Дугаар №12
Dining at a restaurant 1
Welcome to another edition of
English as a second language podcast brought to you by www.eslpod.com.
I'm your host doctor Jeff
Macquillion senior researcher at the center of educational development here in
Los Angeles California.
Eslpodcast is especially made for
you those who are trying to improve their english listening and speaking. If you are listening first time this
podcast i recommend that you go to the website www.eslpod.com to read more about
how to best to use this podcast to improve your English. in today's podcast we
are going to talk about going to restaurant and ordering food. one of my
favorite activities. as an all our podcast we will first listen to discussion
then we will come back and talk about vocabulary. let's get start it.
Text
Well, I love going out to
restaurants to eat. One of the best experiences I've had recently was at a
place here in Los Angeles called Il
Fornaio. It's an Italian restaurant in a very nice part of Beverly Hills. I
don't go there very often--I can't really afford it, but every once in a while
I'll treat myself.
The last time I went, I walked in
with a friend and I was greeted by the hostess.
She asked how many people were in my party,
and I said, "Just two." "Right this way! I'll show you to your table" she said.
She was very polite. When we reached our table by the window, she asked us,
"Is this all right?" We said, "Of course!," and then she
handed us the menus, along with the wine list. The place setting with the
silverware was very complete. There were two forks (one for the salad course,
one for the main course), a spoon, a knife, a dinner plate, a dessert spoon on
top, a wine glass and a water glass, a cup and saucer for coffee, and a bread
basket. I was already getting hungry!
"Your waiter will be with
you shortly," the hostess said. So we looked over the menus‚
so many choices, especially for a
lover of Italian food like me.
The waiter came up to the table a
few minutes later and said, "Good evening. My name is Giorgio, and I'll be
your waiter this evening. Is there anything I can get you started with -a cocktail, a glass of wine?" Well, my
friend and I are not exactly big
drinkers, so we just ordered a couple of iced teas. "Would you like a
few minutes to look at the menu?" he said. We nodded our heads, and he
went off to get our drinks.
As I was looking at the
appetizers, I spotted one of my
favorite dishes-crab cakes! I told
my friend that the crab cakes were a
must. Just then the waiter returned to our table, with our drinks on a
large tray. Now, I was ready to order.
Script by Dr. Jeff McQuillan
Explanation part :
let's talk now about some of
difficult words and expression that we used. in telling our first half of the
story about going to the restaurant. in starting my segment i said that i don't
go to the restaurant the italian restaurant very often. Because i can't really
afford it to be able to afford something
means you have a money to pay for it. i also said however that ever once in a while I’ll treat myself.
there are two expressions there every
once and a while once and a while means every so often, not every day for
example but may be with less frequency the other expression is to treat yourself i said i'll treat myself to treat oneself is
give yourself present or a gift or something that you really want that is just
for you something special, that you would not normally go out and buy or do.
when i talked about going into the restaurant i said that a, hostess rather the
host is a men the hostess is a woman,, the hostess said to me how many people are in your party? we
use this expiression in restaurant specifically to talk about how many people
are going to be having dinner or having lunch with you. the word party you probably already know usually
means a festification where we celebrate something but here in a restaurant the
word party just means the number of people in your group. and hostess then said
to us . to show someone to their table to show someone to the door means that
you take them and lead them to wherever you are going. this is a common
expression in a restaurants . when the host or hostess shows you to your table.
later in my discussion i mentioned that there were so many choices especially
for a lover of Italian food like me. that expression for a lover of is something we uses when we describing someone
who really as an expert or really likes
something in great deal. for example for a lover of rock music going to a live
concert is the best. for a lover of then someone who is a fan or someone who is
very much in love with certain thing. When the waiter came to our table he
asked is there anything i can get you
started with. in a restaurant when the waiter said is there anything i can
start you with or i can get you started
with this means that he or she is asking you whether you want an appetizer or
before meal course or if you want cocktail alcoholic beverage as a cocktail or
some wine. in this example in my example i said
my friend and i are not exactly big
drinkers this is somewhat in informal expression to be a big drinker means
that you like to drink a lot. drink
alcohol a lot so when we say john is a big drinker we mean John likes to drink
a lot of alcohol. finally at the end of my discussion i said that i spotted one of my favorite dishes. to
spot something here means that i found it i saw it for example i was in the
store yesterday and i spotted hat that was on sale meaning i looked and I saw
and I found it. you can also say for example i spotted my friend yesterday at a
\the cafe meaning you saw them there you found them there not necessarily
because you were looking for it. the other term that we used there is dishes. dishes means not just physical
plates but also parts of the meal. so an appetizer with crub cakes that would
be a dish. then lassania that would be a separate dish. a meal particularly a
fancy meal that is a formal meal often has more then one dish. finally i said
that crub cakes were a must. the
expression to be a must for example for me listening to music in the morning is
a must, that means it is something necessary for me that are absolutely must
have, we use that expression a lot in English to express something that we have
strong desire for,
that is going to wrap up our
podcast today remember that you can get all of our podcast that are currently
available by going to our website www. eslpod.com. or you can also email us.
your questions and suggestions and we always interested in finding out who is
listening to us, where you are and what ideas you have for future podcast.
email us at eslpod@eslpod.com
thank you again for listening and
we will see you next time.
Eslpodcast is produced by the
center of educational development in Los Angeles, California. This podcast is
copyright 2005.
No comments:
Post a Comment