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酒店英语听说强化教程(第4版)
1.5.2.5 Lesson71 Signing the Bill 签单
Lesson71 Signing the Bill 签单

A Listen to the conversation.Decide if the following statements are true (T) or false (F).

1.The restaurant is probably a Chinese restaurant.(  )

2.The guest prefers hot food.(  )

3.The guest ordered Mapo Bean Curd.(  )

4.The doctor advised her to have more hot food.(  )

5.The guest ordered noodles to go with the dishes.(  )

B Spot Dictation

Cantonese (广东的) 1, which includes Guangzhou, Chaozhou and Dongjiang dishes, is 2 for its fresh ingredients and 3 tenderness.The main ingredients (配料) of these dishes are characteristically 4 water fish, seafood,and fowl, and the major condiments (调味品) 5 are oyster sauce, fermented soy 6 sauce, fish sauce, sugar and vinegar (醋).

Sichuan cuisine is one of the four 7 famous Chinese cuisines, and is very 8 all over the 9, because of their distinct (独特的) and various flavors.10 of the most famous flavors are derived from (源自) 11,pepper powder boiled in oil, with a 12 sticky-hot taste.

C Conversation

New Words

1.tax [tæks] n.税,税款,税金2.import [ɪm'pɔːt] v.进口

Exercises

71.1 Oral Practice

Pair work.Role-play the following situations.

1.Student A:You are a hotel guest and want to pay your restaurant bill by credit card.

Student B:You are a waitress.Apologize and explain that your restaurant doesn’t accept credit cards.Suggest that he sign the bill, as he is a registered guest.

2.Student A:You have just finished your dinner.The bill totals 270 Yuan.You pay 300 Yuan in cash and tell the waiter to keep the change.

Student B:You are a waitress.Give the change back to the guest and thank for the tip.

71.2 Choose the correct answers to complete the sentences.

1.Would you like to go ______?

A.French B.Dutch

2.—Do you ______ Visa Card?

—Yes, madam.

A.charge B.accept

3.Sorry.We don’t ______ eating any more meat.

A.feel like B.hope

4.We should ______ blame any of our guests.

A.in no case B.in any case

5.It might be expensive.But it’s worth ______ of it.

A.each penny B.every penny

71.3 Put the following sentences into Chinese.

1.The pantry is used to store china, glassware and stainless dishes.It has facilities to warm food before served.

2.Catering department organizes and prepares big and important functions like every important or large-scale banquets and conventions whereas food and beverage department provides commonplace meals or serves small group of guests.

3.There is a great difference between Chinese cuisine and Italian cuisine as long as the cooking method is concerned.

4.Quite a few guests prefer rich food to light food.

5.This is our hotel’s specialty.

6.Would you like to have a taste of our chef’s recommendation?

A Funny Story

It Won’t Drink Much

“Waiter, there is a fly in my soup.”

“Don’t worry.It won’t drink much.”