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Lesson 6. Topic: Communication.

Task 1. Read and translate the text.
At a restaurant.
Nick and Lora are at a restaurant. They are making the order. The waiter
is serving them.

Nick: Can I have the menu, please? Here it is.
Waiter: What would you like for the main course?
Nick: I will have fish for the main course. What will you have, Lora?
Lora: I would like the soup and the salad.
Nick: Can I ask you? Does the soup contain onions? Yes, it does. Can
you prepare it without onions?

Waiter: Yes, I will ask the chef to prepare it without onions.
Waiter: What will you drink?
Nick: We will have some mineral water.
Asking for a favour.
Amy has a birthday party today. She needs extra chairs and goes to ask
her neighbours for help.
Amy: Hello! Excuse me, can you do me a favour? I need 3 chairs. Can

you lend me your chairs for this evening?
Neighbour: Do you need just 3 chairs? I can give you more chairs.
Amy: No, I don’t need more chairs, 3 will be enough. Thank you.
Sam sent Amy flowers and a postcard. He wrote: «Happy Birthday,
Amy! Sorry I can’t be with you tonight, because I must travel to Madrid on

business. I wish you all the best. May all your wishes come true. Enjoy this
day and have fun! With lots of love, Sam.»
Task 2. Write down and learn the new words.
An order, a waiter, a chef, a menu, the main course, a dessert, mineral
water, a soup, a salad, onions, a favour, flowers, would like, to make an
order, to drink, to eat, to ask, to answer, to ask for a favour, neighbours, a
wish, a chair, a postcard, to send, because, extra, enough, sorry, can, could,
to be able to, need, must, a chair.

Task 3. Answer the questions.
Where are Nick and Lora?
Who is serving them?
What do they ask the waiter?