The document provides information about dining at a restaurant. It includes vocabulary related to different parts of a meal at a restaurant, such as starters, main courses, and desserts. Examples of British and American English terms are given for dishes, bills/checks, and chips/fries. The document also includes a dialogue between customers and a waiter at a restaurant where they order food, discuss how items are cooked, and deal with problems at the table. At the end, it provides some jokes related to finding flies in food at a restaurant.

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3. restaurant
/
ˡrestrɒŋ /
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4. problems
/ ˡprɒbləmz /
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5. 2 VOCABULARY restaurants
What do you call ... ?
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6. 1. You look at the menu.
/ ˡmenjuː /
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7. 2. You choose a starter,
a main course, and a dessert.
1. pea and ham soup
2. Cumberland
sausage
3. spotted
dick
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8. the desert
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9. 3. The waiter (waitress) serves you.
/ ˡweɪtə /
/ ˡweɪtrəs
/
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10. 4. You pay the bill.
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11. UK - USA
the bill the check
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12. 5. You leave a tip for the waiter.
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13. 3 AT THE RESTAURANT
a. Cover the dialogue and watch.
What do they order?
What problems do they have?
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14. What’s this kind of fish called?
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15. It’s called tuna. / tjuː nə /
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16. steak
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17. How do you pronounce it?
/ steɪk /
‘Steak’ rhymes
with ‘break’ and
‘make’. 17

18. Rare, medium, or well done?
rare medium
well done 18

19. How do you pronounce it?
/ reə /
‘Rare’ rhymes with
care, chair and
wear. 19

20. Still or sparkling?
still sparkling
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21. with fries or a baked potato?
fries
a baked potato
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22. UK - USA
chips French fries
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23. crisps
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24. UK - USA
crisps potato
chips
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25. 3 AT THE RESTAURANT
b. Watch again.
Complete the You Hear phrases.
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26. Offers: helping and reacting
• No problem.
I’ll change it.
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27. Offers: helping and reacting
• No problem.
I’ll change it.
• I’m really sorry.
I’ll take it back to the
kitchen.
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28. Offers: helping and reacting
• I’ll = I will
• I will + Infinitive
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29. Offers: helping and reacting
• I’ll = I will
• I will + Infinitive
• I’ll open the window.
It’s too hot in here!
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30. Offers: helping and reacting
• I’ll = I will
• I will + Infinitive
• I’ll open the window.
It’s too hot in here!
• I’ll answer the phone!
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31. Offers: helping and reacting
• I’ll = I will
• I will + Infinitive
• I’ll open the window.
It’s too hot in here!
• I’ll answer the phone!
• I’ll buy you a drink.
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32. 3 AT THE RESTAURANT
c. Watch and repeat the You Say
phrases. Copy the rhythm.
d. Practise the dialogue with a
partner.
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33. English File iTutor
Use your CD-ROM
to watch the video
on your computer.
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34. A JOKE!
• Waiter! What’s this fly doing in my soup?
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35. A JOKE!
• Waiter! What’s this fly doing in my soup?
• I think it’s swimming, sir.
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36. ANOTHER JOKE
• Waiter! What’s this fly doing
on my ice cream?
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37. ANOTHER JOKE
• Waiter! What’s this fly doing
on my ice cream?
• I think it’s skiing, sir.
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