Discovering Chinese pro L12 Oral Performance Assignment: Order Food in a Chinese Restaurant

Self-evaluation rubrics:

你的名字：_________________

Specific Topic:  Order food in a Chinese Restaurant

去中餐厅点菜

Instruction:

This conversation requires at least two partners. One acts as a waiter/waitress. Another acts as a customer.

• First Scene: participate in a simulated conversation. You are first walking into a restaurant.
  • Beginning with the customer walking into the door.
  • Hostess asks, ¨How many people please?”

请问有几位？Qǐngwèn yǒu jǐ wèi?

• Second Scene after sitting down.
  • The waiter/waitress introduces himself/herself and then asks what kind of drink the customer(s) would like to order.

• Then the waiter/waitress asks what food the customer(s) would like to order.

• Each customer will order at least: 1) One appetizer , 2) A main course, 3) A soup

• The server asks if they would like to order anything else and makes some recommendation for desserts.
• The customer(s) orders their desserts.

我还想点 Or 吃 。。。（点 dian3: order）

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then say:

After our dinner, we will eat our [the name of the dessert that you order.]

Translate:

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• The waiter/waitress politely repeats each customer’s order to confirm the order.

Suggested ending: The customer(s) give thanks and then the waiter/waitress said, “Food will be served shortly.” –菜马上来！

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