Woman: Excuse me! … Excuse me! ... No ...
Man: Always busy here on a Friday night!
Woman: (to barman) Sorry! Could I just have a ...
Man: Patience and persistence!
Woman: Ahh, finally. Yes, erm, OK, I'd like a beer, please! Sorry? What kind? (Man rolls eyes) A beer? Erm, lager, please. Yeah, that will do. Sorry, what? Half-pint or a pint? (To man) How big is a pint?
Man: (gestures with hands)
Woman: Yes. OK. A pint.
Man: OK, great, I'd like a ...
Woman: Oh, sorry. Two pints of lager, please.
Man: OK, great. I'll have ...
Woman: Oh … and a packet of crisps. (To man) Sorry. (To barman) What flavour? Erm, let me just check. (Turns round and shouts) What flavour? (Turns back) Cheese and onion.
Man: OK, give me ...
Woman: And a glass of wine. Red, please. Yes, I'm sure that's it. Thank you. How much is that? (starts to look for wallet) Let me just check my wallet. I've got five, and that's another, six.
Man: (with note already in hand) OK, great. I'd like a pint of bitter and two halves of lager, please. Cheers – keep the change. (To woman) That's how it's done!
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For now there's no place as such.
Wow nice video, now i have know how to order beer at pub. Patience and persistence are my new words.And i can measure now with a pint and a half-pint.A lager and a bitter are kind of beer to order next time when at put.
Hello, I enjoyed the video. I just couldn't understand the discussion topic.
the sentence 'Where do you find it difficult to place an order?' what does it mean? does it mean 'in which place ordering is difficult?' or 'in which part of conversation ordering was difficult?'
Thanks.
Hello parisaach,
In the sentence 'Where do you find it difficult to place an order?', the word 'where' means 'in which place'.
If we wanted to ask about the part of the conversation then we'd say something like 'What problems do you have when you try to order something (in a bar/restaurant etc)?'
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
Excuse me I couldn't find "stout" in the conversation!
Hello 47agent,
The word 'stout' does not appear in the conversation. Sometimes other words are taught just to add some useful language to the task.
Best wishes,
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello, a lot of thank for helping. I'm wondering is "patience and persistence" an IDIOM or phrasal verb or something else.
Thanks
Hello 47agent,
These are just normal adjectives used in the sentence and not any particular expression.
Best wishes,
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello,
I have a question. At question 2 in the task, it provides information about what woman orders are two pints of lager and a glass of wine. I clicked on "false" because she also orders a chips with cheese and onion. Therefore, her total order is different than the list on the statement. It is why I clicked "false" but answer is wrong, means I should've clicked on "True" in order to make it right. How could it be? I think your answer is wrong. Chould you provide me feedback? Thank you in advance.
Hello LearnEnglish2016,
You're right, of course, about what the woman ordered. The idea behind statement two is that she did order two pints of lager and wine (even though that is not the complete order). Normally, I'd change the answer as you suggest, but since statement four also addresses the order, I'm going to add this to our list of exercises that we need to revise so that we can do a proper job of clarifying it.
Thanks very much for your feedback!
All the best,
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
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