| Part One: Thinking about the Topic In your opinion, what qualities make a restaurant good? Other
than serving good food, how important are service and atmosphere?
Part Two: Vocabulary
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The ambience
there is great. I always feel really comfortable and at ease. |
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a really good emotion; happiness |
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a feeling or mood; atmosphere |
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the way a place is decorated |
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I like that room
becuase of the sky lights. They let in a lot of sunlight in the late afternoon. |
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a "window" in the roof or
ceiling |
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a very large window |
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a big lamp in the center of a room |
| Part Three: Reading
Next, you are going to visit an on-line review
for a San Francisco restaurant called The Slanted Door. The review is at a
web site called Cuisine.net, which reviews thousands of restaurants in cities across the
US. Click here to get to the review of The
Slanted Door. (Just click on the link, and the review will open in a new
window.)
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Where is the Slanted
Door located? |
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18th Street |
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Valencia Street |
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17th Street |
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584th Street |
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What type of food does
the Slanted Door serve? |
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Chinese |
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Japanese |
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Californian |
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Vietnamese |
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On which day is this
restaurant closed? |
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Sunday |
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Monday |
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Tuesday |
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Thursday |
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Can you take public
transportation to this restaurant? |
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Yes |
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No |
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Does this restaurant
have a parking lot? |
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Yes. |
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No. |
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According to the
review, which of the following is NOT true? |
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The chairs do not match. |
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The restuarant gets natural light. |
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The Slanted Door is San Francisco's newest and most
popular restaurant.. |
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The imperial rolls are very good. |
| Part Four: Writing
Visit PartyLand's discussion forum on International Cooking and
Cuisine and answer one of the following questions:
- Tell about one of your favorite restaurants. Where is it?
Describe the ambience. What kind of food do they serve there? Is
there one dish that you usually order?
- Have you ever worked in a restaurant? If so, where? Tell
about your experience there. Describe the job the customers, and the ambience there.
- Have you ever cooked Vietnamese food? If so, tell about one
dish you've made. What are the ingredients? How is it prepared?
- In the United States, a 15-20% tip is expected at most restaurants.
At places like The Slanted Door, 20% is standard. What do you think of this?
Part Five: Web Links
The Original Tipping Page--Scroll down this page to find out about tipping standards in the US.
Includes an alphabetical listing of everything from airports to trains.
Cuisine.net--Visit
this site to get information on other restaurants in San Francisco and across the US.
The Official Pho Page--If you're curious to find out more about
Vietnamese food, take a look at this page on pho, a traditional Vietnamese soup.
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