HOW TO … | order a meal in a restaurant

Lesson 2C VOCABULARY | restaurant words

PRONUNCIATION | polite intonation

VOCABULARY B 2.05 | Listen again. Complete the sentences with

one word in each gap.
restaurant words 1 Good evening. Do you have a ?
2 Yes, we have a table two for 8 p.m.
1A Choose the correct word or phrase to complete the
sentences. 3 Can we have a near the window?
1 I don’t want a starter / main course / dessert. I’m 4 you ready to order?
not hungry a�er that meal! 5 the starter, I’d like the olives, please.
2 Can you ask the waiter / bill / service charge for 6 And I’d the lamb for the main course.
some more water? 7 Would you like something drink?
3 Let’s have a starter / main course / dessert. I’d like 8 How is your ?
the soup.
4 Give me the starter / side dish / bill. I can pay. PRONUNCIATION
5 Let’s have a nice waiter / service charge / dinner
for two at that new Italian restaurant. 3 A 2.06 | polite intonation | Listen to the requests. Do
the requests sound polite (P) or not polite (NP)?
6 Wow, that’s expensive. Is a service charge / bill /
waiter included? 1 Can we have some water, please?
2 Could I have a salad, please?
B Complete the menu with the words in the box.
3 Can I have some chips?
bill desserts dinner for two main courses 4 Could we have a table near the window?
service charge starters waiter 5 Can I have the soup, please?
6 Could we have the bill at the same time?

B 2.07 | Listen and repeat the polite requests.

SET MENU: 1

2
SPEAKING
Soup of the day
Sushi platter 4 A Complete the conversation with the responses (a–e).
Waiter: Good evening, do you have a reservation?
3
Customer: 1

Bee urger with chips* Waiter: Are you ready to order?

Nut roast Customer: 2

Waiter: Yes, of course. And for the main course?

4
Customer: 3

Ice cream Waiter: Would you like something to drink?

Fruit salad Customer: 4

Waiter: Yes, certainly.

Note: We add a 10% 5 to the
Waiter: Would you like to look at the dessert menu?
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.
Customer: 5

*We also have a vegetarian burger – ask your Waiter: Yes, of course.
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about this.
a Yes. For a starter, can I have the salad, please?
b No thanks. Could we have the bill, please?

How to … c
d
Yes, we have a table for two for half past six.
I’d like the chicken, please.
e Could I have some sparkling water, please?
order a meal in a restaurant
B 2.08 | Listen and check.
2A 2.05 | Listen to two people in a restaurant. Does
the man (M) or the woman (W) order food (1–4)? C 2.09 | You are the customer in the conversation
1 fish 3 olives in Ex 4A. Listen and speak a�er the beep. Record the
2 lamb 4 soup conversation if you can.

D Listen to the recording and compare it to the model in

Ex 4B.

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Lesson 2D
GRAMMAR | like, hate, love + -ing
READING | a special event

GRAMMAR
like, hate, love + -ing
The 5,000 km race
1A Choose the correct word or phrase to complete the
sentences.
1 I hate for clothes.
a go shopping b shop c shopping
2 What on holiday?
a do you like do b do you like doing c you like doing
3 Getting up early is .
a all right b enjoy c like
4 I don’t like for people.
a wait b waiting c to waiting
5 Would you like football?
a to play b play c playing
Some people enjoy running, but these people
6 I love English.
love it. This 5,000 km race happens every year
a studying b study c do studying from June to August. 5,000 km is the same
distance as from the East to the West of the
B Complete the conversation with the -ing form of the
USA, plus eleven marathons (a marathon is
words in the box.
42.2 km). But runners in this race run around a
do get up meet shop single city block (925 metres) in Queens, New
spend study swim walk York, over and over again!
The race lasts 52 days, and people run from
A: What do you like 1 at the weekend?
6 a.m. until midnight, every day. Most people in
B: Well, I don’t like 2 early! I usually do
some exercise. I enjoy 3 and I usually the competition run about 100 km a day. They
go on Sunday, with my family. What about you? only have six hours to wash and sleep each day.
A: I love 4 time with my friends. We like They need to visit the doctor before they enter,
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for coffee or for lunch on Saturday. to check they are strong and healthy.
I hate 6 at the weekend, but I have People give the runners vegetarian food to eat
a big exam soon at university, so I sometimes do
while they run. They need to eat all the time
that. I also like 7 for clothes at the
big centre in town. Do you like that? because they use a lot of energy when they do
B: No, I hate 8 around the town centre!
the race.
It’s very hot in New York at this time of year
and sometimes there is a lot of rain, too.
READING Runners often carry umbrellas while they run!
Not everyone finishes the race, but runners
2 A Read the article and answer the questions. receive a T-shirt if they do. It’s not much, but
1 Where is the race? people don’t do it for the prize. They do it
2 What do people who finish it get? because it makes them feel good.
B Read the article again. Are the statements True (T) or
False (F)?
1 The race happens in the summer.
2 The race is the same as 11 marathons.
3 The race is only in one part of the city.
4 People in the competition run for six hours a day.
5 Anybody can run in the competition.
6 The runners eat a lot of food.
7 It isn’t cold at that time of year.
8 All runners who finish the race get a T-shirt.

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