Vocabulary of the text

Exercise 1. Give the English equivalents to the following words and word-combinations:

харчуватися в ресторані чи кафе; спілкуватися; куштувати місцеву їжу; кафе при готелі; закусочна; напої; використовувати всю перевагу; страва з меню; фіксоване меню; у вишуканому стилі; ввічливо; незалежні заклади харчування; залежати від туристів; франчайзингові організації; торговельна точка; самообслуговування; пропонувати прості страви за прилавком; територія міста; обслуговувати цілодобово; закуска; обслуговування за межами приміщення; посольство.

Exercise 2. Match the words with their synonyms.

socialize	depend on
urban	drink
refreshment	politely
rely on	communicate
courteously	twenty-four-hour
beverage	town
cater for	snack
round-the-clock	serve

Exercise 3. In hotel and restaurant services a lot of French words are used. Complete each of the following sentences with an appropriate word.

à la carte, après ski, brut, cuisine, chef, concierge, hors-d'œuvre, table d'hôte, en-suite, décor, chamber-maids, maître d’hotel

1. There are a lot of possibilities what to do after skiing. This hotel offers many ……. ; it has an indoor swimming pool and a tennis court, bowling and disco.

2. I like sweet champagne whereas my husband prefers ……. .

3. You should go to the ……., they can book a table for you in that restaurant.

4. Restaurants usually offer set menus for lunch but in the evenings people eat ……. .

5. A ……. is responsible for all the staff in the restaurant.

6. Let’s take crab salad as an ……. .

7. There is the ……. which is a set price of $21.50 for the three courses.

8. The ……. of this restaurant can prepare delicious steaks.

9. Do you like Chinese cuisine?

10. All our rooms have ……. bathrooms.

11. ……. tidy the rooms every day.

12. This restaurant has a very nice ……. .

Exercise 4. Answer the following questions:

1. Why do people like eating out?

2. What types of restaurants do you know?

3. Can you describe the difference between a formal restaurant and a typical fast-food restaurant?

4. What are the F&B Manager’s responsibilities?

5. What does eating à la carte mean?

6. Who are set lunch menus offered for?

7. What are the peculiarities of a specialty restaurant?

8. What types of independent food service establishments do you know? What food do they cater clients for? What kind of service do they provide?

Language Corner: modal verbs. Probability and certainty Practice

Exercise 1. Complete the sentences with the correct modal verb. Use the correct tense.

1. That restaurant ….... (be) very good. It is always full of people.

2. It rained almost every day last week. They ….… (have) a very nice holiday.

3. We are just discussing our holiday plans. We ….... (go) to Ireland or to Scotland.

4. The train ….... (leave), there are no people on the platform.

5. I would never go to Egypt in July. It ……. (be) very hot there.

6. Don't worry. It ... (be) too dangerous, otherwise they would not offer these excursions.

7. Mr.Brown hasn't come for breakfast yet. He ……. (oversleep).

8. Look at the map. Our hotel ……. (be) over there.

9. We have been going for half an hour. It ……. (be) far any more.

10. If you hurry up, you ……. (catch) the 9:30 train.