A1-32 / CEFR A1 / EPISODE 32

At the Restaurant

Ordering a meal

SceneAt a restaurant.

Frank and Tina order from a waiter at a table with pizza and pasta. — Select the illustration to view it at full size in a new tab.

Narrator

Frank and Tina are at a restaurant. A waiter comes to their table.

フランクとティナはレストランにいる。ウェイターがテーブルに来る。

Frank01

I would like a large pizza, please.

ラージサイズのピザをお願いします。

Waiter02

Anything to drink?

お飲み物は？

Frank03

Water is fine, thank you.

お水で結構です、ありがとう。

Tina04

I'd like pasta with tomato sauce.

私はトマトソースのパスタをお願いします。

Waiter05

Spaghetti or penne?

スパゲッティとペンネ、どちらになさいますか？

Tina06

Hmm... do you have anything pink?

うーん…ピンクのものはありますか？

Waiter07

Did you say pink?

ピンクとおっしゃいましたか？

Frank08

She will have the spaghetti.

彼女はスパゲッティにします。

Tina09

With extra tomato sauce. That's basically pink.

トマトソース多めで。それなら大体ピンクよ。

Frank10

It is red, Tina.

赤だよ、ティナ。

WORDS & CONTEXT

Words & context

“Anything to drink?”

Anything to drink? shortens Would you like anything to drink? It is a standard restaurant question asking whether a customer wants a beverage.

“She will have the spaghetti.”

When ordering, have means to eat or drink, rather than possess. I'll have … is a standard way to choose an item. Here Frank orders on Tina's behalf with She will have the spaghetti.

“That's basically pink.”

Basically means essentially or approximately. Tina stretches the logic by claiming that extra tomato sauce makes the dish almost pink. Frank's It is red, Tina. answers that claim.

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Words & context

“Anything to drink?”

“She will have the spaghetti.”

“That's basically pink.”