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
| Dialog | |
|---|---|
| [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. |
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| [SALLY] Thanks. Could we have some bread, please? | |
| [WAITRESS] Certainly. |
2. Grammar
You can also use some to make requests and offers.
- Can I have some water, please?
- Would you like some bread?
- Do you have any fresh oysters this evening?
- Do you have any lemon sorbet?
- No, we don’t have any salad this evening.
- I’m sorry. We don’t have any shrimp cocktail today.
3. Expressions
| Dialog | |
|---|---|
| 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. |
