5. Pair work. Role-play

The situation: At a Restaurant.

Working with a partner, role play the situation, using the information below. Use the menu to order a meal.

The roles: a waiter, a customer.

Kasey’s Kitchen menu

Starters

Oysters (each) – £ 2.40

Ham and cheese – £ 3.99

Whole crab and mayonnaise – £ 10.80

BLT – £ 4.59

Brown crab meat on toast – £ 8.50

Bacon and Eggs – £ 4.95

Main courses

Pig’s head and potato pie – £ 22.70

Shepherd’s Pie – £ 19.20

Whole baked fish on green and white vegetables – £ 15.70

Turnips and bacon – £ 19.20

T-bone steak – £ 17.30

(rare, medium, well-done)

Side Orders

Potatoes – £ 4.50

(fried, baked, mashed)

Corn on the cob – £ 3.40

Peas, carrots and broccoli – £ 5.10

Green salad – £ 4.50

Cheese – £ 9.00

Desserts

Apple, cherry, lemon meringue pie – £ 6.80

Apple cake – £ 5.30

Chocolate, vanilla cake – £ 5.70

Almond cake – £ 7.80

Baked cheese cake – £ 7.00

Chocolate, vanilla, strawberry ice-cream – £ 3.40

Drinks

Iced tea – £ 1.20

Tea – £ 1.20

Coffee – £ 2.10

(black, white)

Coke – 60 p.

Juice – £ 1.80

(orange, tomato, apple)

Mineral water – 80 p.

Beer – £ 2.50

Wine (glass) – £ 3.50

Recipe Page

Shepherd’s Pie

Shepherd’s Pie is a very popular English dish. It originated in the north of England, but it’s now eaten all over the country.

1. Slice the onions, carrots and mushrooms.

2. Fry them in a pan with the minced beef for about 8–10 minutes, stirring all the time.

3. Add the flour and stir for one more minute.

4. Add the beef stock and some salt and pepper and stir again until the mixture becomes thicker.

5. Transfer to a casserole dish and put into the oven at 190^oC for 25 minutes.

6. Then drain and mash together with the butter and milk.

7. Put the potato on top of the mince mixture, grate the cheese and put it on top.

8. Return the dish to the oven at 200 ^oC for 15 minutes.

Serve hot with green vegetables

Apple Cake

1. Peel and chop the apples.

2. Mix together the apples, raisins, milk and sugar.

3. Mix together the flour and butter (softened) in another bowl.

4. Add the fruit mixture and the egg and mix very well.

5. Put into a buttered 20-centimetre square cake tin. Put a little white sugar on the top.

6. Cook in the oven at 170 ^oC for 1 hour 45 minutes.

Serve hot or cold with fresh cream.

6. Make up a dialogue based on the following situation and act it out.

A couple goes to a restaurant.

A couple arrives at a restaurant and the waiter makes them sit. The waiter should ask if they prefer smoking or non-smoking table, by the window or in the centre. He brings the menu. The couple discusses the prices. They order. The waiter brings the food but the woman says that it’s cold. The waiter brings a new plate. They have their meal and ask for the bill. The guests pay and leave happily because it was not very expensive.

7. Read the English proverbs.

Give Ukrainian equivalents to the following proverbs. Learn them by heart and use them in your own situations or dialogues:

1. Tastes differ.

2. As like as two peas.

3. As hungry as a wolf (hunter).

4. His eyes are bigger than his stomach.

5. Too many cooks spoil the broth.

6. Hunger is the best sauce.

7. Hope is a good breakfast, but a bad dinner.

8. After dinner sleep a while, after supper walk a mile.