7. Read the following dialogues.

A: I’m calling the waiter.

B: What’s the matter?

A: This steak has too much fat.

B: What do you want the waiter to do?

A: Bring me a better steak.

B: I wouldn’t do that.

A: Why not?

B: They will drop the new steak on the floor, step on it, and then spit on it.

A: You’re crazy.

B: Then the waiter will give you a big smile as he brings you the new steak.

A: Where do you get these crazy ideas?

B: I used to cook in a restaurant!

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A: Let’s leave.

B: But we just got here.

A: Did you see the waiter’s hands?

B: No.

A: He had dirty fingernails.

B: Really?

A: His nails were black!

B: That’s disgusting.

A: And he poured water into our glasses.

B: Yuck! No water for me.

A: I wonder if the cooks? Nails are dirty, too.

B: Who cares? Let’s get out of here.

8. Read the story about the lady fond of junk food. Burger Queen

S he’s 109 years old and she eats only junk food.

Yesterday was Mary Alston’s birthday. She is 109 years old, and she is one of the oldest people in the world. And she only eats junk food.

Mrs. Alston had a party with six generations of her family. Her daughter, Jenny Morgan, who is 85, said, ‘My mother loves chocolate, and eats only popcorn, pizzas and burgers. She never eats fresh food. She says she doesn’t like it.’

Mrs. Alston lives in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. She was born on a farm in Pennsylvania, and worked as a teacher. In 1915 she married James Henry Alston. He died in 1983.

Her granddaughter, Annie, who is 65, said, ‘Grandma gets up every day at six o’clock, and goes to the hairdresser every Friday.’

Annie asked her grandmother what she wanted to eat on her birthday. Mary said, ‘I’d like a cheeseburger and fries!’

a. Match the questions and answers. Complete the sentences.

Questions	Answers
When was Mary Alston’s birthday?	She was …………… teacher.
……………she have a party?	She gets up at six o’clock.
Does she eat fresh food?	It was yesterday.
What …………… she eat?	‘I …………… a cheeseburger and fries!’
What was her job?	Yes, she did.
…………… was she born?	She …………… to the hairdresser.
When did she marry?	Popcorn, pizza and burgers.
What time does she ………….. up?	No, she …………… .
Where does she go every Friday?	On a farm in Pennsylvania.
what did she say to her granddaughter?	She married …………… 1915.

9. We all love food – but we don’t all like the same things! Read these amazing food facts from around the world and see how different we are. Amazing food facts!

• People in China eat 134,800,000,000 kgs of rice a year – more than in any other country in the world.

• In Tibet, people don’t have sugar in their tea, they have butter and salt!

• In McDonald’s restaurants in India they don’t sell beef. All the meat in their burgers is chicken or lamb. They also sell vegetarian burgers.

• People in Ireland drink about 150 liters of beer a year. In Germany, people drink about 130 liters a year.

• American people eat about 10 kg of chocolate every year, but the Japanese eat only 3 kg a year.

• The Royal Dragon restaurant in Bangkok, Thailand, has space for 5,000 customers at one time. There are 1,200 waiters and cooks, and over 1,000 items on the menu.

• The Solo per Due restaurant in Vacone, in central Italy, has only got one table – for two people!

a. Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?

1. Chinese people eat a lot of rice.

2. Tea in Tibet is different to tea in the UK.

3. You can buy beef in every McDonald’s restaurant in the world.

4. Japanese people eat a lot of chocolate.

5. The menu at the Royal Dragon restaurant is very big.

6. It is easy to have dinner at the Solo per Due restaurant.