December 2, 2011
Eating out strong> eating
strong> a classic sentence
strong> 1. Let go eat. It my treat.
2. They serve good food in this restaurant.
3. What good here?
4. What the daily special?
5. What would you like to have?
6. I like fried chicken and a bowl of tomato soup.
7. Which would you rather have-steak or fish?
8. Can I have some more bread?
9. Are you ready to order or do you need a minute?
10. How do you like your steak?
11. This is not done yet. < br />
12. What would you like to drink?
13. May I have the check, please?
14. Can you give me a doggie bag?
15. I am eating my midnight snack.
16. Eat up!
17. Are you ready for dessert now? < br />
18. Do you require formal dress in the restaurant?
19. Let grab something to eat!
20. Please don talk me into eating this jellyfish.
1 strong> . Strong> Let go eat. It my treat.
Strong> 1)
Let go eat. Let go get something to eat.
random little: Let grab sth. to eat.
2)
If you want to please Americans eat, how to do an invitation? Yes, you can spend this sentence: It my treat.
This sentence clearly tells you to pay by the other side, so the start would have said clearly.
3)
expression of the other meaning of the sentence:
I am buying.
It on me. < br />
Be my guest
4)
If you want to and the other in equal shares the cost of food, they should make it clear in advance:
< br /> Let go Dutch. (daily spoken language is not used)
Let split!
We pay our own.
2 < / strong> . Strong> They serve good food in this restaurant.
Strong> 1)
serve the term is “on the food” means.
if to say, “This is a very tasty restaurant meals,” it can be said, They serve delicious food in this restaurant.
2)
If the Americans go out to eat you, or you go to his house guest, of courtesy should be appropriate for the food some of the necessary praise.
For example:
This restaurant serves very good food.
The food looks inviting. (attractive)
It tastes good.
Delicious!
Tasty!
4)
a brief introduction to more formal Western the basic situation. Basic components:
appetizer appetizer [ pitaiz]
salad salad (vegetable / fruits / chef salad vegetables / fruits / characteristics salad; chef [ef] chef , chef)
bread roll bread
soup soup (onion soup; tomato soup)
main course / main dish / entree entree [ trei] (steak steak; beef beef; ribs beef ribs; pork pork; mutton mutton; salmon [ s?mn] salmon; lobster lobsters) dessert drinks dessert drinks; beverage drinks and beverages
< br /> 5)
Western menu:
the name of the dish
explanations of the dish
the vegetables:
cabbage cabbage
radish carrot
turnip turnip
carrot carrots
celery celery
asparagus asparagus [ p?rɡs]
lettuce lettuce [ letis]
broccoli broccoli [ rkli ]
tomato tomatoes
potato potatoes
Chinese cooking: stir fried; fry fried
oven oven
roast (roast duck)
toast toast (toast)
bake baking
grill barbecue broil < br />
stew stew [stju:, stu:]
boil cook
strong> 3 strong> < strong>. Strong> What good here?
Strong> 1)
If you are a first time to a restaurant, you can use this sentence to ask the waiter, “Do you have any food well?” “Do you have any specials here?”
What do you recommend?
In general, each restaurant has its best at a few dishes, so be sure to ask, so sorry oh.
4 strong> . Strong> What the daily special?
Strong> 1)
restaurant to attract customers, have characteristics in addition to the dishes, the general also there will be specials, is special.
specials are generally updated every day, so before we added a special daily.
< strong> strong> 5 strong> . Strong> What would you like to have?
Strong> 1)
we have to pay special attention to the word, its meaning particularly widespread, At dinner, whether it is eating, drinking water or soup can spend this general but appropriate word.
and others go to a restaurant, generally to respect other people tastes, to discuss points of common meals. Express their wishes and suggestions are invited to the sentence:
What do you want for dessert?
Would you like some fish?
Would you like to try the steak here?
What would you like to eat?
What do you want?
sharing a meal with family or to others guest, Western habits different from us, we usually like to persuade to eat, food to eat and blindly to others, to show enthusiasm; while Westerners are more self-point, of course, respect other people tastes and habits.
individuals to eat Western food are generally personal, not particularly familiar with, do not share food; a guest in someone home when the owners are sometimes advised to eat, and advised to drink.
Here are some suggestions and a very polite invitation to the sentence:
Which would you rather have steak or fish?
Wouldn you like some rainbow trout? rainbow trout
What kind of fish would you like?
I made the ice cream myself. Would you like to have some?
If you want, not what you want, you can direct the expression:
Yes, I like some. Yes, thank you.
No, thank you. I really full.,
6 strong> . Strong> I like fried chicken and a bowl of tomato soup.
Strong> 1)
If you eat the old United States, Which you use sentences to express what dish you want to point it?
I like … said, “I want to eat …”; no longer followed by the like to eat, because the environment inside the restaurant, you say I like is that their natural eat a meal, does not produce any ambiguity.
If you want to reflect the “eat”: I like to have …. 2) Fried chicken is what we often say “fried chicken.”
7 strong> . Strong> Which would you rather have, steak or fish?
Strong> 1)
with this sentence can give each other some of the choices, decide what to eat each other in the end.
would like to do sth.: want to do something children
would rather do sth.: in selected cases, which is more focused on.
prefer sth. / prefer to do sth.: express preference
8 strong> . Strong> Can I have some more bread?
Strong> 1)
“longer you give me some bread?”
3)
smear of what a slice of bread:
butter butter
peanut butter peanut butter
olive oil olive oil
9 strong> . Strong> Are you ready to order or do you need a minute?
Strong> 1)
“You ready to order? or again later on? “
2)
usually serve drinks after, everyone should take the time to look at the menu, if the waiter to see you about, and will come to ask you, Are you ready to order or just a minute? If the meal is ready to point, and told her directly what you eat, if you still want to research studies, you can tell the waiter said, Just a minute Wait a few more minutes, or ask him to wait, he would say OK. I l be back. (well, then I l wait a while again.)
3)
< br /> Can you take the order now? you can now give our order now?
I ready to order now. We now want to order.
4)
Western dishes: French cuisine and Italian cuisine (French / Italian food restaurant)
10 strong> . Strong> How do you like your steak?
Strong> 1)
“your steak?” Usually point steak, or a little restaurant in the high point of beef hamburger, the waiter will ask you, How do you like it cooked?
answer way:
all is well done cooked (head, were hard, not good..)
seven cooked: medium well (forehead, slightly elastic)
fifth of the cooked: medium (nose, soft)
quarter of the cooked: medium rare
third cooked: rare (chin, the soft part)
2) < br />
If you point at the restaurant of fried eggs, the waiter will ask you How do you like your egg cooked? “you point to sort of cooked eggs?”
eggs with the meat not the same as to say, do not like to listen to people when I first came to the United States would try to be smart so asked to answer Well done to really make people laugh.
egg answer is:
1. Scramble scrambled eggs [ kr?mbl]
2. Sunny side up fried side only poached, (this sentence is very interesting, because egg like the sun, so the Americans used to describe the egg sunny side);
3. Sunny side down two sides fried or ease over.
to be boiled, then also divided into two kinds:
soft boil a little bit so that the yolk part of the liquid
hard boil the egg yolk are boiled-solid
3)
Some stores even hash brown (fried potato cakes [h?]) will ask How do you like it cooked?
that there are many options, general answer two kinds:
patty (pie) [ ?ti]
scattered (dispersed state)
4)
What kind of dressing would you like? what kind of spices you need to tune salad?
dressing seasoning
11 strong> . Strong> This is not done yet.
Strong> 1)
“This guy has not cooked it!”
2) In addition, there is a focus of this sentence is that done. Every time I see it done before I think of it as a “perfect”, so the same sentence I would say it as, “This has not been done yet.” Wow, it sounds pretty stupid is not it? < br />
you know, done in fact, can also be used as an adjective, then be directly in front of the verb, or from a grammatical point of view, with the verb be past participle pp can be expressed as a state, and said with perfect activated to complete, so you can often hear Americans say, “I am done.” I have done. (Another meaning: I finished.) Without saying “I have done.” Is the truth.
so simple here as long as said, “This is not done yet.” “on it.
ask people if it is not the piece of meat roasted It can be said: “Is this done yet?”.
12 strong> . strong> What would you like to drink?
< br /> strong> 1)
“want to drink? “
2)
American restaurant habit, eating a large drink will point, so the waiter will ask you What do you like to drink? Some people may say, Can I get you something to drink?
average restaurant will offer a Juice, Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, Iced Tea, and Lemonade, etc..
if nothing, say Just water.
3)
is worth noting that, in general, refers to fast food that is drink soft drink, alcohol free ( soft drinks).
But most people when it comes to have a drink, most of them referring to alcoholic drinks, alcoholic drinks that is.
alcoholic beverages: wine, wine red wine / white wine; champagne champagne; cocktail cocktail will be soft drinks and hard liquor mixed tune into wine; liquor liquor [ ik]
13 strong> . < / strong> May I have the check, please?
strong> 1)
meal do not forget to give money Oh! check is a bill meaning, the other can say buy the bill, says the Chinese pay just the same.
check n. a check; v. check, verification
check in registration, check, immigration formalities
check out departure, cancellation procedures
14 strong> . strong> Can you give me a doggie bag?
strong> 1)
“Can you give me a doggie bag?”
what point how do eat too much? so that on the right. that doggie bag because they do not want others to think you are stingy, but also to take home to eat eat, so that the dog food.
< br /> or use the doggie box instead of doggie bag can, because most restaurants are given a box rather than the bag.
2)
reminded point Please do not say that in the advanced restaurant doggie bag, it is not polite, you can just say Can you give me a box on the line.
Another common argument called “Wrap it up . “This is equivalent to the Chinese language, and help me pack mean.
15 strong> . strong> I am eating my midnight snack.
strong> 1)
“I was late night. “
Snack meals right and wrong intention, such as snacks, snacks, etc.
snack stand selling snacks stalls
snack vender stalls selling snacks main
snack bar / snack restaurant to sell fast-food restaurants, bars
16 strong> . strong> Eat up!
strong> 1)
you enjoy it!
if used for fasting, said: open eat (Let start eating .)
wish each other before a meal can also have a good appetite: Good appetite!
2)
Some people may ask eat and eat up What is the difference? In short, eat means “eat” the action, but can also mean “eat” is concerned, so you can tell friends said, “Do you want to go to eat?” (want to to eat ah?)
but eat up there, “eat” and “enjoy” means included.
3)
It is noteworthy that many of the phrases with up there, “used up, exhausted” means.
use up light
read up a magazine read the complete magazine
eat up
eat
eat up the clock basketball game, refers to the end of the first team to win a run out of time
5)
If you host a party, of course, friends to greet customers, this time tell the elp yourself! says, “you take their food now! “
6)
At dinner we often have to drink, so have to learn to toast the English.” Cheers! “Is the Cheers!
Of course, if it is” a toast to … … “is, To …, for example: To your health / our cooperation!” For your health / our cooperation Cheers! “
17 strong> . Strong> Are you ready for you dessert now? Strong> 1) see you run out of meals, service students will ask you “you are going to do with dessert? “
2)
common dessert type:
ice cream ice cream
cakes pastry: cheese cake cheese cake; chocolate cake chocolate cake
pie is usually fruit trap butter
3)
If you are a waiter, how to ask Guests do? You can use the following sentence:
Good Evening. May I help you?
Here the menu.
Would you like a drink first?
May I have your order now?
Would you like to order now?
May I serve the dessert now?
Would you like to have seconds?
dishes on homogeneous, it often requires the guests said:
Enjoy you meal.
Have a good evening.
Have a good time.
4)
If you are diners, asked waiter service, as we trouble, like any other person, usually the very polite language:
A table for two, please.
We like to order now please.
< br /> Would you please pass me the salt?
Would you pass us another menu?
What kind of dessert do you serve here?
What kind of vegetables do you have here?
18 strong> . strong> Do you require formal dress in the restaurant?
strong> 1)
you required to wear formal dress you?
formal (official), dress (clothing; dress) if that restaurant has such a request, you will hear the following answer: Yes, we do. (yes.)
some upscale restaurants require clients to wear more formal, or not let you into the restaurant, Or even if the restaurant staff release, your dress is out of tune with other diners or waiters still dress better than Johnson, then embarrassing big, so you must first ask a restaurant on the clothing has no special requirements.
< br /> If that restaurant is not required to wear formal dress, the waiter will tell you: Casual will be fine. (general clothing can be. casual means “casual”).
19 strong> . strong> Let grab something to eat!
strong> 1)
“We are just looking for something to feed their families it! “Grab something to eat this meal casually refers to resolve, may be to buy fast food whopper, coke eat.
to the restaurant to eat if you can not say grab something to eat.
2)
Grab pick one thing to say, not necessarily to get food, for example, you can say, Let get back to grab my camera! But in general, the most widely used or grab something to eat.
3)
Americans also taught me a usage, Let go to get some grub, and grab something to this meaning eat is the same, but grub is more slang usage.
20 strong> . strong> Please don talk me into eating this jellyfish.
strong> 1)
“do not convince me to eat jellyfish. “
2)
Americans eat what the Chinese people usually take at arm length approach, he can see you eat, but you want him to eat, the doors are not .
4)
here talk someone into doing something in this sentence is to convince someone to make something more oral argument, sentence: “He tried to talk me into buying that ring, but I refused. “(he tried to convince me to buy that ring, but I refused.)
this sentence it is equivalent to persuade someone to do something or convince someone of doing something.
5)
English restaurant reservations
enjoy exotic cuisine is one of the fun of traveling abroad, if it has inquired Where there is good taste, it may be called to ask before departure need reservations, so go out excitedly, but run into the restaurant was crowded situation, telephone reservations, restaurant reservations must be fully informed of the time, the number and name, And the best question more clearly the need of formal dress, so when the rude.
Do I need a reservation? seat do I need an appointment?
I like to reserve a table for three. I would like to make an appointment 3 individual seat.
We are a group of six. we have a total of six individuals.
We l come around eight o lock. We arrived around 8:00.
How can I get there? How can I reach the restaurant?
I like to reserve a table for two at seven tonight. I want to make an appointment tonight, 7:02 individual seat. I sorry. We have so many guests this evening. I sorry. quite a lot of guests tonight.
How long is the wait ? we need about how long?
Nine o lock should be OK 9 point should be no problem.
We like a table with a view of the garden. We want to face the garden seat.
It OK Your name, please. no problem, please give me your name.
My name is Tiger Hu. my name called Hu Yihu.
Do you have a dress code? restaurant Are there any clothing requirements?
Could the ladies wear formal dresses? whether Ms. need a formal dress? < br />
No jeans, please. Please do not wear jeans.
Casuals will be fine. casual wear also.
two, and proximity to The environment
strong> 1.
Waitress: 1)?
David: A table for one, please.
Waitress: 2).
David: Thank you. Ice water, please.
Waitress: 3). But we have Chinesetea.
< br /> David: Tea is fine. [The waitress serves the tea.]
Waitress: 4)?
David: One Beijing Duck, please.
Waitress: 5)?
David: Kongpao Chicken, please.
Waitress: 6)?
David Tomato soup please. And fried rice, too.
Waitress: OK, will that be all?
David: Yes, that should be all.
[Waitress leaves and George waits for his food]
[Waitress brings the food to the table.]
David: Wow! That looks good!
Waitress: 7).
Reference:
strong> 1) Good evening. Can I help you?
2) Would you like something to drink, sir?
3) I afraid we do not have ice water.
4) What would you like to have? / It today daily special.
5) Anything else? / Kongpao Chicken here is very good too.
6) Anything else you want?
7) Have a nice evening.
huh: that doubt, suspicion, disdain
oops: that embarrassment, panic
wow: that sigh
2.
John: Hi! I happy you could make it.
Lily: Well, I e been looking forward to seeing you.
John: 1)?
Lily: French toast pancakes sound good. What are you going to order?
John: I l have those too. 2)?
Lily: I love a gin and tonic.
John: You e going to have coffee, aren you?
Lily: .3)
John: Shall we have some salad?
Lily: No, thanks. I on a diet.
(30 minutes later … …)
John: Why don we have something for dessert?
Lily: I am already full, but I l have a little ice cream.
Reference:
strong> 1) Would you like some French toast pancakes? / How about French toast pancakes?
2) Would you like some drink?
3) I changed my mind. / I prefer a cocktail. /
tonic: one kind of soft drink, with a sour, carbonated drinks gin: one with a very strong smell of alcohol.
full statement:
I am full. / I am done. / I am stuffed.
December 17, 2011
[Reserved] oral sentence-3-Eating out (eating out)
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