情景英语口语100主题 024eating out外出就餐

024 eating out

Words
Waiter waitress wait staff order menu main course dessert drinks list wine list service tip
Chef table napkin starter
Phrases
Take an order
Make an order
Bring an order
Book a table
Order a dish
Return a dish
Eat out

Beginner
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 seafood¹ buffet²?
B: oh, we’d like the buffet please. We’ve heard it’s very good.

Intermediate
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 seafood buffet. They do one every Friday. The waiters and waitresses are very good. They are very attentive³, but don’t hang around the table.
A: I like the buffets⁴ they have, but if 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 expensive.
A: some restaurants allow you to take your own wine and just charge you corkage, but the don’t do that at “ginger’s”. what was included in the seafood buffet?
B: they had almost every kind of seafood. There were oyster⁵, shrimp⁶, prawns⁷, crabs⁸, and fish. I ate a lot of smoked salmon⁹.
A: did they have lobster¹⁰?
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 oysters¹¹ 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

1 seafood   

n.海产食品，海味，海鲜

参考例句：

• There's an excellent seafood restaurant near here.离这儿不远有家非常不错的海鲜馆。
• Shrimps are a popular type of seafood.小虾是比较普遍的一种海味。

2 buffet   

n.自助餐；饮食柜台；餐台

参考例句：

• Are you having a sit-down meal or a buffet at the wedding?你想在婚礼中摆桌宴还是搞自助餐？
• Could you tell me what specialties you have for the buffet?你能告诉我你们的自助餐有什么特色菜吗？

3 attentive   

adj.注意的，专心的；关心(别人)的，殷勤的

参考例句：

• She was very attentive to her guests.她对客人招待得十分周到。
• The speaker likes to have an attentive audience.演讲者喜欢注意力集中的听众。

4 buffets   

（火车站的）饮食柜台( buffet的名词复数 )； （火车的）餐车； 自助餐

参考例句：

• All life's buffets should be met with dignity and good sense. 所有人生之打击都应以尊严和理智对付之。
• In addition to buffets, American families enjoy picnics and barbeques. 除自助餐外，美国家庭还喜欢野餐和户外烧烤餐。

5 oyster   

n.牡蛎；沉默寡言的人

参考例句：

• I enjoy eating oyster; it's really delicious.我喜欢吃牡蛎，它味道真美。
• I find I fairly like eating when he finally persuades me to taste the oyster.当他最后说服我尝尝牡蛎时，我发现我相当喜欢吃。

6 shrimp   

n.虾，小虾；矮小的人

参考例句：

• When the shrimp farm is built it will block the stream.一旦养虾场建起来，将会截断这条河流。
• When it comes to seafood,I like shrimp the best.说到海鲜，我最喜欢虾。

7 prawns   

n.对虾，明虾( prawn的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Mine was a picture of four translucent prawns, with two small fish swimming above them. 给我画的是四只虾，半透明的，上画有两条小鱼。 来自汉英文学 - 现代散文
• Shall we get some shrimp and prawns? 我们要不要买些小虾和对虾？ 来自无师自通 校园英语会话

8 crabs   

n.蟹( crab的名词复数 )；阴虱寄生病；蟹肉v.捕蟹( crab的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• As we walked along the seashore we saw lots of tiny crabs. 我们在海岸上散步时看到很多小蟹。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The fish and crabs scavenge for decaying tissue. 鱼和蟹搜寻腐烂的组织为食。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 salmon   

n.鲑，大马哈鱼，橙红色的

参考例句：

• We saw a salmon jumping in the waterfall there.我们看见一条大马哈鱼在那边瀑布中跳跃。
• Do you have any fresh salmon in at the moment?现在有新鲜大马哈鱼卖吗？

10 lobster   

n.龙虾，龙虾肉

参考例句：

• The lobster is a shellfish.龙虾是水生贝壳动物。
• I like lobster but it does not like me.我喜欢吃龙虾，但它不适宜于我的健康。

11 oysters   

牡蛎( oyster的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• We don't have oysters tonight, but the crayfish are very good. 我们今晚没有牡蛎供应。但小龙虾是非常好。
• She carried a piping hot grill of oysters and bacon. 她端出一盘滚烫的烤牡蛎和咸肉。