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In the restaurant
A.
Do you know how to order a meal and reserve a table in the restaurant?
B.
Match the waiter's questions/statements with the customer's responses.
| Waiter
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Customer
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Have you finished? |
Yes. I'll have chicken soup for starter and roast beef to follow.
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For how many people? |
No, I haven't, not quite. |
| Would
you like your check? |
Yes, the name's Brook. |
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How would you like your steak? |
OK, never mind. I'll have steak instead. |
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Smoking or no smoking? |
Yes, this is delicious, thanks. |
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Would you like anything else? |
Medium-rare, please. |
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Is everything all right? |
Three. |
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Are you ready to order? |
No-smoking, please. |
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I'm sorry - we don’t have beef now. |
No, nothing else. |
| Good
evening, do you have a reservation? |
Yes, please. Do you accept Mastercard? |
Now
put the dialog in a logical order. When you have finished, read
it with a partner.
C.
Pair Work
Now practise the dialogs from the skeleton below. The waiter’s first
and last sentences are in bold to help you.
| Waiter
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Customer
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| Good
evening, _________ a reservation? |
Yes,
_____________________ |
| For
_____________________ people? |
_____________________
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| Smoking
or _____________________? |
_____________________
, please. |
| _____________________
ready to order? |
Yes.
I'll have_____________________ for starter and roast beef _____________________
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| I'm
sorry - _____________________ beef today. |
OK,
never mind. _____________________ steak instead. |
| How
_____________________ steak? |
_____________________
, please. |
| _____________________
anything else? |
No,
_____________________ |
| _____________________
finished? |
No,
_____________________ , not quite. |
| _____________________
alright? |
Yes,
this is _____________________ , thanks. |
| _____________________
your check? |
Yes,
please. _____________________ Mastercard? |
D.
Pair work
Practise
the dialog again using your own questions and answers where you
can.
Teacher's notes
Concentrate
on your student's pronunciation and intonation in this section.
The aim of this exercise is for students to learn common restaurant
expressions and to be able to respond appropriately to a waiter.
The
most important thing for the teacher is to focus on correct pronunciation.
(see B)
B.
The responses of the customer are as shown below. The order
of the dialog is flexible to some extent, but this is a suggested
order.
C.
When the students have finished putting the dialog in order,
the teacher should model and drill the pronunciation, particularly
problem areas.
D.
After the students have done this exercise, get them to role-play
the dialog without any reference to the written text. (As in the
Reading Task, Unit 13, it would be ideal to have some table items
for this, especially a menu, a plate and a check.)
Key
| Waiter
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Customer
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| Good
evening, do you have a reservation? |
Yes,
the name’s Brook. |
| For
how many people? |
Three.
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| Smoking
or no-smoking? |
No-smoking,
please. |
| Are
you ready to order? |
Yes.
I’ll have chicken soup for starter and roast beef to follow.
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| I’m
sorry - we don’t have beef today. |
OK,
never mind. I’ll have steak instead. |
| How
would you like your steak? |
Medium-rare,
please. |
| Would
you like anything else? |
No,
nothing else. |
| Have
you finished? |
No,
I haven’t, not quite. |
| Is
everything alright? |
Yes,
this is delicious, thanks. |
| Would
you like your check? |
Yes,
please. Do you accept Mastercard? |
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