A. Son 1: Dad, isn’t there a button you can push to get the guy on the box ? Father : No, there’s no button. B. Father: We’re getting five burguers, ok? Quick and simple. C. Clerk: How can I serve you? Father: Five burgers, please. Three all the way, one with no onions, one all the way with extra pickles... and f ive medium Cokes. D. Clerk: How about fries? Father: Uh. Yeah, yeah. Mak e it f ive orders of fries. E. Son 2: Hey, Dad, if we order a Buster Burger , then come with it anyway. F. Grandma: Uh, I’ve been think ing, if I’m having cola, I can’t have red meat . G. Grandma: It’s just going to be too much acid in m y stomach . H. Grandma: Could I have a piece of f ish or something ? I. Father: Ok. Hold on . Bear with m e, please. Cancel one of the burgers and give me a plain fish without fries. J. Grandma: Wait. The fish is fried. Can I just get a couple of slices of bread ? Clerk: We only have buns. But I’ll have to charge you f or a f ish sandwich K. Clerk: Or would you people maybe like to visit our salad bar. Mother: Oh! A salad bar…
The guy on the box – the guy whose voice comes from the speaker Simple – easily done or understood to serve – to give people food and drink in a restaurant, at a party, etc. all the way – with everything a burger usually comes with make it – if you order three Cokes, but later you decide you want four Cokes, instead of saying “Change my order to four Cokes” you could say “Make it four Cokes”. Regular – a regular burger is a simple burger Buster – in the US, burger restaurants generally have a special big burger. The Buster Burger at Burger Barn is their special big burger. Red meat – meal, like beef, that has a dark color when cooked W hite meat – meat such as chicken, which has a white color after it has been cooked Cola – cola drinks are non-alcoholic drinks like Pepsi or Coke Or something – to indicate there may be something else we haven’t mentioned or thought of To hold on – to wait for a short time To bear with – to be patient with Cancel – to order something to be stopped Plain – without anything on it Price – the price of something is how much you have to pay for it if you want to buy it To charge – to ask as a price Conf used – when you are confused, you do not understand what is happening or what is being said To start over – to begin again
L. Father: No, no, no! Ok. Starting Over! Five burgers_and five medium Cokes.
A Complete the sentences with the new words or expressions: 1. I need a new job _______________. My life is so boring! 2. I missed the beginning of this story. Can you ___________________? 3. They don’t charge for the coffee here. It’s free. 4. OK. ________ the burger. ____________ a hot dog and a Coke. 5. This question is quite ___________. I don’t know why you can’t understand it. 6. Fried chicken, please. I can’t eat ______________. 7. Mark, hurry up! I want to arrive at the reception before they ________ the meal! 8. I can’t understand what happened! Sue just broke up with me without giving an explanation. I’m completely ___________. 9. I want my burger _________________. I like to get everything if I’m paying for it. 10. Please, ___________. I’ll think about the matter and call you later. 11. When I was on a diet, I used to eat only fruit, vegetables and ___________________. 12. ______________, please. I can’t do it the way you want, you have to show me how to do it first. 13. Pepsi is my favorite kind of _________.
B Mark true (T) or false (F). When it’s false, explain orally: 1. There’s a guy in a box at the drive-thru. 2. The son wants a button to talk to the clerk. 3. The father thinks ordering their food will be quick and simple. 4. The mother’s sandwich is identical to the others. 5. If the father orders a Buster burger, they’ll charge for the fries. 6. Grandma thinks the cola is acid. 7. White meat and cola won’t be a good combination for Grandma. 8. Grandma wants fish in her sandwich. 9. If you order a burger “all the way”, you want to eat it at home. 10. Grandma doesn’t want the fish because it’s fried. 11. The father cancelled the previous order and make it different. 12. They don’t have slices of bread (like Pullmann) at the drive-thru. 13. If you say you don’t charge for something, it means it’s free. 14. Grandma will have buns, but they’ll charge for a fish sandwich. 15. The father is confused. 16. They’ll visit the clerk after their meal. 17. At a salad bar, you have to look at the menu to know what you want. 18. They have a salad bar at the drive-thru. 19. The father doesn’t want to visit the salad bar. 20. The mother didn’t like the clerk’s suggestion. 21. The family’s last order is different from the first. 22. Ordering food was quick and simple for the family.