Interpreter situation
1. A: Good evening. I have a single room reserved, with bathroom. Hamilton.
2. P: Just a moment, 1'11 check it at once. Ms. Martha Hamilton? From the American Embassy, right?
3. A: Yes, from the Embassy.
4. P: I'm awfully sorry, but there is some misunderstanding. We don't have any singles with bathrooms at al/. There is a double for you, with bathroom, ofcourse.
5. A: But the Embassy reserved a single.
6. P: Unfortunately, there must be some mistake. A new colleague was taking care of it. You can have a double with bathroom. We still have one single vacant, but without bathroom. Which do you prefer?
7. A: I prefer with bath. And how much does the room cost?
8. P: 120000 per night. Are you going to stay two days?
9. A: Yes, / am returning to Warsaw the day after tomorrow. How much does the room cost? Please, write it down. Fine, so /'1/ take the double.
10. P: You'l/ like it. It is a very nice room, quiet. Fili out the registration form, please. Here is your key. Room number 241. /f you're hungry, the restaurant is stil/ open.
11. A: Thank you. In fact I am alittle hungry.
USINGIT:
Proceed as in previous units.
Hotel in Gdansk Poland Photo: robertpaulyoung/Robert Young
Date: 24 Jan 2009 cc-by-2.0
WRAP-UP for Units 5 to 6
Canyousay?
Canyouask?
Can you reply?
1. We would Iike
to
havea
table, please.Do you have
a
reservation?2. Yes, we do.
What's your name? Please spell it.
3. We have
a
table reserved for two. The name is Grass.4. This is Ronald Brown from the Ameriean Consulate. I would like
to
reservea
table, please.For when, and for how many people?
5. (a) For this evening, for five.
(b) For tomorrow, eight persons.
(e) For the day after tomorrow.
(d) For this Friday, for twenty.
Very well. May I have your name and phone number? Would you like it sort of offieial--you know, the Ameriean f/ag, f/owers, and so forth?
6. Waiter (waitress), we wou/d like
a
menu, please.Would you like something to drink in the meantime?
7. What do you reeommend?
Howabout "winiak"? It's exeellent.
(cognac)
8. Very well, "winiak", p/ease.
A bott/e, sir/ma'am?
9. (a) No, thank you, just a smali g/ass each.
(kieliszek) (b) Just a beer, p/ease.
(piwo)
(c) Thank you, just some mineral water.
10. What kind of win e do you have?
11. What do you recommend as an appetizer?
12. We wou/d Iike some soup, p/ease.
13. What's the chef's specialty?
14. What's good today?
15. No, thank you; maybe /ater.
16. How is this "beefsteak, country style"?
17. What is it made of?
18. Very well, one herring, in sour cream, one steak Tartar, and bread and
(śledż w śmietanie) (chleb)
butter, of course. Do you have ryeł
(masło) (żytni chleb)
19. Unfortunate/y, we have very lit tle time. Just an entree, please. Is this "bigos"
good? What is it made of?
20. No, just two Strogonoff, please, and a bottle of this Hungarian wine.
Anything for dessert?
21. No, not today. Just two espressos, and the check right away, please.
22. Good evening. I have a single room reserved, with bath. Joyce Warner.
Just a second. I will check it right away. Ms. Warner from the U. S. Embassy, right? I'm very sorry, but we don't have any sing/es with bath at al/. There is a double for you, with a bathroom, of course.
23. But the Embassy reserved
a
single with bath.We do have one single free, but without a bathroom.
24. How much does this doub/e cost?
115,000 z/oties.
25. P/ease write it down. I prefer the doub/e.
You will lik e it. It's a very nice room, quiet, and with a ba/eony, too. Please fili out the registration card. Here is your key. Room 321. Do you have any /uggage?
26. Yes, quite a/ot.
The restaurant is c/osed, but the bar is still open, if you are hungry. You can a/so order something in your room.
27. Thank you, I am a litt/e hungry indeed. Where is the bar?
28. Good idea, I'm very tired. I'd rather order something in my room.
29. I must take care of something important.
30. I have an urgent matter to take care of.
UNIT 7 - LEKCJA 7
SHOPPING
Cu/turaJ Notes
Ever since Poland began to move toward a market economy, shopping has become alittle easier for Poles, since most goods are nowavailable. Several new and quite elegant stores are growing Iike the proverbia/ mushrooms. Prices are steep however -at least in comparison with the average Polish sa/ary.
In Po/and, as in many European countries, you buy bread at the bakery, meat at the butcher shop (or from the farmer who comes to your house every coup/e of weeks), fruit and vegetables at a street stand or at the fresh produce market, etc.
Ho we ver, lines still exist everywhere, a/though nowadays they are considerably shorter. You must still count on spending considerable time queuing up in each store, which makes shopping in Poland frustrating and time-consuming. Po/es must also shop for food every day, since refrigerators are tiny and freezers a/most non-existent.
Furthermore, you never know where you'l/ find something you are /ooking for.
For examp/e, milk imported from France might be for sale at a butcher shop, while fresh country eggs might show up sudden(y at the t/orist.
It may be a passing phenomenon, but right now one ot the side effects of the budding market economy is the tact that you often don't know exact/y what you are buying. During the first presidential candidates the current joke went like this:
MThey may have different names, but they all taste the same".
While everyday shopping is usually done by women, shopping for larger purchases is often a familyaffair. People no longer save as much, as they used to, un/ess for a specific goal: a color TV, a VCR, a car. Even chi/dren learn to spend whatever money they have and spend it fast, because in the near future prices will go up and up.
Other than for some food items, you may not do much shopping in Poland. As
a
matter of fad, with the Warsaw commissary, your housekeeper, and occasional trips to Berlin, you may not need to. Nevertheless, you will want to do some shopping for art and tolk-art objects, and sometimes for clothing at private boutiques. Due to a tavorable exchange rate, prices at the Benetton store in Poland would be lower than back home.By all means, however, you should try one of the fresh-produce markets; it is a rather special experience and you would enjoy
it.
The merchants ten d to be much triendly; they will always be ready to chat with you, let you sample things, and try to pick out special delicacies. You can also try your hand at some bargaining. One ot the most popular produce markets in Warsaw is at Hala Mirowska. Kraków has one on Rynek Kleparski Street, not far trom the Consulate.SEITING THE SCENE:
You are going
to
the Polna Street marketto
get same fresh fruit and vegetables, andto
havea
little chat with one of the merchants whom you've befriended and who always has something special for you.HEARINGIT:
Proceed as in previous units.
SEEING IT:
Proceed as in previous units.
1. P: Witamy, witamy. Dawno pani u nas nie było. Chorowała pani?
2. A: Nie, u mnie wszystko w porządku, dziękuję. Po prostu dużo pracy.
3. P: Rozumiem, ale witaminy jeść trzeba. Zima, wie pani. Niech pani zobaczy, jakie ładne banany. I pomidory świeże mam. I grzybki marynowane.
Delikates.
4. A: Grzybki marynowane? Nie wiem co to jest. Czy można zobaczyć?
5. P: Proszę bardzo, piętnaście tysięcy dwieście słoik, tanio.
6. A: A ile kosztują banany?
7. P: Dwanaście tysięcy złotych kilo, pomidory dziesięć.
8. A: Trochę drogo.
9. P: Drogo, ale kupić warto. To ile pani weźmie?
10. A: No, może wezmę 4 banany, kilo pomidorów i te grzybki, jeden słoik.
11. P: Proszę bardzo: banany dziewięć tysięcy osiemset, pomidory dziesięć czterysta, trochę więcej, dobrze? Grzybki piętnaście dwieście. Razem
trzydzieści pięć czterysta. Dla pani trzydzieści pięć. Trzydzieści pięć tysięcy
pani płaci.
FILUNG IN THE BLANKS 1
Proceed as in previous units.
Witamy, _____ . Dawno pani _____ nie było. Chorowała pani?
Nie, u mnie ______ w porządku, dziękuję. Po prostu dużo pracy.
Rozumiem, ale witaminy jeść . Zima, wie pani. Niech pani ___ _ jakie ładne banany. I pomidory mam. I grzybki marynowane. Delikates.
Grzybki marynowane? Nie co to jest. Czy można zobaczyć?
Proszę bardzo, piętnaście ____ dwieście ____ , tanio.
A ile kosztują _____ ?
Dwanaście tysięcy złotych kilo, pomidory ___ _
Trochę ___ _
Drogo, ale ____ warto. To ile pani ____ ?
No, może wezmę 4 banany, ___ pomidorów i te grzybki, jeden ___ _
Proszę bardzo: banany dziewięć tysięcy osiemset, pomidory dziesięć czterysta,
trochę ____ , dobrze? Grzybki piętnaście dwieście. ____ trzydzieści pięć czterysta. __ pani trzydzieści pięć. Trzydzieści pięć tysięcy pani __ _
FILLlNG IN THE BLANKS 2
Proceed as in previous units.
Witamy, witamy. ____ pani u nas nie ___ o Chorowała pani?
Nie, ___ wszystko w porządku, dziękuję. _______ dużo pracy.
Rozumiem, ale witaminy ____ trzeba. Zima, wie pani. Niech pani zobaczy, ___ ładne banany. I pomidory ____ mam. I grzybki marynowane.
Delikates.
Grzybki ______ ? Nie wiem co to jest. Czy ___ zobaczyć?
Proszę bardzo, _____ tysięcy dwieście słoik, tanio.
A ile kosztują banany?
_____ tysięcy złotych kilo, pomidory dziesięć.
Trochę __ _
Drogo, ale kupić _____ . To ile pani weźmie?
No, może wezmę 4 banany, pomidorów i te ___ ' jeden słoik.
Proszę bardzo: banany dziewięć tysięcy osiemset, pomidory dziesięć czterysta,
trochę _____ , dobrze? Grzybki piętnaście dwieście. ____ trzydzieści
pięć czterysta. ____ pani trzydzieści pięć. Trzydzieści pięć tysięcy pani płaci.
Warsaw classical local vegetable shop Photo: urbanlegend/Monika
Date: 22 July 2008 cc-by-sa-2.0
Proceed as in previous units.
wszystko w porządku po prostu
więcej
razem dla
pani płaci
more together for youpay
Market Hall, Wroclaw Photo: Funky Tee
Date: 18 May 2010 cc-by-sa-2.0