M:Hello English learners and welcome to EnglishPod!My name is Marco.
A: I’m Amira.
M: And Amira and I are here today with a great, great lesson for you.
A: Yes, we are.
M: Today we’re gonna be talking about a restaurant.Amira, why don’t you give us a little bit more details?
A: Well, we’re talking about a situation in a restaurantand two people are involved – the waiter and the customer. And I don’t wannasay anymore.
M: Okay, don’t say anymore, let’s just listen to thisdialogue and we’ll be back later to explain it.
Elementary - Difficult Customer (B0001)
A: Good evening. My name is Fabio, I’ll be your
waiter for tonight. May I take your order?
B: No, I’m still working on it. This menu is not even
in English. What’s good here?
A: For you sir, I would recommend spaghetti and
meatballs.
B: Does it come with coke and fries?
A: It comes with either soup or salad and a complimentary
glass of wine, Sir.
B: I’ll go with the spaghetti and meatballs, salad and
the wine.
A: Excellent choice, your order will be ready soon.
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B: How soon is soon?
A: Twenty minutes?
B: You know what? I’ll just go grab a burger across
the street.
A: Oh-oh, what a waiter?
M: What a waiter? He is really angry at this customer andI can’t blame him, I would be angry too.
A: Yeah, so, I’veseen Marco you have chosen someinteresting expressions for us here. What is the first one?
M: Well, the first one is I’m still working on it.
A: I’m still working on it.
M: I’m still working on it.
A: I’m still working on it.
M: Why don’t we listen to some other examples on how youcan use this word and then we’ll come back and explain it?
Example one.
A: Did you finish reading the magazine?
B: I’m still working it.
Example two.
C: Did you fix my car?
D: I’m still working on it.
M: Hm.
A: Uh, so, you could say “I’m still working on it” means…
M: I still need more time.
A: Fantastic.
M: Great. Okay, it’s clear.
A: I have another one for you guys, it’s a phrasecommonly used and you’ll hear it all the time –coke and fries.
M: Coke and fries.
A: Coke and fries.
M: Coke and fries. It’s a short way of saying “Coca-Cola and Frenchfries”.
A: So, that’s basically America’s fast food.
M: Yeah. Burger, coke and fries.
A: Okay.
M: Hehe.
A: What’s next on the menu?
M: On the menu we have a complementary glass of wine.
A: Complementary glass of wine.
M: Complementary glass of wine.
A: Complementary means…
M: That it’s free.
A: Free.
M: Yes.
A: We love that, ha?
M: Yeah, we definitely like free things.
A: Well, um, I have another one for us here, another interestingphrase – I’ll go with.
M: I’ll go with.
A: I’ll go with.
M: I’ll go with.
A: So, basically, it’s another way of saying “I’m choosing”.
M: Yeah, I’ll choose or I’ll take.
A: I’ll take.
M: Uhu.
A: Okay, very good.
M: Alright, the next word that I wanna take a look at is grab.
A: Grab.
M: Grab.
A: Grab.
M: Okay, now let’s listen to some other examples of howwe could use grab in differentsituations and then we’ll come back and explain it.
Example one.
A: On your way home can you grab some milk?
Example two.
B: Wait for me please, I need to grab my coat.
Example three.
C: Let’s grab a cup of coffee.
A: Alright, well, I would understand that go grab means go getquickly.
M: To go get quickly, yeah.
A: Yeah. Alright everyone, so, now it’stime to listen one more time to the dialogue and listen carefully and try tounderstand why the waiter doesn’t like the customer. Let’s listen.
Elementary - Difficult Customer (B0001)
A: Good evening. My name is Fabio, I’ll be your
waiter for tonight. May I take your order?
B: No, I’m still working on it. This menu is not even
in English. What’s good here?
A: For you sir, I would recommend spaghetti and
meatballs.
B: Does it come with coke and fries?
A: It comes with either soup or salad and a complimentary
glass of wine, Sir.
B: I’ll go with the spaghetti and meatballs, salad and
the wine.
A: Excellent choice, your order will be ready soon.
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B: How soon is soon?
A: Twenty minutes?
B: You know what? I’ll just go grab a burger across
the street.
A: Marco, why did this waiter get angry at the customer?
M: Well, he basically wasted the waiter’s time. I meanthis guy comes into the restaurant, he is not very polite and he’s asking allthese questions, in the end he just gets up and says “Uh, I’ll just go grab aburger across the street”.
A: Yeah, and I also think that this guy was a lot morecasual than the place he was in, right?
M: Yeah, yeah, I think it was a nice, uh, fancyrestaurant, so, I think he was in the wrong place.
A: Yeah, so, how many times, Marco, tell me do you really have fastfood a week?
M: Fast food, let’s see, uh, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday… no, I’m justkidding.
A: Oh my God.
M: No, no, um, I think I get fast food maybe once a week…once or twice a week. Alright, talking about fast food made me hungry, so, Ithink I’m gonna go grab something to eat myself.
A: Yeah, me too.
M: Alright, I hope you guys enjoyed the lesson today andremember that all of this vocabulary is useful for your everyday needs.
A: Yes, well, actually here in EnglishPod we focus on phrases and words that are high frequency andthat means that you can use them everyday in your practical life.
M: Exactly, and be sure to go to our website at englishpod.comwhere you can find many otherresources and you can leave your questions and comment at our community forum.
A: So, thank you very much for listening, we’ll be backtomorrow with another great lesson for you, so, until then… Bye!
M: Bye!
Ycl88
好棒，后面的怎么没了？