Unit 1. Types of Restaurant Enterprises.

Text A. Types of Restaurants.

1. Guess the meaning of the international words .

 

A restaurant, restaurant business, a service, a product, a hotel, a banquet, a hot dog, national, special, to specialize, a café, a cafeteria, a pub, a bistro, fast food, a hamburger.

 

Translate the word combinations with adjectives.

 

One of the largest and fastest-growing industries in the world; for special occasion; large hotels; the best cooking; the most expensive restaurants; simple food; moderate prices; national food; fast service; a low price; a very large group of restaurants; the most typical fast food.

 

Translate the word combinations with participles.

 

At a fixed location; for groups holding celebrations; standardized food and service; a limited variety of food; a grilled patty of ground beef served between the slices of a round roll.

4. Read and translate the text .

 

Types of Restaurants.

 

A restaurant prepares and serves food and drink to customers. Every day millions of people are away from their homes. The restaurant and catering business has been developed to feed office and factory workers, schoolchildren, students, military personnel and travellers. As there are so many people to feed, the restaurant and catering business is one of the largest and fastest-growing industries in the world.

Restaurants and caterers provide both a service and a product. The service is feeding an individual who is not eating at home. Restaurants offer their service and product at a fixed location. The catering business provides foodservice for special occasions. Catering service can be found in most large hotels which provide special meals for groups holding celebrations, meetings, or banquets on their premises.

There are many kinds of restaurants. They vary from street stands for a hot dog to elaborate restaurants with the best cooking. Restaurants fit into some categories.

The gourmet restaurant offers meals to a person who appreciates the best in food and drink. The service and the prices are usually in accord with the quality of the meal. These restaurants are the most expensive and luxurious of all food-service establishments.

The family-type restaurants serve simple food at moderate prices that appeal to family groups. They offer their customers standardized food and service. Usually a family knows what kind of food they will get and what the price will be in this type of restaurants.

The specialty restaurant offers a limited variety or style of food. It may specialize in a particular kind of national food. The quality of the food and the prices are usually between those of the gourmet and family-type restaurants.

The convenience restaurants serve customers who want to eat in a hurry and are most interested in fast service, cleanliness and low price. This is a very large group of restaurants which includes several subcategories: cafés, cafeterias, pubs, bistros and some others. They are all famous for fast food and quick service. Fast foods are those which can be prepared, served and eaten quickly. The most typical fast food is the hamburger, a grilled patty of ground beef served between the slices of a round roll. Most institutional foodservices fall into the convenience category, including restaurants in factories, offices, and hospitals. Street stands are also convenience foodservices.

Restaurants can be also categorized by the kind of service they offer. There are basically four types: table service, counter service, self-service and carry-out.

In table service restaurants customers are seated at tables where food is served by a waiter or waitress.

In counter service restaurants customers sit at a counter and are served either by the person who prepares the food or by a waiter or waitress.

In a self-service restaurant customers pass in front of a counter where food is displayed and help themselves to what they want. Then they carry the food to a table themselves.

Carry-out restaurants serve fast foods. Customers place their orders at a counter (or by telephone ahead of time) then “take-out” the food. They can eat it at their jobs, in a park, in a car, or at home.

The restaurant industry is still one of the strongholds of small business and appeals to those who want the risks and satisfactions of self-employment.

 

Vocabulary on the text.

 

Ø caterer, n - предприятие общественного питания

customer, n - клиент, потребитель

establishment, n - учреждение

price, n - цена

quality, n - качество

restaurant, n - ресторан

service, n - услуга, обслуживание

waiter, n - официант

waitress, n - официантка

 

Ø expensive, a - дорогой

luxurious, a - роскошный

Ø appeal, v – привлекать, нравиться

appreciate, v - ценить, оценивать

be interested in - быть заинтересованным в чём-либо

eat in a hurry - есть в спешке (быстро)

fall into, v - входить в

feed, v - кормить, питать

offer, v - предлагать

pass in front of - проходить перед, вдоль чего-либо

prepare, v - готовить

provide, v - обеспечивать, предоставлять

serve, v - обслуживать

specialize in, v – специализироваться в чём-то

take-out, v - выносить, уносить

 

Ø catering business - бизнес общественного питания

fast food - быстро приготовленная еда

moderate price – умеренная цена

street stands – уличные торговые автоматы

 

Ø the convenience restaurant - ресторан быстрого обслуживания

the family type restaurant – ресторан семейного типа

the gourmet restaurant – ресторан для гурманов

the specialty restaurant - специализированный ресторан

 

Ø a carry-out restaurant – ресторан, в котором можно взять еду с собой

a counter service restaurant – ресторан, в котором посетителей обслуживают за стойкой

a self- service restaurant – ресторан самообслуживания

a table service restaurant – ресторан, в котором посетителей обслуживают за столиком

Vocabulary Exercises.

Give English equivalents.

 

Готовит и подает еду и напитки; находиться вне дома; кормить; накормить школьников и студентов; рестораны предоставляют как обслуживание, так и пищу; уличные торговые автоматы; различные типы ресторанов; ценит лучшее; соответствуют качеству; заведения общественного питания; простая еда по умеренным ценам; специализироваться в национальной пище; рестораны быстрого обслуживания; есть быстро; быстрое обслуживание, чистота и низкая цена; ресторан самообслуживания.

 

Give Russian equivalents.

 

To prepare; to serve; food and drink; the restaurant and catering business; to feed; restaurants and caterers; at a fixed location; to provide foodservice; to vary from … to; street stands; the gourmet restaurant; to appreciate the best in food and drink; to be in accord with; at moderate prices; the specialty restaurant; the convenience restaurant; to eat in a hurry; to be interested in fast service, cleanliness and low price; to be famous for; can be prepared, served and eaten quickly; institutional foodservices; a self-service restaurant; a carry-out restaurant.