Restaurant Talk
You enter a restaurant.
How would the waiter ask “How many people?” in Chinese?
几位？
Choose 只 or 还.
“I ONLY want a can of Coke.”
我____要一罐可乐。
只
我只要一罐可乐。
Say in English:
我不太饿。
I’m not very hungry.
兰兰：我要两个春卷。
小丁：我要三个饺子。
Who ordered dumplings?
Answer in Chinese.
小丁。
Also accept:
小丁点了饺子。
Put the lines in a logical order.
A. 我要一杯冰茶。
B. 你想喝什么？
Write the letters.
B → A
Two customers arrive.
Say in Chinese: “Two people. Thank you.”
两位，谢谢。
Choose 只 or 还.
“I would ALSO like a steamed bun.”
我____要一个包子。
还
我还要一个包子。
Say in Chinese:
“The fried rice is a little salty.”
炒饭有点儿咸。
兰兰：我要一杯果汁。
兰兰：不，我不要果汁了。我要一杯冰茶。
What is Lanlan’s FINAL drink?
Answer in Chinese.
一杯冰茶。
Put the lines in a logical order.
A. 两位，谢谢。
B. 请坐。
C. 你好，请问几位？
Write the letters.
C → A → B
You are the waiter.
Politely ask the customers to sit down and wait a moment.
请坐。请稍等。
Translate BOTH sentences into English.
A. 我只要两个春卷。
B. 我还要两个春卷。
A. I only want two spring rolls.
B. I would also like two spring rolls.
Say in Chinese:
“The soup is too spicy!”
Use 太……了.
汤太辣了！
小丁：我要三个包子。
服务员：三个包子，对吗？
小丁：不，我只要两个，还要一个春卷。
What is Xiaoding’s FINAL food order?
Give the quantities and food names in Chinese.
两个包子和一个春卷。
Put the lines in a logical order.
A. 好的，一杯果汁。
B. 对不起，没有可乐了。有果汁。
C. 我要一罐可乐。
D. 那我要一杯果汁。
Write the letters.
C → B → D → A
You would like to order, but you do not have a menu.
Politely ask the waiter for the menu in Chinese.
请给我菜单。
Also accept:
请给我一份菜单。
可以给我菜单吗？
You ordered fried rice and soup.
Now you want ONLY the fried rice.
Say this in Chinese using BOTH 只 and 不要.
我只要炒饭，不要汤了。
Change this sentence to mean:
“The ice cream is NOT VERY sweet.”
冰淇淋很甜。
冰淇淋不太甜。
兰兰：我要一碗酸辣汤和一杯果汁。
服务员：对不起，没有果汁了。有冰茶和可乐。
兰兰：那我要一杯冰茶。汤不要了，我要两个饺子。
What is Lanlan’s FINAL order?
Give ALL items and quantities in Chinese.
两个饺子和一杯冰茶。
Put the lines in a logical order.
A. 那你想换什么？
B. 我觉得酸辣汤太辣了。
C. 好的，一盘炒饭，请稍等。
D. 我想换一盘炒饭。
Write the letters.
B → A → D → C
You have finished eating.
Get the waiter’s attention, say that you would like to pay, and ask for the total.
Use Chinese for ALL three parts.
服务员，我想结账。一共多少钱？
Also accept other natural expressions with all three parts.
Read carefully:
兰兰：我只要一杯冰茶。
小丁：我要两个包子，还要一杯果汁。
Answer in English:
1. Who ordered food?
2. How many drinks were ordered altogether?
3. Did Lanlan order any food?
1. Xiaoding.
2. Two drinks.
3. No. Lanlan only ordered iced tea.
Say BOTH opinions in ONE Chinese sentence.
The juice is a little too sweet.
The iced tea is not very sweet.
Use 可是.
果汁有点儿太甜了，可是冰茶不太甜。
小丁：我要两个包子和一杯冰茶。
兰兰：我只要三个春卷。
小丁：我不要包子了，换成四个饺子。冰茶还要。
兰兰：那我也要一杯冰茶。
What is the FINAL order for the WHOLE table?
Give ALL items and total quantities in Chinese.
四个饺子、三个春卷和两杯冰茶。
Put the lines in a logical order.
A. 给您五十块。
B. 好的，一共三十六块五毛。
C. 服务员，我们吃完了，想结账。
D. 谢谢，再见。
E. 收您五十块，找您十三块五毛。
Write the letters AND check whether the change is correct.
C → B → A → E → D
The change is correct:
50.00 − 36.50 = 13.50
找零正确：十三块五毛。