<p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:22px;">Neil</b><span style="font-size:22px;">: Hello and welcome to real easy English, in this podcast we help you understand everyday English conversations, I'm Neil.</span></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:22px;">Georgie</b><span style="font-size:22px;">: And I'm Georgie, don't forget to go to our website to find a text version of the episode to read along BBClearning.com.…</span></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:22px;">Neil</b><span style="font-size:22px;">: Hi Georgie, how are you?</span></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:22px;">Georgie</b><span style="font-size:22px;">: I'm great thank you Neil. I just had a delicious lunch.</span></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:22px;">Neil</b><span style="font-size:22px;">: Oh, nice, what did you eat for lunch? </span></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:22px;">Georgie</b><span style="font-size:22px;">: I had pasta, what did you eat?</span></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:22px;">Neil</b><span style="font-size:22px;">: I had a chicken sandwich.</span></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:22px;">Georgie</b><span style="font-size:22px;">: Hmm, well, today's episode is all about restaurant and food.</span></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:22px;">Neil</b><span style="font-size:22px;">: Great, I love it when we talk about food.</span></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:22px;">Georgie</b><span style="font-size:22px;">: Me too. Neil, do you go to restaurants often?</span></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:22px;">Neil</b><span style="font-size:22px;">: Ah, not often, maybe when I meet some friends um how about you? do you go to restaurants often?</span></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:22px;">Georgie</b><span style="font-size:22px;">: Hmm, no, I don't go often probably once a mouth?</span></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:22px;">Neil</b><span style="font-size:22px;">: OK, and when you go to a restaurant what's your favorite part of eating there?</span></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:22px;">Georgie</b><span style="font-size:22px;">: I like to be around lots of people, I really love it when a restaurant has a good </span><b style="font-size:22px;">atmosphere</b><span style="font-size:22px;">, I love spending time with friends, what about you? why do you like eating in a restaurant?</span></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:22px;">Neil</b><span style="font-size:22px;">: Well, I like to go to a restaurant that serves food that I don't know how to cook.</span></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:22px;">Georgie</b><span style="font-size:22px;">: Hmm, yeah. That's a good point. </span></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:22px;">Neil</b><span style="font-size:22px;">: Hmm, so restaurants with food from countries that I don't know very well, or that are very different types of food to the food I make.</span></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:22px;">Georgie</b><span style="font-size:22px;">: It's really nice to eat out that means to eat not at your home because you don't have to make the food and you don't have to </span><b style="font-size:22px;">wash up</b><span style="font-size:22px;">.</span></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:22px;">Neil</b><span style="font-size:22px;">: That's true yes. It's also nice to eat out for a </span><b style="font-size:22px;">special occasion</b><span style="font-size:22px;">, so like a birthday or a Celebration.</span></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:22px;">Georgie</b><span style="font-size:22px;">: Yes, and another special occasion could be something like Christmas and we at BBC Learning English are eating out for that special occasion, we're having a Celebration aren't we.</span></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:22px;">Neil</b><span style="font-size:22px;">: Yes, every year we have a Christmas party and we usually eat out in a restaurant.</span></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:22px;">Georgie</b><span style="font-size:22px;">: So Neil, you said you like eating out in lots of different types of restaurants, what do you usually order?</span></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:22px;">Neil</b><span style="font-size:22px;">: Well, I really like spicy food like </span><b style="font-size:22px;">Indian curries</b><span style="font-size:22px;"> and like fish so I like to get </span><b style="font-size:22px;">fish curry.</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:22px;">Georgie</b><span style="font-size:22px;">: Hmn, that sounds delicious, and we have a special way of ordering don't we, what are some phrases we can use to order things in restaurant.</span></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:22px;">Neil</b><span style="font-size:22px;">: Yeah, so we can say I'll have the fish curry, I'll have the fish curry please.</span></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:22px;">Georgie</b><span style="font-size:22px;">: Yes. and you can also say can I have the fish curry please? as well.</span></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:22px;">Neil</b><span style="font-size:22px;">: Okay, Georgie, what do you usually order in a restaurant?</span></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:22px;">Georgie</b><span style="font-size:22px;">: I also usually get the fish or a </span><b style="font-size:22px;">risotto</b><span style="font-size:22px;">.</span></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:22px;">Neil</b><span style="font-size:22px;">: Ah, okay. So let's say we are in a restaurant now I'm the waiter.</span></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:22px;">Georgie</b><span style="font-size:22px;">: Mm. </span></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:22px;">Neil</b><span style="font-size:22px;">: Hmm, I say to you, are you ready to order?</span></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:22px;">Georgie</b><span style="font-size:22px;">: Yes, I am. </span></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:22px;">Neil</b><span style="font-size:22px;">: And what would you like?</span></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:22px;">Georgie</b><span style="font-size:22px;">: Can I get the risotto please? </span></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:22px;">Neil</b><span style="font-size:22px;">: Yes, of course. </span></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:22px;">Georgie</b><span style="font-size:22px;">: So we can also say can I get the risotto? as well as can I have the risotto and notice that we say the risotto not a risotto.</span></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:22px;">Neil</b><span style="font-size:22px;">: That's right.…</span></p><p class="ql-block"><span style="font-size:22px;"> Let's recap the language we learned during the conversation, we had </span><b style="font-size:22px;">eat out</b><span style="font-size:22px;">. which means eat meal at a restaurant rather than at home.</span></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:22px;">Georgie</b><span style="font-size:22px;">: </span><b style="font-size:22px;">Special occasion</b><span style="font-size:22px;">, a birthday </span><b style="font-size:22px;">anniversary</b><span style="font-size:22px;"> or other reason to celebrate.</span></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:22px;">Neil</b><span style="font-size:22px;">: And we learned that when we order in a restaurant we usually say I'll have the something fish, chicken, risotto.</span></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:22px;">Georgie</b><span style="font-size:22px;">: Or can I get there and what you want to order? so for example, when I eat at my favorite restaurant, I always get the risotto.…</span></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:22px;">Neil</b><span style="font-size:22px;">: Thanks for learning to real easy English, if you like restaurants you could try our </span><b style="font-size:22px;">drama series</b><span style="font-size:22px;"> the White Elephant all about a busy restaurant kitchen, there's a link in the notes for this program.</span></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:22px;">Georgie</b><span style="font-size:22px;">: Next time on real easy English we're talking about clothes and fashion.</span></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:22px;">Neil</b><span style="font-size:22px;">: See you then, goodbye.</span></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:22px;">Georgie</b><span style="font-size:22px;">: Bye! </span></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:22px;">Host</b><span style="font-size:22px;">: Thanks for listening to learning easy English, did you know we have a BBClearningenglish email newsletter, subscribe for our latest lessons worksheets and quizzes and weekly tips to help you study, just search BBClearning English newsletter or follow the link in the notes for this program.</span></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p>