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MUSCOVITE Posted 14 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

problems understanding fluent English

Dear English Teachers,

I' ve found a very nice audio lesson in the Internet. (It's called "Etiquette tips for dining out").

Alas .... the host and her guest speak the English that is way too fluent for me to catch... Sometimes I am able to follow them, and sometimes not...especially when the two ladies are talking simultaneously Emotion: smile

Below is a "draft transcript" with many "white spots" (which are marked with the multiple question marks).

Could you PLEASE help me get rid of the white spots in the draft transcript?

The audio has been uploaded to : http://www.eng-math-tuition.narod.ru/EtiquetteTipsPart01.mp3

Again, thank you very much for your help!

mus-te

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Okay …????….the finest restaurant trying to impress a potential client. You take a bite into your food and discover a bone or a piece of gristle. What do you do?

Oh, awkward moments when dining out are inevitable. But, you can prepare yourself for these times by knowing a few simple rules. Lawren Wild has joined us once again to share some great etiquette dining tips. Thank you so much for sticking around this morning. May I as well start? The first question: what do you do? You have got a mouse full of something you just can’t swallow.

Oh I know. My first impulse would be – spit it into the napkin … and certainly if you are at a moderately … a moderate restaurant then you would do. But if you are in a fine elegant dining establishment , then you really can’t spit into any napkin. So what you would do is – you take your napkin … put it in front of your mouse very discreetly in case your napkin is on your left … lift up your napkin … take your dinner fork …knowing nobody looking at you …spit whatever the thing is back on your fork…. hide it under your garnish … under your starter… under your mashed potatoes…just had it ??????

Oh my goodnees… All right. So that’s out of the way…. All right…. How about some more general tips when we are dining out.

Oh well. First things I think the most important I can share with you - where your table setting begins and ends … because that’s the mistake most people make most often is they eat someone else’s dinner roll or they are drinking someone’s else beverages that’s because they are not sure what’s mine and what’s yours. So let’s go over it very quickly… Your fork…. Well, if you look at B and W … okay … ????? your bread is place right here ???? bread, meal and water or wine…Okay? Okay. But. An easier … another way to look at it… your forks are always on the left….spoons and knives are on the right ????… so that’s how you can remember that and drink too D – R I-N-K ????
If you do wine ??? the drink will be over here on the right–hand side. The napkin is always on the left …put it on the lap the moment you see it ….
and if you know that I think you are pretty much ahead of the game! Excellent!
  

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the finest restaurant trying to impress a potential client. You take a bite into your food and discover a bone or a piece of gristle. What do you do?

  • the finest restaurant trying to impress a potential client.
  • You take a bite into your food and discover a bone or a piece of gristle.
  • What do you do?
  • Oh, awkward moments when dining out are inevitable.
  • But, you can prepare yourself for these times by knowing a few simple rules.
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Okayyou're out at the….the finest restaurant trying to impress a potential client. You take a bite into your food and discover a bone or a piece of gristle. What do you do? Oh, awkward moments when dining out are inevitable. But, you can prepare yourself for these times by knowing a few simple rules.
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enoon [they gabble together unintelligibly
I hear "cuz we don't wanna take some blob out of the mouth..????"
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BTW, at one point one of them says "same amount of letters". Shouldn't it be " same number of letters"?
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IvanhrBTW, at one point one of them says "same amount of letters". Shouldn't it be " same number of letters"?
Yes, but that's common in informal speech.
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enoon IvanhrBTW, at one point one of them says "same amount of letters". Shouldn't it be " same number of letters"?Yes, but that's common in informal speech.
Thanks. It seems that this usage is as common as "less" with countables.
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IvanhrIt seems that this usage is as common as "less" with countables.
You took the words right out of my mouth.
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enoon:
I just don't have enough words to thank you!Emotion: clap

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Thanks everybody for their additional

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