In a Buffet Restaurant Objectives By the end of this chapter, you will be able to • Tell how many people are in your party in a formal way • Name the basic spices and food served in a Chinese restaurant • Indicate that you visit the restaurant often and you especially like the food here because it is very fresh and the price is inexpensive • Ask for water or hot tea, and about how much is charged • Request for the same thing as someone else • Invite or treat someone to have dinner with you

In a Buffet Restaurant Sound with Symbol 務 食 物 菜 糖 鹽 熱 鮮 shí táng rè xiān wù wù cài yán 員 冰 茶 馬 付 沙 拉 青 yuán mă fù bīng chá shā lā qīng 想 海 位 跟 杯 假 特 費 xiăng hăi wèi gēn bēi tè jià fèi 樣 價 飯 非 常 平 新 吃 免 yàng jià fàn fēi cháng píng chī miăn xīn

In a Buffet Write pinyin under each character 務 員 付 特 鮮 馬 熱 拉 費 想 物 鹽 冰 茶 菜 沙 青 吃 飯 非 常 平 樣 食 糖 價 位 海 杯 免 跟 新 假

In a Buffet Restaurant Write the character on the top of each pinyin shā lā yán táng shí wù qīng cài yuán bīng chá rè xīn xiān hăi wù bēi wèi xiăng miăn fèi chī fàn fù mă tè jià jià píng cháng gēn yàng fēi

In a Buffet Restaurant shā lā Bēi zi xī cān shí wù/ cài fú wù yuán zhōng cān jià qián hú jiāo kā fēi bīng shuĭ qīng cài táng hăi xiān yán rè chá chī fàn jiàng yóu xiăo fèi

沙拉 杯子 西餐 食物/菜 服務員 中餐 價錢 胡椒 咖啡 冰水 青菜 糖 海鮮 鹽 熱茶 吃飯 醬油 小費 In a Buffet Restaurant 沙拉 杯子 西餐 食物/菜 服務員 中餐 價錢 胡椒 咖啡 冰水 青菜 糖 海鮮 鹽 熱茶 吃飯 醬油 小費

In a Buffet Restaurant- Read & Translate 沙拉 杯子 西餐 食物/菜 服務員 中餐 價錢 胡椒 咖啡 冰水 青菜 糖 海鮮 鹽 熱茶 吃飯 醬油 小費

In a Buffet Restaurant - Matches Read Chinese and match with the picture (1) 1.食物/菜 2. 咖啡 3. 價錢 4. 沙拉 5. 胡椒 6. 杯子 7. 吃飯 8. 醬油 9. 鹽

In a Buffet Restaurant- Matches Read Chinese and match with the picture (2) 1. 冰水 2. 西餐 3. 服務員 4. 熱茶 5. 小費 6. 海鮮 7. 青菜 8. 糖 9. 中餐

In a Buffet Restaurant- Read &Translate 鹽 糖 菜 沙拉 食物 青菜 杯子 一樣 價錢 冰水 西餐 咖啡 熱茶 中餐 服務員 小費 海鮮 吃飯 常常 馬上 客人 免費 平常 新鮮 假日 付 非常 特別 常常 跟我來 幾位 醬油 胡椒 冰紅茶 晚餐

Read Chinese words and translate them. In a buffet restaurant– VOCABULARY I Read Chinese words and translate them. 1. 位 9. 非常 MW for people/formal extremely 2. 服務員 10. 平常 Service person usually/normally 3. 跟 11. 客人 to follow/with guest 4. 杯 12. 新鮮 cup, glass/ MW fresh 5. 馬上 at once 13. 常常 often 6. 一樣 the same 14. 吃飯 eat meal 7. 假日 holiday 15. 價錢 price 8. 特別 especially

Read Chinese words and translate them. In a Buffet restaurant – VOCABULARY II Read Chinese words and translate them. 1. 免 9. 冰茶 exempt Ice tea 2. 小費 10. 青菜 tip vegetable 3. 付 11. 海鮮 pay Sea food 4. 中餐 12. 熱茶 Chinese food Hot tea 5. 西餐 13. 胡椒 Western food pepper 6. 食物/菜 food 14. 鹽 salt 7. 沙拉 salad 15. 吃飯 Eat meal 8. 糖 sugar

Read and translate Read and translate the word in each box. Reading Listening 一 二 三 四 五 1 2 3 4 5 跟我 來 西餐 糖 食物 冰水 服務 員 沙拉 杯子 熱茶 特別 免付 假日 非常 新鮮 平常 常常 幾位 吃飯 小費 價錢 客人 海鮮 一樣 馬上 青菜

To indicate “one each” One pair each… 一人一雙(鞋子, 筷子,…) One book each 一人一本書 One pen each 一人一枝筆 One clothes each 一人一件衣服 One cup of tea each 一人一杯茶 One cup of coffee each 一人一杯咖啡 One dollar each 一人一塊錢 One piece of paper each 一人一張紙 One hat each 一人一頂帽子 One fruit each 一人一個水果

To indicate “one each” – Write in Chinese One book each One pencil each One clothes each One pair shoes each One cup of ice tea each One cup of hot coffee each One hundred dollar RMB each One piece of paper each One hat each One fruit each

The use of 請 (1) 1. As a polite request~ 請坐(下) Please sit down 請進 Please come in 請看 Please look 請寫 Please write 請跟我來/唱/說 please follow me/sing with me/repeat after me 請給我… Please give me… (a cup of water) 請找我… Please give me the change… 請問 (廁所在哪兒?) May I ask… (Where is the restroom?) 請慢用 please enjoy your meal/help yourself

The use of 請 (2) 2. As a treat~ (Which implies that the person will pay for it.) 請客 someone’s treat Ex. 我請客 請你吃飯 treat someone a dinner Ex.星期六我請你吃飯 treat someone to a movie Ex.明天我請（你）看 電影 3. As an invitation~ 請用茶=請喝茶(喝茶is more straight forward then用茶) 請來我家 Ex.我想請（你）來我家

The use of 請 (tkbk p.121, I) Ask for a cup of hot tea. Enjoy the meal Say with me please Tell the waiter you want the same food. (as your friend.) Buy someone a meal Treat someone to a movie Invite someone to your house Tell someone it is your treat. Please come in. Please sit down

跟gēn=to follow Ex. 跟我來来=follow me 跟他走=follow him Did you know … 位wèi is a measure word for people. Ex. 幾几位=How many people? 哪位=Which person or who 跟gēn=to follow Ex. 跟我來来=follow me 跟他走=follow him 吃chī =eat 飯饭fàn = cooked rice 吃飯饭is applied to all 3 meals a day. Ex. 吃早飯饭=eat breakfast 吃中飯饭=eat lunch 吃晚飯饭=eat dinner 怎麼么=How to… Ex. 怎麼么去／走=How do you get to…? 你怎麼么知道=How do you know? 怎麼么樣样zĕn me yàng = How is/about … To ask someone’s opinion:魚鱼怎麼么樣样= How is the fish? 吃西餐怎麼么樣样=how about eating western food? 免付小費费 miăn fù xiăo fèi = no tips required In China, you rarely see people tipping anywhere, since it is not a part of Chinese culture. 免miăn=no need or exempt It is sometimes exchangeable with 不用. Ex. 免付小費费 =不用付小費费. 的de used as an assertive expression:好的,是的,真的(When真的is used in a question, it is as “ really”, or “Is it true?”.

II. What will your responses be to the following questions. : (txbk p 幾位？(Table for two) 您要不要熱茶？(You want ice tea) 一個人多少錢？($4 each) 你想吃什麼？(Chinese food) 你怎麼知道這家餐館菜好？(You often eat lunch here with your classmate.) 這家餐館價錢貴不貴？(Food is fresh, price is inexpensive)

III. Translate the following into English: (txbk p.121) Translate the following back to Chinese. 學校旁邊有一家中國餐館. 幾位? 請跟我來. 請坐. 你怎麼知道這家餐館？ 我和我的同學常常來這家餐館吃中飯 我常常聽我的朋友說這家餐館的菜很不錯 這家餐館的價錢不貴，菜也很新鮮 食物非常新鮮，海鮮特別好。 那是什麼菜？我也要一樣。 請給我和/跟他們一樣的菜。 請給我們一人一杯冰咖啡. There is a Chinese restaurant beside the school. How many people ? Please come with me. Have a seat please. How do you know this restaurant? I come to this restaurant to eat lunch with my classmate often. I often hear my friend saying this restaurant’s food is very good. This restaurant’s price is not expensive, food is very fresh, too. Food is extremely fresh, and the seafood is especially good. What food is that? I want the same, too. Please give me the same food as them. Please give each one of us a cup of ice coffee.

III. Translate the following into English: (txbk p.121) 學校旁邊有一家中國餐館. 幾位? 請跟我來. 請坐. 你怎麼知道這家餐館？ 我和我的同學常常來這家餐館吃中飯 我常常聽我的朋友說這家餐館的菜很不錯 這家餐館的價錢不貴，菜也很新鮮 食物非常新鮮，海鮮特別好。 那是什麼菜？我也要一樣。 請給我和/跟他們一樣的菜。 請給我們一人一杯冰咖啡. There is a Chinese restaurant beside the school.

Unscramble the sentences Watch how the structure changed 我 一樣的 給 請 熱茶 也是 非常 這兒的 新鮮 聽說 海鮮 青菜 特別 沙拉 我 喜歡

Unscramble the sentences – Buffet restaurant 一杯 給 我 請 冰水 也要 一樣 我 的 一人 給 我們 熱茶 一杯 這兒 客人 平常 很多 也 他們 的 新鮮 食物 因為 很 沙拉 喜歡 特別 我 他們的 青菜 特別 聽說 新鮮 這兒的 海鮮 吃飯 和 我常 常 同學 來 這兒 塊錢 中午 十二 大人 一個 不貴 菜 他們的 也新鮮 水果

Speaking practice: (txbk p.122) Make up a dialogue and act it out: You and your friend dine in a Chinese buffet. Indicate how many people are in the party When the waiter asks you if you would like to have iced tea, you tell him to give each one of you a cup of hot tea. Tell your friend this restaurant’s food is very fresh and you especially like their fruit and vegetable salad. Your friend is surprised you know this restaurant, and asks if you come here often. You come here to eat with your family during holiday often.

Speaking practice (txbk p.122) II. You are inviting a friend to join I dinner with you. You have heard Beijing Buffet’s food is very good and you would like to treat your friend to go eat lunch there with you on Saturday. Your friend knows about that restaurant because he/she and his/her friend go there for dinner often. He/she likes their seafood since their seafood is very fresh. You are very excited to know she/he knows this restaurant. You also like seafood. You want to know about their fruit and vegetable salad. He/she tells you that their fruit and vegetable salads are especially good. Dinner has discount. The 2nd person gets 20% off and tip is exempt. You suggest going there tonight.

LISTENING COMPREHENSION Answer the questions on the next page (txbk p 服務員﹕請問您幾位？ 男﹕三位；兩個大人一個小孩。 服務員﹕請跟我來。請坐。三位要不要冰水？ 女﹕請給我們兩杯熱茶，一杯冰水。 男﹕請給我們英文菜單，好嗎？ 服務員﹕没問題，馬上來。 女﹕今天是假日，客人特別多。 男﹕他們平常客人也很多，因為這兒菜很新鮮。 服務員﹕這是你們的菜單和冰水。 女﹕請給我們糖和鹽好嗎？ 服務員﹕糖和鹽就在你們前面。 男﹕他們的青菜水果特別新鮮，價錢也不貴。 女﹕真的，你怎麼知道？ 男﹕我和同學中午常常來這兒吃飯。

LISTENING COMPREHENSION (txbk p.123) Write your answer in English How many people are in the party, and who are they? What drink did the waiter offer? What drink did the woman ask for everyone? What did the man ask for right after the woman? Why are there so many people today? Why do they have so many people even on an ordinary day? Whom did the woman ask for the chopsticks for? What is especially fresh in this restaurant? Does the man think this restaurant’s prices are expensive? How does the man know about this restaurant?

Chapter dialogue – In a Buffet Restaurant (Answer the questions on wkbk p.178) 服務員﹕請問您幾位？ 男﹕兩位；兩個大人。 服務員﹕請跟我來。請坐。 女﹕請給我一杯冰水。 男﹕我也要一樣。 服務員﹕您們要不要中國茶？ 男﹕好啊！給我們一人一杯熱茶。 服務員﹕好的，馬上來。這是糖和鹽。請慢用。 男：今天是假日，人特別多。聽說這兒的海鮮特別好，非常新鮮。 女：平常這兒客人也很多，因為他們的食物很新鮮，我特別喜歡他們的青菜和水果沙拉。 男：真的，你怎麼知道？你常常來嗎？ 女：是的，我常常和同學來這兒吃飯。他們的菜好，價錢也不貴。 男：多少錢一個人？ 女：中午一個人八塊錢，晚上十四塊九毛五，免付小費。

How many people dine in, according to the dialogue? Chapter dialogue – In a Buffet Restaurant (Answer the questions on wkbk p.178) How many people dine in, according to the dialogue? What kind of drink do they ask for right after they sit down? What kind of drink do they order? Are there as many people as usual? What kind of food that they have heard of is especially good? There are many people here usually, because of what? What kind of food does the lady especially like? How does the lady know about their food? How much per person? How much is the tip?

Wrap up dialogue, “Eating Chinese buffet” Y: you F: friend You want to treat your friend to dinner and you ask her if she wants to eat Chinese or western food. She likes Chinese food and she knows there is one next to the school. You know their food is very fresh, especially seafood. “See you at 6:00pm Saturday.” you say to each other. (In the Buffet Restaurant) W: waiter/waitress Y: you The W greets and leads you to the seat. (2 people) Today is a holiday that has especially a lot of people. “We usually have many customers too, because our vegetable and fruit are very fresh.” You know it because you come with friends often. The W asks you if you want iced tea or Chinese hot tea? You ask for iced water for both of you, and Chinese hot tea for you. The W tells you that the soy sauce, pepper and salt are all on the table. You tell your friend that their food is good and price is inexpensive. $8.95 lunch, $17.50 dinner per person without tips. “Enjoy your meal.” W says.