Chocolate Nut Sundae

Puff-cake / pastry with Raspberry Jam

Chocolate Sponge

Trifle

Cherry Shortcake

Fruitcake

Pancakes sewed with Lemon Juice and Brown Sugar

Chocolate Mousse

Blackberry Fool

Apple Crumple

Irish Coffee

Liqueur Coffee

Galic coffee

Soft Drinks

Fruit Cocktail

Milk-Shake

Iced Orange Drink

Coke

Beer (dark / light)

Lemonade

Mineral Water

Sparkling Water

7. You suggest to your husband eating out instead of cooking at home. He disagrees first giving his reasons. But then you manage to persuade him and you go to a restaurant.

8. You are in a restaurant looking through the menu. There are a lot of dishes you don’t know. Before you decide on smth. ask the waitress to tell you about them and then make orders.

9. Your friend and you are having lunch in a restaurant in London. Before paying the bill discuss the dishes you’ve eaten, the service and how much to tip the waiter.

Self check

Exercise 1. Read the story. Refer to the list below and fill in the blanks with the best word or words. The first one has been done for you.

(o) «I’m not very hungry. I think I’ll skip the first (1) …… I’ll order just one (2) …… I don’t want the (3) ……, but I might have (4) ……, (5) ……, (6)…… or (7) ……»

«You eat (8) …...,» Anita said to me. «It isn’t good for you to have so much (9) ….».

«I’m going to have (10) ……»

«I’ll have a (11) …..», I said. «I hope it will be (12) ……»

«I’ll start with (13) ….. and (14) …..», Anita said. «This is a wonderful (15) …..», she added, looking round. «The (16) ….. very good here».

My meat was very (17) ….., but a bit (18) …… «I should have chosen (19) …… beef», I said. «I really prefer meat done in the (20) ……»

Anyway, we enjoyed the meal and finished with (21) ….. sorbet and (22) ……, followed by (23) ….. which was rather (24) …….

«The (25).….. was quite reasonable», I said, as we were leaving. «We should come here more often».

Anita didn’t agree. «From tomorrow», she said, ‘we’ll both be back on a (26) …..!»

0 a) I haven’t 1 a) course 2 a) plate 3 a) menu

much hunger b) dish b) dish b) cart

b) I’m not very c) plate c) dish hungry of the day

4 a) fowl 5 a) sheep 6 a) beef 7 a) hog

b) chicken b) lamb b) bullock b) pig

c) poultry c) ox c) pork

d) hen

8 a) too many 9 a) flesh 10 a) fish 11 a) beef

meats b) meat b) fishes b) steak

b) too much

meat

12 a) tender 13 a) bouillon 14 a) a bread 15 a) canteen

b) soft b) soup b) a roll b) restaurant

16 a) foods are 17 a) tasty 18 a) hard 19 a) roasted

b) food is b) tasteful b) tough b) roast

c) kitchen is c) toasted

20 a) furnace 21 a) citron 22 a) fruits 23 a) cafe

b) oven b) lemon b) fruit b) coffee

24 a) strong 25 a) addition 26 a) diet

b) stark b) reckoning b) system

c) bill c) regime

Exercise 2. Fill in the gaps with articles where necessary.

1. I don’t like ____ mineral water, I prefer ____cup of ____ tea. 2. Is there anything to your taste on ____ menu? 3. She is going to cook ____ fish soup for ____ dinner. 4. What can you recommend for ____ first course? 5. ____ meat is just to my liking. 6. What do you usually have for ____ second course? 7. ____ cheese was fresh and tasty and he ate it with ____ appetite. 8. At ____ dinner we sat far from each other and could not talk. 9. After ____ dinner sit a while, after ___ supper walk a mile. 10. Who is coming to ____ tea? 11. I had ____ supper at the hotel restaurant. 12. For ____ breakfast I had ____ boiled egg and ____ cup of ____ strong tea. 13. He prefers ____ roasted meat for ____ second course. 14. She likes ____ black coffee for ____ breakfast. 15. Will you please buy ____ loaf of ____ brown bread? 16. He is fond of ____ cabbage soup. 17. I liked ____ pork we had for ____ supper. 18. I had ____ big dinner today. 19. Did you enjoy ____ meal? 20. ____ juice was delicious. 21. ____ dinner is cold already. We must warm it up. 22. It is ____ very substantial breakfast, isn’t it? 23. I enjoyed ____ lunch they served at the restaurant.

Exercise 3. Put each of the following words or phrases in its correct place in the passage below.

cutlery

vegetarian

diet

crockery

side dish

starter

napkin

entertaining

main course

washing up

sink

dessert

Maureen often gives dinner parties at home. She loves (a) _______. She lays the table: puts the (b) _______ in the right places, sets out the plates and puts a clean white (c) _________ at each place. For the meal itself, she usually gives her guests some kind of (d) ________ first, for example soup or melon. Next comes the (e) ______, which is usually meat (unless some of her guests are (f) ______ or if they’re on a special (g) ________) with a (h) __________ of salad. For (i) _______ it’s usually fruit or ice-cream, and then coffee. When everyone has gone home, she must think about doing the (j) __________, as in the kitchen the (k) ________ is full of dirty (l) ________.