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  • Vanessa: Hi, I'm Vanessa from SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com.

  • Let's eat dinner together.

  • You're invited to a fancy restaurant with an excellent server.

  • Today you'll experience wonderful service and you'll also learn some useful expressions

  • for restaurants.

  • This month in the Fearless Fluency Club, we're talking all about restaurants.

  • If you become a member of the course for only $5 for the first month, you'll meet Ted, an

  • expert server.

  • You'll learn all about his experiences serving in restaurants in different types of dining

  • experiences in the U.S.

  • It's a good chance to get an insider's perspective.

  • Today you'll watch a common restaurant role play between my husband, Dan, the server,

  • and me, I'm the customer in the restaurant, but I'm not going to be stopping after each

  • section to explain it.

  • That's what we'll do in the Fearless Fluency Club, so if you'd like to get extra explanations

  • for each of these sections, join me in the Fearless Fluency Club for this lesson set

  • about restaurants starting on March 1st.

  • Without any more hesitation, I invite you to join me to dine in this fancy restaurant

  • in my kitchen.

  • Let's go.

  • Dan: Hi, welcome to the Outback Steakhouse.

  • Two?

  • Vanessa: Yes.

  • Dan: Do you have a preference inside or outside?

  • Vanessa: It's a little cold today, so maybe inside.

  • Dan: Okay.

  • Right this way.

  • Is a table okay?

  • Vanessa: Sure.

  • Dan: Here's some menus.

  • Your server will be right over to explain the specials and take your drink order.

  • Vanessa: Thanks.

  • Dan: Okay.

  • Dan: Hi, welcome to Outback.

  • I'm Dan.

  • I'm going to be your server today.

  • Vanessa: Hi. Dan: Have you been here before?

  • Vanessa: No, I haven't, but he has.

  • Dan: Great.

  • Thanks for dining with us.

  • Our specials are on the menu board over here.

  • We have a surf and turf, grilled trout with a four-ounce filet mignon for 19.99, and a

  • fried chicken plate with grilled seasonal vegetables for 15.99.

  • Would you like either of those or would you like help with the menu?

  • Vanessa: I'll just take a look at the menu for a little bit.

  • Dan: All right.

  • Can I get you started with a drink, an appetizer, maybe our famous Bloomin' Onion?

  • Vanessa: I'll just have a glass of water, thanks.

  • Dan: Okay.

  • Lemon?

  • Vanessa: Sure.

  • Dan: All right.

  • I'll be right back with that.

  • Dan: Here's your water.

  • Vanessa: Thank you.

  • Dan: Have you decided what you'd like?

  • Have any questions?

  • Vanessa: Yeah, I think I'm going to go with the fried chicken special, but what are the

  • seasonal vegetable?

  • Dan: Let's see.

  • We have zucchini, squash, and carrots.

  • Vanessa: Okay, I'd like that.

  • Can I also have a side salad?

  • How much is it?

  • Dan: The side salad is $1.99.

  • What would you like for dressing?

  • Vanessa: Well, what have you got?

  • Dan: We have Italian, Ranch, Thousand Island, and a lemon raspberry vinaigrette.

  • Vanessa: I think I'll go with the vinaigrette.

  • Can I have it on the side?

  • Dan: No problem.

  • So we have the fried chicken special, a side salad with a lemon raspberry vinaigrette on

  • the side.

  • Vanessa: Yes, that sounds great.

  • Dan: All right.

  • I'll put in your order and I'll be right back with the salad.

  • Vanessa: Thank you.

  • Dan: All right.

  • Here's your side salad with a side of dressing.

  • Vanessa: Thank you.

  • I think I'm also going to get a beer.

  • Dan: Okay.

  • Vanessa: What do you have on tap?

  • Dan: We have Blue Moon, Bud Light, Corona, and a local beer, Highland IPA.

  • Vanessa: I think I'll get that local beer, the Highland IPA.

  • Dan: Great choice.

  • Can I see your ID?

  • Vanessa: Sure.

  • Here you go.

  • Dan: Okay.

  • I'll be right back with that.

  • Vanessa: Thanks.

  • Dan: All right.

  • Here you go, Highland IPA.

  • Vanessa: Oh, thanks.

  • Dan: Enjoy.

  • Dan: I have the fried chicken special.

  • Vanessa: Thank you so much.

  • Dan: Can I get you anything else right now?

  • Vanessa: No, this looks great.

  • Thanks.

  • Dan: All right.

  • Enjoy.

  • Dan: How is everything?

  • Vanessa: Oh, it's good, thanks.

  • Dan: Would you like another IPA?

  • Vanessa: No thanks, I'm fine.

  • Dan: All right.

  • Enjoy.

  • Dan: How was your meal?

  • Vanessa: It was great, thanks.

  • Dan: Can I interest you in our dessert special, cheesecake with fresh strawberries on top?

  • Vanessa: Oh, no.

  • That was a big meal, thanks.

  • Dan: Okay.

  • Here's your check, but take your time, whenever you're ready.

  • Vanessa: Oh, I'm ready.

  • You can take it now.

  • Dan: All right.

  • Thank you.

  • Dan: Here you go.

  • Thanks for dining with us.

  • Have a great night.

  • Vanessa: Thanks.

  • Dan: Bye-bye.

  • Vanessa: Bye.

  • I hope you enjoyed this fun role play video.

  • I have a couple of questions, though.

  • Why did Dan say, "Is a table okay?"

  • Does he expect me to sit on the floor?

  • And was it rude when I asked how much the side salad was?

  • And why did Dan give me a pen at the end of the meal?

  • If you'd like to really dig deep into restaurant culture in the U.S. so that when you visit

  • Disney World or New York, you feel comfortable, make sure that you join me in the Fearless

  • Fluency Club in the month of March, and we'll talk about all of these things in more detail.

  • There's a link in the description.

  • And now I have a question for you.

  • How often do you eat out?

  • This is a wonderful phrasal verb to say go to a restaurant.

  • "I eat out five times a week."

  • "I eat out once a month."

  • "I rarely eat out."

  • This means you're going to a restaurant, you're not eating in in your house, you're eating

  • out, so let me know.

  • How often do you eat out in your daily life?

  • Thanks so much for learning English with me, and I'll see you again next Friday for a new

  • lesson here on my YouTube channel.

  • Bye.

  • Dan: Here's some menus.

  • Your ... don't laugh.

  • Vanessa: Because it's funny, okay.

  • Dan: Here's some menus.

  • Your server will be right over ... Dan: Here's some menus.

  • Your server will be right over to explain the ...

  • Dan: Here's some menus.

  • No, I've got to address the monkey.

  • Dan: Here's some menus.

  • Your server will be right over to take ... your face.

  • Vanessa: I'm trying so hard not ... Dan: I've got to look at the monkey.

  • Vanessa: Okay.

  • I'm trying so hard not to laugh.

  • Dan: I'll look at the monkey.

  • Okay.

  • Dan: Here's some menus.

  • Your server will be right over to take ... Dan: Here's some menus.

  • Your server will be ... Vanessa: I can't.

  • Dan: He was so tender.

  • Vanessa: I love the menus.

  • I love the menus.

  • The next step is to download my free e-book, Five Steps to Becoming a Confident English

  • Speaker.

  • You'll learn what you need to do to speak confidently and fluently.

  • Don't forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel for more free lessons.

  • Thanks so much.

  • Bye.

Vanessa: Hi, I'm Vanessa from SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com.

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