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Waiter!
I went to the cinema last week and laughed all the way through the new film Waiter!
which is set in a restaurant. American actor Tom Waters plays the worst cook the world has
ever seen and he employs one of the worst waiters, played by Joe Vermont.
The London restaurant where the filming took place does actually exist. Jane Connors,
the owner, runs a successful business with many regular customers. However, although she
thinks Waiter! is a good film, she is very annoyed with the director. When she agreed to the
filming, she wasn't told that the film is about a restaurant where everything goes wrong and
the food is disgusting. Although the film might make Jane's restaurant famous if it is a
success, she is afraid that people will stop coming because they will think the food and service
is terrible - like it is in the film. Jane is worried she will lose business and may even have to
close and start again with a new restaurant.
Having seen the film, I agree that she has a problem. The film company paid her a very
small fee, and she has since asked for more. The best solution, though, is for her to contact the
newspapers. I am sure they will be interested in her story and it will actually help her business
in the end.
1. What is the writer trying to do in the text?
A. advertise a restaurant
B. review a film
C. explain someone's problem
D. take someone's advice
2. What do we learn about Jane's restaurant?
A. It is very popular.
B. The food is not good.
C. It is in a beautiful building.
D. The waiters are unhelpful.
3. What did the director not tell Jane?
A. that the film would be a success
B. that the restaurant in the film would be very bad
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C. that she would not be paid
D. that she would need to employ extra staff
4. What does the writer think Jane ought to do?
A. open a new restaurant
B. ask the film company for more money
C. improve the quality of the food in her restaurant
D. write to the newspapers
5. Which of these is an advert for the film?
A. Waiter! Comedy film set in a typical American town. Laugh at the mistakes of
crazy cook (Tom Waters) and mad waiter Joe Vermont).
B. Waiter! Learn how to cook and be amused at the same time at this film made
especially for television by well-known cook, Tom Waters.
C. WAITER! All the action takes place in a famous London restaurant. Find out
the truth about what happens in the kitchens.
D. Waiter! Sit back and enjoy the performances of Tom Waters and Joe Vermont
in this comedy filmed in a London restaurant.
Megoldások:
1. C: az első 2 bekezdés elmagyarázza a helyzetet majd a harmadikban arról beszél,
hogy Jane-nek van egy problémája.
2. A: a successful business with regular customers
3. B: she wasn’t told that the film is about a restaurant where everything goes wrong and
the food is disgusting.
4. D: The best solution ... is for her to contact the newspapers
5. D: a film egy vígjáték és egy londoni étteremben forgatták. Nem állítja, hogy valós és
nem tanít meg főzni sem.
