Dylan David Codera

EnglishPod Audio Transcript M: Hello English learners and welcome to EnglishPod! My name is Marco. A: I'm Amira M: and Amira and I are here today with a great, great lesson for you. A: Yes we are. M: Today we're gonna be talking about a restaurant. Amira, why don't you give us a little bit more details? A: Well, we were talking about a situation in a restaurant and two people are involved the waiter and the customer, and I don't want to say anymore, M: Okay, don't say anymore, let's just listen to this dialogue and we'll be back later to explain it. DIALOGUE, FIRST TIME Waiter: Good evening. My name is Fabio I'll be your waiter for tonight. May I take your order? Customer: No, I'm still working on it. This menu is not even in English. What's good here? Waiter: For you, sir. I would recommend spaghetti and meatballs. Customer: Does it come with coke and fries? Waiter: It comes with either soup or salad and a complimentary glass of wine, sir? Customer: Uhh... I'll go with the spaghetti and meatballs salad and the wine. Waiter: Excellent choice. Your order will be ready soon. Customer: How soon is soon? Waiter: 20 minutes. Customer: You know what; I'll just go grab a burger across the street. Waiter: (Italian) A: Uh-oh, What a waiter. M: What a waiter. He is really angry at this customer and I can't blame him. I would be angry too. A: Yeah, so I think Marco, you have chosen some interesting expressions for us here. What is the first one? M: Well, the first one is I'm still working on it. A: I'm still working on it. M: I'm still working It. A: I'm still working on it. M: Why don't we listen to some other examples on how you can use this word? And then we'll come back and explain it. Example one. A: Did you finish reading the magazine? B: I'm still working on it. Example Two. C: Did you fix my car. D: I'm still working on it? M: Hm. A: Ahhh... So you could say I'm still working on it means M: I still need more time. A: Fantastic! M: Great! Okay, it's clear. A: I have another one for you guys. It's a phrase commonly used and you'll hear it all the time. Coke and fries, M: Coke and fries, A: Coke and Fries M: Coke and Fries. It's a short way of saying Coca Cola and French fries. A: So that's basically America's fast food, M: Yeah, burger coke and fries. A: Okay, M: Hehe A: What's next on the menu? M: On the menu we have a complimentary glass of wine, A: Complimentary glass of wine. M: Complimentary glass of wine. A: Complimentary means? M: That it's free. A: Free. M: Yes. A: We love that, huh? M: Yeah, we definitely like free things. A: Well, I have another one for us here, another interesting phrase. I'll go with. M: I'll go with. A: I'll go with. M: I'll go with. A: So basically, it's another way of saying I'm choosing M: Yeah, I'll choose or I'll take, A: I'll take. M: Mm hm. A: Okay, very good. M: All right. The next word that I want to take a look at is Grab. A: Grab. M: Grab. A: Grab. M: Okay, now let's listen to some other examples of how we could use grab in different situations, and then we'll come back and explain it Example One. A: On your way home, can you grab some milk? Example Two B: Wait for me, please. I need to grab my coat. Example Three C: Let's grab a cup of coffee. A: All right, well, I would understand that go grab means go get quickly M: To go get quickly, Yeah. A: Yeah. All right everyone. So now it's time to listen one more time to the dialogue and listen carefully and try to understand why the waiter doesn't like the customer. Let's listen. DIALOGUE, SECOND TIME Waiter: Good evening. My name is Fabio I'll be your waiter for tonight. May I take your order? Customer: No, I'm still working on it. This menu is not even in English. What's good here? Waiter: For you, sir? I would recommend spaghetti and meatballs. Customer: Does it come with coke and fries? Waiter: It comes with either soup or salad and a complimentary glass of wine, sir? Customer: I'll go with the spaghetti and meatballs salad and the wine. Waiter: Excellent choice. Your order will be ready soon. Customer: How soon is soon? Waiter: 20 minutes. Customer: You know what; I'll just go grab a burger across the street. Waiter: (Italian) A: Marco, why did this waiter get angry at the customer? M: Well, he basically wasted the waiter’s time. I mean, this guy comes into the restaurant. He is not very polite, and he's asking all these questions and in the end he just gets up and says “Ahhh, I'll just go grab a burger across the street.” A: Yeah, and I also think that this guy was a lot more casual than the place he was in, right? M: Yeah, I think this was a nice, fancy restaurant. So I think he was in the wrong place. A: Yeah. So how many times Marco tell me? Do you really have fast food a week? M: Fast food? Let's see, Ummmm… Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. Nah, just kidding. Hehe. A: Oh, my God. Hehe. M: No, no. I think I get fast food maybe once a week, once or twice a week. All right, talking about fast food made me hungry. So I think I'm gonna go grab something to eat myself. A: Yeah, me too. M: All right. I hope you guys enjoy the lesson today, and remember that all of this vocabulary is useful for your everyday needs. A: Yes. Well, actually here in EnglishPod, we focus on phrases and words that are high frequency and that means that you can use them every day in your practical life. M: Exactly, and be sure to go to our website at www.englishpod.com. Where you can find many other resources, and you can leave your questions and comments at our community forum. A: So thank you very much for listening. We'll be back tomorrow with another great lesson for you. So until then, bye! M: Bye!