Unit I at a restaurant

Vocabulary area

Learn the following vocabulary items:

To eat out питаться вне дома	For the first/second course на первое/на второе
To be hungry быть голодным/хотеть есть	Tasty/delicious вкусный/очень вкусный
To be thirsty испытывать жажду/хотеть пить	Daily special/dish of the day блюдо дня
To have a snack/bite перекусить	Pork/ beef/ /veal/mutton свинина/говядина/телятина/баранина
To order заказывать	Rare/medium/well-done с кровью/средней прожарки/хорошо прожаренный
To prefer smth. to smth. предпочитать что-либо чему-либо	Garnish/side dish гарнир
To treat smb. with smth. угощать кого-либо чем-либо	Dressing/topping заправка/приправа/соус
To be full/stuffed быть сытым	Beverages напитки
Waiter/waitress официант/официантка	Bill счет
Starter/appetizer закуска/первое подаваемое блюдо	Tip чаевые

Warm up area

Answer the following questions:

• Do you like eating out? Why?

• How often do you go to a restaurant?

• What is your favorite restaurant?

• What is your favorite food to order?

• Have you ever had very bad customer service? What was the problem?

Discussion area

Read and translate the texts.

Restaurants

In all large cities there are plenty of restaurants, cafés, cafeterias, self-service dining-rooms, etc. All the large hotels have dining-rooms or restaurants.

You can have breakfast, lunch or dinner at any restaurant. Every restaurant offers you dinner «table d’hôte». These meals are known as regular dinners. It means that you are served with meals of several courses, at a fixed price. «Table d’hôte» is cheaper than «table à la carte». «Table à la carte» means such meals which are ordered course by course, from the menu card, each dish separately.

At the restaurant each little party of guests has its own table. In the evening you can see several people dancing at the far end of the room, near the orchestra. One of the waiters is standing near the table where there are cold dishes of various kinds. He is holding a tray with two wine-glasses on it. He has put the bottle of wine into the ice-bucket to keep it cool.

In summer, when it is very hot, you can also order cold, refreshing beverages, such as: soda-water, juice, lemonade or beer. In summer people also eat a lot of ice-cream.

At a restaurant you can get all kinds of meals, hot dishes as well as cold ones.

Take-away restaurants

Take-away restaurants are very popular. It is cheaper than eating in the restaurant and you can even order by phone and have all the food brought to your home.

The traditional Fish and Chip Shop is still popular but there are more and more Pizzerias and Burger Bars, too.

PUBS

The «Pub» or «Public House» is part of the British tradition. It is a place where you can meet people, chat, listen to music, play darts and, of course, have a drink. The most common drink served is beer (called ale, bitter, stout or lager), but you can also choose wine, cocktails, spirits or soft (non-alcoholic) drinks.

Most pubs serve food, too. There are no waiters in the pubs.

Look through the text. Get ready to discuss.