STUDY NOTES
Characters
Leo: Receptionist
Mona: Guest Jack:
Guest
Jean:
Waitress
The story
Mona and Jack are at the Golden Lotus Restaurant. Jean gives them a menu and takes their orders.
Language Pract- Describing dishes
Here are some descriptions of dishes for you to read out loud.
A: It all sounds good. What do you recommend?
B: The Crispy Fish is very popular. It comes with a ginger sauce.
A: Is the Garlic Chicken very hot?
B: The Garlic Chicken is quite hot. It has chillies in the sauce.
A: Could you tell me what is in the stir fry?
B: The Stir Fry is a combination seafood dish. It’s delicious.
A: How many people will the steamed vegetables serve?
B: The Steamed Vegetables are enough for four people.
A: I’d like a dish with a strong flavour. What would you suggest?
B: The Beef in Black Bean Sauce is quite flavoursome.
A: Do you have any dishes with tofu?
B: The Vegetable Stir Fry has tofu that is marinated with soy sauce, ginger and garlic.
Grammar - quite and very
In the first example below, quite has a similar meaning to rather, pretty or very. Each of these words can be used as an adverb to modify the adjective. The adverbs below are in bold.
Examples:
In the next example, quite means completely or absolutely.
Examples:
It’s quite amazing. (It’s completely amazing)
It’s quite interesting. (It’s absolutely interesting)
The Garlic Chicken is quite good.
The Chilli Crab is rather hot.
The Mango Ice Cream is pretty good. (pretty is used informally here) The Beef in Black Bean Sauce is very popular.
EXERCISES
1. Key vocabulary
Look up the meaning and pronunciation of these words in your dictionary. appetisers
boiled
coconut
chicken
chillies
crispy
dishes
garlic
ginger
order
popular
quite hot
ready
sauce
sounds
steamed
2. Language Practice – Describing dishes
Match the start of the sentence with the correct ending. Practise saying them with your friends.
1. The Crispy Fish is very popular a two people to share.
2 The Garlic Chicken is
b quite filling.
3 The Stir Fry
c with our guests.
4. The Steamed Vegetables are enough for
d rather hot.
5 The Beef in Black Bean Sauce is e has mushrooms, tofu and garlic.
3. Language Practice – writing sentences
Below are some key words. Write sentences then say them out loud.
Example:
Garlic / Chicken / good The Garlic Chicken is quite good.
1. rather / busy / at / moment ____________________________________________________
2. very / well / thank ____________________________________________________
3. film / interesting ____________________________________________________
4. room / comfortable ____________________________________________________
4. The Chant
Practise saying this chant out loud.
Is the fish?
Is the fish?
Is the fish very hot?
Yes, it is Yes, it is Yes, it’s very, very hot
Suggested answers. 2.1) c 2) d or b3) e 4) a 5) b or d 3.1) He’s
rather busy at the moment. 2) I am very well thank you. 3) The
film was quite interesting. 4) The room is very comfortable.
