I. Work with a partner and discuss the following questions.

1. Is lunch an important meal for you?

2. Do you ever have business lunches?

3. Which of the following are you most likely to say to a foreign colleague visiting your country?

I thought you might like to try some of our local cuisine.

I thought we could just grab a quick pizza or something.

I thought we'd just work through lunch and eat later.

II. What kind of restaurants do you like? Add the phrases in the box to the diagram to make twelve expressions.

specializes in fish you can get fresh oysters does an excellent lasagne I sometimes go down the road round the corner they know me a fantastic view of the city a superb menu five minutes from here you might like a very pleasant atmosphere
There's	really nice pretty good great new	place	just which where with	a.__________________________________ b.__________________________________ c.__________________________________ d.__________________________________ e.__________________________________ f. __________________________________ g.__________________________________ h.__________________________________ i.___________________________________ j.___________________________________ k.__________________________________ l.___________________________________

What's it like?

I. What do the following adjectives describe? Choose nouns from the box.

lunch fish salad meat dish steak vegetables
1. heavy / light / late / 3-course - ___________ 2. fillet / rare / medium / well-done - ________ 3. green / side / Waldorf / fruit - ____________ 4. fried / raw / smoked / freshly caught - ______	5. roast / tough / tender / juicy - ____________ 6. fresh / frozen / seasonal / mixed -_________ 7. traditional / exotic / local / vegetarian - ____________

coffee beer bread dessert food fruit cheese
rich / spicy / plain / fast - __________ dried / tropical - _______________ crusty / stale / garlic / wholemeal - _________ 11. strong / mild / blue / cream - ____________	12.fattening / refreshing / light / chocolatey - _____________ 13.draught / light / bottled / local - __________ 14.liqueur / milky / instant / black - __________

II. You can often turn a food noun into an adjective by adding –y.

• containing lots of salt = salty

• containing lots of sugar = sugary

1. Find five more food adjectives ending in –y in the list above.

2. How would you describe a dish with lots of

oil? ______________ fat? ______________

fruit? ______________ pepper? ___________

taste? ______________ nuts? ______________

Who said it?

The following thins were said during a business lunch. Who do you think probably said them – the host, the guest or could it be either? Write H, G or E next to each sentence.

1. Nice place. Do you come here often? ( ) 2. Now, what would you like to drink? ( ) 3. I'll just see if our table is ready. ( ) 4. This is their standard menu. ( ) 5. It all looks very good. ( ) 6. And those are the specials. ( ) 7. Let me know if you want me to explain anything. ( ) 8. So, what do you recommend? ( ) 9. Well, they do a great lasagna. ( ) 10. Is there anything you don't eat? ( )

11. I'm allergic to mussels. ( ) 12.You could try the lamb. That's very good here. ( ) 13. That sounds nice. ( ) 14. Shall we order a bottle of the house red? ( ) 15. Could we order some mineral water too? ( ) 16. This is absolutely delicious. How's yours? ( ) 17. Now, how about the dessert? ( ) 18. Better not. I'm on diet. ( ) 19. I'll get it. ( ) 20. No, no, I insist. You're my guest. ( )

How to sound intelligent about wine?

1. Complete the description of a wine below using the words in the box on the left.

from with of with

It's a dry, crisp wine ____ a delicate bouquet. It comes ____ the Napa valley region _____ California and goes very well _____ fish. 1995 was a reasonable year