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Most British towns now have Chinese or Indian restaurants which serve quite cheap food; Italian restaurants are also popular and French restaurants are famous for high quality expensive cooking. Here are some examples of restaurant names, and the kind of food they serve:

When you have looked at the menu and chosen what you want to eat, the waiter will come and take your order. Normally, you tell him what you want for the first two courses. He will take your order for dessert and coffee later.

In some places you can dance to disco music between the courses of your meal. "Dine and dance" is offered by the restaurants of large hotels and clubs.

While having your drink or a meal you may enjoy a cabaret. This can be any kind of show: music, singing, dancing, or people telling stories and jokes.

When you finish eating, ask the waiter to bring you the bill. In most restaurants a service charge (10-15 %) is added into the total sum that's why it's not necessary to give the waiter a tip.

According to the restaurant etiquette you don't shout "Waiter!" loudly across the room if you want to call him. You raise your hand and try to catch the waiter's eyes without shouting or waving your arms. It's not easy to get the waiter's attention, but it's much more polite than shouting - which would make you very unpopular.

As well as restaurants most towns have a number of bars and cafes where you can get sandwiches and other snacks. There are also hamburger restaurants specialising in cheap meals - especially hamburgers. Many pubs now have restaurants or grill rooms too. In some you can get a full range of dishes, in others the choice is more limited.

A fairly recent development is the growth of take-away restaurants Here you can buy cooked meals to take home. Fish and chip shops have been and are still very popular. You can have some meal there (fish, but sometimes chicken or sausage too) or take it away to be eaten somewhere outside. Now there are takeaway Chinese and Indian restaurants in many towns and special take-away serving fried chicken are also popular. Your order is packed in special containers particularly because you don't have to pay V.A.T. on it.

Agree or disagree with the following statements.

1.Eating out in a restaurant is beyond the means of an Englishman. Only some people can afford it.

2.The British are very conservative. You can't find any other restaurants except British as well as no other food except traditional English cooking.

3.Fish and chip shops provide food in commodious containers to be eaten at home or elsewhere.

4.I don't see the point of taking-away food. It's as expensive as eating in a restaurant.

5. Don't go to take-away restaurants unless you like chicken. That's all you can get there.

Ex. 3. Ask about things which you ate or drank recently (ex. pie, roast, beef, fried fish, home-made cake, supermarket cake, sour milk, cough medicine etc.). Use the words below expressing different degrees of quality.

Ex. 4. Complete the following sentences using the prompts

spirits is ...

8.A person who never drinks alcohol is a...

9.Someone who's often drank is a...

Ex. 5. Guess the proper word by the context.

1.A very popular pastime today is ... in a restaurant.

2.If you want to dine at a restaurant you'd better ... a table.

3.If you can't come don't forget to ... your reservation.

4.You ask the waiter to see the ... .

5.First, you can have soup or a salad as a ... . Then follows the main course, i.e.....Finally you can order ....

6.When you finish eating, ask the waiter to bring you the ....

7.If you are quite content with the service you may give the waiter some extra money. This is called a ....

8.You can also take food away from restaurants. It may be packed into special...

9.For many British people ... is the center of their social life.

10.You can buy many kinds of ... in pubs.

Ex. 6. Using the dictionary explain the difference between.

a)overcooked, undercooked and raw

b)a chef and caterer

c)a cafe and a canteen

d)a buffet and a banquet

Ex. 7. Put one of the following prepositions in each space in the sentences below: to, of, for, out, in, up.

1.I asked ____ the menu.

2.I like to eat ____.

3.He took ____ my order.

4.I prefer a simple cafe ____ a big restaurant.

5.I like to go ____ self-service places.

6.I looked ____ the menu.

7.I'm very fond ____ Chinese food.

8.Put the used cutlery ____ the sink.

9.I'll wash them ____ later.

Ex. 8. Match each of the nouns with one of descriptions.