Shadowing Practice: Tactics for Listening Third Edition Developing Unit 5 Restaurants - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Listening 1 1.

What do you feel like eating tonight?

Oh, something quick.

We had a huge lunch at that Chinese restaurant, so let's just pick up some fast -fried chicken.

2. I'm really starving.

Where can we eat?

Well, there's always

Pizza Pit or Quick Burger.

Pizza sounds better to me than hamburgers.

Me too.

And it's your treat this time.

Three.

Do you want to eat out tonight, or would you rather eat at home?

We've eaten out a lot this week.

I'm perfectly happy to stay home for a change, as long as I don't have to cook.

Four.

Where do you want to eat tonight?

We could try the new Korean restaurant, or would you rather go to the steakhouse?

Let's have Korean food.

I don't feel like steak tonight.

Five.

I'd like to try a seafood restaurant today.

What do you think?

Seafood sounds good.

I was going to suggest a pizza, but seafood's a lot better.

Six.

Where do you want to eat tonight?

I'm really hungry.

Do you feel like Mexican food?

Sure.

We've had Japanese food a lot this week, so Mexican would be a nice change.

7. How about hamburgers and French fries for dinner?

Oh, I'm sick of junk food.

Let's do something really special.

Why don't we try that new French restaurant?

What's the occasion?

I've got something I want to ask you.

Well, all right.

8. Do you feel like vegetarian food today?

Sure.

I know a great

Thai vegetarian restaurant.

Yeah, but I made a great vegetarian spaghetti last night.

Do you want to come to my house and try it?

Sure.

Why not?

Listening to One What would you like to order?

I think I'll have the fish.

Okay, and would you like asparagus or a baked potato?

I'll have the asparagus.

And could I have some tea, please?

Sure.

Oh, could you ask the chef to hurry?

I'm really starving.

Okay, I'll try to get it for you as soon as possible.

Two.

What would you like to order?

I'd like the steak, please.

Would you like a baked potato or fries with that?

I'd like fries, please.

Okay.

And make sure there are lots of fries, please.

They're my favorite food.

Sure.

Three.

Have you made up your mind?

Yes.

I'm going to have the spaghetti and a small salad.

Anything else?

When you bring the spaghetti, could you bring a bottle of hot sauce?

Hot sauce?

Like Tabasco sauce?

Yes.

I like really spicy food.

No problem.

Four.

What can I get you?

I'd like a cheeseburger, french fries, and a cola.

Okay.

But could you make sure there's no salt on the french fries?

No salt?

Okay.

Thanks.

I'm on a salt -free diet.

I'll make sure there's no salt on the fries.

Don't worry.

Five.

Are you ready to order?

Yeah.

I'm just going to have some dessert.

I'll just have a piece of blueberry pie.

Fine.

With ice cream?

No, just pie, thanks.

Fine.

But please don't heat it.

You want it cold?

Yes.

I hate hot pie.

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Okay.

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Six.

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What can I get you?

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I don't want anything to eat.

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Just a milkshake, please.

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Sure.

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What flavor would you like?

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Vanilla, please.

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Okay.

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One vanilla milkshake coming up.

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And please make sure they don't add any sugar to it.

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No sugar?

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That's right.

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I don't like sweet shakes.

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Certainly.

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Listening to One.

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What would you like to order?

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I think I'll have the fish.

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Okay, and would you like asparagus or a baked potato?

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I'll have the asparagus.

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And could I have some tea, please?

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Sure.

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Oh, could you ask the chef to hurry?

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I'm really starving.

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Okay, I'll try to get it for you as soon as possible.

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Two.

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What would you like to order?

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I'd like the steak, please.

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Would you like a baked potato or fries with that?

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I'd like fries, please.

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Okay.

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And make sure there are lots of fries, please.

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They're my favorite food.

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Sure.

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Three.

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Have you made up your mind?

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Yes.

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I'm gonna have the spaghetti and a small salad.

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Anything else?

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When you bring the spaghetti, could you bring a bottle of hot sauce?

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Hot sauce?

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Like Tabasco sauce?

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Yes.

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I like really spicy food.

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No problem.

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Four.

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What can I get you?

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I'd like a cheeseburger, French fries, and a cola.

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Okay.

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But could you make sure there's no salt on the French fries?

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No salt?

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Okay.

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Thanks.

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I'm on a salt -free diet.

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I'll make sure there's no salt on the fries.

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Don't worry.

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5. Are you ready to order?

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Yeah.

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I'm just going to have some dessert.

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I'll just have a piece of blueberry pie.

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Fine.

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With ice cream?

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No, just pie, thanks.

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Fine.

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But please don't heat it.

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You want it cold?

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Yes.

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I hate hot pie.

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Okay.

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6. What can I get you?

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I don't want anything to eat.

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Just a milkshake, please.

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Sure.

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What flavor would you like?

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Vanilla, please.

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Okay.

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One vanilla milkshake coming up.

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And please make sure they don't add any sugar to it.

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No sugar?

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That's right.

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I don't like sweet shakes.

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Certainly.

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Listening 3.

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1. We went to Luigi's Italian Restaurant last night.

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It was the first time I'd been there.

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It took us a long time to find it because it's not a very easy place to get to, actually.

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The restaurant was okay, I guess.

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It's small and they really need some new furniture to make the place look nicer, though.

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The menu was great.

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It had lots of choices and most of the dishes were pretty cheap.

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Only $10 for a small pizza.

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Unfortunately, the service was slow.

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I think they need to hire more staff.

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Our dinner took a really long time to come, so we didn't leave a very good tip when we left.

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Two.

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I tried that

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New Mexican restaurant last weekend.

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It's downtown near the post office.

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What a great location.

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You can sit inside and watch everyone go by.

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It has very nice decor and lighting.

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The menu has some great choices, too.

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They have the usual Mexican food you find everywhere, and they also have some different dishes that I've never tried before.

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The food was really delicious, but you might need a credit card to eat there.

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It cost over $100 for the two of us, a lot more than I expected.

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I'll probably go there again, though.

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The server that waited on us was really nice and quick, too, so we thought she deserved a good tip.

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3. I went to a Thai restaurant on Sunday.

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It's called Bangkok Restaurant.

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You have to drive for about half an hour to get there, and there's always a lot of traffic.

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That's the only trouble, but it's a really nice place when you get there.

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Quiet music and lovely flowers everywhere.

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The menu is good with lots of choices.

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The food was very spicy, which is the way I like it.

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Fantastic desserts.

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It was really cheap, too.

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The server was very polite and took good care of us, so we left a big tip.

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Four.

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There's a new Chinese restaurant just five minutes from my house.

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It's a very simple place.

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A little boring inside, actually.

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Just a few tables in an empty room.

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They need to add more dishes to the menu, too right now they only serve four

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or five things but they're all delicious

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and very cheap you can get a good meal

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there for around $15 all the people who work there were very friendly and helpful so I left a good tip.

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Listening 3 1.

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We went to Luigi's Italian restaurant last night.

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It was the first time I'd been there.

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It took us a long time to find it because it's not a very easy place to get to, actually.

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The restaurant was okay, I guess.

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It's small, and they really need some new furniture to make the place look nicer, though.

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The menu was great.

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It had lots of choices, and most of the dishes were pretty cheap.

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Only $10 for a small pizza.

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Unfortunately, the service was slow.

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I think they need to hire more staff.

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Our dinner took a really long time to come, so we didn't leave a very good tip when we left.

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2. I tried that new Mexican restaurant last weekend.

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It's downtown near the post office.

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What a great location.

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You can sit inside and watch everyone go by.

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It has very nice decor and lighting.

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The menu has some great choices, too.

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They have the usual Mexican food you find everywhere, and they also have some different dishes that I've never tried before.

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The food was really delicious, but you might need a credit card to eat there.

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It cost over $100 for the two of us.

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A lot more than I expected.

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I'll probably go there again, though.

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The server that waited on us was really nice and quick, too, so we thought she deserved a good tip.

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3. I went to a Thai restaurant on Sunday.

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It's called Bangkok Restaurant.

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You have to drive for about half an hour to get there, and there's always a lot of traffic.

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That's the only trouble, but it's a really nice place when you get there.

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Quiet music and lovely flowers everywhere.

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The menu is good with lots of choices.

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The food was very spicy, which is the way I like it.

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Fantastic desserts.

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It was really cheap, too.

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The server was very polite and took good care of us, so we left a big tip.

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Four.

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There's a new Chinese restaurant just five minutes from my house

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it's a very simple place a little boring inside actually just a few tables in an empty room

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they need to add more dishes to the menu too right now they only serve four

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or five things but they're all delicious

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and very cheap you can get a good meal

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there for around $15 all the people who work there were very friendly and helpful so I left a good tip

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What do you want to eat?

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I want to eat pizza.

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Where do you want to go?

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I want to go to the Thai restaurant.

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What do you want to do tonight?

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Let's go out to eat.

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Where do you want to go?

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I don't know.

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What about you?

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What do you want to eat?

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I want to go to the Italian place.

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I'm tired of Italian food.

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So what do you want to have then?

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Let's order takeout Chinese.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “Tactics for Listening Third Edition Developing Unit 5 Restaurants”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: restaurant, fries, eat, menu, tip. This video has 280 sentences and 1752 words to shadow. The speech runs for 12:58. The speaker talks at a steady 135 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 82% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 61 of its 280 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
fry verb	/fɹaɪ/	To cook (something) in hot fat.
menu noun	/ˈmɛn.juː/	The details of the food to be served at a banquet; a bill of fare.
pizza noun	/ˈpi.tsə/	A baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread crust typically topped before baking with tomato sauce, cheese, and other ingredients such as meat or vegetables.
dish noun	/dɪʃ/	A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.
server noun	/ˈsɝvɚ/	A program that provides services to other programs or devices, either in the same computer or over a computer network.
delicious adjective	/dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/	Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty.
potato noun	/pəˈteɪ.təʊ/	The edible starchy tuber of the plant species Solanum tuberosum.
bake verb	/beɪk/	To cook (something) in an oven (for someone).
vanilla noun	/vəˈnɪl.ə/	Any tropical climbing orchid of the genus Vanilla (especially Vanilla planifolia), bearing podlike fruit yielding an extract used in flavoring food or in…
dessert noun	/dɪˈzɝt/	The last course of a meal, consisting of fruit, sweet confections etc.
spicy adjective	/ˈspaɪsi/	Of, pertaining to, or containing spice.
steak noun	/steɪk/	Beefsteak: a slice of beef, broiled or cut for broiling.
vegetarian noun	/vɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/	A person who does not eat animal flesh, or, in some cases, use any animal products.
starve verb	/stɑɹv/	To die because of lack of food or of not eating.
meal noun	/ˈmiːl/	Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
come up verb		To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly.
make up verb	/ˌmeɪk ˈʌp/	To constitute, to compose.
pick up verb		To lift; to grasp and raise.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

What do you feel like eating tonight?
Where do you want to eat tonight?
Do you feel like vegetarian food today?
What would you like to order?
Have you made up your mind?

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	We've eaten · We've had · Have you made
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing	spicy, which is · people who work
Possibility with “might / may” might/may + verb — something that is possible but not certain	might need
Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction	I'll have · I'll try · I'll make

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 60 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, I'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: dish /dɪʃ/, delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/, shake /ˈʃeɪk/, chef /ʃɛf/, occasion /əˈkeɪ̯ʒən/
Long words — get the stress right: vegetarian /vɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/, asparagus /əˈspæɹ.ə.ɡəs/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like fry, menu, pizza.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

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Key vocabulary in this video

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Sentences worth repeating

Grammar in this video

Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

What is the Shadowing Technique?