My Favourite Places to Eat
1. Do you like eating at restaurants or at home? Why do you prefer that?
2. What is your favourite restaurant? Which dishes do you like in that restaurant?
3. Do you eat fast food? Which ones do you eat, and where do you eat them?
4. When did you last eat at a restaurant? What did you eat and drink? Did you like them?
5. When did you last try a new restaurant? Did you like it?
6. Do you have good restaurants in your neighbourhood? Which one is your favourite and why?
7. Have you ever eaten in a fine dining restaurant? Did you like it?
8. Tell us about your favourite dessert shop? What is the best dessert shop and the best dessert for you?
9. When did you last order food at home? Did you like it?
Related Words: restaurant, fast food, meal, menu, waiter, order, bill, table, delicious, dessert, starter, main course, salad, soup, pizza, burger, kebab, sushi, plate, fork, spoon, knife, glass, drink, snack, street food, delivery, take away, chef, buffet
EXAMPLE ANSWERS: My Favourite Places to Eat
1. I like eating at home. Because we use better ingredients when we cook at home. And food at home is definitely cleaner than restaurants.
2. My favourite restaurant is Mahir Lokantası in Pangaltı. I like lahmacun and içli köfte. Their sütlaç is also great.
3. I don’t prefer fast food chains. I usually go to the Checkup restaurant in şehremini. Their chicken döner is great. I have eaten there since 2000
4. We last ate at Köfteci Yusuf in Tekirdağ. We were driving from Istanbul to Altınoluk. Their food was great.
5. We tried Köfteci Yusuf for the first time 3 days ago. Their service was fast, and the food was satisfying. I strongly recommend their restaurants.
6. We have great restaurants in Şehremini. Asım Usta is a good pitta restaurant. Checkup is a good chicken döner restaurant. And Kardeşler Kebab is a good kebab restaurant. I like them all.
7. I ate in a fine dining restaurant at the Bosphorus with my wife. I didn’t like it. I don’t even remember the name of the restaurant.
8. My favourite dessert shop is Moa Ice Cream in Beşiktaş. Their pistachio ice cream is great
9. We last ordered Çiğköfte about 3-4 months ago at about midnight. I liked it because we needed something fresh at that time.
Watch the video above and discuss what you learned from it during your Spoken Cafe session
The Story of the Teddy Bear
The Teddy Bear is a very special toy. It was named after a man called Theodore Roosevelt. Theodore Roosevelt was the President of the United States in 1902. One day, he went to Mississippi in the south of the United States. He went hunting for bears. He wanted to find a bear to hunt, but for three days, he could not find one.
Finally, some men working with him found an old black bear. They tied the bear to a tree so Roosevelt could shoot it. But Roosevelt did not want to shoot the bear. He thought it was not fair to shoot a bear that was tied up and could not run away. Roosevelt said, “No, I will not shoot this bear.”
This story was in many newspapers in the United States. People were talking about Roosevelt and the bear. In a candy shop in New York, a man named Morris Michtom read the story. He had an idea. He decided to make a toy bear. His wife, Rose Michtom, made two small toy bears. They put the bears in the window of their shop.
The toys were so cute that many people wanted to buy them. Morris Michtom wrote a letter to President Roosevelt. He asked if they could call the toys “Teddy’s Bears” because of his nickname, “Teddy.” Roosevelt said, “Yes, you can call them Teddy’s Bears.”
The bears became very popular. People all over the country wanted to buy a Teddy Bear. Morris Michtom started making many more bears to sell. Soon, the Teddy Bear became one of the most famous toys in the world. Today, many children all over the world still love their Teddy Bears.
Watch the video above and discuss what you learned from it during your Spoken Cafe session
READ/SPEAK
Did you have a teddy bear when you were a child? What was your favourite toy when you were a child? Do you have a Teddy Bear or another favourite toy? What does it look like?
Have you ever seen a bear in real life? Where did you see and how did you feel?
Be well prepared or well organised for something that is going to happen
Example: They should have had their ducks in a row beforehand, so they were ready to start the job when required.
LEARN THE IDIOM AND SPEAK
Are you an organised person? What do you usually do before you start a journey or something new?