At the Restaurant

- Good evening, sir. Are you alone?

- Добрый вечер. Да, я один.

- Would you like to sit over there, sir? Near the window.

- Да, благодарю Вас. Можно посмотреть меню?

- Of course. Here it is.

- Have you decided yet, sir? May I take your order?

- Ммм… На первое я пожалуй закажу томатный суп… Хотя, нет. Лучше луковый суп.

- O.K. How about the main course, sir?

- Я не совсем уверен… Может быть Вы что-нибудь посоветуете?

- Oh. If I were you, sir, I’d have a steak in wine sauce. I myself like it very much. Moreover, it’s the speciality of the day.

- Хорошо. Пусть будет бифштекс.

- What would you like with the steak, sir?

- Салат и картофельное пюре, пожалуйста.

- Would you like anything to drink?

- Э… да. Минеральной воды, пожалуйста… Могу я посмотреть список вин?

- Of course. Here it is, sir.

- М… Я бы выпил французского красного вина.

- Официант!

- Yes, sir. Do you want the bill?

- Да. Сколько с меня?

- Seven (pounds) twenty-five (pence), sir.

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- All right. I’ll have the steak.

- Good evening. Yes, I am alone.

- I’m not sure… Perhaps you can help me.

- Yes, thank you. May I look through the menu?

- Mmm… I’ll have some French red wine.

- A salad and some mashed potatoes, please.

- Mmm… As a starter I’d have a tomato juice… Oh, no. I’ll have an onion soup.

- Er…yes. Some mineral water, please… And could I see the wine list?

- Yes. How much is it?

- Waiter!

Task 4. Pay Attention to the following Expressions of Offer and Preferences:

I’d would rather have Меня бы больше устроило…

Anything else? Что-нибудь еще?

I’d like to try Я бы хотел попробовать…

I can recommend you… Я могу порекомендовать…

I think I’ll have something… Я думаю, я съем…

I’ll follow suit Я последую Вашему примеру

Personally, I’d prefer… Лично я предпочел бы…

I’ll think I have some… Я думаю, я возьму…

Task 5. Write what a businessman/businesswoman would like to order for breakfast/dinner. (use the Expressions – task 5.)

Task 6. Interview your friend on what the members of his/her family prefer for breakfast/lunch/dinner/supper when they try to eat out. Use the following words:

Juice, prawn (shrimp) cocktail, soup, veal, (beef)steak, stew, chicken, bread, potatoes (boiled, mashed), vegetables, dry (red, white) wine, meat stewed in small pots, fish.

Task 7. You are the owner of a restaurant. Advertise your restaurant to attract as many guests as possible.

Task 8. Check your “EQ” (Eating Quotient). What’s your Eating Quotient? How are your table manners? Let’s see:

1. How should one’s napkin be placed on the lap?

2. What’s the proper way to eat bread and rolls?

3. Can one use bread to tap up excess gravy?

4. When may one begin eating?

5. When there’s an array of silver, how does one decide which utensil to use and when?

6. May elbows be placed on the table?

7. Is it considered impolite to reach for the salt or bread?

8. What’s the best way to eat salad?

9. Must one leave some food on the plate to appear polite?

10. Where are the knife and the fork placed at the and of the meal?

Answers:

1. A dinner napkin is left half-folded on the lap, but a luncheon napkin is opened up completely.

2. Both should be broken into bite-size pieces, buttered, then eaten.

3. A small piece of bread may be placed on the plate absorb gravy. It is then eaten with the fork. This not a finger operation.

4. After three or four guests have been served.

5. Start from the outside and work toward the plate.

6. No, it is impossible.

7. Not if it can be done without rising from your seat or reaching across a neighbor.

8. It is broken with the side of the fork. A knife may be used if the lettuce is thick and cannot be cut with the side of the fork alone.

9. No. This is not observed any more.

10. Across the middle of the plate, so they won’t fall out.

Task 9. Make a list of Do’s and Don”ts (an etiquette of a business person).

Task 10. Read the magazine article about restaurants in London, answer the questions and discuss with your partner where to go.