Lesson 6
What’s the date today? – It’s Tuesday“the” 10th “of” February
Do you have any plans?
How did you celebrate your birthday when you were a child?
I had a little birthday party
a family get- together (= a family reunion)
Did you do anything nice yesterday?
Soy sauce, citrus juice (lemon juice), olive oil and some spices from Thailand
I’m doing ok thanks/thank you. (=so-so)
Rehabilitation after my operation
It was my day off (from work/studies). I was free yesterday.
I made fried chicken, with rice and some salad
Chicken nuggets are deep-fried
Aims
- Comfortable or convenient?
- Borrow/lend
- Ordering food and drink in a restaurant
- Room service
(un) comfortable or (in)convenient?
- The hotel’s location is very convenient for guests who want to explore the city centre.
- Some customers found it inconvenient that the café didn’t accept cash payments.
- Our new lounge chairs are designed to be as comfortable as possible for guests waiting in the lobby.
- It was inconvenient for the guests when the lift was out of service during their stay. (= impractical)
- The guesthouse staff made my stay very comfortable by providing extra pillows and blankets.
- The mattress in the hotel was really hard and uncomfortable which made it difficult to sleep.
- The café’s early morning opening hours are convenient for commuters who need breakfast before work.
- The restaurant’s booths are so comfortable that many customers stay for hours.
a bow tie – junk food – processed food – ultraprocessed food
These are cranes. It’s a crane (on a construction site)
What do you find in a restaurant?
There is cutlery, there is a water glass
Crockery = plates, saucers, bowls, dishes (porcelain)
Cutlery consists of knives, spoons, forks
Glassware = glasses, water glasses, wine glasses, champagne glass
Knife “nife” (knee = “nee”)
A bottle opener to open beer
A corkscrew to open bottles of wine
My mother had cork tiles on her kitchen floor
A salt mill, a pepper mill (= kvarn)
Meal – mill
A jug of olive oil, milk jug
A highchair (for a small child)
The “specials” menu
A desk menu, the lunch menu, the dinner menu
A finger bowl is used for rinsing/cleaning fingers after a greasy meal or after eating shellfish
Shellfish = mussels, crayfish (crawfish USA), lobster, crab, shrimps (USA) , prawns (BrE). King prawns, tiger prawns (the bigger ones!)
Cockles (very popular in the UK)
Ketchup, vinegar, mustard, salt, pepper etc – condiments
?
Eller hur? ”innit” (London English 😊)
That’s right, isn’t it?
He’s in a bad mood, isn’t he?
This is really difficult, isn’t it? “izzun tit”
We’re really fortunate, aren’t we?
It’s really cold today, isn’t it
They’re quite annoyed, aren’t they?
That young boy is very noisy, isn’t he?
Those children are arguing, aren’t they?
These shirts are really expensive, aren’t they?
She’s not really happy today, is she?
It’s not very cold today, is it?
We’re not very organised today, are we?
He doesn’t sound very happy, does he?
No double negatives!
In breakout rooms tell each other what things you can find in your kitchen/dining room and what you use them for.
My neighbour is doing renovations
Milk jug, water jug
A cake slice
A whisk – an electric whisk (more convenient), a handheld whisk
A (cheese) grater
A can/tin opener
A potato masher (You mash potato)
A garlic press (to press garlic)
A soup ladle ( to ladle soup into a bowl)
A spatula (use it to scrape out the last of the mixture)
A colander (durkslag) to wash vegetables
You use a sieve to wash rice and sieve flour
A sugar, salt, pepper shaker
A knife sharpener – you use it to sharpen knives
A pencil sharpener – to sharpen pencils
You boil water in a (an electric) kettle
You cook spaghetti in a saucepan (“såspun”)
You fry eggs in a frying pan
Kitchen utensils (= kitchen equipment, not electricity)
floor tiles (cork tile)
wall tiles
roof tiles (outside on the roof)
tongs
scissors (always plural) a pair of scissors – kitchen scissors, sewing scissors, nail scissors,
tweezers – a pair of tweezers
a stovetop kettle – it’s a whistling kettle – to whistle
a cheese slicer
a vegetable peeler – to peel potatoes, to peel carrots
Throw away vegetable peelings in the compost bin
A nut cracker – to crack open nuts