Exercise 1 – Ordering a meal
Listen to Allie and Mark at the restaurant. Answer the questions.
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Menu |
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Starters |
Main courses |
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Tomato and mozzarella salad Mushroom soup Grilled prawns |
Fried chicken T-bone steak Grilled salmon |
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All main courses served with a baked potato or fries |
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1 What do they order for starters?
2 What does Allie order for the main course?
3 What kind of potatoes do they order?
4 How does Mark want his steak – rare, medium, or well done?
5 What are they going to drink?
Answers
1 Allie the tomato and mozzarella salad, Mark the mushroom soup.
2 Fried chicken.
3 Allie a baked potato, Mark (french) fries.
4 Rare.
5 Wine
Audioscripts
W = waiter, M = Mark, A = Allie
W Are you ready to order?
M Yes, to start a tomato and mozzarella salad – is that right, Allie?
A Yes.
M And the mushroom soup for me.
W And for your main course?
A I’ll have the fried chicken.
W With french fries or a baked potato?
A A baked potato, please.
W And for you, sir?
M And I’d like the steak, with french fries.
W How would you like your steak? Rare, medium, well done?
M Rare, please.
W And to drink?
M Could you bring us the wine list, please?
Exercise 2 – Problems with a meal
Listen and answer the question. What three problems do they have?
Answers
The waiter brings Allie fries, not a baked potato.
Mark’s steak is well done, not rare.
There’s a mistake in the check/bill.
Audioscripts
W = waiter, M = Mark, A = Allie
W Chicken for you ma’am, and the steak for you, sir.
A I’m sorry, but I asked for a baked potato, not fries.
W No problem. I’ll change it.
M Excuse me.
W Yes, sir?
M I asked for my steak rare and this is well done.
W I’m very sorry. I’ll send it back to the kitchen.
M Could we have the check, please?
W Yes, sir … Your check.
M Thanks. Excuse me. I think there’s a mistake in the check. We only had two glasses of wine, not a bottle.
W Yes, you’re right. I’m very sorry. It’s not my day today! I’ll get you a new check.
M Thank you.
Exercise 3 – After dinner
Listen to Mark and Allie. Mark the sentences T (true) or F (false).
1 Jennifer is Mark’s ex-wife.
2 Mark was married for three years.
3 His wife left him for another man.
4 Allie met her previous boyfriend at work.
5 After dinner they’re going to go dancing.
Answers
1 F She’s his daughter.
2 T
3 F They broke up because they were very young when they had Jennifer, etc.
4 F She met him at university.
5 F They’re going to go for a walk and have another coffee.
Audioscripts
W = waiter, M = Mark, A = Allie
W Your check, sir.
M Thanks.
W Thank you.
A Thank you, Mark. That was a lovely dinner.
M I’m glad you enjoyed it.
A How’s your daughter?
M Jennifer? She’s fine. She’s with her mother in Los Angeles.
A Mark?
M Yeah.
A Can I ask you something? Something personal?
M Sure. What?
A How long were you married?
M Three years.
A Why did you break up?
M There were a lot of reasons. We were very young when we had Jennifer. We were both working very hard. We didn’t spend much time together … the usual story. What about you, Allie?
A Well, there was someone. I met him when I was at university. We were together for two years. We broke up.
M Why?
A I don’t know. Usual story!
M Thank you. Listen, it’s early – it’s only nine o’clock. Shall we go for a walk?
A Good idea. Where shall we go?
M There’s a place called Fisherman’s Wharf, it’s right on the bay. There are lots of cafés and bars. We could have another cup of coffee.
A Fine. Let’s go.
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