Guia de Conversacions i Gramàtica d'Anglès: Menú, Futur i Unitats

Discussion 5: A Conversation About Food and Ordering at a Restaurant

A: What kind of food are you going to eat?
B: Hmm... I will have seafood.
A: Seafood?! Is this a joke?
B: No, I really love seafood.
A: I don't, because it doesn't have a good smell.
B: You should try eating a bit.
A: I would like big lamb kebabs; I am crazy about it!
B: Hmm... So am I, but today I'm in the mood for grilled salmon.
A: OK, I am going to eat seafood too.

(Later)

W: Hello, I'm Jack, your waiter. Would you like the menu?
A: No thanks, we are ready to order.
W: OK, what would you like to order?
A: I would like grilled salmon and rice.
W: ...and rice. And you, sir?
B: I will have lamb kebabs and french fries, please.
A: Wait! And the grilled salmon?
B: Hmm... I prefer to eat lamb kebabs today.
A: OK, another day we are going to eat grilled salmon again.
W: OK, so... grilled salmon or lamb kebabs, sir?
B: Lamb kebabs, please.
W: What would you like to drink?
A: I will have orange juice.
W: And you, sir?
B: Do you have red wine?
W: Yes, sir, we have 120, Santa Rita, Gato...
B: Santa Rita, please.
W: OK, what would you like for dessert?
A: No thanks, I am going to eat the main dish only.
B: I will have lemon pie.

Discussion 6: Future Plans and Life Goals

Write about what you are going to do the rest of your life, what your plans are. Use the 2 forms of future we have studied (be + going to, and present continuous).

• I am going to keep studying and I am going to work.
• I don't plan to live with my parents; I'm buying an apartment in my thirties.
• I hope not to get married before thirty years old. If I get married, I would like to have just two kids.
• I'd love to visit new countries.
• I would like to make a lot of money.
• I'm going to buy a sports car.
• I'm learning Japanese next year.
• I'm going to buy a new guitar.
• I'm going to work in a big company.
• I'm buying a necklace in a month for my mom.
• I would love to become very successful.
• I would like to buy a new notebook.
• I want to do more exercise.
• I would like to play more basketball matches.
• I'm going to buy a house in Viña del Mar.

Unit 9: What Does She Look Like?

Long hair, short hair, straight hair, curly red hair, bald, mustache, and beard.
Young, middle-aged, elderly; handsome, good-looking, pretty; short, medium height, very tall.
Example questions: How old is your brother? What color is her hair?

Unit 10: Have You Ever Ridden a Camel?

I've cleaned the house once this week.
Have you ever been to a jazz club? -> Yes, I've been to several, or no, I haven't been to one.
(Ejemplo en discusión 2)

Unit 11: It's a Very Exciting Place

(Ejemplo en discusión 3)

Unit 12: It Really Works

I have a really bad headache, backache, sore muscles, a stomachache, a cold, a cough, the flu, or insomnia.
(Ejemplo en discusión 4)

Unit 13: May I Take Your Order?

(Ejemplo en discusión 5)

Unit 14: The Biggest and the Best

This ball is much bigger than the blue ball.

Unit 15: I'm Going to a Soccer Match

(Ejemplo en discusión 6)

Unit 16: A Change for the Better

What are you going to do after graduation?
I'm (not) going to get a job right away.