A1Food and drink8 min
Ordering in a café
Listen to Ravi order a drink and some food in a small café.
Before you listen
Ravi is hungry and thirsty. He goes into a small café and talks to the server. Listen to what he wants and how he pays.
- servernoun
- a person who brings food and drinks in a café or restaurantThe server brings us two glasses of water.
- What can I get you?phrase
- a question a server asks: what do you want?Good afternoon. What can I get you?
- Would you like ...?phrase
- a polite way to offer somethingWould you like a glass of water?
- sugarnoun
- a sweet white food that people put in drinksMy grandmother puts sugar in her coffee.
Listen · 0:52
Tea and soup, please
Show the transcript (try the questions first)
Server: Good morning. What can I get you?
Ravi: Hi. Can I have a cup of tea, please?
Server: Of course. Small or large?
Ravi: Large, please. With milk, but no sugar.
Server: Would you like anything to eat?
Ravi: Yes. Do you have any cheese sandwiches?
Server: Sorry, we don't have any cheese sandwiches today. But we have egg sandwiches and tomato soup.
Ravi: The tomato soup, please. And a banana.
Server: Is that to eat here or to take away?
Ravi: To eat here. I'm sitting by the window.
Server: OK. That's six pounds fifty, please.
Ravi: Can I pay by card?
Server: Yes, of course. I can bring your soup to your table.
Ravi: Thank you very much.
Exercise 1 of 2
Understand the conversation
Listen to the conversation. Choose the correct answer.
Exercise 2 of 2
Listen for details
Listen again. Choose the correct answer or type one word.
Ravi is sitting by the .
The server brings the soup to Ravi's .
The server asks: Is that to eat here or to take ?
Source
Original script by Joy English, read by open-source text-to-speech voices (Kokoro-82M, Apache-2.0).
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