Unit 9. At the Bar (A) Flash on English for Cooking, Catering and Reception

 

Flash on English for Cooking, Catering and Reception Unit 9. At the Bar (A)

 

1 Look at the photos. Do you know what kind of bar each one is?   2 Read the text and check your answers. A bar is a place where you go to buy and drink alcoholic beverages. There are many different kinds of bars. A pub (public house) is a building in Britain or Ireland where you can buy alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks. They specialise in beer and often serve food, coo. Pubs are more informal than other types of bars. Sometimes they have pool rooms or jukeboxes or host special nights for quizzes or live gigs. They are often open in the day and are always open at night. A cocktail bar specialises in cocktails, drinks which combine different spirits and fruit juices or cream. These bars are usually open at the same times as pubs, but are more sophisticated and expensive. They also have a cheap happy hour at about the time people finish work in the evening. A coffee bar, on the other hand, is a small restaurant that serves coffees and other non-alcoholic drinks and light refreshments such as sandwiches and cakes. They are usually open only during the day. The atmosphere is friendly and they are not very expensive. A snack bar is a kind of informal, inexpensive restaurant where you can buy non-alcoholic drinks and eat small meals such as sandwiches or snacks. They are usually only open during the daytime. A lounge bar, also called a saloon bar, is a public room in a hotel or restaurant, where you can buy alcoholic drinks. It is generally more luxurious than other bars and drinks are usually more expensive. They tend to stay open later than pubs but not as late as nightclubs. Wine bars specialise in selling different types of wine, although you can often order a meal at the same time. They are usually more sophisticated and more expensive than pubs and they are always open at night and sometimes during the day. There are also nightclubs, where you go to dance, drink alcohol and watch entertainment like live music, so the atmosphere is exciting. Drinks are usually very expensive, but the bar stays open until much later than in pubs or wine bars.   3 Read the text again and complete the following table. In each column, put a √ for yes, a X for no and DS for doesn't say. Type of bar Alcohol Food Night Day Expensive Atmosphere Speciality Other characteristics Pub √ √ √ √ DS informal beer pool rooms, -- cocktail                 coffee                 snack                 lounge                 wine                 nightclub                   4 Find the words and expressions in the text that correspond to these definitions. 1 a strong alcoholic drink such as whisky or brandy __spirit ___ 2 a short period of time when drinks in a bar cost less than usual , usually in early evening ___________ 3 things to eat or drink ___________ 4 very expensive and comfortable ___________ 5 a place open at night until early morning with a bar, a disco and a deejay ___________ 6 a place where people play a game in which you hit balls into holes at the edge of a table ___________ 7 a machine that plays music when you put money into it ___________ 8 a competition in which you answer questions ___________ 9 music or other performances which you see as they happen ___________   5 Track 16 Listen to the following conversations and decide where they take place. Conversation 1: ___ night club ____ Conversation 2: ___________________ Conversation 3: ___________________ Conversation 4: ___________________

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