餐馆是反映一个国家文化的重要窗口。在西餐中，菜肴通常可以分成几大类，如主菜前的开胃食品(starters)、主菜(main dishes)、甜点(desserts)及饮料(beverages)。菜单上的价格一般包括了税款。一些餐馆的菜单或广告上印有licensed或fully licensed 的字样，这表明这些餐馆有特许卖酒的执照。一些繁忙而有名气的餐馆特别强调预先订座，集体订餐更需如此。用餐后给服务生的小费一般为顾客就餐费用的15%左右。一些比较讲究的餐馆内设有钢琴，有的还有乐队，甚至还为用餐者提供跳舞的场地。

基本句式 BASIC SENTENCES

邀请就餐

A: Would you like to join me for dinner tonight? 晚上想和我一起吃饭吗？

B: That would be nice. 太好了。

A: Where would you like to go for dinner? 今天晚上你想去哪儿吃饭？

B: I suggestwe go to Onshow Restaurant. 我建议去昂秀餐馆。

重点词组

(A) Would you like to...?

would like+名词或代词时，表示的是“具体要”某样东西；

would like+动词不定式(to do sth.)时，表示“愿望，喜爱”，常用于有礼貌地提出邀请，请求或建议。

(B) suggest

1. Suggest表示建议，用法如下：

1) suggest+名词/代词 或 suggest+名词/代词+to+人，但不能说suggest sb sth，即不能加双宾做宾语。

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. 他建议去外面散会步。

注意：suggest 不可以加不定式，所以上面的句子不可以这样写：

He suggested to go out for a walk. (Χ)

3) suggest+(that)+主语+(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，不可以这样说：He suggested you to go there tomorrow. 也就是说suggest不可以加不定式的复合结构。

4) It is suggested that +主语+(should) do sth

eg: It is suggested that the work (should) be finished at once.

5) suggestion做主语时，其后的表语从句也用这个结构即：

The suggestion is that +主语+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，注意此时做主语时后面的表语从句用陈述语气。

eg: Her yawnsuggested that she was sleepy.

她哈欠连天表明她困了。