Wednesday, April 18, 2012


Scene from "Chinese Christmas Turkey":

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xblxja_a-christmas-story-chinese-restauran_fun

Scene from "Annie Hall" with lobsters:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHoprNCyl7o&feature=player_embedded

Scene from when Harry met Sally

http://youtu.be/FZluzt3H6tk

Links for review sites for restaurants in Vancouver.

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1qOzMOrFkAPsmiqDxu0V0sY_lgOLnGrkpDVWB4WSouvw/edit

menu from Maria's Tavenra, Vancouver:

http://mariastaverna.ca/Menu.htm
Sample conversation between waiter and customer:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/65054569/waitersdocumentfromJLHap182012.doc
Material for where to eat in Vancouver:

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1qOzMOrFkAPsmiqDxu0V0sY_lgOLnGrkpDVWB4WSouvw/edit

Script for waiter and two customers:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/65054569/waiterandcustomerscriptap172012.docx

Menu example:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/65054569/sample_menu3.jpg

Another menu example:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/65054569/1266323704_1257031171_sample_menu_2.gif



Common mistakes when describing food, from Ronnie:


Ronnie from Engvid discusses some of the basics of ordering


Man from Engvid describes the types of requests we can make when ordering:


Useful sites:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/65054569/Useful%20sites%20to%20transfer%20to%20the%20blog%20pageAP182012.docx

Link to food-focussed quiz:

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1tCwZdBpD84DVzrE1RZagaILXqLdHmhN7Nign_NRc6ys/edit
This is a link for a food-focussed quiz and gap-filling exercise:

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1tCwZdBpD84DVzrE1RZagaILXqLdHmhN7Nign_NRc6ys/edit

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Dinner script from You Tubeand other conversations

Video on British mealtimes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeieAdG9NVo


Useful English phrases (though not particularly related to food):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--564vFIwzs&feature=related


David and Annie You Tube script for dinner:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUU8hwl7WHA

Various food concepts as couple talk about food:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwLuKEta6hk

Restaurant phrases as  part of ordering a dinner:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXwlWJm6-rE

Monday, April 2, 2012

Phrasal verbs April 2


phrasal verbs practice:

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1V60v_fCXO4sLuFcK6kSK5sYZYagf0bFtdsAGNtsCmsw/edit

separable phrasal verb practice



docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1SZ2hMp8mf0DsWk5HXIntrPgjm_YlPI_3v-Mjm0ss0xQ/edit?authkey=CM2yp4AF&authkey=CM2yp4AF

Phrasal verb practice 1 - April 2


Link for practising phrasal verbs:

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1Fjy7kc5ojYbcQ8CSoJQ5bokjrCMD0cXmpQi-GMwa0fk/edit

Phrasal verb practice April 2



https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1V60v_fCXO4sLuFcK6kSK5sYZYagf0bFtdsAGNtsCmsw/edit

April 2 practice

Phrasal verb practice. Link:

ttps://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1Fjy7kc5ojYbcQ8CSoJQ5bokjrCMD0cXmpQi-GMwa0fk/edit

April 2 - Bits and Pieces: Phrasal Verbs

Phrasal Verb Practice. Link:

ttps://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1Fjy7kc5ojYbcQ8CSoJQ5bokjrCMD0cXmpQi-GMwa0fk/edit

April 2 Practice - Bits and Pieces

Phrasal Verb practice.  Link:

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1V60v_fCXO4sLuFcK6kSK5sYZYagf0bFtdsAGNtsCmsw/

ttps://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1Fjy7kc5ojYbcQ8CSoJQ5bokjrCMD0cXmpQi-GMwa0fk/edit