Role-play

• You are the chef of the canteen of Kiev National Linguistic University. You decided to turn the canteen into a first-class restaurant catering for students. Make up a sample menu for one day. Don’t forget about your restaurant’s name.

• Write out the menu for your birthday party. Choose a nice four-course meal.

 Reading

Read the dialogue and tell what the customers ordered.

Exercise 17

Part A. Read the following dialogues and act them out:

1

• Here is a restaurant. I hope they serve good meals here.

• Won’t it be too expensive?

• No, the prices here are quite reasonable. It won’t be much more expensive than cafeteria. There’ll be fewer people and we’ll have a better service. Besides, I see it has a license.

• A license? What does it mean?

• It means they serve wine, cognac and so on but only at certain hours. And they won’t serve you unless you’re over 18.

• Well, we are much older than that.

…they serve good meals (food) here. - …тут добре готують.

The prices here are quite reasonable. – Ціни тут цілком прийнятні.

2

Waiter: A table for two?

• Yes, please. By the window. And the menu, please.

• Is there anything to your liking on the menu?

• Oh, yes, many things. Let’s have some clear soup, perhaps.

• I don’t think I’ll have any soup. I’d rather have some vegetable salad to start with.

• Let’s have some sliced cucumbers and tomatoes with sour cream, as a starter.

• I don’t mind. Then I’ll have roast beef with new potatoes and peas, jam tart and iced coffee.

• Same for me. There’s nothing like a juicy piece of roast beef, just slightly underdone.

Waiter: Shall I get you anything to drink?

• What do you say to a bottle of beer?

• No beer, thanks. I prefer a glass of mineral water or just a cup of tea.

• All right. A glass of mineral water and apple juice for me, then. And iced coffee for two.

Is there anything to your liking on the menu? – Чи є в меню те, що тобі подобається?

There’s nothing like …- Немає нічого смачнішого від...

What do you say to … - Як щодо...

iced coffee – кава глясе

3

• It’s 8 p.m. High time for supper.

• Well, I could do with a bite. I don’t eat much in the evening. Some light meal, perhaps.

• What do you usually have for supper?

• A cup of tea and a sandwich, or a glass of milk and a biscuit?

• I prefer something more substantial, say, a chop or steak and chips or cold meat with potatoes, or sausages, or an omelette with tea or coffee to follow.

• Then you should take a good stroll after supper. As an English saying goes, “After dinner sleep a while, after supper walk a mile”.

I could do with a bite. – Я не проти, щоб перекусити (щоб щось з’їсти).

You should take a good stroll. – Вам слід добре погуляти.

4

• What would you like for dinner? Shall we dine table d’hôte or á la carte?

• What have they got for table d’hôte?

• Clear soup with chicken, steamed fish with mashed potatoes and coffee.

• I don’t care for fish. Let’s see what they’ve got for á la carte.

• There’s a great variety of dishes: boiled meat, beefsteak, rumpsteak, cutlets. There’s poultry, too: chicken and goose. Which would you like?

• And what do they have for afters?

• Ice-cream, pastry, fresh fruit, jelly and tea.

• Then I’ll have beefsteak with fried potatoes and an ice.

• As I’m as hungry as a hunter, I could do with a square meal. I’ll have a clear soup with a meat pie, a rumpsteak with stewed cabbage, a couple of cakes and tea with a slice of lemon.

• I’m thirsty, but I don’t feel like drinking tea.

• Care for some lemonade?

• Yes, please.

Shall we dine table d’hôte or á la carte? – Візьмемо комплексний обід чи замовимо за меню?

I don’t care for fish. – Я не люблю рибу.

an ice = ice-cream – морозиво

… but I don’t feel like drinking tea. - ... але я не хочу чаю.

Part B. Fill in the missing parts, making use of the words and phra­ses from the text and illustrative conversations. You're allowed to make any changes.

1

• I say, Victor, what do you say to having dinner together?

• ……..

• Here's a restaurant. They serve good meals there.

• ……..

• No, the prices are quite reasonable there ... Here we are. Where would you like to sit?

• …….

2

• Is there anything to your liking on the menu?

• ……..

• I don't think I'll have some soup. I'd rather have some meat salad as a starter. What about you?

• ……..

• Then I'll have roast-beef with fried potatoes, jam tart and iced coffee.

• ……..

• Shall we drink anything?

• …….

3

• How about having lunch?

• …….

• What are we going to have?

• …….

• Do you like your tea strong or weak?

• …….

• Do you take it with milk or with lemon?

• …….

• Here you are. And help yourself to a pie. They're apple-pies. Very delicious indeed.

4

• I say, Nick. It's 8 p. m. I'm hungry. Will you join me for supper?

• ………

• What do you usually have for supper, then?

• ………

• And I prefer something substantial, say, sausage or cold meat, or an omelette with tea or coffee, to follow.

• ………

5

• How do you find this meat?

• ……..

• Yes, indeed. It's excellent. What would you like for af­ters?

• ……..

• I'll follow suit. Do you care for a drink?

- ……..