restaurant

Verb + restaurant

• work in a restaurant: 在餐馆工作
• try out a (new) restaurant: 尝试一家（新）餐厅
• recommend a restaurant: 推荐一家餐馆
  • Could you recommend a good restaurant within walking distance? 能推荐我一些走着就能到的餐馆吗？
• run a restaurant: 经营一家餐馆
• restaurants serve food: 餐馆供应食物

Adjective + restaurant

• a (Chinese) restaurant: 一家（中）餐馆
• an expensive restaurant: 一家昂贵的餐馆
• a cheap restaurant: 一家便宜的餐馆
• the restaurant is fully booked: 这家餐馆已经订满了

Noun + of + restaurant

• a chain of restaurants: 连锁餐厅
• (quiet) corner of the …: （安静的）角落
• the non-smoking section of the restaurant: 餐厅的无烟区

1. Verb + restaurant

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the above verbs:

1. We’re going to …… out that new Chinese restaurant in Walton Road tonight. It got a really good review in the paper last week.
2. The hotel has a restaurant which …… good food all day.
3. She’s …… in a restaurant at the moment, but she’s a teacher by profession. I don’t understand why！
4. Can you …… a good restaurant near here? I really like Mexican food, but if there’s no Mexican restaurant, Italian will do.
5. My uncle …… a busy restaurant in the centre of town and he works all hours.

2. Adjective + restaurant

Complete the sentences with the above adjectives:

1. My boss took me out for a five-course dinner in an …… restaurant. It cost a fortune! But the food was out of this world! (我老板带我去一家…餐厅吃了五道菜的晚餐。它花了一大笔钱！但食物是世界上最棒的！) (expensive)
2. Do you know any good …… restaurants round here? I’m in the mood for a pizza. (我想吃披萨。) (Italian)
3. The area round the university is full of …… restaurants for students. (cheap)
4. Unfortunately, the Apollo restaurant was …… at lunchtime, so we went in the evening instead. (fully booked)

3. Noun + of + restaurant

Match the halves:

1. She owns a successful
2. We found a table in a
3. We ate in the non-smoking

• a. section of the restaurant.
• b. chain of restaurants in England and Wales.
• c. quiet corner of the restaurant.

Notes

1. Note the verbs we use to describe starting up a restaurant:
   • I see they’re opening a new seafood restaurant next door. (我看到他们正在隔壁开一家新的海鲜餐厅。)
   • He set up a vegetarian restaurant with his brother-in-law. (他和姐夫开了一家素食餐厅。)
   • Fast-food restaurants are shooting/springing up everywhere. (快餐店如雨后春笋般涌现。)
2. Note these common expressions:
   • The restaurant is under new management. (这家餐厅正在新的管理之下。)
   • The restaurant is famous for its pasta / curries / French cuisine. (这家餐厅以意大利面/咖喱/法国菜而闻名。)
3. If you want to recommend a restaurant to someone, here are some ways of doing so:
   • It’s got a very good reputation.
   • It gets a very good name.
   • It’s famous for its seafood.
4. If a restaurant is licensed, it serves alcohol. (如果一家餐馆有执照，它就会提供酒精饮料。)
5. Restaurants which serve food to take away, are often called fast-food restaurants: (提供外卖食物的餐馆通常被称为快餐店)
   • No wonder so many children are fat! They eat nothing but take-aways from fast-food restaurants! (难怪这么多孩子都很胖！他们只吃快餐店的外卖！)