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EATING OUT
VOCABULARY
a table for two kétszemélyes asztal
free / vacant table /fri:, veiknt/ szabad asztal
menu /menju/ étlap
starter /st:t/ előétel
main course /mein k:s/ főfogás
dessert /di’z:t/ desszert
to be on the menu rajta van az étlapon
off elfogyott
white coffee /wait kfi/ tejes kávé
black - fekete kávé
to start with sg - kezdeni vlmivel
to follow with sg /flou/ folytatni vlmivel
to finish off with sg - befejezni vlmivel
typically Hungarian /tipikli/ tipikusan magyar
local speciality /speilti/ helyi specialitás
to suggest /sdst/
to recommend /rek’mend/ ajánlani
delicious /di’lis/ finom
to try sg /trai/ kipróbálni vlmit
waiter /weit/ pincér
headwaiter /hedweit/ főpincér
waitress /weitris/ pincérnő
wine waiter /wain weit/ italpincér
chef /ef/ főszakács
cook /kuk/ szakács
to leave the coat in the cloakroom /kloukru:m/ a ruhatárba h.
to show sy to the table asztalhoz kísér vlkit
to study the menu az étlapot tanulmányozni
to order meal /:d mi:l/ ételt rendelni
to pour drink /p:/ kiönteni az italt
to make out bill /bil/ számlát kiállítani
to settle the bill /setl/ rendezni a számlát
tip /tip/ borravaló
to tip borravalót adni
to keep the change /ki:p teind/ megtartja az aprót
to pass the salt /p:s s:lt/ odaadni a sót
saltcellar /s:ltsel/ sótartó
napkin /npkin/ szalvéta
plate /pleit/ tányér
fork /f:k/ villa
spoon /spu:n/ kanál
glass /gl:s/ pohár
tablecloth /teiblklo/ terítő
list of the drinks /list v driks/ itallap
aperitif /peri’ti:f/ aperitif
soft drink / refreshment -/ri’fremnt/ üdítő
lemonade /lem’neid/ limonádé
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red
white
dry wine - vörös-,fehér-, száraz-, édes-,
sweet /swi:t/ félszáraz bor
semi-sweet
champagne /m’pein/ pezsgő
Help yourself to ... - vegyél............
mashed potato /md p’teitou/ krumplipüré /tört krumpli/
pancake /pnkeik/ palacsinta
noodles /nu:dls/ Galuska, nudli
stewed pork /stju:d p:k/ sertépörkölt
fried duck liver -/fraid dák liv/ sült kacsamáj
stuffed cabbage /stfd kbid/ töltött káposzta
roast/ed/ beef /roust bi:f/ marhasült
steak (rare, medium, well done) /steik, re, mi:dim,/
stale /steil/ állott
sour /sau/ savanyú
too spicy /spaisi/ túlságosan fűszeres
unripe /n’raip/ éretlen
raw /r:/ nyers
overcooked /ouvkukd/ túlfőzött
oversalted /ouvs:ltid/ túlsózott
to boil /boil/ forralni, vízben főzni
to fry /frai/ sütni
to roast /roust/ sütni /nyárson, sütőben/
to stew /stju::/ párolni /pörkölt/
to stuff /stf/ tölteni
to coat /kout/ panírozni
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Exercises
1. Arrange the pictures in the order and say what are the people in the following pictures are doing.
a) to leave one's coat, cloakroom
b) waiter, to show somebody to a table
c) to study, menu
d) meal, to order
e) to bring, pike-perch
f) wine, wine waiter, to pour
g)headwaiter, bill, to make out, to pay
2. Give definitions of the following.
a) a three-course meal b) a waiter c) a head waiter
d) a cloakroom e) a menu f) a band
g) a wine list h) a manager i) a tip
j) a bar k) a chef l) a cafeteria
m) a self service restaurant n) a bill o) a main dish
q) "a’ la carte" . r) an aperitif u) table reservation
3. What do the following expectations mean?
BEWARE OF PICKPOCKETS ! RESERVED.
SERVICE INCLUDED. MIND THE STEP !
FULLY LICENSED. VAT INCLUDED!
NO TIPPING !
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4. What is happening in the picture?
5. Match the following sentences
A Keep the change! B) a) Of course, but where's the sugar bowl?
b) Would you pass the sugar, please? b) Yes, please. I'd love one.
c) I'll call a taxi for you c) This way, sir.
d) Thank you very much for taking me out. d) A bottle of beer, please!
e) The bill, please! e) I'm afraid it's reserved.
f) Will you have anything to drink, sir? f) No thanks, I must think of my figure!
g) Is this table free? g) Thank you very much, sir.
h) Help yourself to some more potatoes and h) Just a minute, sir. Here yon are.
vegetables.
i) Would you like a cup of tea i) Oh no, please don't bother!
j) A table for two. j) Not at all. ''
3. Order your lunch.
Looking at the menu and using the following sentences, order your lunch from the waiter.
Tomato soup
Celery soup
Grapefruit soup
Roast beef, yorkshire pudding and vegetables
Spaghetti Bolognese
Steak and kidney pie
Chicken salad
Jam roly-poly and custard
Ice-cream /chocolate and vanilla/
Fruit salad
Cheese and biscuits
"I'd like . . . . . . to start with and . . . . . . to follow, please. And I'll finish off with . . "
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4. A one-sided conversation
WAITER: . . . . . . . .
CUSTOMER: A table for two, please!
WAITER: . . . . . . . .
CUSTOMER: I'd like to have some soup first. Can you recommend a Hungarian speciality?
WAITER: . . . . . . . .
CUSTOMER: It isn't very hot, is it? You see I'm not used to highly seasoned food
WAITER: . . . .
CUSTOMER: Well, let's have goulash then as a first course and perhaps, stuffed peppers to
follow.
WAITER: . . . . . . . .
CUSTOMER: What a pity! Then we'd like to have paprika chicken instead.
WAITER : . . . . . . . .
CUSTOMER: But it's on the menu!
WAITER : . . . . . . . .
CUSTOMER: You are quite right. It's already three o'clock. Then bring me anything that is ready
because we're in a hurry.
WAITER: . . . . . . . .
CUSTOMER: Well, I can have that in England at any time, but never mind!
5. Arrange the sentences in the right order!
"Oh, I'm afraid I'm not."
"I've got to go to the dentist "
"That'll be nice, I'll be waiting for you."
"What about another day?"
"I'd like to take you out to dinner."
"There's a charming little restaurant not far from here."
"What time?"
"I'd love to."
"Is there any restaurant you especially like?"
"I'm looking forward to it."
"Cheeriol" "Can you come on Friday?"
"Let's go the. "
"I'll come and pick you up around 8."
"Just a nice, quiet place where we can have a good chat."
"Cheerio! See you on Friday then!"
"Are you free tomorrow?"
GUIDED COMPOSITION
EATING OUT
1. What do you mean by eating. out?
2. What choices do you have if you want to dine out?
3. When do people choose the self-service system?
4. What do you do when you go into a self-service restaurant?
5. How do you choose your meal?
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6. Where do you pay for the food?
7. What are the advantages of these restaurants?
8. Are there any disadvantages?
9. Where can you get cheap food in England?
10. What is a take-away?
11. Have you ever been to an English pub?
12. What are the opening and closing times? '
13. What drinks can be bought at a pub?
14. Can you buy any food there?
15. How do you order your drinks?
16. Where do people eat if they have time and money?
17. What do you do when you enter a restaurant?
18. How do you choose the dishes?
19. How do you pay?
20. Do you give a tip? How much?
21. What do you think of tipping?
22. Do you often go to restaurants?
23. Have you ever been invited out for a meal?
24. Have you ever taken guests to a restaurant?
25. Describe one of your most enjoyable meals in a restaurant.
26. Have you ever had any bad experiences when eating out?
SITUATION
AT A RESTAURANT
A : Good evening. Have you got a free table?
vacant
B: Yes, come this way please. Will this be all right?
suit you?
A: Yes, this is fine.
all right
B: Would you like the menu?
A : Yes, please.
B: Here you are. Well, what would you like to have?
it is. what would you like to order?
what would you like to start with?
can I take your order now?
A : I think I’ll have some/the grapefruit juice to start with.
I'd like tomato soup, egg mayonnaise
B: And what would yon like for the main course?
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to follow?
after that?
A: Perhaps Something typically English. I think I'd like roast beef.
an speciality. steak and kidney pie.
a local speciality. kebabs.
B: I'm sorry, the roast beef is off. May I suggest Can I Irish stew
I'm afraid recommend Perhaps you'd roast lamb -
like to try mutton chops
paprika chicken
instead It's very nice.
They're delicious.
very tender.
A: All right. That sounds lovely. I'll try it/them. Oh, and could we have
Oh, good. nice. we'd like
exciting.
O.K.
a banana split for dessert, please?
an ice-cream after that.
an apple
a coffee
B: Anything to drink?
Anything to drink with your meal?
What will you have to drink?
Would you like anything to drink?
A: Just a lemon an juice I'm driving. I've got And if you don't mind, I'd like to
orange squash my car.
settle my bill. right now. You see, I'm in a hurry.
pay straight away. a bit pressed for time.
right away.
1. Role Play
Yon are at an English restaurant and you are ordering your meal from the waiter.
A (You) B (Waiter)
1) Ask B for the menu. 2) Bring the menu and ask A if yon can take his
order.
3) Hesitate. Ask B to recommend a good 4) Recommend the roast beef.
English speciality.
5) Order it and say you like it rare. 6) Ask A what vegetables he'd like to have with
it. (Choice: peas, cauliflower, French beans.)
7) Choose the cauliflower and order some onion 8) Tell A that the onion sauce is off. Recommend
sauce and roast potatoes as well. the cheese sauce instead.
9) Reply. 10) Ask A what he'd like for dessert.
11) Refuse. (You're on a diet.) Ask B what you 12) Hand over the wine list. Tell A that the wine
could have for a drink. butler will take his order for the drink.
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13) Ask B if you can have your bill straight 14) Reply.
away as you are in a hurry.
2. You are staying at the Hilton Hotel, London, in room number 345. You want to have breakfast
for two served in your room. Dial Room Service and order a Continental and an English
breakfast. Ask them to get it quickly because you have to leave in 25 minutes!
3. Act out a conversation between a customer and the headwaiter. The customer complains about
the food that has been brought. The headwaiter apologizes and lets him have another dish.
(Make use of some of the following words: stale, sour, too spicy, unripe, raw over cooked,
oversalted. )
4.. Imagine that you have phoned and reserved a table for three at a famous London restaurant.
When you arrive with your business partner you find that all the tables taken. You call the manager
and explain the situation It turns out that one of the waiters is new and has made a mistake. The
manager apologizes and has an extra table brought in for you. Act out the conversation on the
phone and later in the restaurant between you and the new waiter, the manager and you, and the
manager and the waiter.
5. You're going to open a Hungarian Restaurant in Soho. Write a short menu with Hungarian
specialities.
MENU
Starters Salads
Main Courses Desserts
Vegetables Drinks
GAME
Imagine you are all sitting in a restaurant.
Choose one member of the class as waiter/waitress.
Each student orders some kind of food or drink. The waiter/waitress goes round the class taking
orders. Whenever he/she takes a new order he/she repeats all that has been ordered so far.
e.g. First student: I'd like a Hungarian goulash soup.
Second student: I want some fruit salad, please.
As soon as the waiter/waitress makes a mistake, he/she is sacked, and a new one is employed.
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JOKE
1. "Waiter! Your menu has a twelve-course dinner for 2? At that price, how can you afford to
serve twelve courses?"
"Most people quit after the first course!"
2. Match the conversations between the waiter and the customer and then have a laugh!
A. Do you serve crabs in this restaurant? 1. It’s learning how to ski, Sir.
B. Waiter! Waiter! I don’t like this food. Call the 2. We serve everyone, Sir. Please take a seat!
manager.
C. How did you find your steak, Sir? 3. Easy. It was under the potatoes.
D. Waiter! Waiter! There is a fly in my soup. 4. It’s useless, Sir. He doesn’t like it either.
E. Waiter! Waiter! There is a fly in my ice 5. It’s learning how to swim, Sir.
cream.
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