Lesson 3: At the Restaurant and Bar

For this first class we have the following goals:

• To develop receptive and productive skills by applying useful expressions in different contexts related to being at a restaurant or bar, reinforcing expressions and vocabulary.

Starting the Lesson

• What do you expect from this lesson?

Activities

1. Reading Comprehension 
2. Vocabulary Check 
3. Listening Comprehension 
4. Role Play 
5. Useful chunks, expressions and vocabulary.

• Reserving a Table

• Salutation: Hello / Good Morning-Afternoon-Evening

• ...The Good Boy restaurant. May I help you? 

• Yes, I'd like to reserve a table for dinner.

• What time would you like your table? 

• About 5 o'clock.

• Ok. How many people? 

• Four people.

• Then I'll reserve the table for four at 5 o'clock. May I have your name, please? 

• Yes, my name is... 

• Thanks! Good bye!

• Taking a seat

• Good Evening. Welcome to our restaurant. Have you made a reservation?

• Yes, I have booked a table for four. My name is...

• We have chosen a window table for you. This way, please. Will this table be all right?

• Certainly. It's quite good. Thank you.

• You are welcome. 

• Ordering Food

• Here's your menu.

• Could you tell us about the specials of the day?

• We have...
• Coconut Shrimp, served with rice and a side salad.
• We also have...
• Prime Rib, only $8 per person, including salad and choice of potato or rice.
• I think I'll just have a Prime Rib with rice.

• Would you like appetizers or a salad to go with that?

• Ok, I'll take salad. 

• Ok. Or would you like an appetizer to start with?

• No, thank you.
• Yes, I'd like to try the egg salad.

• Hurrying the waiter to serve up 

• Excuse me!

• Yes?

• Our food seems to be taking a long time. We ordered half an hour ago. 

• I'm sorry. I'll see what's happened...

                (5 minutes later)

• Here's the egg salad. Is it yours?

• Yes, it's ours. And we have ordered a Prime rib with rice.

• It's coming.

• Could you tell the cooks to hurry up? We don't have plenty of time.

• Certainly.

• Thank you very much. 

• Useful chunks

• "May I...?" = ¿Podría...? (Yo)
• "Could you...?" ¿Podrías...? (Tú) ¿Podrían...? (Ustedes) 

• "I would like to..." = "I'd like to..." = Me gustaría.

• "How many?"/ "How much?" = ¿Cuánto?
• Many= contable
• Much= no contable

• "Have you made...? = Has/han hecho...? (PRESENT PERFECT)

• "I  have booked/chosen/ordered..."= He reservado/elegido/ordenado. (PRESENT PERFECT)

• We/I have...(this menu)= Tengo/tenemos. Have no es un verbo auxiliar, por lo tanto significa "poseer" algo.
• We/I don't have...(plenty of time)= No tengo/tenemos. El don't es el indicador de que la oración es negativa, es decir, que NO se posee algo.

• I/We will...(see, reserve, take) or I'll/We'll... (see, reserve, take) = alude al futuro. "Veremos/Reservaremos/Tomaré..."

• Useful expressions and vocabulary

• Dinner= Cena

• Number "o'clock'= la hora en punto.

• This way, please = Por aquí, por favor.

• Certainly= Por cierto, por supuesto.

• Served with= Servido con...

• Including = Incluyendo...

• Choice of= Con la alternativa de...

• Just = Solamente.

• Seems to be= Al parecer...

• Half an hour= Media hora.

• Yours / Ours = Tuyo / Nuestro

• Plenty of time= Montón de tiempo.

Ending the Lesson

• What about your expectations? Where they fulfilled? Why?
• What do you expect in the