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4.Make up dialogues using the following variations.

1)— Would you liketo have dinner?

to have lunch to have supper

mushroom soup broth

chicken soup

— What about some salad? I recommend youthe prawn cocktail. the fish salad

the vegetable salad

—I prefer

3)— What ... for the second course?

—Fried potatoes with salmon, please. French fries

Macaroni with chops

—What ... to drink?

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Polylogues

1. Read the polylogues and translate them.

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JOHN: Shall we have dinner in this restaurant? They serve good meals here and the prices are reasonable.

FRED: Well. Let’s go more quickly, please. I’m very hungry. WAITER: What can I do for you?

J.: We’d like to have dinner. Are there vacant seats in the corner?

W.: Yes. Take your seats at the table on your right. It’s vacant. Here is the menu. Make your choice.

suppose.F.: What shall we have? A th

J.: I’m thirsty. Let’s have a glass of mineral water first.

F.: I prefer iced tea. Waiter! A glass of mineral water and iced tea, please.

J.: What shall we have as a starter? As for me I’ll have fish salad. F.: But I’ll have vegetable salad. Would you like any soup? I’ll

have chicken soup and roast beef for the main course. J.: I like your choice. I’d rather have the same. W.: Have you made your choice yet?

F.: Yes. We’d like to begin with salads. One fish salad and one vegetable salad, please.

W.: What would you like to follow? F.: Chicken soup and roast beef, please.

W.: Very good. What vegetables would you like? J.: Oh, French fries, I think. What about you, Fred?

F.: Me too. Please, serve us as quickly as possible. We are in a hurry.

W.: Don’t worry. I’ll serve you in no time.

J.: Could you bring the bill straight away, please? We’d like to pay separately.

W.: Sure. $35, please.

J.: Here is your money. Keep the change. F.: Do you accept traveller’s check?

W.: Yes.

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FRED: Hello! Do you have a table for two, please?

WAITER: Good evening! Certainly. Would you like to have a drink in the bar first and I’ll bring the menu.

JOHN: What a good idea! What would you say, Fred? F.: I don’t mind.

J.: (In the bar) What would you like?

F.: As for me I’ll have scotch. And what about you, John? J.: I would rather have a glass of red wine.

W.: So, one scotch and a glass of red wine. Here is the menu. F.: What shall we have to start with? The prawn cocktail is very

good, I suppose.

J.: I’d rather have a bit of fish-jelly. What shall we have to follow?

F.: Do you know what I’d like? Something typically Italian.

J.: Well. There are seven sauces to have with the spaghetti. You can have spaghetti with mushrooms, chicken, beef, and lobster sauce. I’ve made my choice and I recommend you to try spaghetti with lobster sauce.

F.: Lobster sauce? All right. That sounds nice. I’ll try it.

J.: We’ll have one prawn cocktail and one fish-jelly to start and spaghetti with lobster sauce to follow.

W.: Very good. And what would you like for desert? J.: What’s there for desert today?

W.: Ice-cream, fruit, pies. I’d recommend you to try apricot pie. F.: OK. Two pieces of apricot pie.

W.: Any coffee, sir?

F.: I’d rather have a cup of tea. And what about you, John? J.: I’ll have the same. May we have the bill, please?

W.: Sure. I’ll bring it immediately.

F.: Look, John. If you don’t mind, I’ll pay.

J.: No. This is on me. You can pay next time. I think there is a mistake in the bill. What does this amount to?

W.: Drinks are on the house. Service is included. J.: Oh, I see. Here you are waiter. Keep the change. F.: We enjoyed, thank you.

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Notes:

Here you are! — Вот, пожалуйста!

on the house — за счет заведения

2. Continue the conversation.

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JOHN: Shall we have supper in this restaurant? They serve good meals here.

ALAN: Well. I’m very hungry. WAITER: What can I do for you?

J.: We’d like to have supper. Are there vacant seats in the corner?

2

F.: What shall we order? A three-course dinner, I suppose. J.: I leave the choice to you.

F.: What would you say to some salad, fish soup, roast beef and orange juice?

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W.: Have you made your choice yet?

F.: Yes. We’d like to begin with salads. One fish salad and one vegetable salad, please.

W.: What would you like to follow?

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W.: What would you like for desert? J.: What’s there for desert today?

W.: Ice-cream, fruit, pies. I’d recommend you to try an apple pie.

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J.: May we have the bill, please?

W.: Sure. I’ll bring it immediately.

F.: Look, John. If you don’t mind, I’ll pay.

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3.Study the information given below and compose your dialogues.

1)You suggest your friend to go to a restaurant and give reasons for your choice.

2)Dinner at the restaurant.

Captain Corner’s Steak House

Probably the most beautiful garden and in-door restaurant are located in Pattaya, with a seating capacity of over 100 people.

The Captain Corner’s Restaurant and Steak House has added another 60 seats to its out-door restaurant and can now accommodate up to 150 dining guests.

For any kind of private function, you can reserve the new outdoor Sala or the in-door air-conditioned restaurant.

Green Bottle

On Pattaya 2 Rd next to the Diana Inn there is a wide selection of dishes on the menu, including tornado “cordon rouge” (fillet steak stuffed with goose liver pate and wrapped in bacon), a mixed grill “London House”, roast duck with red wine sauce, and lobster or crab thermidor with white wine sauce and buttered rice. Thai specialities are also available. Nightly entertainment includes a vocalist. There’s also a pool table.

La Gritta

An Italian restaurant on Beach Rd in north Pattaya specializes in seafood cuisine and operates daily from 18.00 to 23.00.

House specialities include La Gritta Pasta with home-made sauce (clams, herbs and white wine) and Italian-style Rock Lobster. A pianist entertains during dinner.

Lobster Pot

Situated at 228 Beach Rd in South Pattaya, is an out-door restaurant on a terrace by the sea. The favourite dish of the place is the seafood platter, consisting of different kinds of seafood, either steamed or barbecued.

Other favourites include king lobster and seafood in coconut milk, which has a mild and tangy taste. The restaurant opens daily from 10.00 till 01.00.

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Rossini, Royal Cliff Grand

Rossini, Royal Cliff Grand offers Italian cuisine at its best, featuring authentic antipasti, salads, soups and of course one of the widest selections of pasta as well as other typical Italian fish and meat dishes. And to complement every meal, there is an array of delicious Italian desserts and an excellent wine list.

Whether you choose to dine in the cosy ambience of the restaurant or outside on the terrace by the swimming pool of the Royal Cliff Grand, the Rossini provides you with a truly memorable dining experience of fine Italian regional cuisine.

Note:

house speciality — фирменное блюдо

1. Read text 3 twice and do the tasks below.

Text 3

THE SWEDISH BOARD

The service food system of “the Swedish Board” type is a great advantage for the guests — they needn’t wait for the waiters and checks. Breakfast is served from 8 to 10, dinner from 12 to 15, supper from 6 to 8. As a rule supper is arranged for conferences, congresses and symposia.

Various juices, fresh cucumbers, tomatoes, salads, cereals, meat, milk and egg dishes, butter, pan-cakes, cheese-cakes and pastry are recommended for breakfast.

Fish assorty and fresh vegetables, fish in marinade, jellied fish, meat assorty, Russian salad, herring in dressing, mixed green salad can be recommended for appetizers for dinner. For soups guests can have clear soup and toast or patty, borshch or vegetable soup. In season — okroshka or cold beetroot soup. For the main course — fried fish and chips (chipped potatoes), plain beefsteak and vegetables, poultry or game dishes.

For a sweet we can recommend ice-cream with jam, fresh and stewed fruit, tea with lemon, black coffee, mineral water and special beverages. Before dinner iced water is served.

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Fresh red caviar, spicy fish snacks — sprats, salt-sprats, sardines; hot and cold smoked fish, ham, jellied tongue, cold meat cuts and also roast chicken, turkey, hazel grouse, suckling-pig; soda-water, mineral water, lemon squash, juices and special cooling beverages are served for supper.

The assortment of appetizers, dishes and beverages should be various. The guests should taste a little of each dish.

National traditions and other peculiarities should be taken into account. :

The Swedish Board is placed in the centre of the hall, the tables for four guests are near the walls. The plates with snacks and other dishes are served in the centre of the Swedish Board (and also sets for taking food).

The snack-plates are served near the edge.

The guests come up to the Swedish Board, take the snack-plates, make choice of the appetizers, dishes and cooling beverages and take their seats at the tables.

For dessert a separate table is arranged close by. The waiter can help the guests if necessary.

The guests can buy vodka, wines, cigarettes, beer, coffee, mineral water and pastry for cash money in the restaurant hall.

2.Say which of the following statements are true. If not, explain why.

1)The service food system of “the Swedish Board” type is a great advantage for the guests.

2)Breakfast is served from 8 to 10, dinner from 13 to 15, supper from 7 to 8.

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3)National traditions and other peculiarities aren’t taken into account. :

4)The Swedish Board is placed in the centre of the hall.

5)The plates with snacks and other dishes are served in the centre of the Swedish Board (and also sets for taking food).

6)The snack-plates are served also in the centre of the Swedish Board.

7)The guests come up to the Swedish Board, take the snackplates, make choice of the appetizers, dishes and cooling beverages and take their seats at the tables.

8)For dessert a separate table is arranged close by.

9)The guests cannot buy vodka, wines, cigarettes, beer, coffee, mineral water and pastry for cash money in the restaurant hall.

3.Rearrange the sentences into logical order according to the text.

1)Various juices, fresh cucumbers, tomatoes, salads, cereals, meat, milk and egg dishes, butter, pan-cakes, cheese-cakes and pastry are recommended for breakfast.

2)Fish assorty and fresh vegetables, fish in marinade, jellied fish, meat assorty, Russian salad, herring in dressing, mixed green salad can be recommended for appetizers for dinner.

3)The service food system of “the Swedish Board” type is a great advantage for the guests.

4)Fresh red caviar, spicy fish snacks, cold meat cuts and also roast chicken, turkey, soda-water, mineral water, lemon squash, juices and special cooling beverages are served for supper.

5)The Swedish Board is placed in the centre of the hall, the tables for four guests are near the walls.

6)For the main course — fried fish and chips (chipped potatoes), plain beefsteak and vegetables, poultry or game dishes.

7)The snack-plates are served near the edge.

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8)Fish assorty and fresh vegetables, fish in marinade, jellied fish, meat assorty, Russian salad, herring in dressing, mixed green salad can be recommended for appetizers for dinner.

9)For a sweet ice-cream with jam, fresh and stewed fruit, tea with lemon, black coffee, mineral water and special beverages can be recommended.

10)The guests can buy vodka, wines, cigarettes, beer, coffee, mineral water and pastry for cash money in the restaurant hall.

11)For dessert a separate table is arranged close by. The waiter can help the guests if necessary.

4.Summarize the text in Russian.

5.Translate the text.

6.Read text 4 and headline it.

7.Translate the text in writing.

Text 4

AT McDONALD’S

McDonald’s is a joint Russian-Canadian restaurant, which was opened on the 31st of January, 1990. It is situated in Pushkin Square in the centre of Moscow. The seating capacity of the hall is seven hundred seats. Coming into the restaurant hall you go to the main counter, get the illustrated menu-card and a girl (or a young man) recommends you dishes, beverages, milk cocktails and dessert. You make your choice, pay the money, take the tray with your dishes, beverages, and dessert and occupy any vacant table. The service is quick and excellent. The quality is first-class! What’s on the menu? For a snack you can have “Big Mac” — minced beefsteak made from plain beef, sliced lettuce latuk, brown onions, a slice of cheese and pickled cucumbers. All this is placed in a bun. Fillet of fish — delicious white fillet of Atlantic cod in dried bread. Single or double hamburger made from plain beef, slices of pickled cucumbers and brown onions, single or double cheeseburger also made from plain beef of high grade quality, slices of cheese and pickled cucumbers.

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For a drink you can order cooling beverages — “Coca-Cola”, “Coca-Cola Light” (made without sugar for diabetics), “Spright” and “Fanta”. There are milk cocktails, thick and nourishing, with chocolate strawberry and vanilla syrup. If you like, you can have dinner consisting of “Big Mac”, fried crisp potatoes and refreshing beverage. For a change you can have double cheeseburger or if you care for fish — fillet of fish. For dessert you can taste “Sunday”. It’s a soft ice-cream poured with hot chocolate, hot caramel or cooling strawberry syrup. There is also tea and delicious apple pies.

Welcome to McDonald’s!

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