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Your friends have invited you out to a restaurant to celebrate your birthday. You arrive at the restaurant:
We called a few days ago to reserve a table.
We reserved a table this morning.
Could we have a table, please?
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You're lucky, some people have just called to cancel their reservation; otherwise, the restaurant was full.
Yes, that's really good luck!
All the other restaurants are full too!
But is it a table for six?
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Yes.
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Yes, it is.
Please come this way. Will this be all right, here by the window?
That's perfect. What a great view!
We would have liked to be near the fireplace!
Yes, I think so!
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Ah! Here are your friends! And here are the menus and wine list. Would you like a cocktail to start with?
Yes, five martinis. Would you like one too, Brenda?
I think we'll all have some tomato juice.
We'll have three gin and tonics and three orange juices.
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Yes, of course.
Yes, that's possible.
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Cream of asparagus.
And what is the flounder served with?
You wouldn't have lobster, would you?
Does the "Turkey in white sauce" take long to prepare?
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What will you have as a main course? Do you prefer fish or meat?
I prefer fish.
I love both.
I'd like to have a local dish.
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It's served with broccoli and mashed potatoes, but you can also have mixed vegetables: zucchini, green
beans, carrots and peas, roast potatoes or stuffed eggplant.
Yes, I'll have the mixed vegetables.
I'm not so hot on green beans or zucchini.
Can I get that with boiled potatoes?
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Certainly.
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You have now all chosen your appetizers and entrees. The wine waiter comes and asks if you have also
chosen the wine.
We'll have two bottles of red Sancerre, please.
What do you suggest?
Could we try one of your house wines?
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All right.
O.K., that'll be right up!
No, just parsley and mayonnaise.
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Would you like to have a salad with this? We have mixed or plain salads. The Chef's Salad comes with
lettuce, scallions, green and red peppers, cucumber and tomatoes. There's also an avocado, apple and
nut salad.
Oh, that'll be enough.
Just a plain salad with oil and vinegar dressing.
Is there any garlic in the avocado salad?
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How about grilled salmon with capers, or turbot cooked in white wine and served with a creamy tomato
sauce.
That's exactly what I had yesterday!
No, I'll have prime rib, with a baked potato.
You even have "exotic scampi", and trout!
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Good choice!
Of course, we have a very good one.
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Here are your entrees. This is for you, I think, and this is for you. Did I get it right?
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Dictation
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Fill-in-the-Blanks
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You have invited some friends out to a restaurant to celebrate your birthday.
You arrive at the restaurant:
Good evening. I called a few days ago to book a table.
What's the name, please?
Did we give your name, Pamela?
No, we gave yours. Stevenson.
Yes, please come this way. Will you be all right here by the window?
That's fine, thank you.
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Glossary
alcohol
appetizer
to book
to cancel
course
to decide
dish
to eat out
French fries
menu
to order
reservation
restaurant
starter
today's special
waiter
well-done
wine list
Grammar Explanations
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Grammar Practice
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went
to pay
paid
to watch
watched
to do
did
to meet
met
to drink
drank
to fall
fell
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went
to cry
cried
to eat
ate
to fly
flew
to have
had
to cook
cooked
to taste
tasted
he (to come)
it (to taste)
we (to order)
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I (to get)
he (to have)
we (to make)
a broken wineglass
a reserved table
a cooked meal
a heated plate
a warmed up soup
a warmed-up soup
a spiced dish
salted fish
Mystery Phrase
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To get ready.
prepare
To like better.
prefer
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To fill.
stuff
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Picture/Word Association
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a mushroom
a cabbage
a pineapple
a tomato
a cauliflower
a green bean
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spinach
a tomato
a potato
a cauliflower
a carrot
a red onion
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a carrot
an onion
a jacket potato
a lettuce
a cauliflower
a cucumber
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a tomato
a Brussels sprout
a carrot
a potato
garlic
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a salad
a pineapple
a cabbage
garlic
a pumpkin
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a baked potato
a fried tomato
boiled spinach
fresh lettuce
steamed broccoli
raw onion
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beans
a cauliflower
garlic
an asparagus
a zucchini
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green beans
potatoes
spinach
red peppers
carrots
scallions
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a red pepper
a chili
garlic
ginger
parsley
a pumpkin
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an avocado
a kiwi
a banana
a grapefruit
a pomegranate
a tangerine
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an apple
a peach
an apricot
a cherry
an orange
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a walnut
a peanut
garlic
cheese
a cashew nut
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garlic
a pepper
a chili
an onion
a squash
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parsley
spinach
cabbage
lettuce
zucchini
Sentence Practice
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Text Transformation
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Video
This hotel employee looks very smart in his outfit. The hotel where he works must surely have several stars.
But the employees' elegance isn't everything. Indeed, everything must be perfect in a hotel: the organization,
the service and even the smile.
It's surprising to see the number of people who, satisfied with a place, come back to it every year.
Take, for example, a simple breakfast. It seems very ordinary to order a full breakfast and to ask for it to be
served to you in bed.
But it's not as easy for the waiter to bring it to you and not stumble on the stairs. Careful you don't spill
anything! Sitting in her bed, waiting patiently for her coffee, the guest obviously has no idea of all this.
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Whatever the time and whatever the event, the waiter must always listen and be at the beck and call of the
guest.
The noisiest place in a hotel and where people are the busiest, is probably the kitchen. The hotel manager is
found there more often than in his office.
Managing staff is always difficult, especially when it's a team of chefs who want, at all costs, to serve the head
chef's dish with a bilberry sauce, when a simple orange sauce, ten times less costly, would be perfectly
adequate!
They cut, grate, sprinkle, peel, scale fish... What talent! It's a true culinary art. The meal is a significant
element among those services provided in a hotel and the food must be irreproachable. Obviously, the
produce must be fresh and that requires working with a reliable supplier.
The fruits and vegetables are imported from the four corners of the globe and it's necessary to have complete
confidence in the company in charge of delivering the goods. It's impossible to plan for two hundred dinners
without being certain of getting fresh produce of an excellent quality in time and on time.
The choice of the supplier depends on the best quality-price ratio and the delivery time. It's not uncommon to
call upon the services of several professionals at the same time.
The restaurant opens its doors at the beginning of the evening and it's not unusual to see customers come in
who aren't staying in the hotel. All the waiters and waitresses are dressed to a T: shoes well polished, hair
well groomed, ties well done up, skirts well ironed...
As usual for the service sector, a restaurant's success depends enormously on its reputation. The service
must be impeccable. When you have a job in the service sector, never forget that the customer is always
right! And if they do happen to be wrong, keep it to yourself!
Video MCQ
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Word Association
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Match the words from the dialogue with their synonyms on the right.
full
great
next
tempting
perfect
plain
booked up
fantastic
following
appetizing
faultless
ordinary
Match the words from the dialogue with their synonyms on the right.
couple
luck
way
view
starter
dish
pair
chance
direction
panorama
appetizer
plate
Match the words from the dialogue with their synonyms on the right.
local
enough
pleasant
separate
mixed
main
regional
sufficient
agreeable
apart
assorted
principal
Match the words from the dialogue with their antonyms on the right.
cancel
love
take back
arrive
finish
suggest
confirm
hate
give
leave
start
dissuade
Word Order
you
arrive
at
yes,
that's
really
let
me
take
the
your
restaurant
good
luck
coats
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no
thanks,
but
is
could
we
you're
celebrating
can
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let
me
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that's
exactly
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could
we
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my
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that's
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I
called
to
reserve
a
table
I called
to reserve
a table for four
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fortunately,
fortunately,
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we
would
we would like
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I
don't
think
we'll
bother
with
I don't think
we'll bother with
cocktails
can't
there
never
make
any
not
in
one
it
what
have
isn't
what
of
have
take
meat
up
garlic
try
also
drink
my
mind
the
avocado
your
house
birthday,
another
back
to
had
some
cooked
alcohol.
wines?
see!
fork
please?
the
kitchen
yesterday
more
bread?
enough
ordered
salad?
for
four
we've
just
had
a
last-minute
cancellation
we've just had
a last-minute
cancellation
like
to
be
near
the
to be
near the window
window
cocktails
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is
there
anything
on
tonight's
menu
you
would
recommend?
is there anything
on tonight's menu
you would
recommend?
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today's
special
is
the
Chef's
Salad
with
French
today's special
is the Chef's Salad
with French
dressing
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Brussels
sprouts
or
broccoli
don't
thrill
Brussels sprouts
or broccoli
don't thrill me
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we
would
we would like
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two
bottles
of
two bottles
of the
like
our
steaks
very
well
our steaks
very well done
dressing.
me
done
the
house
red,
please
house red,
please
that
Phrasal verbs
to eat out
calls up
go out
Subject pronouns
He
he
they
he
to hang out
heading over
they
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to go
Present indicative
is
decide
doesn't like
to compromise
orders
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Written Expression
1
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