Proposing a Toast

1. Here's to the newlyweds/to the bride and bridegroom

You're at a pub with some friends. Jason has just bought a round of drinks. You raise your glass.

2. Cheers!

Cheers!

You are talking to a diplomat at an Embassy reception. Cocktails are brought round. You rise your glass.

3. Your very good health, Mr Pilkington. Thank you. And yours.

In other situations:

4. I should like to propose a toast to our host/hostess/hosts/the bride etc: his/her/their very good health.

(for very formal toasts on public occasions)

Class

Improvisation a Reunion

Some hints.

For this activity revise "Making Introduction", It's Been Long", "How are you", "Complimenting", "Proposing a Toast", "Thanks for Hospitality".

Former fellow students get together for a college reunion.

Act 1. The monitor calls a friend of hers/his and suggests making a reunion party. They call their fellow-students and discuss the arrangements. (It may be a cheese-and-wine party, a potluck, a cocktail party, a barbecue, a buffet party, a garden party. It can take place at someone's home, in a garden, in a restaurant, at a camping site, etc.)

Act 2. At a party. (Making small talk, eating, drinking, having a good time).

Act 3. After a party. (Exchanging thank-you calls, complimenting, gossiping).

Revision and Consolidation (Units 3-4)

I. Eating out

Put each of the following words or phrases in its correct place in the passage

below.

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I'm a terrible cook. I've tried hard but it's no use. I've got lots of (a) __________ I choose a (b)___________I want to cook, I read the (c)__________, I prepare all the necessary (d)_________and follow the instructions. But the result is terrible, and I just have a sandwich or some other quick (e) ______. So I often (f) _________. I don't like grand restaurants. It's not the expense, it's just that I don't feel at ease in them. First the (g) ______gives me a (h)________which I can't understand because it's complicated and has lots of foreign words. At the end of the meal when I pay the (i) _______ I never know how much to leave as a (j) _________. I prefer (k)_________places, like hamburger shops where you pay at once and sit down and eat straightaway. And I like (l) _______places, where you buy a meal in a special container and take it home.

II. Entertaining at home

Instructions as above.

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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)___________.

Note: crockery (Brli) - cups, plates etc, especially made of china