- •Unit 3 full-service, specialty, and fast-food restaurants
- •1. Read and translate the following international words:
- •2. Read and translate the following groups of words derived from a common root:
- •3. Read the text and translate it. While reading the text try and find answers to these questions:
- •Full-service Restaurants
- •Specialty Restaurants
- •Quick-Service/Fast-Food
- •4. Match the words and phrases on the left with the correct equivalent on the right:
- •5. Match the synonyms:
- •6. Match the antonyms:
- •7. Match the words on the left with the correct definitions on the right:
- •8. Answer the questions on the text:
- •9. Complete the sentences using proper words and phrases in the box.
- •10. Say whether the following statements are true or false.
- •11. On the basis of the following information about a full-service restaurant try to determine whether its operation is successful. The following words and phrases will come in handy:
- •12. Work in pairs:
- •Case Study le cirque 2000 restaurant
- •2. Identify key points in the text and extract information from it to pass on to your partner.
- •3. Let your partner see whether key points identified by you are the same as those covered in the text. Let him agree or disagree with you. From time immemorial...
Unit 3 full-service, specialty, and fast-food restaurants
Pre-reading
1. Read and translate the following international words:
classification single definition
category selection cook
ethnic figure indicate
time year week
percent cent dollar
popular industry sale
segment institutional generally
haute cuisine haute couture elegant
visit value entrepreneur
partner
2. Read and translate the following groups of words derived from a common root:
1) mean — means — meanness — meanly — meaning — meaningful -- meaningless — meanwhile — meantime;
2) compete — competitive — competitiveness — competition — competitively;
3) serve — servant — service — serviceable — serviceability — servile — servitude;
4) vary — varying — various — variable — variant;
5) employ — employer — employee — employment — unemployment - - unemployed — underemployment;
6) depend — dependent — dependant — dependence — independent - - independence — interdependent — interdependence;
7) agree — agreement — agreeable — disagree — disagreement — disagreeable.
Reading
3. Read the text and translate it. While reading the text try and find answers to these questions:
1. What cuisines are the finest American restaurants based on?
2. What national cuisines are considered to be the finest in the world?
3. Who owns and operates most full-service restaurants?
4. What menus do quick-service or fast-food restaurants offer?
FULL-SERVICE, SPECIALTY, AND FAST-FOOD RESTAURANTS
There is no single definition of the various classifications of restaurants, perhaps because it is an evolving business. Most experts would agree, however, that there are two main categories: full-service and specialty.
Other categories include such designations as quick-service, ethnic, dinner house, occasion, casual, and so on. Some restaurants may even fall into more than one category. For instance, a restaurant could be both quick-service and ethnic (Taco Bell). Another restaurant can be called specialty and dinner house (Chart House).
The National Restaurant Association's figures indicate that Americans are spending an increasing number of food dollars away from home in various foodservice operations. Americans eat out about 200 times a year, or about 4 tunes a week. More than 50 percent of all consumers visit a restaurant on their birthday, thereby making it the most popular day for eating out. Mother's Day and Valentine's Day are the second and third most popular days, respectively. The most popular meal eaten away from home is lunch, which brings in approximately 50 percent of fast-food restaurant sales.