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THIS UNIT INCLUDES:
Vocabulary
Food and drink
Pronunciation
Sounds: /ɔ/ and /ɔ:/
Grammar
some, a lot of, lots of
Skills
• Reading about a typical traditional food
• Talking about a popular food or drink
• Listening about eating habits
• Writing a paragraph describing eating habits Everyday English
• Asking and answering about prices
👉 GETTING STARTED
At a Vietnamese restaurant
1. Listen and read. 🎧
Waiter: Good evening. What can I get you today?
Mark's mum: We'd like rice with some pork cooked in fish sauce. Oh, could we also have an order of roast chicken and fried vegetables?
Mark: And I'd like some fried tofu and spring rolls too.
Waiter: OK. Would you like canh chua? It's a kind of Vietnamese soup. We often have it with rice.
Mark's dad: Let me see... I think we'll try some canh chua.
Waiter. With shrimp or fish?
Mark's dad: With shrimp, please.
Waiter: Would you like anything to drink? We have a lot of drinks: juice, lemonade, green tea, mineral water,...
Mark's mum: Mineral water for me, green tea for my husband, and juice for my children.
Waiter: What kind of juice would you like?
Mark's sister: Do you have winter melon juice?
Waiter: Let me see. Er, yes. How many cans would you like?
Mark's sister: One... No, wait, two please. By the way, how much is a can of winter melon juice?
Mark: The menu says it's 10,000 dong.
Waiter: That's right. I'll be right back with your order.
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2. What is Mark's family doing?
A. Ordering food for dinner.
B. Preparing for their dinner.
C. Talking about their favourite food.
3. Find the words and phrases about food and drink in the conversation and write them in the correct columns.
| Food | Drink |
| pork | juice |
4. Read the conversation again and tick (✔) T (True) or F (False).
| T | F | |
| 1. Mark's family is at a Vietnamese restaurant. | ||
| 2. Mark wants fried tofu and beef for dinner. | ||
| 3. They don't order canh chua. | ||
| 4. Mark's mum wants mineral water. | ||
| 5. His mum doesn't allow her children to drink juice during dinner. |
5. Work in pairs. Ask your partner about his or her favourite food and drink.
Example:
A: What's your favourite food?
B: It's pho bo- beef noodle soup.
A: When do you usually have it?
B: In the morning.
