Thursday, December 18, 2014

15. Ordering at a Restaurant

server
dessert
please
thank you
tip
restaurant
drinks
entrée
bill
(or tab)
menu
appetizer
salt
pepper
drink   drank  drinking
eat    ate  eaten    eating
order   ordered   ordering
would like



15. Ordering at a Restaurant: Story


Anthony is a big cat who lives with his five cat-friends in Chinatown in San Francisco, California.
Today is his birthday (1) so he invites his five friends to go with him (2) to his favorite restaurant.
They sit together (3) at a big table (4). The server asks them what they would like to order.
Anthony tells her that he and his friends want (5) to eat Chinese food and would like to see the menu. The server brings (6) menus and shows them (7) the appetizers.
They decide to order Chinese chicken wings (8) and egg rolls (9). They will have herbal tea (10) to drink.
When the appetizers arrive, (11) Anthony orders the same (12) entrée for himself (13) and his friends—chow mein.
For dessert Anthony orders Chinese fortune cookies (14). Anthony orders enough (15) for himself and his friends.
When they finish (16) eating, Anthony asks the server to please bring them the bill. The meal (17) for all six cats costs (18) $4.12.
Anthony thinks the price (19) is very reasonable. He leaves (22) the server a big tip--$5,000!



1)       su cumpleaños
2)       lo acompaña
3)       se sientan juntos
4)       mesa grande
5)       quieren
6)       trae
7)       les muestra
8)       alas de pollo chino
9)       rollos de huevo
10)   té de hierbas
11)   llegan
12)   la misma
13)   para sí mismo
14)   galletas de fortuna
15)   suficiente/bastante
16)   terminan de
17)   comida
18)   cuesta
19)   piensa/cree el precio
20)   deja

15. Ordering at a Restaurant: Reading


Anthony is a big cat who lives in San Francisco, California. He lives at in the center of Chinatown.
The San Francisco Chinatown is the largest Chinese community outside of (1) Asia. Many Chinese immigrants came (2) to the US for the California gold rush (3) of 1849.
Today is Anthony’s birthday so (4) he’s inviting his five neighbor friends to accompany him to his favorite restaurant.
The six cats sit together (5) at a big table (6). The server asks them what they would like to order.
Anthony tells her (7) that he and his friends are very hungry (8) and would really like (9) to eat some good Chinese food. He asks her for the menu.
The server, who is a peacock, (10) brings (11) six menus and shows them (12) the appetizers.
The cats decide right away (13) to order Chinese chicken wings (14) and egg rolls (15). They will have herbal tea (16) to drink.
While (17) they are enjoying (18) the appetizers, they decide to try (19) the restaurant’s special: chow mein.
When the server returns, (20) Anthony orders the entrée—six servings of chow mein for himself (21) and his friends.
The server brings them chopsticks (22) to eat their meal. They put soy sauce (23) on their chow mein instead of (24) salt.
For dessert, Anthony asks the server to please bring them fortune cookies (25).
He and his friends enjoy eating the cookies and sharing their fortunes written (26) on small papers inside (27) the cookies.
When they have finished (28) eating, the server brings them (29) the bill. The meal (30) for all six cats comes to (31) $4.12.
Anthony thinks (32) that is very reasonable so he leaves (33) the server a big tip--$5,000!
The server is very pleased (34) and tells the cats thank you and that she will be happy to serve them again (35) when they come back. (36)



1)       fuera
2)       vinieron
3)       fiebre de oro
4)       Hoy es el cumpleaños de modo que
5)       se sientan juntos
6)       mesa grande
7)       le dice
8)       tienen hambre
9)       les encantaría
10)   pavo real
11)   trae
12)   les muestra
13)   de inmediato
14)   alas de pollo
15)   rollos de huevo
16)   té de hierbas
17)   Mientras
18)   gozan de
19)   probar
20)   vuelve
21)   para sí mismo
22)   palillos
23)   salsa de soya
24)   en vez de
25)   galletas de fortuna
26)   escritas
27)   papeles pequeños dentro de
28)   han terminado
29)   les trae
30)   comida
31)   llega a
32)   piensa/cree
33)   deja
34)   satisfecha
35)   otra ver
36)   vuelvan







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