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ESLpodcast 13 - dining at a resturant 2

Welcome to English as a second language podcast episode number 13.

Welcome to english as a second language podcast episode 13. My name is doctor Jeff Macquillion senior researcher at the center of educational development. we are coming to you from Los Angeles California. and we welcome all our new listeners.  if this is the first time you’ve listened to this podcast please go to our website www.eslpod.com. That is www.eslpod.com for more information and how you can get the most out of this podcast. today's podcast is going to be about dining out our last podcast number 12 we talked about me going to my favorite Italian restaurant here in Los Angeles. and we went to the restaurant we sat down and we were just ready to order we were getting ready to order our meal. that is we were going to continue today. if you haven't heard pod number 12. it is ok you still understand the story. if you want to hear the first part of the story go to our website and you can download it there. now let's get started. 

I love coming to this Italian restaurant. The appetizers and desserts are to die for. When the waiter came to our table to take our order, my friend ordered a lobster ravioli dish, and I ordered my favorite, lasagna. The waiter then asked us, "Would you like a soup or salad with that?" My friend said yes; I passed on both.

The vibe in the restaurant is pretty laid back, not at all uptight like you find in some of the ritzier restaurants in Beverly Hills. The wait staff is courteous, although sometimes the hostesses can be a bit snooty .

Anyway, when our meals arrived, everything was cooked to perfection. Since I didn't order any appetizers, soup, or salad, I was starved. Even though I was really hungry, I tried not to gobble down my food too quickly. I didn't want my friend to think I was a pig! But even though I tried not to, I still overate. When the waiter asked if we wanted any dessert or after dinner drinks, I just couldn't resist getting the apple-filled crepes. They are the best.

When we got our check, my friend and I split the bill, as we're accustomed to do. I frankly prefer to go Dutch when I eat out with friends. So that was the end of a really great meal. Now I have to hit the gym if I'm going to lose any of this extra weight I gained from eating that lasagna!

Script by Dr. Jeff McQuillan

Explanation part:

now let's talk about some of the vocabulary that I used during my discussion.

at the beginning i said that the appetizers and deserts are to die for the expression to die for means that they're absolutely wonderful they're great they are excellent it is the best. we usually use this expression when talking about a food or a type of food that we really like of course this expression to die for isn't meant to be taken literally, we are not really going to die for some food but it is so good that we could die for it. the waiter came to take our order that's the expression we use to take your order so you  might for example say excuse me could you ask the waiter to come over and take my order if you needed to get service at your table if you needed to have the waiter come to your table and he or she had not yet come. we also mention that waiter offered us soup or salad this is a common expression also an appetizer or soup or salad is common of course before meal i said that quote tpassed on both on ……another words i passed on means that  i refused i decided to not have any, i declined it this is a common expression that we use not just for food but anything that we don't want to do, it is somewhat informal you can say for example i passed on going to the opera tonight instead i'm going to stay home and watch television. you can sometimes people will say do you want to go to my friend's house and you can respond  i pass or simply pass again that 's an informal expression used mostly among people  friends that you know. i mentioned that the vibe in the restaurant is pretty late back vibe means the atmosphere the feeling the general tone or way that you perceive the environment we often talk about the vibe when we often talk about a restaurant or a night club or a place we are going to dancing that sort of thing. i said that it was pretty late back meaning it was very relaxed  this is an informal expression to be a lay back means to be relaxed. it is the opposite of uptight i mentioned that this restaurant that i went to was not at all uptight, meaning the people there were relaxed they weren't getting anxious over anything to be uptight means to be overly concerned to be so concerned that you bother  other people we will often say don't be so uptight which means don't be so anxious don't be so worried about what is happening. I also mentioned that the restaurant was better than some ritzy restaurant here in beverly hills. the term ritzy means expensive very high class that is a ritzy restaurant that's a ritzy hotel we  usually say about a restaurant or a hotel. i mentioned and talking about wait staff and a wait staff means those who are waiters those who are hosts or hostesses and they were curtious but sometimes the hostess can be bit snooty, to be snooty is to be think that you are better than someone else. to be snoody means that you don't associate you don't hang around with, you don't talk to people who you don't think are your equal. it is a negative expression in describing someone. a couple of other expressions i used i said that i was starved meaning i was very hungry literally to starve means to go without food and of course eventually you would die if you don't eat food here it just means very very hungry. we will say that a lot again somewhat informal expression. let's go eat i am starved means i am very hungry. i mentioned that i tried not to gobble down my food to gobble down your food means to eat it very quickly, to eat it too quickly that's why i said that i didn't want to gobble down my food in part because i didn't want my friend to my friend to think i was a pig to compare yourself to pig is of course means that you eat too much. i mentioned that i still overate. to overeat means to eat too much i still ordered some desert however and I said in my discussion they are the best meaning they are the best possible. finally when we got our check i said that my friend and i split the bill notice that i used 2 words that mean the same thing check and bill and restaurant you can say check for example you can ask the waiter excuse me could we have our check now? meaning you want to the waiter bring over the check. check is the same as the bill it is usually just used in however a restaurant. the more general term which you can also use an a restaurant is bill. could you bring our bill please in restaurant is also acceptable. i mentioned that my friend and i going to split the bill meaning each we are going to pay fifty percent or whatever we ate this is called when you go out and each of you pays your own meal is very common in US. and the expression we used is to go Dutch. Dutch refers of course to Netherlands this is not meant to be in insult the people from the nether land but it is a very common expression meaning that each person pays for his own meal once again this expression we use specifically when talking about usually talking about restaurant. finally I said i ate so much i needed to drop some weight to drop weight means to loose weight when someone looses weight we can say well look at him he lost 15 pounds you can also say look at him he dropped 15 pounds either expression is the same drop perhaps little bit more informal. ok that is going to do it today for esl podcast i thank you for you listening remember if you listening to hear of other podcast you can go to our website www.eslpod.com. we also encourage you to email us you comments questions to eslpod@eslpod.com eslpod@eslpod.com let’s knoe where you are listening from we've heard from many different countries in the last week we've heard from Japan  Taiwan Italy Switzerland Austria Australia Mexico French Ireland and Norway so all over the globe we love to hear where you are listening from and also your suggestions for future topics for Eslpodcast thank for listening to back tomorrow for next Eslpodcast.