Unit Five In a Restaurant

The First Two Periods

Designed by Sun Yanmin

Teaching Objective:

To understand strong and weak forms.

To learn some expressions about restaurant.

To understand a whole dialogue as a whole and focus on important information.

To speak with fluency

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Sound Right Strong and Weak FormsSection B

Listen carefully and fill in the blanks with what hear from the tape

What do you recommend for the first course?

I must say your roast beef looked even better than my steak.

I think I would have ordered that if I had known.

Has your friend gotten over the incident? The cook has burnt the cake because of

carelessness.

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Focus OnUseful ExpressionsGuestWhat would you recommend for the first

course?We'd like some advice. I wouldn't order ... if I were you.My friend would like ... and I would like ...The meat is excellent today

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Focus On Can I have some chips? I prefer my table by the window. I'd like my steak rare. May I have the bill now? Do you accept credit cards?

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Waiter How about some garlic bread?May I suggest you try the steak?May I suggest you try it again?Would you like to order now?How would you like your steak done?

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Would you like anything to start? I'm afraid we haven't got any... this eve

ning. Did you enjoy your meal? How do you want to pay the bill?

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Listen In

Section A: Listen to the following dialogues and complete them with what you hear.

Dialogue 1We have a table booked in the name of Barlow; Outside would be nice; I’ll just change the number to five

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Dialogue 1Would you like to come this way; I’ll have a mineral water; How about some garlic bread; The menu should be on the table

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Dialogue 2Would you like to order now My friend would like the lambHow would you like your steak done;medium rare;

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Dialogue 3And would you like anything to startWould like the vegetable soupI’d suggest the melonHave you chosen your wine

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Listen InSection B:

Listen to the tape and choose the best answer to each questionDialogues 3 Why did the woman not read the menu herself?Which of the following is an appetizer?What did the restaurant offer for the main course?

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Dialogue 4 What’s soup du jour in the dialogue?Why did the woman have to change

her soup?Which of the following would the

woman like?

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Act It Out

Work in groups of three: Get what you want and retellCathy asks Mike:

In the West, at the dinner table, everyone has his own plate of food. What is the Chinese custom?

What is usually the first dish when eating in a restaurant

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Act It Out

In what order dishes served?Are there any taboos at the dinner

table?Mike tells Cathy It is the Chinese custom to have all

the dishes placed on the table for the diners to share.

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Act It Out A typical meal starts with some cold dishes, like

boiled peanuts and cucumber with mashed garlic.

Cold dishes are followed by the main course, hot dishes and vegetables. Finally soup is brought out, which is followed by the staple food such as rice or noodles. However in Guangdong, soup will be served before the main course.

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Act It Out

Generally speaking, there are three taboos— first, don’t stick your chopsticks upright in the rice bowl; second, make sure the spout of the teapot does not face anyone; and the third, don’t tap on your bowl with your chopsticks.

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Listen More

New words and Expressionsagility: the state or quality of being

agileHis agility is impressive.He is well known for his agility.

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Section B (tapescript) Thinking is presumed to be the bread a

nd butter of higher education. There is a remarkable lack of critical th

inking taught at the undergraduate level.

The ability to analyze and reflect upon large amount of data is critical in today’s information age.

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Critical thought certainly receives considerable lip service on many campuses.

What flaw and limits might be embedded in their approach?

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Section C:Ancient Chinese followed certain

rules to eat their meals.Different ritual pointed to different

classes a person belonged to.Elderly people were always seated in

the most prestigious position at the table.

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Solid food was placed on the left side of the table, while soup was on the right side.

It was required to serve a dish mainly with the right hand, with the left one just to support.

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Additional Exercises

Section A: ( Tapescript ) W: What about credit cards? I suppos

e a Euro card is OK.M: Certainly, Madam. Our restauran

t accepts Euro or Master card.Q: What are they talking about?

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Additional Exercises

W: Is there a garden or some place outside to eat? M: Yes, Madam. You could eat out of doors on our terrace. Q: Where is the woman most likely to have her dinner?

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Additional ExercisesSection B:

What are the two persons doing? When will the man need the Fountain

Room?

What’s the main reason for the woman’s going to that restaurant?

What do we know about the baker in the restaurant?

What might the woman have for dinner?

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Additional Exercises

Section C: ( Questions) What is the traditional English breakfast? Who are the world’s greatest beer-drinkers? Why do the Irish consume the most calories? Why do the British spend a lot of time at the

dentist? What world record do the people of Sweden

hold?

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Additional Exercises The traditional English breakfast is be

ckon and bread. The people of Germany were the worl

d’s greatest beer-drinker. Because they are greatest sweet-eaters i

n the world. The people of Sweden hold the world’

s record for coffee-drinking.

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Assignments

Making dialogues about dining in a restaurant.

Preview the text

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