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1: What do you mean by eating out? 23: Have you ever been invited out for a
meal?
2: What choices do you have if you want
to dine out? 24: Have you ever taken guests to a
restaurant?
3: When do people choose the shelf-
service system? 25: Describe one of your most enjoyable
meals in a restaurant.
4: What do you do when you go into a self-
service restaurant? 26: Have you ever had any bad
experiences when eating out?
5: How do you choose your meal?
27: Do you think Hungarians eat more or
6: Where do you pay for the food?
less than necessary?
7: What are the advantages of these
28: What should a healthy diet contain?
restaurants?
29: Do you think people look more
8: Are there any disadvantages?
attractive if they are thin or fat?
9: Where can you get cheap food in
30: What do they do in order to become a
England?
slim/ or to remain slim?
10: What is a take-away?
31: Have you ever been on a slimming
11: Have you ever been to an English pub? diet?

12: What are the opening and closing 32: How did you diet?
times?
33: How do you feel about wasting food?
13: What drinks can be bought at a pub?
34: Are there any people who are starving
14: Can you buy any food there? in the world?

15: How do you order your drinks? 35: What are the main causes of proverty
and hunger?
16: Where do people eat if they have time
and money? 36: How can you help?

17: What do you do when you enter a 37: What do you think of vegetarianism?
restaurant?
18: How do you choose the dishes?
19: How do you pay?
20: Do you give a tip? How much?
21: What do you think of tipping?
22: Do you often go to restaurants?
Eating out means to have a meal in a restaurant. If you want to dine out you have the choice
of going to a first-, second-, or third-class restaurant, a self-service restaurant or in summer
to an open-air restaurant.
People choose the self-service system if they are in a hurry, and they want to have a quick
meal. You go into the restaurant and choose the dish you want to eat from the list hanging
on the wall. Then you pick up a tray, knife, fork and spoon and queue at the counter where
the food is on display. You pick out what you want and put it on your tray, which you have to
push along a special rack till you reach the cashier. The cashier will give you the bill. After
paying you take your tray to any table you like. You can sit alone or with another customer.
Self-service restaurants have the advantage of offering inexpensive dishes. You can have a
good meal in ten minutes and there is no waiter, so you don’t have to give a tip. What’s
more, you never buy a pig in a poke, which quite frequently happens in a first-class
restaurant. The only disadvantage is that you may not always find a free table as the place
may be crowded and noisy.
As far as I know “fish and chips” shops are inexpensive places to eat in England. They are
open until late at night, and they are ideal for the motorist on a long journey. Fish and chips
as well as other easy-to-prepare dishes can be eaten in the restaurant or taken away
wrapped in paper. These restaurants are therefore often called take-aways. There are a large
number of Chinese restaurants in England too - at least one in every town. They offer good
food at reasonable prices and are very popular.
I have never been to an English pub, but I have heard that the hours during which English
pubs are allowed to open vary in different parts of the country. They can stay open from 11
am. to 11 pm, but some of them close during the afternoon.
Beer, wine, and spirits as well as non-alcoholic drinks like coke, seven-up or sprite, can be
bought at a pub and there are also pubs that sell coffee or tea, too. Usually, the only food
available is sandwiches and meat pies. It is normal to buy one’s own drinks at the bar, and
the barman is not tipped. Each order is paid for separately, and not at the end of the evening.
If people have time and money, they go to a first-class restaurant. When you enter a
restaurant, first you have to leave your coats in the cloakroom. After that you enter the
dining-room and either look for an empty table yourself or the headwaiter shows you to one.
Some people reserve tables in advance, otherwise they may not always have luck in finding a
free table. You sit down at the table and ask the waiter for the menu.
You may have a fixed dinner, or you can eat a la carte. If you decide to dine a la carte, you go
through the menu and give the order to the waiter. Sometimes you ask the waiter what he
can recommend you. Some restaurants have certain special dishes which can’t be eaten at
other places. Sometimes you have to ask the waiter what is included in some names of
dishes written on the menu because a lot of dishes have a fancy name.
Paying for your dinner at a restaurant in Hungary isn’t always very simple. You have to make
a sign to the waiter and let him know that you would like to ask for the bill. ‘The headwaiter
will come immediately’, he says and runs away. If you are lucky you don’t need to wait A long
time for the bill and you can pay. You usually give the waiter a tip or leave it on the table.
There is no set percentage for a tip in Hungary, but it is usually 10 to 15 percent of the cost of
the meal.
I think there is nothing wrong about tipping. Tips express your appreciation for the services
rendered. It is impossible not to tip if you see that a person has done his best to serve you.
And also, good tips can stimulate good service.
I don’t often go to a restaurant to have a full meal there because in Hungary to eat eating out
regularly is not a cheap form of entertainment. But if I go, I usually go with my parents. I have
been invited out for a dinner by my boyfriend quite often.
My best experience was when my grandmother had her birthday. Our whole family surprised
her with a lunch at the restaurant. She was very touched, it was good to see her happy face.
We ate delicious food and had a good chat with each other.
Fortunately, I haven't had a very bad experience yet. It only happened that I had to wait a
long time for the dishes, or I didn't like what I ordered.
I think most people in Hungary eat more than necessary. Our calorie intake is about double
the amount we actually need. People eat a lot of carbo-hydrates in food like bread, cakes and
sugar, which are very fattening. I think we also eat more meat and protein than necessary,
especially fatty meats are favoured by most Hungarians. That is why there are so many fat
people among us.
A healthy diet should contain at least the same amount of fibre as fat. It should also contain
the major nutrients, such as vitamins, proteins, calories or iron. It should be high in
vegetables and grains, with a modest amount of meat. But it should not be overdone (nem
szabad túlzásba vinni) that you continuously worried about your nutrition than to eat what
you actually wish to eat.
Most people like it when they are slim. But in spite of this quite a few of them have to watch
their weights. Dieting has become a fad and people consult calorie charts before they eat, if
they eat anything at all. Some of them suffer from malnutrition munching biscuits and
drinking unsweetened coffee for days on end. Others exhaust themselves doing exercises
and being massaged by machines. I think a thin person is more attractive, but everyone has
different tastes.
I have never been on a slimming diet because I am on the skinny side. I don’t easily put on
weight even if I eat a lot.
I think it is quite shocking the way we take food for granted. We are so wasteful while in
some parts of the world there are millions of people suffering from malnutrition. I get very
upset when I see people wasting food. Therefore, I myself never throw any bread into the
dustbin.
I suppose the main causes for hunger are partly bad geographical conditions like droughts,
natural catastrophes like floods and eartHquakes, and partly the high amount of debts to
other countries. There is also armed fighting, which makes the situation even worse. In fact,
there is not much we can do to help the Third World. There are charitable organizations to
raise money for them, there are emergency relief programmes as well as long-term aid
projects to help them but still a lot has to be done to stop so many people dying of hunger
day by day.
I think the vegetarian diet is not healthy. Meat contains many vitamins and minerals and
these can’t be taken from anywhere else. Nowadays, more and more people follow this diet,
it is slowly becoming fashionable. Many people don't eat meat to protect animals. I love
animals, but meat too. For example, a chicken is not a domestic animal for me, and I don’t
regret eating it. I can't imagine my life without meat.