Dialogue: At the diner
Ordering food and drinks in a restaurant.
Stufe: IVE
Advanced: Read the menu and find out what you want to order. You will talk to a waitress in the next part of this exercise, so take notes of all the questions you would like to ask her. She will not speak or understand German, but she will gladly explain anything that you don't understand.
You're at Jeannie's Diner in Arizona. You are hungry and want to order some food and drinks. In the previous part of the exercise, you have consulted the menu and taken some notes. Have them ready to tell the waitress what you would like to eat or to ask questions.
Go back to the menu and look at the sandwiches. Apart from the "Reuben" which is a classic type of sandwich available in many diners in the USA, they all have special names. What do these names have in common?
Jeannie's Diner offers a variety of salad dressings. Write down the three dressings that are specifically mentioned in the menu. Go to the internet and find out about other popular dressings in the USA. Write down at least three more.
Go back to your dialogue and look at what you ordered. Write up the bill for your meal, including all the food and drinks you had and the price. In the USA, waiters and waitresses are paid very little in their basic salary, as the service is not included in the price of the food. So you need to add a tip to the total. Show your result to your teacher.
