English beginner

Ordering food in a restaurant

WORDS
Can you remember the words from yesterday''s reading?
Number the words below from 1 to 5 in their correct place in the reading:
like, take, would, drink, can
Waiter: May I (1) your order?
Karl: Yes, I (2) like the vegetable soup and a ham and cheese sandwich.
Waiter: What kind of cheese would you (3) on your sandwich: Swiss, cheddar, or American?
Karl: Swiss, please.
Waiter: Would you like something to (4)?
Karl: Yes, (5) I have a large Coke?
Waiter: Of course.
ANSWERS:
1. take
2. would
3. like
4. drink
5. can
Do you prefer to eat out or order take-out?

Figurative language
"Love is food for the soul, but jealousy is poison." (George Bernard Shaw)
A "metaphor" compares two things. Shaw isn''t saying "love is food" literally; he is comparing love to food. Love is necessary for the soul, just as food is necessary for our bodies. Poison will kill the body and jealousy can kill the soul. This is an example of figurative language.
Try copying Shaw''s style of writing. Use his sentence structure, but use your own words to describe one of the following: hate, revenge, greed, happiness, sadness, or any other emotion.

Summer camps
THINGS TO DO AT CAMP
At summer camps there are many different kinds of activities. Here are some things people do at summer camp. See if you can match 2 types of camp activities with each category.
1. Sports
2. Arts and Crafts
3. Computers
4. Social activities
a) dances
b) painting
c) baseball
d) online game playing
e) tennis
f) programming
g) hiking
h) making things out of leather
Social activities are things people do in a great, big group like dancing and hiking. Arts and crafts are activities where campers make art out of different materials. Computer camps often have activities where campers can do programming and play computer games. Sports like tennis and baseball are favorite summer camp activities.

Ordering food in a restaurant
LANGUAGE USAGE
When we are talking about eating at restaurants, there are several idioms we use in English. When you go to a restaurant to eat, it is called "eating out." When you order food from a restaurant, but take it home to eat, it is called "ordering take-out." Example:
Marie: Let''s eat out tonight.
Evan: No, I''d rather stay home. We can order take-out.
When a waiter or waitress asks what you want to eat, it is called "taking your order." Example:
Waitress: May I take your order?
When you tell the waitress what you want, it is called "giving your order." Example:
Customer: I would like to give my order now.
Tell if each statement is true or false:
1. When you eat at home it is called "eating out."
2. When you go to a restaurant, the waiter gives your order.
3. Ordering take-out is when you get food from a restaurant to eat at home.
Answers:
1. False; eating at a restaurant is called "eating out."
2. False; the waiter takes your order.
3. True.

Figurative language
What am I describing?
It stood in the center of the kitchen. Alone. Waiting. After so much time, it should have seemed older. As I traced the deep grooves in its surface, I remembered the many people who had swirled in and around and out of my life like leaves in the autumn wind. They were gone, but here it stood, strangely, more permanent and solid than many of my relationships.
VOCABULARY
traced followed
grooves carved lines
I''m describing a table. This is an example of "figurative" language. By moving away from describing the literal look of the table, I am trying to give my writing some _expression. I am trying to describe a mood.

Summer camps
A POSTCARD FROM CAMP
Dear _______, (write someone''''s name here)
I am here at Camp ________. (write name of camp)
It is ____(adjective)___and ____(adjective)___. Every day I _____(list the activities you do here)_____.
Choose from these activities:
Play music, play tennis, swim, dance, paint, hike, sing, ride horses, go to church, run, practice my instrument, play baseball
I really like to ______(list your favorite activities here)______.
I miss_______(person''''s name/ pet''''s name/pronoun)_____.
Please write to me.
_________________,
Sincerely, (if your don''''t know the person you are writing to that well)
Love, (if you know the person you are writing to well)
Yours truly, (if the person you are writing to is not someone you love but is close to you)
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Ordering food in a restaurant
VOCABULARY
There are many different words for foods to learn, of course. Here are some items you might find on a breakfast menu:
1. sausage
2. bacon
3. pancakes
4. toast
5. muffin
6. bagel
7. coffee
8. tea
9. hot chocolate
10. eggs (scrambled, fried, or omelet)
11. French toast (bread dipped in egg batter and cooked)
12. hash browns or home fries (fried potatoes)
13. fruit juice (orange, tomato, cranberry)
Choose several items from the "menu" above, and practice ordering them. Ask a friend to play the role of the waiter and say, "May I take your order?" Then give your order. Remember to begin with, "I would like. . ."
For example, "I would like scrambled eggs, bacon, hash browns, and a bagel. I would also like a large orange juice and a cup of coffee, please."

Ordering food in a restaurant
CULTURAL NOTE
Breakfast is a very popular meal to eat out in the United States. There are restaurants called "diners" that are often open 24 hours a day and serve breakfast foods any time of day or night. The word "diner" originally meant the car on a train where food was served (a shorter form of "dining car").

Going to the beach
BEECH AND BEACH
"ee" in English can sound exactly like "ea". Beech, a tree whose leaves turn purplish-brown in the fall, sounds exactly like beach, the place where the land touches the water on lakes, oceans or rivers. Let''''s look at the a couple more "ea" and "ee" words.

Sea - a body of water
See - to be able to use one''''s eyes.
Dear - someone who is special to you
Deer - a four-legged animal with brown fur and horns that lives in the woods.
Can you think of any others?
Được duyk6 sửa chữa / chuyển vào 08:34 ngày 29/06/2004

Buying clothes
READING
Jeannine: How much is this blouse?
Salesperson: It is fifteen dollars.
Jeannine: And how much are these pants?
Salesperson: They are twenty-five dollars.
Jeannine: Do they come in black?
Salesperson: Yes, they come in red, blue or black.
Jeannine: I''ll buy the blouse and the black pants.
Salesperson: That will be a total of forty dollars, plus tax, please.
Do you enjoy shopping? Where do you like to shop?