Video Transcript
Hi, my name is David Lang. I'm a teacher at the British Council and I've been teaching for 4 years. Today's topic is 'Ordering from a restaurant'.
David: Waiter!
Waiter: Hi guys. How are you doing today? What can I get you?
David: Pizza.
Waiter: Sure. But what pizza would you like?
David: The coke
Waiter: Okay, but margarita…?
David: No no, coke coke.
Waiter: Sure but the pizza.. margarita.. hawaii...
David: No, no, coke, coke.. Coca, coca and pizza.
Let's try again.
David: Waiter!
Waiter: Hi guys. How are you doing today? What can I get you?
David: I would like pizza.
Waiter: Sure, what pizza would you like?
David: Ah? Sorry?
Waiter: Which pizza? What kind of pizza would you like?
David: We want pepperoni pizza.
Waiter: Okay one pepperoni pizza and what would you like to drink?
David: Ah.. Two cokes,
Waiter: Oh what kind of coke? Regular coke? Diet coke?
David: Yes, regular coke.
Waiter: Okay, great!
David: Why was that time better? It was because I used 'I would like'. I used the food vocabulary. And I asked the waiter to repeat what he said.
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