Watch again and complete these extracts.

1) Can I get you ____________ else?

2) Who ____________ the omelette?

3) Don’t ___________me!

4) Oh, no! I’m terribly _________.

5) I seem to have ____________ some wine.

Match the sentences in 3 with the extracts in 4.

Parts 1 and 2.

6. Watch Parts 1 and 2 and complete these with an appropriate quantifier.

1) Would you like ...... some wine?

2) Two glasses of red wine, please, and could we have......... olives with that, please?

3) Oh, dear, I didn’t know you were a vegetarian. I don’t think they’ve got ...........vegetarian dishes on the menu.

4) Yeah, there are. Look there are ......... of things.

5) And could we have .......... French bread and a bottle of mineral water, please?

6) Did any go on your skirt? It’s just ............ . It’s OK.

7) Waiter, waiter! Could you get a cloth? I seem to have spilt ......... wine.

8) It’s OK, honestly. Hardly .......... of it’s gone on my skirt. It’s just a drop.

After you watch

7. Work with a partner. How do you think the two people felt? Use some of the adjectives given below.

relaxed confident shy nervous
Bored (un)happy embarrassed  

8. Complete the expressions below. They are all things you may hear in a restaurant. What is the hidden expression?

a) A t . . .   for two, please.
  n  
  j  
b) Are you ready to   . d . . ?
c) An y thing else?
     
d)Is e . e .   thing OK?
  o  
e) What . o   l . you like to drink?
f) Would you like a s . .   t . r?
     
g) What does it c .   . with?
  e  
h) I’ll .   v . the calzone.
i) Could we have the b .   l, please?

Put the expressions in 8 in the order you would expect to hear them.

10. Do you know any more expressions you might hear in a restaurant?

11. Work in groups of three. Act out a situation between a waiter/ waitress and two customers. Use some of the expressions in 2 and 8 and the menu below.

Restaurant Co Co

Starters

Soup of the day

Seasonal salad

Melon

Main courses

Grilled fillet steak

With a green pepper and onion sauce

Fisherman’s pie

Freshly caught fish in a white wine and vegetable sauce

Spinach and Cheese Calzone

Fresh spinach in a cheese and herb sauce wrapped in a pizza base

Omelette

With a choice of fillings

All the above are served with chips or potatoes and salad or vegetables of the day

Desserts

Fresh fruit salad

Lemon sorbet

Selection of cheese and biscuits

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL

RUSSIAN PROVERBS ABOUT MEALS:

1. A home is made by pies, not by walls.

2. A birthday is not a birthday without pies.

3. Arrows complete a quiver, and pies a dinner.

4. A good housewife is one who makes good shchi, not one who make
conversation.

5. Porridge and cabbage soup is but our native food.

6. Bread is Lord in the home, mate in labour, companion in travel.

7. Don't bite off more than you can chew.

8. A hungry man is an angry man.

9. Appetite is good for savoury food.

10. There is no spread without bread.

11. Cooking a dish requires patience, not only wish.

12. Appetite comes with eating.

13. They don't carry samovars to Tula town.

14. Every vegetable has its season.

15. A spoon is dear when lunch time is near.

16. An egg is dearest at Easter.

17. Keep your breath to cool your broth (or porridge).

18. Too much butter won't spoil the porridge.

19. He that will not work shall not eat.

20. Every one to his own taste. Tastes differ.

21. Cast no greedy eye at another man's pie.

22. You say you are a mushroom, so - into the basket you go!

23. Not God but man makes pot and pan.

24. Man shall not live by bread alone.

25. A house is not known for how it looks but for the things it cooks.

26. Not enough salt is hardly a fault, but too much salt is a cook's fault.

27. Hunger breaks stone walls.

28. One with a plough, seven with a spoon.

29. The last piece of meat is especially sweet.

30. The first pancake is always lumpy.

31. All goes through the mill, and all comes out flour.

32. As you cook your porridge, so must you eat it.

33. A man with a full belly thinks no one is hungry.

34. It's the same old broth for dinner, only made a bit thinner.

35. A hungry lad would dream of bread.

36. This is bread and this is salt, and now be kind to speak your mind.

37. There is small choice in rotten apples.

38. Horse-radish isn’t sweeter than garden radish!

PROVERBS AND SAYINGS

Every cook praises his own broth. Каждый повар хвалит свой бульон.

After supper mustard. После ужина горчица.

Tastes differ. Вкусы расходятся.

A hungry man is an angry man. Голодный чело­век — сердитый человек.

It is no use crying over spilt milk. Бесполезно плакать над разлитым молоком.

Dry bread at home is better that roast meat abroad. Сухой хлеб дома лучше, чем жареное мясо за границей.

Too many cooks spoil the broth. Слишком много поваров портят бульон.

You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs. Невозможно сделать омлет, не разбив яиц.

Before you choose a friend, eat a bushel of salt with him. Прежде чем выбрать друга, съешь с ним мешок соли.

Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow. Лучше яйцо сегодня, чем курица завтра.

То lengthen your life, lessen your meals. Чтобы продлить свою жизнь, уменьши /сократи/ свою еду.

The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.

Путь к сердцу мужчины лежит через его желудок.

Не has other fish to fry. Он жарит другую рыбу /т. е. он занят другими делами/.

First catch your hare, then cook him. Сначала поймай своего зайца, а потом готовь его.

RECIPES

WARM LOBSTER WITH HERB & ALMOND DRESSING

Preparation time: 25min

Cooking time: 2-3 min

Cals per serving

Ingredients:

I5g ( ½ oz) blanched almonds

15g ( ½ oz) flat-leafed parsley

15g ( ½ oz) mixed fresh herbs, such as mint, dill, chives and chervil

I small garlic dove

45ml (3 level tbsp) freshly grated Parmesan cheese

100ml(4fl oz) light olive oil

salt and ground black pepper

5ml (Itsp) lemon juice

700g ( ½ lb) cooked lobster

lemon and lime slices to serve

fresh herbs to garnish

Method:

1. Place the almonds in a small bowl and pour over enough boiling water to cover; leave for 20min, then drain.

2. Place all the herbs, garlic and drained almonds in a food processor and process until finely chopped. Add the freshly grated Parmesan cheese and pulse to­gether. With the machine still running, add the olive oil in a thin, steady stream. Season with salt and black pepper and add the lemon juice.

3. Remove the lobster meat from the claws and slice the tail meat. Return to the shells. Cover and place in a steamer or metal colander. Steam over a pan of boiling water for 2min. Serve warm lobster immediately with the Herb andAlmond Dressing and lemon and lime slices. Garnish with fresh herbs.

To prepare aheadComplete the dressing to the end of step 2, then cover and chill for up to two weeks.

LOBSTER & SUMMER VEGETABLE TARTLETS

Preparation time:45 min

Cooking time: about 10 min

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