【情景英语口语100主题】024 eating out 外出就餐

Eating out 外出就餐

【Beginner】step1：初级入门

A: Good afternoon, “Ginger’s Restaurant”. May I help you?

B: Yes. I’d like to book a table for Friday evening, please.

A: Certainly. For how many people?

B: We’ll be eight or nine people. Could we book a private room?

A: I’ll just check. At what time on Friday evening?

B: About 7:30.

A: Yes. That’s fine. We can book you a private room for up to ten people at that time. Could you give me your name, please?

B: My name is Jenkins. My phone number is 75397382. That’s confirmed then. 7:30 on Friday.

A: Yes. Do you intend to order a la carte or will you be having our seafood buffet?

B: Oh, we’d like the buffet, please. We’ve heard it’s very good.

【Intermediate】step2: 中级进阶

A: How did you enjoy your family party at “Ginger’s”? I hear that they have a lovely menu and buffet.

B: Oh, it was great. We had the seafood buffet. They do one every Friday. The waiters and waitresses are very good. They are very attentive, but don’t hang around the table.

A: I like the buffets they have, but I often order a la carte, because I don’t feel extremely hungry. I like the wine list there too.

B: Yes, so do I. they have wines from all over the world. There is a good range of prices to suit every pocket. We ordered some Australian red wine, which tasted delicious and wasn’t very expensive.

A: Some restaurants allow you to take your own wine and just charge you corkage, but they don’t do that at “Ginger’s”. What was included in the seafood buffet?

B: They had almost every kind of seafood. There were oysters, shrimp, prawns, crabs, and fish. I ate a lot of smoked salmon.

A: Did they have lobster?

B: No, they didn’t. you could order it from the menu. I think that lobster is too expensive to be included in the buffet.

A: Yes, it probably is. I don’t like ordering oysters in restaurants. You never know whether they are fresh.

B: I know. I didn’t eat any, but a few people in our group did and no one got sick.

A: When you eat out, do you usually eat from the buffet?

B: Not usually. I usually just order a main course and have a dessert if I’m still hungry afterwards.

A: Oh, you don’t usually have a starter?

B: No, I might have a soup if it’s a cold winter day.

【Notes】学习笔记

Words.

Waiter/ waitress/ wait staff/ order/ menu/ main course/ dessert

drinks/ list/ wine list/ service tip/Chef/ table/ napkin/ starter

a la carte 【法】照菜单点菜(每道菜分别订价,有别于套餐)

buffet 自助餐

attentive [ə'tentiv] a.留心听的，关心的

1. She is attentive to her studies.她学习很专心。

2. She was very attentive to her guests.她对客人招待得十分周到。

Do you know?

careful，cautious，attentive，prudent

这些形容词均含有“小心的，谨慎的”之意。

careful 侧重做事谨慎、留心，特别注意一些细节地方。

cautious 着重考虑事情的后果，谨慎留意，防止出差错。

attentive 指认真地注意地倾听别人的意见，留心别人的需要等。

prudent 指遇事审慎，思考计划周密，不贸然行事。

hang around 闲荡; 聚在...;邻近;徘徊

corkage 开瓶费

main course 主菜

starter 开胃菜;第一道菜

dessert [diˈzə:t] n.(餐后)甜食，甜点心

desert [diˈzə:t] n.沙漠 v.离弃；开小差，擅离(职守等)

wait staff 接待人员

Phrases.

Take an order/ Make an order/ Bring an order

Book a table/ Order a dish/ Return a dish/ Eat out