3 12 Up and away A restaurant review: Putting the record right Take the following review of a restaurant, which you have found on a website, and turn it into a positive description because you have had a completely different experience and because you think that the criticism in this review is unfair. In order to do this, replace negative words and phrases with positive ones. These parts of the text are printed in bold. Choose words and phrases from the suggestions below or find your own and rewrite the text. 4 www.restaurants_online.com What can I say about this horrible restaurant? It is simply the worst restaurant in town. They serve traditional food which tastes dull, the service is awfully slow and the location isn’t great at all. In addition, it is quite expensive and you don’t get what you pay for. The menu is short and without variations, certainly something for people who love traditional, bland dishes. I have been there twice with friends and family, but no one was happy about it. I didn’t enjoy their meals at all, it was very disappointing. It has always been an awful dining experience all the way through as the staff lacks much of the personal touch and friendliness one would expect. I can’t recommend this place at all. Opposites horrible: excellent – superb – great – gorgeous – charming little – wonderful – fine simply the worst: simply the best – the most superb – probably the most outstanding dull: delicious – delightful – great – excellent awfully slow: very professional – really fast – very attentive – extremely friendly – very swift isn’t great at all: is gorgeous – is breath-taking – is stunning – is magnificent quite expensive: quite reasonable – reasonably priced – cheap don’t get what you pay for: get (much) more than what you pay for – get your money’s worth is short and without variations: is large and varied – offers a large variety of dishes – will satisfy almost anyone, vegetarians included traditional, bland: superb, innovative – innovative and tasty – innovative, well-seasoned – exciting no one: everybody – all of us – we all didn’t enjoy: really enjoyed – loved was very disappointing: was not disappointing at all – was very/most satisfying awful: excellent – superb – great – lovely lacks much of: is characterised by can’t recommend … at all: can fully recommend – can recommend … wholeheartedly An emergency call a) Put the following dialogue in the right order. The words in bold will help you. 1 Operator: Fire service. Can you please give me the address where the fire is? Caroline: No, we were the only people in the house. … Operator: 21 Swainstone Road, Maidstone. Thank you. Is it a house? Caroline: Yes, it is, a terraced house. The fire’s in the upstairs bedroom! Operator: Is there anyone else in the building? Caroline: I’m outside, with my little brother. Operator: And are you outside or still in the building? Caroline: 21 Swainstone Road in Maidstone. b) Write a similar dialogue in your learning journal and change the words in bold. 5 rbeit 2 bewegen Arbeitsheft Arbeitheftv. Buch Buchverweis Blatt Blattverweis Checkliste Mappe 1 Mappe 2 Blatt 2 2 Verschriften 3 Verschriften 4 Schreiben 2 Malen 1 Schreiben 1 Schreiben 2 Schwingen Silbenbögen Ausmalen nummerieren* n König Schneiden Kleben Dreieck Lineal Spiel Modell Experiment Mikroskop interaktiv Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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