There are three choices in each course

3. The choices for starters and main courses should include the following:

i. one with meat;

ii. one with seafood; and iii. one of your own choice.

You can get some ideas for your menu from the following pictures.

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LT 1.12 Jumbled Script

A: Good afternoon. Welcome to the Golden Crown Restaurant. Can I help you?

B: Yes, can I have the menu, please?

A: Certainly. Here you are. Would you like anything to drink to start with?

A: It’ll take about 15 minutes.

C: Thank you.

A: You’re welcome.

A: Our seafood is fresh, so for starters, I’d recommend lobster soup and seafood salad.

C: I’ll have lobster soup. What about you, Amy?

B: I’d like to have seafood salad as my starter.

A: Okay, what would you like for your main course? You have a choice of either chicken curry with rice or sweet and sour pork with potatoes. Our signature dish is chicken curry.

B: I will have chicken curry with rice as my main course, please.

C: I don’t like spicy food. Can I have sweet and sour pork with potatoes, please?

B: I’d like to have orange juice, please.

A: What would you like to drink, sir?

C: Can I have some tea, please?

A: Certainly. I’ll be back in a minute.

A: Certainly. What would you like as a dessert? Would you like to try our apple pie or durian pudding?

C: Durian? That’s awful! It smells bad.

B: I don’t mind the smell. I like durian and it’s yummy! I don’t like tasteless food. I’d like to have durian pudding, please!

A: (Brings the drinks to Tommy and Amy) Here you are. Can I take your order, please?

B: (Reads the menu) There’s a lot to choose from in your menu. Can you recommend anything for us as a starter?

C: You think durian pudding is tasty? It’s up to you. I’d like to have apple pie as my dessert, please.

A: Will that be all?

B: I think so.

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LT 1.13

Transcript for Audio Clip 1.2

Waitress: Good afternoon. Welcome to the Golden Crown Restaurant. Can I help you?

Amy: Yes, can I have the menu, please?

Waitress: Certainly. Here you are. Would you like anything to drink to start with?

Amy: I’d like to have orange juice, please.

Waitress: What would you like to drink, sir?

Tommy: Can I have some tea, please?

Waitress: Certainly. I’ll be back in a minute.

Waitress: (Brings the drinks to Tommy and Amy) Here you are. Can I take your order, please?

Amy: (Reads the menu) There’s a lot to choose from in your menu. Can you recommend anything for us as a starter?

Waitress: Our seafood is fresh, so for starters, I’d recommend lobster soup and seafood salad.

Tommy: I’ll have lobster soup. What about you, Amy?

Amy: I’d like to have seafood salad as my starter.

Waitress: Okay, what would you like for your main course? You have a choice of either chicken curry with rice or sweet and sour pork with potatoes. Our signature dish is chicken curry.

Amy: I will have chicken curry with rice as my main course, please.

Tommy: I don’t like spicy food. Can I have sweet and sour pork with potatoes, please?

Waitress: Certainly. What would you like as a dessert? Would you like to try our apple pie or durian pudding?

Tommy: Durian? That’s awful! It smells bad.

Amy: I don’t mind the smell. I like durian and it’s yummy! I don’t like tasteless food. I’d like to have durian pudding, please!

Tommy: You think durian pudding is tasty? It’s up to you. I’d like to have apple pie as my dessert, please.

Waitress: Will that be all?

Amy: I think so.

Waitress: It’ll take about 15 minutes.

Tommy: Thank you.

Waitress: You’re welcome.

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LT 1.14

Part 1

Listen to the following part again. Are the waitress and customers polite? Why do you think so?

The following are useful structures used in taking order and ordering food politely.

Waitress: Good afternoon. Welcome to the Golden Crown Restaurant. Can I help you?

Amy: Yes, can I have the menu, please?

Waitress: Certainly. Here you are. Would you like anything to drink to start with?

Amy: I’d like to have orange juice, please.

Waitress: What would you like to drink, sir?

Tommy: Can I have some tea, please?

Waitress: Certainly. I’ll be back in a minute.

Waitress: Good afternoon. Welcome to the Golden Crown Restaurant. Can I help you?

Amy: Yes, can I have the menu, please?

Waitress: Certainly. Here you are. Would you like anything to drink to start with?

Amy: I’d like to have orange juice, please.

Waitress: What would you like to drink, sir?

Tommy: Can I have some tea, please?

Waitress: Certainly. I’ll be back in a minute.

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LT 1.14 (Answer Keys)

Part 1

Yes, they are polite because they use polite language, such as ‘please’, ‘Can I…’ and ‘would like’.

Part 2

1. Can I help you? ( )

2. Give me some tea. ( x ) Can I have some tea, please?

3. I’d like to have apple juice, please. ( )