7. Imagine you are in a restaurant. What will you do first? Put the following expressions in the right order and translate them.

1) read the menu ____

2) give the waiter the tip ____

3) have dessert ____

4) pay the bill ____

5) book the table ____

6) decide to go out for a meal ____

7) leave the restaurant ____

8) have the starter ____

9) go to the restaurant ____

10) have the main course ____

11) sit down ____

12) order the meal ____

13) ask for the bill ____

8. Fill in the missing remarks:

1. Do you have a reservation, sir? - _____________________.

2. Would you like this table by the window? - ___________ _.

3. What would you like for starters? - ___________________.

4. What about the main course? - _______________________.

5. Shall I give you a few minutes to look at the menu? - _____.

6. I’m sorry sir but we have run out of herring. I can recommend smoked salmon. - __________________________________.

7. What would you like with the veal. Maybe some vegetables. __________________________________________________.

8. Would you like to choose a wine? -______________________________.

9. Do you want any dessert? I can recommend fruit salad and strawberries with ice-cream. - ________________________.

10. Here is your bill, sir. - ______________________________.

Notes: salmon - лосось

veal - телятина

9. Make up 2 dialogues on the following topics:

1. You are dining out with your friend at a restaurant. Take the menu and try to decide together what you will order.

Use: What shall we order? I’d like _____. Lets decide about _______. Shall we have ____ or ____? What shall we start with?

2. Speak to the waiter discussing the menu with him.

Use: Have you got ______? I can recommend _____. Sorry but we’ve run out of ______. And to follow? How about _______? What would you recommend?

10. Think and answer.

1. Do you like to dine out?

2. What restaurant would you recommend to your friend from another town? Why?

3. What do you usually order?

4. What’s your favourite dish?

5. Describe your favourite restaurant or café.

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1. Read the text. Do you agree with the facts provided in it? Can you add anything? Has anything changed in Ukraine recently? Discuss it. Text b

Living in Ukraine for over one year has provided me with a rich opportunity to observe differences in both culture and marketing practice between the United States and Ukraine. Take McDonald’s as an example, the same or different? Yes, the McDonald’s restaurants in Ukraine look just like those found all around the world and they serve the U.S. hamburgers, cheeseburgers, fries and the basic “McMenu” and the food tastes exactly the same here as everywhere else. Although, one has to pay for extra ketchup or mayonnaise (free in many other parts of the world). Customer service levels are on a par with McDonald’s everywhere.

Though, the difference exists. The biggest one is that people working in McDonald’s in Ukraine are extremely happy. Not only happy, they actually bounce as they perform their work. I won’t say that the employees in fast food restaurants in the USA are necessarily grumpy, but they certainly don’t “bounce”.

For the next difference, look at the patrons. In the U.S. almost anyone can afford to go to a fast food restaurant. Perhaps they can’t afford it every day, but one or twice a month it is possible. The American drive-through is populated with cars of all price levels, and the people in the cars and restaurants come from all economic backgrounds. Now, check out people in Ukraine. McDonald’s is a special occasion restaurant, and an expensive place to go in Ukraine. The cars in Ukrainian drive-through are Mercedes and BMWs. The patrons are there to celebrate birthdays and special dates. Only wealthy Ukrainians can afford to go there for an everyday meal.

McDonald’s is the place to find the cell phones and fur coats alongside people who do not have enough money to buy one meal there. I have seen mothers come in and buy a child a Happy Meal, and then pull food out of a purse to eat with a child. I have also seen a Big Mac Meal split two, three or four ways. I have seen people come into the restaurant just to look. They can’t afford to eat there, but they want to see it.

The major similarity between the restaurant in the USA and in Ukraine is its appeal to children. Children here know McDonald’s, they know it’s a place where they can get a toy, and they know they will have fun there.

Notes: to bounce – пританцьовувати

patron - завсідник, постійний клієнт

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