Outside the Department Store

Emily: What’s the time?

Michael: Just one o’clock past. It’s time for lunch. I can do with a snack.

Emily: Me too. Here is a nice café.

Dora: Why not go home and have lunch there? I’ve cold meat, left over from yesterday’s dinner, potatos, salad and pickles, and a pudding to follow.

Michael: That sounds very nice, but we’ll have starved by then.

Emily: I haven’t been to a café for ages. Make up your mind, Mum!

Dora: It’s nothing to do as to agree.

In the Café

Dora: Oh, It’s pretty quiet here for lunch time. I’d like this table by the window.

Waiter: Good afternoon! Yes, this table is free.

Dora: Fine, thank you.

Waiter: Here’s the menu. Would you like some drinks?

Dora: Yes, we’d like something to drink,but first of all we’ll have a look at the menu. A plum juice and …

Michael: Cola.

Emily: The same for me, please.

Michael: They usually, serve only simple meals and snacks at a café, but there is so much on the menu. Well, I’d like a salad, roast beef with cabbage or cauliflower and chips and a dessert to follow.

Emily: I’d like a small salad, roast chicken with vegetables and a dessert afterwards.

Dora: And I’ve decided on a small salad and fried fish – trout – with boiled potatos, and then ice –cream. And what should your desserts be?

Michael: I can’t choose between the bananas and custard and the apple – pie.

Emily: I’d rather like this fresh fruit salad with cream, and a cup of tea.

Michael: Hot apple-pie with cinnamon and raisins. And a cup of tea too.

Waiter: Can I take your order?

Dora: Yes, we’ve already chosen something, but if you suggest a particular dish …

Waiter: I can recommend the stuffed mushrooms.

Dora: What are they like?

Waiter: They’re mushrooms filled with bread and cheese mixed with herbs and spices, and then baked. Would you like to try some?

Dora: No, thank you, we’d like something more substantial, wouldn’t we?

Emily: Mushrooms have never been my favorite food.

Dora: So, we wouldn’t change our mind. We’d like …