Difficult Customer

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.

B: How soon is soon?

A: Twenty minutes?

B: You know what? I’ll just go grab a burger across the street.

发音笔记：

Difficult Customer ↘

A: Good evening.↘ My name is Fabio, I’ll be your waiter for tonight. ↘May( j )I take your order?↘

B: No, I’m still working on it. ↘This menu (w) is not even in English. What’s good here? ↘

A: For you sir, ↗I would recommend spaghetti ( j ) 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 ( j ) and meatballs, →salad →and the wine. →

A: Excellent choice, your order will be ready soon. ↘

B: How soon is soon? ↘

A: Twenty minutes? ↗

B: You know what?↗ I’ll just go grab a burger across the street. ↘

Key Vocabulary单词或短语

grab 快速的获取:get quickly

go with 选择:to choose, pick

would recommend 建议，推荐。用了would表示语气的委婉和客气，该词为礼貌用语。:suggest

complimentary 赠送的，免费的:free

still working on:not yet completed, need more time

Supplementary Explanation

The waiter is very angry at the customer ，because the guy basically wasted the waiter\'s time.The guy came into the restaurant. He was not very polite and he\'s asking all these questions .In the end , he just got up and said ,\' I\'ll go grab a burger across the street.\' I think the guy was a lot more casual than the place he was in. This was a nice fancy restaurant, so I think he was in the wrong place.

1.impatient

uncomfortable waiting, wanting to go

2.fast food

food prepared and served quickly

3.waitress

female server at a restaurant or bar

4.fancy

nice, expensive, upscale

5.casual

relaxed, not dressy

去餐厅的情景用语:

1.I\'ll be your waiter for tonight.

2.May I take your order?

May I take your order?为餐厅服务员的常用语，询问客人是否可以点餐。

3.Excellent choice.

4. Your order will be ready soon.

5.You know what?

6.What\'s good here？

客人询问有什么可以推荐的？相当于问餐厅的特色菜是什么。

拓展练习对话词汇与句子

1.I\'m still working on it

Work on忙于某事，正在做某事。文中客人仍然在看菜单，还没有决定吃什么。

work ：最常用的意思是工作，大家都非常熟悉。但是work还有很重要的意思是“起作用，运转，奏效。

e.g.:-Did you fix my car?-I\'m still working on it.

-你修好我的车了吗-我还在努力。

2.Complementary= free

e.g.: We definitely like complementary/ free things.

我们当然喜欢免费的东西。

3.I\'ll go with...= I\'m choosing...= I\'ll take...

e.g.:I\'ll go with salad and the wine.

我要选沙拉和红酒。

4.Grab= get quickly，go grab= go get quickly

e.g.: On your way home can you grab some milk?

在回家的路上，你能拿些牛奶吗？

Wait for me please.I need to go grab my coat.

等我一下好吗？我要去拿我的外套。

I\'m gonna go grab something to eat myself. (myself用法: I prefer to do it myself.)

我自己去吃点东西。

Go grab：go and grab

I\'ll just go grab a burger across the street.

我直接去街对面买个汉堡算了。

"go grab" means go get quickly 迅速拿取

grab暗含了时间紧张的意思。

一般我们买东西会精挑细选，用了grab就表示没功夫慢慢挑，慢慢选。

拿外套那句，我们甚至可以脑补出为了赶时间，抓起衣服就走的场景。

5.How soon is soon?

e.g.: How soon should agriculture resume after a disaster?

灾难发生后农业多久才能恢复？

6.across the street.

e.g.: Welcome banners stretched across the street.

欢迎横幅横跨街道。