Learn what to say when asking if smoking is allowed in a restaurant
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| INTRODUCTION |
| British Restaurant, Part 3: Smoking or Non-smoking?Restaurant, Part 3: Smoking or Non-smoking? |
| In the last lesson, we learnt how to make a reservation at a restaurant. Now that you know how to get a table, there’s one very important issue to look at, which is smoking. |
| SURVIVAL PHRASES |
| Smoking is banned in all public places in the UK; this includes at restaurants, pubs, bars and nightclubs. |
| If you want to smoke while at a restaurant in the UK, then you’ll have to go outside to a designated smoking area. So let’s imagine you want to ask the staff where this is. You would say: “Excuse me, where is the smoking area? |
| Slowly: Excuse me, where is the smoking area? |
| Smoking is also banned in the outside seating areas at restaurants. The smoking area will be a place away from where people are eating and drinking. So to make sure that you are allowed to smoke, it’s always worth asking: “Excuse me, can I smoke here?” You can ask this question to a nearby person. |
| Slowly: Excuse me, can I smoke here? |
| Okay, to close out this lesson we’d like you to practice what you’ve just learned. I’ll provide you with the phrase, and you’re responsible for shouting it out loud. You have a few seconds before I give you the answer. So good luck! |
| - Excuse me, where is the smoking area? |
| - Excuse me, can I smoke here? |
Outro |
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| Alright! That’s going to do it for this lesson. Bye! |
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