{"id":6906,"date":"2026-02-10T13:46:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T12:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/?page_id=6906"},"modified":"2026-02-10T13:49:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T12:49:39","slug":"notes-from-lesson-6-10-2-26","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/completed-courses\/engelska-for-hotell-och-restaurangbranschen-a1-course-start-2-2-26\/notes-from-lesson-6-10-2-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes from Lesson 6 (10\/2\/26)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Lesson 6 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s the date today? \u2013 It\u2019s \u00a0Tuesday\u201cthe\u201d 10<sup>th<\/sup> \u201cof\u201d February<\/p>\n<p>Do you have any plans?<\/p>\n<p>How did you celebrate your birthday when you were a child?<\/p>\n<p>I had a little birthday party<\/p>\n<p>a family get- together (= a family reunion)<\/p>\n<p>Did you do anything nice yesterday?<\/p>\n<p>Soy sauce, citrus juice (lemon juice), olive oil and some spices from Thailand<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m doing ok thanks\/thank you.\u00a0 (=so-so)<\/p>\n<p>Rehabilitation after my operation<\/p>\n<p>It was my day off (from work\/studies).\u00a0 I was free yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>I made fried chicken, with rice and some salad<\/p>\n<p>Chicken nuggets are deep-fried<\/p>\n<p><u>Aims<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Comfortable or convenient?<\/li>\n<li>Borrow\/lend<\/li>\n<li>Ordering food and drink in a restaurant<\/li>\n<li>Room service<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>(un) comfortable or (in)convenient?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The hotel\u2019s location is very <strong>convenient<\/strong> for guests who want to explore the city centre.<\/li>\n<li>Some customers found it <strong>inconvenient<\/strong> that the caf\u00e9 didn\u2019t accept cash payments.<\/li>\n<li>Our new lounge chairs are designed to be as <strong>comfortable<\/strong> as possible for guests waiting in the lobby.<\/li>\n<li>It was <strong>inconvenient<\/strong> for the guests when the lift was out of service during their stay. (= impractical)<\/li>\n<li>The guesthouse staff made my stay very <strong>comfortable<\/strong> by providing extra pillows and blankets.<\/li>\n<li>The <u>matt<\/u>ress in the hotel was really hard and <strong>uncomfortable<\/strong> which made it difficult to sleep.<\/li>\n<li>The caf\u00e9&#8217;s early morning opening hours are <strong>convenient<\/strong> for commuters who need breakfast before work.<\/li>\n<li>The restaurant\u2019s booths are so <strong>comfortable<\/strong> that many customers stay for hours.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>a bow tie &#8211;\u00a0 junk food\u00a0 &#8211; processed food\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 ultraprocessed food<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>These are cranes.\u00a0 It\u2019s a crane (on a construction site)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you find in a restaurant?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is cutlery, there is a water glass<\/p>\n<p>Crockery \u00a0= plates, saucers, bowls, dishes\u00a0 (porcelain)<\/p>\n<p>Cutlery consists of knives, spoons, forks<\/p>\n<p>Glassware = glasses, water glasses, wine glasses, champagne glass<\/p>\n<p>Knife \u201cnife\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 (knee = \u201cnee\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>A bottle opener to open beer<\/p>\n<p>A <u>cork<\/u>screw to open bottles of wine<\/p>\n<p>My mother had cork tiles on her kitchen floor<\/p>\n<p>A salt mill, a pepper mill\u00a0 (= kvarn)<\/p>\n<p>Meal &#8211; mill<\/p>\n<p>A jug of olive oil, milk jug<\/p>\n<p>A highchair (for a small child)<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cspecials\u201d menu<\/p>\n<p>A desk menu, the lunch menu, the dinner menu<\/p>\n<p>A finger bowl is used for rinsing\/cleaning fingers after a greasy meal or after eating shellfish<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shellfish<\/strong> = mussels, crayfish\u00a0 (crawfish USA), lobster, crab,\u00a0 shrimps (USA) , prawns (BrE).\u00a0 King prawns, tiger prawns (the bigger ones!)<\/p>\n<p>Cockles (very popular in the UK)<\/p>\n<p>Ketchup, vinegar, mustard, salt, pepper etc &#8211; <u>con<\/u>diments<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Eller hur?<\/u><\/strong><strong><u>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201dinnit\u201d (London English <\/u><\/strong><strong><u>&#x1f60a;<\/u><\/strong><strong><u>)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s right, <strong>isn\u2019t it<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s in a bad mood,<strong> isn\u2019t he<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p>This is really difficult,<strong> isn\u2019t it<\/strong>?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cizzun tit\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re really fortunate, <strong>aren\u2019t we<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s really cold today, <strong>isn\u2019t it<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re quite annoyed, <strong>aren\u2019t they<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p>That young boy is very noisy, <strong>isn\u2019t he<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p>Those children are arguing, <strong>aren\u2019t they<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p>These shirts are really expensive, <strong>aren\u2019t they?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s <strong>not<\/strong> really happy today,<strong> is she<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s <strong>not<\/strong> very cold today, <strong>is it<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re <strong>not<\/strong> very organised today, <strong>are we<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He does<strong>n\u2019t<\/strong> sound very happy, <strong>does he<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>No double negatives!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In breakout rooms tell each other what things you can find in your kitchen\/dining room and what you use them for.<\/p>\n<p>My neighbour is doing renovations<\/p>\n<p>Milk jug, water jug<\/p>\n<p>A cake slice<\/p>\n<p>A whisk \u2013 an electric whisk \u00a0(more convenient), a handheld whisk<\/p>\n<p>A (cheese) grater<\/p>\n<p>A can\/tin opener<\/p>\n<p>A potato masher\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (You mash potato)<\/p>\n<p>A garlic press\u00a0\u00a0 (to press garlic)<\/p>\n<p>A soup ladle\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ( to ladle soup into a bowl)<\/p>\n<p>A spatula (use it to scrape out the last of the mixture)<\/p>\n<p>A colander\u00a0 (durkslag) to wash vegetables<\/p>\n<p>You use a sieve to wash rice and sieve flour<\/p>\n<p>A sugar, salt, pepper shaker<\/p>\n<p>A knife sharpener\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 you use it to sharpen knives<\/p>\n<p>A pencil sharpener \u2013 to sharpen pencils<\/p>\n<p>You boil water in a (an electric) kettle<\/p>\n<p>You cook spaghetti in a saucepan\u00a0 (\u201c<u>s\u00e5s<\/u>pun\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>You fry eggs in a frying pan<\/p>\n<p>Kitchen utensils (= kitchen equipment, not electricity)<\/p>\n<p>floor tiles\u00a0 (cork tile)<\/p>\n<p>wall tiles<\/p>\n<p>roof tiles\u00a0 (outside on the roof)<\/p>\n<p>tongs<\/p>\n<p>scissors (always plural)\u00a0 a pair of scissors\u00a0 &#8211; kitchen scissors, sewing scissors, nail scissors,<\/p>\n<p>tweezers \u2013 a pair of tweezers<\/p>\n<p>a stovetop kettle \u2013 it\u2019s a whistling kettle\u00a0 &#8211; to whistle<\/p>\n<p>a cheese slicer<\/p>\n<p>a vegetable peeler\u00a0 &#8211; to peel potatoes, to peel carrots<\/p>\n<p>Throw away vegetable peelings in the compost bin<\/p>\n<p>A nut cracker \u2013 to crack open nuts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lesson 6 What\u2019s the date today? \u2013 It\u2019s \u00a0Tuesday\u201cthe\u201d 10th \u201cof\u201d 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 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/completed-courses\/engelska-for-hotell-och-restaurangbranschen-a1-course-start-2-2-26\/notes-from-lesson-6-10-2-26\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Notes from Lesson 6 (10\/2\/26)<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":195,"featured_media":0,"parent":6808,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6906","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6906"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6911,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6906\/revisions\/6911"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogg.folkuniversitetet.nu\/muhlsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}