Answer the following questions.

1. Are greasy spoon cafés very important to the Londoners? Why?

2. Why are these cafés so called?

3. How do “greasy spoons” look like?

4. Who are the visitors of a typical greasy spoon café?

5. The prices are high there, aren’t they?

6. What does usual breakfast in a greasy spoon consist of?

7. Are there any similar cafés in the town you live in? Do you like to eat there? Why? Why not?

 

Choose the correct variant a, b, c, or d.

1. According to the text, greasy spoons are

a) only found in big cities;

b) advertised as a tourist attraction;

c) important to many British people;

d) going to be removed from the city.

2. The characteristic feature of greasy spoons is that they

a) use a special type of cutlery;

b) offer a lot of dishes to choose from;

c) are furnished in a sophisticated way;

d) are not very clean.

3. People who come to greasy spoons

a) are often in a hurry;

b) come from various backgrounds;

c) usually meet friends there;

d) sometimes spend the night there.

4. The traditional English breakfast is

a) not very cheap;

b) not very tasty;

c) served in huge portions;

d) recommended for vegetarians.

5. You can find a lot of interesting information about greasy spoon cafés

a) in the local newspapers;

b) on TV;

c) in the Internet;

d) from those who visited them already.

 

5. Insert the words food, dish, meal or course in the sentences below. Mind the difference in their meaning:

A meal – прийом їжі. Meals are breakfast, lunch, tea/dinner, supper. E.g. How many meals do you have a day?

Food – харчі, їжа, їстівні припаси

A dish – 1) страва; 2) тарілка, миска

A course – страва у певній послідовності: перше, друге тощо.

 

1. The second … was veal with mashed potatoes.

2. She put apples and oranges on the china ….

3. The usual … in England are breakfast, lunch, and tea / dinner.

4. – What is your favourite …? – Mine is roast chicken.

5. Beefsteak, chop, roast beef are meat ….

6. Many people like to have a heavy … in the morning.

7. What is the … time for lunch in England?

8. Who usually washes the … after dinner?

9. In the evening a light … is recommended.

10. What would you like for the first …?

11. There were no vegetable … on the menu.

12. The dinner consisted of the three ….

6. Match the following words with their Ukrainian equivalents and then read the dialogue. Act the dialogue out:

1) clear soup a) пиріг

2) pie b) бульйон

3) jelly c) птиця

4) goose d) гуска

5) poultry e) десерт

6) pastry f) скибка

7) stewed cabbage g) кондитерські вироби (печиво)

8) slice h) желе

9) dessert i) картопля пюре

10) thirsty j) тушкована капуста;

11) mashed potato k) спраглий

 

A What would you like for dinner? Shall we have the table d’hote [ ]

or a la carte [ka:t]?

B What have they got for the table d’hote?

A Clear soup with chicken, steamed fish with mashed potatoes and coffee.

B I don’t care for fish. Let’s see what they’ve got for a la carte?

A There is a great variety of dishes: boiled meat, beefsteak, cutlets. There’s poultry too: chicken and goose. Which would you like?

B And what do they have for dessert?

A Ice-cream, pastry, fresh fruit, jelly and tea.

B Then I’ll have beefsteak with fried potatoes and chocolate ice-cream.

A As I’m hungry as a hunter I’ll have a clear soup with a meat pie, beefsteak with stewed cabbage, a piece of cake and tea with a slice of lemon.

B I’m thirsty, but I don’t feel like drinking tea.

A Care for some lemonade?

B Yes, please.

Notes: Shall we have the table d’hote or a la carte? - Візьмемо комплексний обід чи замовимо з меню?

I don’t care for fish - Я не люблю рибу.

I don’t feel like drinking tea. -Я не хочу чаю.

Imagine you are in a restaurant. What will you do first? Put the following expressions in the right order and translate them.

1) read the menu ____

2) give the waiter the tip ____

3) have dessert ____

4) pay the bill ____

5) book the table ____

6) decide to go out for a meal ____

7) leave the restaurant ____

8) have the starter ____

9) go to the restaurant ____

10) have the main course ____

11) sit down ____

12) order the meal ____

13) ask for the bill ____

8. Fill in the missing remarks:

1. Do you have a reservation, sir? - _____________________.

2. Would you like this table by the window? - ___________ _.

3. What would you like for starters? - ___________________.

4. What about the main course? - _______________________.

5. Shall I give you a few minutes to look at the menu? - _____.

6. I’m sorry sir but we have run out of herring. I can recommend smoked salmon. - __________________________________.

7. What would you like with the veal. Maybe some vegetables. __________________________________________________.

8. Would you like to choose a wine? -______________________________.

9. Do you want any dessert? I can recommend fruit salad and strawberries with ice-cream. - ________________________.

10. Here is your bill, sir. - ______________________________.

Notes: salmon - лосось

veal - телятина

9. Make up 2 dialogues on the following topics:

1. You are dining out with your friend at a restaurant. Take the menu and try to decide together what you will order.

Use: What shall we order? I’d like _____. Lets decide about _______. Shall we have ____ or ____? What shall we start with?

 

2. Speak to the waiter discussing the menu with him.

Use: Have you got ______? I can recommend _____. Sorry but we’ve run out of ______. And to follow? How about _______? What would you recommend?

Think and answer.

1. Do you like to dine out?

2. What restaurant would you recommend to your friend from another town? Why?

3. What do you usually order?

4. What’s your favourite dish?

5. Describe your favourite restaurant or café.

_________

Read the text. Do you agree with the facts provided in it? Can you add anything? Has anything changed in Ukraine recently? Discuss it.

Text B

Living in Ukraine for over one year has provided me with a rich opportunity to observe differences in both culture and marketing practice between the United States and Ukraine. Take McDonald’s as an example, the same or different? Yes, the McDonald’s restaurants in Ukraine look just like those found all around the world and they serve the U.S. hamburgers, cheeseburgers, fries and the basic “McMenu” and the food tastes exactly the same here as everywhere else. Although, one has to pay for extra ketchup or mayonnaise (free in many other parts of the world). Customer service levels are on a par with McDonald’s everywhere.

 

Though, the difference exists. The biggest one is that people working in McDonald’s in Ukraine are extremely happy. Not only happy, they actually bounce as they perform their work. I won’t say that the employees in fast food restaurants in the USA are necessarily grumpy, but they certainly don’t “bounce”.

 

For the next difference, look at the patrons. In the U.S. almost anyone can afford to go to a fast food restaurant. Perhaps they can’t afford it every day, but one or twice a month it is possible. The American drive-through is populated with cars of all price levels, and the people in the cars and restaurants come from all economic backgrounds. Now, check out people in Ukraine. McDonald’s is a special occasion restaurant, and an expensive place to go in Ukraine. The cars in Ukrainian drive-through are Mercedes and BMWs. The patrons are there to celebrate birthdays and special dates. Only wealthy Ukrainians can afford to go there for an everyday meal.

 

McDonald’s is the place to find the cell phones and fur coats alongside people who do not have enough money to buy one meal there. I have seen mothers come in and buy a child a Happy Meal, and then pull food out of a purse to eat with a child. I have also seen a Big Mac Meal split two, three or four ways. I have seen people come into the restaurant just to look. They can’t afford to eat there, but they want to see it.

 

The major similarity between the restaurant in the USA and in Ukraine is its appeal to children. Children here know McDonald’s, they know it’s a place where they can get a toy, and they know they will have fun there.

Notes: to bounce – пританцьовувати

patron - завсідник, постійний клієнт

 

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