一． Situational Dialogue
Joey: Everything looks so good,. What will you have, Jason?
Waiter: Good evening, sir. Are you ready to order now?
Joey: Yes, I'll have scrambled(攀登，搅拌，炒) eggs as the appetizer, then the spaghetti and fruit salad with a bit of vinegar.
Jason: I'd like a medium-rare steak and French fries.
Waiter: Anything else? Would you like something to drink?
Jason: We'll have a bottle of French red wine. And if it's 1982's, that would be great.
… …
Jason: We'd like to check please.
Joey: Well, let's go Dutch.
Jason: No, it's my treat this time.
二． Conversations
1. 与朋友一起吃饭，餐前总会有一些闲谈
(1)
A: Look at the long line outside!
B: This is the best Chinese restaurant in town.
A: It can't be that good.
B: Just wait till you taste their food.
A: What do you usually have for lunch?
B: Hamburger or sandwich.
(2)
A: What a beautiful restaurant!
B: It's like a trip to China.
A: The decoration is exotic(异国情调的).
B: The Chinese always use a lot of red.
A: I wonder if it has any cultural meaning.
B: Probably.
(3)
A: They serve good food in this restaurant.
B: Oh, yes. Very cozy(舒适), too.

2. 点餐前讨论要吃点什么
(1)
A: Would you like to try Chinese food?
B: Yes, I would like.
A: Have you tried chao mein(炒面)?
B: Yes, I have.
A: Well, then, how about Mongolian Barbecue(蒙古烤肉) this time?
B: What is it?
A: It's thinly sliced meats fried whit various sauces.
(2)
A: What are you going to have?
B: Egg drop soup(蛋花汤) and shrimp(小虾) fried rice.
A: You had that yesterday.
B: I know. I always order the same thing.
A: I'm going to try something new.
B: I'll just have the usual.
3. 预定座位
Customer: I'd like to reserve a table for dinner.
Restaurant staff: Certainly. How many in your party?
Customer: A party of six.
4. 到餐馆后确认定位
(1)
Waiter: Do you have reservations?
Orwell: Yes, the name is Mr. Orwell.
Waiter: Let me see. Oh, here. A party of four. Please come this way.
(2)
Waitress: Good evening.
Wilson: We have reservations under the name of Wilson.
Waitress: Yes, I remember. A party of ten, I believe. This way, please. It's a private dining room with a beautiful view.
5. 没有定位的情况
Jason: I haven't made reservations, but do you have a table for five?
Waiter: Not right now , but a table will be available in a few minutes. Would you care to wait?
Jason: Yes, thank you.
6. 点菜
Waiter: Have you decided what to order?
Man: Yes. For entrée['antrei](前菜) this lady will have smoked salmon(鲑鱼), but I prefer asparagus(芦笋). What would you recommend today?
Waiter: We have very good filet mignon(菲力牛排) today. Would you like to try?
Man: Yes, we'd both like filet mignon.
Waiter: How would you like your steaks? (牛排要几分熟)
Man: She likes her steak well-done, but I prefer mine eight percent done.
Waiter: Would you like anything to drink, sir?
Man: Yes, I'll have a martini. Make it extra dry.
Woman: I'd prefer a Manhattan.
Waiter: Yes, ma'am.
Manhattan: 曼哈顿，一种鸡尾酒。威士忌和甜苦艾酒2:1
Martini: 马丁尼酒，一种鸡尾酒。琴酒和苦艾酒3:1; dry martini比例5:1; extra dry martini比例8:1
7. 当一种食物有多种做法时，侍应生会询问顾客意见
(1)
Waiter: How do you like your steaks?
Customer: Rare, please. I like it well-done, please.
(2)
Waiter: How do you want your potatoes? Mashed(捣碎), fried, or baked?
A: Baked potato, please.
B: The same for me.
8. 要汤
A: What is your soup of the day?
Waiter: We have vegetable and French onion soup.
B: I'd like the vegetable soup, please.
A: French onion for me.
9. 点酒
(1)
W: Would you care for some wine with your dinner?
C: May I see the wine list?
W: Here you are, sir.
C: A bottle of California Rose, please.
Wine葡萄酒分三类：white wine白葡萄酒，浅色葡萄去皮酿造；Red wine红葡萄酒，红葡萄连皮发酵；rose粉葡萄酒，红葡萄去皮酿造。
(2)
C: Do you have Red Burgundy (法国勃艮地红葡萄酒) 1978?
W: Sorry, sir. We're out of stock(无现货)
10. 叫甜点
(1)
W: Would you like to order dessert?
C: What kind of pie do you have?
W: Apple, banana cream and pumpkin(南瓜).
C: A piece of pumpkin pie and coffee, please.
(2)
W: Do you want to order dessert now?
C: No, I'll wait.
W: What do you like to drink?
C: I'll have coffee later.
(3)
W: For dessert we have vanilla(香草) ice cream and lemon sherbet.
C: I don't believe I care for dessert, thank you. Can I have a doggy bag（食物袋）, please?
W: Sure.
Sherbet：（英）冰冻果子露(果子加牛奶和蛋白等冷冻而成，有柠檬lemon、柳橙、表柠lime和覆盆子raspberry口味)
11. 在餐桌上请他人帮忙传递东西
A: Would you pass the salt, please? / Please pass the pepper.
B: Sure.
A: Thank you.
12. 向别人敬酒
A: It's Bill's birthday.
B: Happy birthday, Bill!
C: Congratulations, Bill. To your health!
D: Thanks. To our friendship!
13. 在餐桌上鼓励别人多吃
A: How come you eat so little?
B: I'm on a diet. I gained a few pounds this summer.
A: I have to watch my weight, too. But my principle is "Eat now, diet tomorrow."
14. 付款
(1)
A: Can I have the check, please?
B: Jason, let's go Dutch on this.
A: No, it's my treat today.
(2)
C: Miss, can we have our checks, please?
W: Do you want separate checks?
C: Yes, please.
W: Ok. Just a moment.
(3)
A: Let me get the check. (我来结帐)
B: No. You picked it up last time(上次是你付的). It's my treat today.
15. 侍应生部顾客是付现金还是记帐
W: Cash or charge?
C: Charge, please. Put it on my American Express(美国运通信用卡).
16. 在快餐店点餐
(1)
C: One Quarter Pounder(满意汉堡) and one large fry, please.
W: Anything to drink?
C: Milk shake(奶昔), please.
W: What flavor(什么口味)?
C: Strawberry.
W: It'll be a few seconds.
(2)
C: A couple of drumsticks(鸡腿；鼓槌) and one coleslaw(凉拌卷心菜), please.
W: Will that be all?
C: Yes, that's all.
(3)
C: I'd like a hamburger, a filet o'fish(麦香鱼), and two medium cokes(可乐).
W: Fries?
C: No, thanks.
W: Here or to go?
C: Here.
(4)
W: May I help you?
C: Yes. One cheeseburger(吉士汉堡) and one small root beer(美洲热带产沙士根饮料，俗称'麦根沙士'或'露啤') to go.
W: Thank you.
三． Practical Expressions
1. 各种干杯的说法
1) Let's toast(敬酒) the new president(董事长).
2) I'd like to propose a toast to the bride and bridegroom.
3) Let's drink a toast to the bride and bridegroom.
4) Let's make a toast to Jim's new house.
5) Here's to the new chief(敬新长官)!
6) To you and me.
7) To our health.
8) Cheers.
2. 称赞饭菜饮食
1) That dish looks tantalizing(撩人的，令人着急的).
2) I'm drooling(流口水) just looking at all these pastries(糕饼).
3) What a feast(盛筵)!
4) This is a meal fit for a king(国宴).
5) The food is out of this world.
6) That dish looks very appetizing.
3. 抱怨饭菜饮食
1) This dish is too oily / hot / spicy(辛辣).
2) It's hard to swallow.
3) This soup tastes bland(乏味的).
4) The steak tastes like rubber.
5) The dessert makes me sick.
4. 对别人盛情的婉拒
1) I'm on a diet.
2) I'm cutting down on sweets(糖果，甜食).
3) I've had too much already.
4) I'm stuffed(塞满了).
5. 餐厅服务员常用语
1) Do you have reservations?
2) Please come this way.
3) May I take your order?
4) Anything to start with?
5) The house special tonight is… (今晚的特别菜肴是…)
6) How would you like your steak?
7) It's customary to trip, ma'am. (通常大家都会付小费，女士)
8) It's comes to … (一共是…钱)
9) It's on the house. (老板请客)
6. 在餐厅就餐
1) I'd like to reserve a table for …
2) What do you recommend for an appetizer?
3) What's the special tonight?
4) I'll have …
5) Make it well done / seven percent done, please.
6) I'd like … for dessert.
7) Could you bring us the bill, please? / I'd like to check, please.
四． Supplementary information
1. 欧美三餐: breakfast, lunch, supper
2. breakfast: bread, drink, cereal(谷类，如麦片粥、玉米片),egg, ham(火腿), bacon. Eggs are cooked varies, such as fried egg(煎荷包蛋),scrambled egg(炒蛋), omelet(煎蛋卷), boiled egg(煮蛋),poached egg(煮荷包蛋). Boiled egg includes hard (全熟) and soft (半熟); fried egg includes over(两面全熟) and sunny side up(单煎). Bread classified to toast, waffles(奶蛋饼, 华夫饼), pancakes(薄烤饼), biscuits(小甜面包), corn muffins(玉米松饼), coffee cake(配咖啡吃的糕饼), sweet rolls(面包卷). Drink includes juice, milk and coffee.
3. lunch: usually is taken at snack bar(小吃店) or cafeteria(自助餐厅). The foods often are sandwich, hot dog, hamburger, additional milk, coffee or coke. But sometimes a dinner(正餐) will be shared with friends.
4. supper: is the most abundant meal in a day, also be called dinner. It always includes soup, juice, appetizer, salad, main course, dessert and coffee. Meat foods always include beef, mutton(羊肉), pork, fish, chicken. Potato is done by baked, mashed(泥), boiled, fried etc. materials for salad are lettuce(莴苣), cabbage, tomatoes. Desserts always are pie, cake, pudding, ice cream, sherbet, fruit. If you are lazy, you can buy 'frozen dinner' from supermarket and only heat it in an oven. Also, you can enjoy your supper while watching TV, that's a TV dinner.
5. Comity: Despite of few formal dining-room, each one is assigned 3 to 4 tableware including knives, forks, spoons. A dinner plate(餐盘) is always put in front of you, with table-knives and soup-spoons on the right, but the forks on the left. If there is soup on the table, there will be a bit bigger spoon beside the soup-spoon. Bigger spoon is only be used to drink soup, but not to ladle(舀) other food. Attention, never make any noise in eating.
The usage of napkin(餐巾) is to unfold it(it is twice folio previous) and to put it on the knees evenly and cover the knees. The napkin can be used to wipe mouth when necessary. Don't put the napkin in you collar. And you can put the napkin on the table casually after meal, do not need to fold it despite of your next meal is taken at the same table.
If there is a small dish on the left of the dinner plate, that's for playing bread, and the knife beside the dish is for taking butter. Tear the bread and butter it, don't butter the whole bread on time.
At a informal dinner, there is a bowl of salad for everyone, and it should be taken at first. While at a more formal dinner, salad is in a large salad bowl, you must take it yourself and have it with other food. Knives and forks could be all put or the right when unnecessary, but their end shouldn't touch the table.
If there are few persons, you shouldn't begin to eat till everyone is present.
6. 各种餐馆、小吃的说法
1) restaurant  餐馆，饭店
2) cafeteria  自助餐厅
3) café  咖啡馆，小餐馆
4) smorgasbord  瑞典式自助餐
5) snack bar  小吃店，卖小吃的柜台
6) fast-food restaurant  速食餐馆
7) drive-in restaurant  免下车餐馆
8) pizzeria  匹萨饼店，意大利肉饼店
9) canteen  小卖部
10) bakery  面包店
11) ice cream parlor  冰激凌店
12) coffee shop  咖啡店
13) coffee house  咖啡屋
14) soda fountain  苏打水店，冷饮柜
15) tavern  酒馆，客栈
16) pub  酒馆，客栈
17) alehouse  麦酒店，酒馆
18) bar room, cocktail bar, cocktail lounge  酒吧间（附设于酒店或机场大厅）