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At the canteen
Textbook: p. 50
GoalTalk about a school canteen and write a short letter to the director.
New words
canteen · maktab oshxonasiqueue · navbatda turmoqthirsty · chanqoqhungry · och
Explanation
Canteen questions: “Do you eat in the school canteen?” “What do you eat when you are hungry?” “What do you drink when you are thirsty?” “Do you queue?” Parts of a formal letter: greeting (Dear Mr/Mrs …); main part: “We studied the canteen meals for two weeks. The meals are tasty, but we would like more healthy food.”; request: “Please, can you help us?”; ending: “Thank you.” Yours sincerely / Best wishes. “Would like” states a wish politely. Examples: apple pies, salads, fruit; less: chips, hamburgers. Report: “Four people in our group eat in the canteen.”
Worked examples
Dear Mrs Karimova, We are pupils of Class 6B. We like our canteen, because the soup and the rice are very tasty. But we would like some fresh fruit every day. Could we also have some more salads? Please, can you help us? Thank you very much. Best wishes, Class 6B
— Do you eat in the canteen? — Yes, I do. — What do you eat when you are hungry? — I eat soup and bread.
Class activity
“Canteen survey”: a group fills a table with 4 questions and reports: “Three people queue every day.”
Practice
1
How does the letter start? (Mrs Karimova)
Dear Mrs Karimova,
2
Say politely you want more fruit.
We would like more fruit.
3
Make a question: you / eat / in the canteen
Do you eat in the canteen?
4
Why do we write “would like” in a formal letter?
It sounds polite and respectful (more than “want”).