餐館是反映一個國家文化的重要窗口。在西餐中，菜肴通?？梢苑殖蓭状箢悾缰鞑饲暗拈_胃食品(starters)、主菜(main dishes)、甜點(desserts)及飲料(beverages)。菜單上的價格一般包括了稅款。一些餐館的菜單或廣告上印有licensed 或fully licensed 的字樣，這表明這些餐館有特許賣酒的執(zhí)照。一些繁忙而有名氣的餐館特別強調(diào)預(yù)先訂座，集體訂餐更需如此。用餐后給服務(wù)生的小費一般為顧客就餐費用的15%左右。一些比較講究的餐館內(nèi)設(shè)有鋼琴，有的還有樂隊，甚至還為用餐者提供跳舞的場地。

基本句式 BASIC SENTENCES

邀請就餐

A: Would you like to join me for dinner tonight? 晚上想和我一起吃飯嗎？
B: That would be nice. 太好了。

A: Where would you like to go for dinner? 今天晚上你想去哪兒吃飯？
B: I suggest we go to Onshow Restaurant. 我建議去昂秀餐館。

重點詞組

(A) Would you like to...??

would like+名詞或代詞時，表示的是“具體要”某樣?xùn)|西；
would like+動詞不定式(to do sth.)時，表示“愿望，喜愛”，常用于有禮貌地提出邀請，請求或建議。

(B) suggest

1. Suggest表示建議，用法如下：

1) suggest+名詞/代詞 或 suggest+名詞/代詞+to+人，但不能說suggest sb sth，即不能加雙賓做賓語。
eg: We suggest him the plan. (Χ) We suggest the plan to him. (√)

2) suggest+doing sth
eg: He suggested going out for a walk. 他建議去外面散會步。
注意：suggest 不可以加不定式，所以上面的句子不可以這樣寫：
He suggested to go out for a walk. (Χ)

3) suggest+(that)+主語+(should) do+sth，其中的should可以省略。
eg: He suggested that you should go there tomorrow.
=He suggested you go there tomorrow.
注意，不可以這樣說：He suggested you to go there tomorrow. 也就是說suggest不可以加不定式的復(fù)合結(jié)構(gòu)。

4) It is suggested that +主語+(should) do sth?
eg: It is suggested that the work (should) be finished at once.

5) suggestion做主語時，其后的表語從句也用這個結(jié)構(gòu)即：
The suggestion is that +主語+should +do sth
eg: His suggestion is that I should leave for Beijing immediately.

2. suggest 表示暗示或表明之意，注意此時做主語時后面的表語從句用陳述語氣。

eg: Her yawn suggested that she was sleepy.
她哈欠連天表明她困了。