《英語輕鬆學》學好初級口語 #Lesson 35：In a Restaurant 在餐廳

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 初級口語 

搭配筆記聆聽會話 Listen to the text with the help of the notes given

 

再次聆聽並回答問題 Listen again and answer the questions below

Questions for discussion:

1. What is the name of the restaurant?

2. Does the waiter think the chef’s pizza is good?

3. What does the waiter recommend for drinks?

 

短文聽讀 Text

  Welcome to Albert’s Restaurant. I’m your waiter, Ken. Today, the chef is Leah Roberts. She makes the best soup in town. Her pizza is also to die for! Here is your menu. The food is on the left, and the drinks are on the right. For drinks, I recommend our red wine. It goes well with any of our dishes.

歡迎光臨亞伯特餐廳。我是您的服務員肯恩。今天的主廚是莉雅•羅伯茲。她做出來的湯是本地最好的湯品。她做的披薩也棒極了！這是您的菜單。左邊列的是食物，而飲料則列在右邊。以飲料來說，我推薦本餐廳的紅酒。它跟我們餐廳的任何一道菜都很搭。

單字片語 Vocabulary and Phrases

 1  chef   n. 廚師；大廚

 2  soup  n. 湯
eat / have soup　　喝湯
Notes
soup 在西方人眼中是一道菜，故與動詞 eat 或 have 並用，無 drink soup 的用法。
I need a spoon to eat my soup.
我需要一支湯匙來喝湯。

 3  menu  n. 菜單
Can I have the menu, please?
= Can I see the menu, please?
請給我看一下菜單好嗎？

 4  drink　 　n. 飲料
a soft drink　　不含酒精的飲料
= a non-alcoholic drink
a sports drink　　運動飲料

 5  recommend　vt. 推薦；介紹；建議；勸告
I believe Johnny is a competent young man, so I recommend him
to you without reservation.
我相信強尼是個能幹的年輕人，所以我毫不保留地把他推薦給您。
＊ without reservation 　　毫不保留

 6  go with...　　搭配……（= match...）
We had some red wine to go with our turkey dinner.
我們喝紅酒來配火雞晚餐。

 7  dish　　n. 菜餚；碗盤

口語新技能 New Skills

 1   介紹不可數名詞 

 a  本課提到 soup、pizza、food、drink、wine 這些物質名詞。其中 soup、pizza、wine 是不可數名詞，前面通常不加不定冠詞 a 或 an，也不加數字，但可用下列方式表達：
數詞 + 單位名詞 + of
a bowl of soup   一碗湯
a slice of pizza   一片披薩
a glass of wine   一杯葡萄酒
 

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