is Barbara. I’ll be your waitress tonight. Here are your menus. Can I get you something to drink? |
| [PAM] Uh, water’s fine for now. |
| [WAITRESS] Can I tell you about our specials for tonight? |
| [SALLY] please. |
| [WAITRESS] As a starter, we have a tomato salad with goat’s cheese and olives. |
[WAITRESS] And we also have a lovely mushroom soup. For a main course, we have wild salmon with lemon and butter. And our dessert special is fresh strawberries with vanilla ice cream. |
| [SALLY] Thanks. Could we have some bread, please? |
| [WAITRESS] Certainly. |
2. Grammar
You can also use some to make requests and offers.
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Can I have some water, please?
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Would you like some bread?
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Do you have any fresh oysters this evening?
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Do you have any lemon sorbet?
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No, we don’t have any salad this evening.
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I’m sorry. We don’t have any shrimp cocktail today.
3. Expressions
| Dialog |
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| SERVER: Good evening. My name is Carol. I’ll be your server tonight. Here are your menus. Can I get you something to drink? |
| PENNY: No, thank you. Water is fine for now. |
| SERVER: Can I tell you about our specials this evening? |
| PENNY: Yes, please. |
| SERVER: As a starter, we have fresh oysters. We also have a very nice shrimp cocktail. For the main course , we have chicken with vegetables, and we also have a sirloin steak with baked potato. |
| JOHN: Oh, I’m getting hungry! |
| SERVER: Our dessert special is chocolate mousse with fresh strawberries. |
| PENNY: Thank you very much. I think we need a few minutes. |
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