Unit Four Food &Beverage Service 餐饮服务

1. Unit Four Food &Beverage Service 餐饮服务

2. Unit Objectives （单元目标） • After learning this unit, you should • ——read, comprehend and translate into Chinese the passages and the dialogues about food and beverage. • ——know how to give information about food and beverage ; • ——master the basic words and expressions about food and beverage information and use them to make sentences; • ——get some cultural knowledge about food and beverage information; • ——comprehend the listening dialogues , practice the listening skill and talk a little about food and beverage. • ——find ways to improve your writing skills about a want ad ;

3. Background Knowledge 背景知识 1. 饮酒 （Drinking） • Drinking habits vary widely among Americans as they do among people from other lands. Some families never serve any alcoholic drinks, others have them before dinner, wine with the meal, and perhaps drinks after dinner. You are more likely to be offered a cocktail before dinner than wine with the meal. If you are not accustomed to American cocktails, be careful, they are often quite strong. Women as well as men drink them, but you should feel free to ask for something less strong or a non-alcoholic drink if you wish. In some homes, cocktails may be served for an hour or longer before dinner. If you do not wish to have another cocktail, simply say so. • Wine is becoming increasingly popular with Americans but is still not as common as in some other countries and not drunk as much as beer. Do not be surprised if you are offered milk, coffee, tea (iced or hot, depending on the season) or even Coca-Cola with a meal. Water is usually served in restaurants without being ordered, although you may certainly order anything else you prefer to drink.

4. Background Knowledge 背景知识 • 2. 外出吃饭,谁付钱? (Eating out － Who Pays?) • If you’ve made an agreement to go out to eat with someone, you should be clear who’s paying. If the other person suggests you have lunch with him or her you might simply say something like this: “I’m afraid it’ll have to be someplace inexpensive as I have very little money.” The other person may say: “O.K., I’ll meet you at McDonald.” • This means that you’ve agreed that each person pays for his own meal, i.e., that you “go Dutch.” If the person says “Oh, no, I want to take you to lunch in a little restaurant I like very much,” It means that the person intends to pay the bill for both of you. If a person invites you to his or her home for a meal, it’s understood that that person is paying; if you invite someone to your home, it’s understood that you are buying the food. If you want to invite someone out for lunch, you must also make yourself clear by saying, perhaps, “I’d like to take you to lunch tomorrow at the Hostess Inn Coffee Shop,” (meaning you plan to buy the food), or “Let’s have lunch together tomorrow at Burger King. It’s on me.” American women used to expect men to pay all meals, but today most women will pay for themselves. However, you should always make your position clear. Being clear is the polite thing to do; it is lack of clarity that causes loss of face in this situation.

5. Practice Materials 实训材料 • Listening • Dialogue 1 • a. Listen to Dialogue One and decide whether each of the following sentences is true (T) or false (F). • 1. ______ Li Hua is a secretary of the Department of Foreign Languages .. • 2. ______ John is a professor from America. • 3. ______ John would like to use chopsticks . • 4. ______ John wants to have a little wine . • 5. ______ The sea-cucumber is very delicious . • Keys: 1. F 2. F 3. T 4. F 5. T

6. Dialogue 1 • b. Listen to the dialogue and answer these questions. • 1. Who is Li Hua ? • Li Hua is Dean of the Department of Foreign Languages • 2. Who is John? • John is a professor from England. • 3. What would John like to use , chopsticks or a knife and fork ? • Chopsticks • 4. What would John like to drink? • Maotai ,the famous Chinese spirit . • 5. What does John think of the roast duck ? • It’s very tender and crispy .

7. Dialogue 1 • c. Listen to the dialogue again and supply the missing words. • 1. John is a professor from . • 2.Would you like wine or _______________ ? • 3. Here’s to your . Cheers! • 4. Let’s ________________the food .This is sea-cucumber . • 5. ________________yourself to the duck . • Keys : 1. England 2. spirit 3. health 4. try 5. Help

8. Dialogue 1 • 参考译文 • 干杯! • 李华是外语系主任，约翰是英国来的教授，他们正在宴会上用餐。 • 李华：你想用筷子还是刀叉？ • 约翰：我想还是试试用筷子吧，看我会不会用。 • 李华：好的。您来点葡萄酒还是白酒？ • 约翰：我想喝点中国名酒茅台。 • 李华：祝你健康，干杯！ • 约翰：也祝你健康，干杯！ • 李华：来吃点菜吧。这是海参。 • 约翰：真鲜美啊！ • 李华：请吃点鸭子，香酥鸭。趁热吃。 • 约翰：真是又嫩又脆。

9. Dialogue 2How About Some American Food? • a. Listen to Dialogue One and decide whether each of the following sentences is true (T) or false (F). • 1._____ America has great cooking from all over the world. • 2. ______ Americans can only eat Italian, French, German and Japanese food. • 3. ______ Li Qian would like to have some American food. • 4. ______ Li Qian would like to go to an expensive restaurant. • 5. ______ Carl Cooper will take Li Qian to an elaborate American restaurant. • Keys : 1.T 2. F 3.T 4. F 5. F

10. Dialogue 2 • b. Listen to the dialogue and answer these questions. • 1. Which country is Li Qian in now ? • In America. • 2. What is Li Qian doing there ? • She is studying for her PhD . • 3.Is there a Chinatown in the city where Carl Cooper lives? • Yes, there is . • 4.What would Li Qian like to have, American food or Chinese food ? • American food . • 5. What time will Li Qian pick Cooper up ? • At five .

11. Dialogue 2 • c. Listen to the dialogue again and supply the missing words. • 1.What do you ______________by “any kind of food”? • 2. Our country’s ______________up of people form all over the world. • 3. ______________about some American food ? • 4.An expensive place would make me _____________ . • 5. Great. I will pick you up at your ______________about 5 . OK? • Keys: 1. mean 2. made 3. How 4. uncomfortable 5. office

12. Dialogue 2 • 参考译文 • 吃顿美国餐怎么样？ • 李倩: 你说“吃什么都行”是什么意思？ • 库柏：我们国家的人来自世界各地。所以我们的烹调也是来自世界各地：意大利的、法国的、德国的、日本的，你说吃什么我们就有什么。如果你乐意，我们还可以到中国城去吃中餐。 • 李倩：吃顿美国餐怎么样？但是别要太贵的。高档地方让我觉得不舒服。 • 库柏：好的。咱们就去一个我知道的挺不错的小餐馆。在那儿你可以吃到大众化的传统美国饮食。 • 李倩：太好了。我5点左右开车到你办公室来接你，好吗？ • 库柏：好的。明天下午5点见。

13. Reading • Passage One • American Food Habits

14. American Food Habits • a. Answer the following questions according to the Passage. • 1. Generally speaking, what is American food like? • It is bland and unspiced. • 2. Why are many American people “calorie” conscious? • Because they want to keep their weight down . • Are “diet” foods without sugar or salt available in food stores? • Yes, they are . • 3. If a waiter suddenly asks “Now or later?”, what does he mean? • He means “Do you want coffee with your meal now or later ?” • 4. Can all American restaurants serve beer, wine, or liquor? • No, they can’t unless they are licensed to do so.

15. American Food Habits • b. Fill the blanks with words or phrases given below, changing the form where necessary. • 1. His attention was not evident to me. • 2. I became conscious of a man staring at me. • 3. The dress is available in all sizes. • 4. Brown’s formal title is “professor”, but he prefers to be called “Mr.”. • 5. He rarely went anywhere except to his office. • 6. What time is breakfast served in this restaurant ? • 7. The country licensed the landowners to fish these waters . • 8. The directors have a meeting every Friday , unless there is nothing to discuss. • 9. I assume him to be able to read. • 10. We had three courses ; the first was soup, and then meat and fruit.

16. American Food Habits • c. Translate the following sentences into English with words or phrases given in the brackets. • 1. 越来越多的人对天然的健康食品感兴趣。 ( natural health foods) • 2. 他们的任务是一年到头地供应蔬菜。 (all the year round) • 3. 她每天早晨吃过早饭后方便的时候都给他上一小时的课。(convenient) • 4. 经济危机使德国的出口受到严重的影响。 (affect) • 5. 你可住在饭店里或私人家里. (either…or) • Keys: • 1. More and more people are interested in natural health foods . • 2. Their task is to supply vegetables all the year round. • 3. Every morning at a convenient time after breakfast she gave him an hour’s lesson. • 4. The economic crisis has seriously affected German exports. • 5. You may stay either in a hotel or in a private house.

17. Passage Two • British Eating Habits

18. British Eating Habits • a.Read the passage carefully and then decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). • 1.In fact, much of the food eaten in Britain now is not traditional. • 2.More and more people are interested in buying traditional food. • 3.Fresh fruit is a natural convenience food, not available in winter. • 4.Snacks can be eaten anywhere and at any time. • 5.Hot food from a “take-away”can be eaten either at home or in the take-away shop. • 6.Fish and chips, hamburgers, and Chinese foods are the most common take-away foods in Britain. • 7.Processed foods are thought to be affected by chemical fertilizers. • 8.More recently, some people have turned their interest to processed foods. • 9.Health foods are not available in supermarkets. • 10.From the passage, we can conclude that people’s interest in food has turned from the processed foods to natural health foods. • Keys: 1. T 2.F 3. F 4. T 5. T 6. T 7. T 8. F 9. F 10. T

19. British Eating Habits • b. Fill the blanks with words or phrases given below, changing the form where necessary. • 1.Shopping bags are provided for the customer’s convenience . • 2.Thanks is slightly less formal than thank you . • 3. Chinese food is becoming popular with Americans. • 4. Processed foods made in factories are believed to have additives. • 5.A number of changes occured in subsequent years. • 6. He is very conservative and does not like things to change. • 7. His words do undoubtedly contain a tremendous truth . • 8. The sun disappeared behind the clouds . • 9. These are the traditional foods for Christmas. • 10. They manufacture televisions at the factory.

20. British Eating Habits • c. Complete the following dialogues by translating the Chinese into English. • A: 1）(我代表我们公司请您参加今晚六点的晚宴,希望您能光临。) • B: I’d like to come. Thank you very much. • A:2）（那我们六点钟在餐厅等你。） • B: All right See you then. • A: See you. • A: 3） （史密斯先生，您喝什么，雪碧还是葡萄酒？) • B: I’d like to have some wine. • A: 4）（让我们为远道而来的客人的健康干杯。） • B: Cheers! • A: 5）(格林先生，让我为您夹点鱼。) • B: Thank you, but only a small piece. • A: 6）（您还没有吃过鸡呢，吃一点吧。） • B: I’m afraid I have had more than enough. • Keys: • 1. On behalf of my company, I invite you to a dinner party at six o’clock this evening. I hope you will come. • 2. We’ll be waiting for you at 6 o’clock at the dining hall. • 3. Mr. Smith, what would you like to drink, Sprite or wine ? • 4. Let’s drink a toast to the health of our friend coming from afar. • 5. Let me help you to some fish, Mr. Green. • 6. You haven’t tasted the chicken, help yourself to some chicken.

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