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Waitress

The customer and waitress have an interaction where the customer orders food and drinks at a restaurant. The waitress first shows the customer to their table, provides menus and takes a drink order of a glass of the house red wine. The customer then orders an appetizer of fries and a main dish of vegetarian goulash with rice. For dessert, the customer orders chocolate cake with whipped cream. The waitress provides good service throughout the interaction.

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Waitress

The customer and waitress have an interaction where the customer orders food and drinks at a restaurant. The waitress first shows the customer to their table, provides menus and takes a drink order of a glass of the house red wine. The customer then orders an appetizer of fries and a main dish of vegetarian goulash with rice. For dessert, the customer orders chocolate cake with whipped cream. The waitress provides good service throughout the interaction.

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Waitress: Hi, welcome to our restaurant.

Customer: Thank you very much.

Waitress: How many people are there?

Customer: Just the one.

Waitress: Just one person, ok. Smoking or non-smoking?

Customer: Non-smoking please.

Waitress: Come along and have a seat right here.

Customer: Thanks.

Waitress: Here are your menus and a glass of water.

Waitress: Can I get you something to drink?

Customer: Mmm I was wondering about this wine actually. What’s your house wine?

Waitress: Our house wine is this red wine right here and it’s 10 dollars.

Customer: Oh, I think I’ll have a glass of that actually.

Waitress: Just a glass?

Customer: How much is it for a bottle?

Waitress: 10 dollars.

Customer: Oh sorry. Yeah I’ll have a bottle then, thanks.

Waitress: Can I take your order for an appetiser?

Customer: Mmm I quite like the look of several of these. Now the melon, does that
come with anything else?

Waitress: The melon? It just comes with some garnish But it’s pretty much just plain
melon with garnish and some whipped cream.

Customer: What would you recommend?

Waitress: Well I really recommend the fries. They’re quite good and they come with
cheese and tomatoes and some chile on top.

Customer: Oh they sound nice. Ok, I’ll have those thanks.


Waitress: Are you ready to order your meal?

Customer: Yes I think I’m ready now. I think I’ll have this vegetable goulash.
Can you tell me, is it vegetarian?

Waitress: It is, actually. It’s all vegetarian but it does come with cheese.

Customer: Oh that’s ok, I eat cheese. Do I get any with it?

Waitress: It comes with a side order of rice or potatoes.

Customer: I’d like rice please.

Waitress: Ok.

Waitress: Did you enjoy your meal?

Customer: It was delicious, thank you.

Waitress: Can I get you anything else?

Customer: Oh, I’d like to look at the desert menu please. Mm these all look nice. Oh I
think I must go for this chocolate cake here.

Waitress: Chocolate cake. Very good choice-that’s our most popular dish.

Customer: Could I get cream with it please?

Waitress: Would you like custard or whipped cream?

Customer: Whipped cream please.

Waitress: Coming right up.

Customer: Could I have the bill please?

Waitress: Certainly. Here you go.

Customer: Mmm 30 dollars. Oh that’s ok, that’s not too bad.

Waitress: Thank you for coming.

Customer: Ok no problem.

Waitress: Bye, come again!

Customer: Bye!
aperitif - aperitivo
plate - plato
drink - bebida
(a cup of) coffee - (una taza de) café
ashtray - cenicero
knife - cuchillo
cutlery - cubierto
spoon - cuchara
cook - cocinero
lunch - comida
dessert - postre
baked - asado
dinner - comida/cena
spice - specia
fried - frito
fork - tenedor
cheese - queso
fruit - fruta
cake - pastel
game - caza
ice-cream - helado
herbs - hierbas
starter/appetizer - entrante
oil - aceite
vinegar - vinagre
juice - zumo
vegetable - verdura
bread - pan
breakfast - desayuno
fish - pescado
pepper - pimienta
salt - sal
pork - cerdo
chicken - pollo
veal - ternera
poultry – aves

Escuche a estas personas que piden una mesa en


un restaurante.
ANFITRIÓN: Good evening. How many? (Buenas tardes.
¿Cuántos?)
HOMBRE: Oh, a table for four, please. (Ah, una mesa para
cuatro, por favor.)
ANFITRIÓN: Do you have a reservation? (¿Tienen reservación?)
HOMBRE: No, we don’t. (No, no tenemos.)
ANFITRIÓN: Oh, I’m afraid there are a lot of people ahead of
you. And you can see this is a small restaurant.
We have very few tables in here to begin with. Can
you wait? (Ah, me temo que hay mucha gente
adelante de ustedes. Y pueden ver que éste es un
restaurante pequeño. Tenemos muy pocas mesas
para empezar. ¿Pueden esperar?)
MUJER: Actually, we have very little time. We’re going to a
concert right after dinner. (De hecho, tenemos muy
poco tiempo. Vamos a ir a un concierto justo
después de cenar.)
ANFITRIÓN: How much time do you have before your concert?
(¿Cuánto tiempo tienen antes de su concierto?)
HOMBRE: We only have an hour. That’s not much time to
eat. (Sólo tenemos una hora. No es mucho
tiempo para comer.)
ANFITRIÓN: Let me see what I can do. (Déjeme ver que
puedo hacer.)
Vamos a repetir algunas frases importantes del diálogo.
¿Cómo puede usted pedir una mesa en un restaurante?
I’d like a table for two, please. (Me gustaría una mesa para
dos, por favor.)

Si ya tiene reservada una mesa, puede decir el


nombre para quién está hecha la reserva.
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We have a reservation. The name is Smith. (Tenemos una
reservación. El nombre es Smith.)
Escucharemos la misma conversación de nuevo.
Página 22, Activity Four (Actividad 4)
Escuche a este hombre que pide mesa en un
restaurante.
ANFITRIÓN: Good evening, sir. Just you this evening? (Buenas
tardes, señor. ¿Sólo usted esta tarde?)
HOMBRE: No, a table for two, please. Someone is joining me.
(No, una mesa para dos, por favor. Alguien me va
a acompañar.)
ANFITRIÓN: Would you like this table? (¿Le gustaría esta mesa?)
HOMBRE: Oh, no. Can we have a table by the window? (Ah,
no. ¿Podríamos tener una mesa junto a la ventana?)
ANFITRIÓN: Yes, of course. How about this table, right by the
window. (Sí claro. ¿Qué tal esta mesa, justo junto
a la ventana.)
HOMBRE: Thank you. Can I look at the menu while I wait?
(Gracias. ¿Puedo ver el menú mientras espero?)
ANFITRIÓN: Certainly. Here you are. There are some specials
tonight too. (Por supuesto. Aquí tiene. Hay algunos
especiales esta noche también.)
HOMBRE: Could we wait until my friend comes? Then you
can tell us both the specials. (¿Podríamos esperar
hasta que mi amigo venga? Entonces nos puede
decir los especiales a los dos.)
¿Cómo pidió el hombre una mesa diferente?
Can we have a table by the window? (¿Podríamos tener una
mesa junto a la ventana?)
Si usted quiere ver el menu, diga:
Can I see the menu, please?
O:
Can I look at a menu?
Escucharemos la misma conversación de nuevo.
Would you like to order now?
(¿Desea ordenar ahora?)
¿Quiere pedir ya? Esta sección trata de cómo pedir la
comida en un restaurante.
Página 26, Activity One (Actividad 1)
Escuche a dos personas que piden la comida en un
restaurante. ¿Qué van a tomar?
MESERO: Good evening. Table for two? (Buenas tardes.
¿Mesa para dos?)
HOMBRE: Yes. (Sí.)
MESERO: Right this way. Is this table all right? (Por aquí.
¿Está bien esta mesa?)
MUJER: Oh, do you have a table by the window? (Ah,
¿tiene una mesa junto a la ventana?)
MESERO: I’m terribly sorry. There aren’t any free tables over
there. This one is all we have right now. (Lo siento
mucho. No hay mesas vacías por allá. Ésta es todo
lo que tenemos por ahora.)
MUJER: OK then. (Entonces está bien.)
MESERO: Here are your menus. Can I bring you something
to drink? (Aquí están sus menús. ¿Puedo traerles
algo de tomar?)
MUJER: A glass of red wine, please. (Una copa de vino
tinto, por favor.)
MESERO: Sir, something to drink? (Señor, ¿algo de tomar?)
HOMBRE: No, I don’t want anything just yet, thanks. (No, no
quiero nada por ahora, gracias.)
MESERO: Are you ready to order? (¿Listos para pedir?)
HOMBRE: I think so. (Creo que sí.)
MUJER: Let’s see now. I think I’d like an appetizer. I’d like
to start with the stuffed mushrooms. (Veamos.
Creo que quiero un entremés. Me gustaría empezar
con los champiñones rellenos.)
MESERO: Fine. And you, sir? Would you care for an
appetizer too? (¿Y para usted señor? ¿Le apetece
un entremés también?)
HOMBRE: Yes, chicken wings for me. (Sí, alas de pollo para
mí.)
MESERO: Very good. And for the main course? (Muy bien. ¿Y
de plato fuerte?)
MUJER: Everything looks good. What do you recommend?
(Todo se ve bueno. ¿Qué nos recomienda usted?)
MESERO: Well, my favorite is steak. (Bueno, mi favorito es el
filete.)
MUJER: That sounds good. (Eso suena bien.)
MESERO: How would you like it? (¿Cómo le gusta?)
MUJER: Rare. Oh no, on second thought make it medium.
(Rojo. Ah no, mejor hágalo término medio.)
MESERO: OK. And you, sir? (Está bien. ¿Y usted, señor?)
HOMBRE: I’d like a steak, too. Well done, please. (Me
gustaría el filete también. Bien cocido, por favor.)
MUJER: Honey, I thought you wanted to cut down on red
meat. You shouldn’t have any meat tonight. How
about some seafood, some fish? (Amor, creí que
querías consumir menos carne roja. No debes
comer carne esta noche. ¿Qué tal algún marisco,
algo de pescado?)
HOMBRE: Oh, all right. Let me have the salmon instead. (Ah,
está bien. Deme el salmón en su lugar.)
MESERO: Oh, I’m sorry. We don’t have any salmon tonight.
We are out of it. How about the flounder? (Ah, lo
siento. No tenemos salmón esta noche. Se nos
acabó. ¿Qué tal el lenguado?)
HOMBRE: How is it cooked? It’s not fried is it? (¿Cómo esta
cocinado? No está frito, ¿o sí?)
MESERO: No, it’s broiled. (No, está asado.)
HOMBRE: All right. (Está bien.)
Bien. Vamos a repetir algunas frases. Si quiere vino,
diga:

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