2020-09-28
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Objectives: In this unit students will:
- learn common phrases used at the restaurant;
- take part in role-plays to practice ordering food and describing dishes.
Task 1. Read the phrases and practice saying them:
| Waiter: | Guest: |
| Welcome to our restaurant. Do you have a reservation with us? What is your name, please? The window/booth tables are all reserved. Right this way, please. Have a nice time. Here is your menu. Would you like today’s specials? Are you ready to order? Would you like a starter? What would you like for the main course? How about a dessert? Can I bring you anything else? Would you like anything to drink (while you are waiting)? How would you like your steak (rare, medium, well done)? Do you want to pay separately? (for two people) How would you like to pay? Please enter your PIN. | Could I get a table by the window/ a booth table? I’d like to have the set lunch. I’d like to try the steak, please. Fish and chips for me, please. I’ll just take some salad, please. I’d have the onion soup to begin with, and the grilled lamb chops to follow. I think I’ll take a bowl of chicken soup for the main course. Could I have the bill, please? Can you make two separate bills for us? Can I pay by credit card? |
| Talking about the menu: | |
| Shall we have a look at the menu? I'm so hungry. What would you recommend? What is it? What is special about it? Sounds delicious. I think I'll take it. Well, I'm not sure. No, I'd rather not. I'm on a diet. I don't want to put on weight. Let's take a bottle of French wine. Let's order now. It's a good restaurant and not very expensive. |
Task 2. In pairs take part in a role-play. One of you is a waiter, and the other student is a customer. Follow the instructions below.
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Level 1
Time 15 min.
| A: Welcome the guest. | B: Greet the waiter. |
| A: Ask how many people there will be. | B: Only you. Take a table for one. |
| A: Give the menu. Offer the guest to have something to drink while he is choosing the meals. | B: Agree and make a choice. |
| A: Ask if the guest would like today’s specials. | B: Agree and listen to the waiter. |
| A: Name today’s specials. Ask if the guest is ready to order. | B: Say what you would like for a starter. |
| A: Ask what the guest will have for the main course. | B: Choose a dish to your taste. |
| A: Come back and apologize for the fact that the main course that the guest has chosen is not available now. | B: Choose another dish. |
| A: When the guest has finished eating, ask if he/she would like to have any dessert. | B: Ask for recommendations. |
| A: Recommend at least two different desserts. (E.g. fried milk cubes with cinnamon, apple pie with custard, chocolate cake with whipped cream) | B: Choose a dessert. |
| A: Ask if everything is OK and if he/she wants something else. | B: Say that everything was delicious and ask for the bill. |
| A: Bring the bill. Ask how the guest will pay. | B: Choose the type of payment. |
| A: Tell the guest to come again, say goodbye. | B: Thank the waiter and say goodbye. |
Task 3. In pairs take part in a role-play. Read the task below.
One of you is a tourist, and the other student is a waiter in a restaurant serving local food.
Level 2
Time 15 min.
| Card 1 You are a tourist. You have come to a restaurant to taste local food, and you need help to decide what to choose. Be ready to: l choose the table; l ask the waiter about today’s specials; l ask questions about some dishes; l ask what the waiter recommends; l choose a starter, the main course and a dessert; l ask for additional dishes (optional); l ask for the bill and choose the type of payment; l thank the waiter for the meal. |
| Card 2 You are a waiter in a local food restaurant. A tourist needs help to decide what dishes to order. You need to: l greet the guest, show him/her to his/her place; l give the menu and tell the guest about today’s specials; l tell the guest about the national cuisine, name several dishes and describe them; l recommend some dishes; l take the order; l ask if the guest wants something else and be ready to give the bill; l invite the guest to come again to this restaurant. |
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