Unit 1. An Introduction to the Catering Industry (B) Flash on English for Cooking, Catering and Reception

Flash on English for Cooking, Catering and Reception Unit 1. An Introduction to the Catering Industry (B)

 

5 Complete the sentences with the correct form of these words from the text. bar beverages cafe eat in profit provision reception takeaway subsidised     1 It's really expensive to _____eat in _____ at our local restaurant because you have to pay a service charge. 2 The wedding _________ was held in a beautiful setting by the sea. 3 We're meeting in the _________ tonight for cocktails at 7 p.m . 4 I love meeting my friends in a _________ and chatting over a cup of coffee. 5 'We would like to inform passengers that we will shortly be passing through the first class cabins of this train serving hot and cold snacks and _________. 6 'Let's get a _________ tonight, I don't feel like cooking'. 7 Companies that run to help others and not to make money are non-_________ -making. 8 Nowadays a lot of children in the UK have free or _________ school meals because their families can't pay for them. 9 When there are wars or natural disasters, organisations like the Red Cross are responsible for the of _________ emergency aid.   6 Listen to the following conversations. Decide where the people are and what the relationship between the people is (friends, colleagues, customer and waiter/waitress, customer and server, cabin staff and passenger, etc.). CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD AUDIO     Venue Relationship Conversation 1 restaurant   Conversation 2   customer and server Conversation 3     Conversation 4       7 Read the conversation in a cafe between a waiter and a customer and complete it with the expressions from the box. Then listen and check your answers.   CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD AUDIO can you tell me I’d like just would you like we have two options could I have I’ll have ready to order still or sparkling yes, of course   Waiter: Are you (l) ____ ready to order____? Customer: Yes. (2) ______ what today's specials are, please? Waiter: (3) ______, a vegetarian pasta bake and a warm bacon and tomato salad. Customer: Mmm! (4) ______ the warm bacon and tomato salad , please. Waiter: (5) ______ some bread with that? Customer: (6) ______ some garlic bread, please? Waiter: (7) ______! What would you like to drink with your meal? Customer: (8) ______ water, please. Waiter: (9) ______? Customer: (l0) ______ sparkling water, please.   8 Work in pairs. Role play similar conversations in a fast food outlet and on an aeroplane. Use the conversations in exercises 6 and 7 to help you. Conversation 1 Student A: you are a fast food outlet server. Student B: you are a customer. Conversation 2 Student B: you are cabin staff on an aeroplane. Student A: you are a passenger.

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