Last week, my grandma came to visit us. Mom booked (预订) a table at a restaurant for us to have dinner together.

Once we took our seats, the waitress came to us with two ________. She passed one to me and the other to Grandma. Grandma is a vegetarian (素食主义者), so she ________ needs more time to order the food that she wants to eat. I am an easy eater and can always quickly ________ my food when we eat out. “One bottle of apple juice and one burger,” I said when I was still looking at the menu. Grandma ________ what I said. She looked at me and said, “Peter, that is not the correct ________ to order your food. Be polite!” Then I said, “One bottle of apple juice and one burger, please.” ________ my eyes were still on the pictures on the menu. Grandma was still very unhappy, and she continued, “Peter, can you possibly be more ________ and look people in the eye when you talk to them, please?”

Grandma always loves good manners and I didn’t ________ to let her down. Feeling ashamed (惭愧的), I quickly ________ the menu, looked the waitress in the eye and said, “Can I possibly have a bottle of apple juice and a burger, please?” This time Grandma gave ________ a big smile and said, “That’s a good boy.”

One day, a old man goes to a restaurant to have lunch with three friends. After they ________ at a table near the windows, a waitress comes and says, “Hello, may I ________ your order?” The old man answers, “Yes. What is the special in your restaurants?” ________ restaurant is famous for beef noodles. Many people come here just to________ them,” the waitress says. “OK, we would like beef noodles, too,” the old man says. “What ________ would you like?” the waitress asks. “Medium, please,” the old man says. A few minuets later, the waitress put the beef noodles on their table. And they begin to eat. All of the old man’s friends like the beef noodles very much, ________ they eat all of them. ________ the old man just eats half a bowl of the noodles. He says to the waitress, “I want to see the cook.” “OK, sir,” the waitress answers. She goes to the cook and says, “An old man wants to see you and maybe be doesn’t ________ the noodles.” The cook is worried about that. But when he sees the old man, the old man smiles at him and says, “Your noodles are ________. But I cannot have all of them, because it’s not ________ for an old man to eat too much.”

Do You Prefer to Eat at Restaurants?

When it comes to eating, people are usually in two different minds. Some prefer to eat at a restaurant while others would rather prepare and have their meals at home. Both choices have their own advantages and disadvantages.

First of all, not having to cook is an obvious advantage of dining at restaurants over having home-cooked meals. Secondly, restaurants usually provided a much wider range (范围) of ______ compared to the number of dishes an average person can prepare at home. Such a wider menu may get people to try out different dishes, which can’t be achieved easily if they cook at home. Moreover, you don’t need to do the wash-up after you are done eating when dining at restaurants. However, such advantages come at a cost. Eating at restaurants too often costs a lot money. Therefore, it is not a(n) ______ decision for most people.

On the opposite, cooking your own meals at home is cheaper. Of course, this requires more time and effort. You need to buy and cook the ingredients on your own and ______ afterwards, but it has some advantages. For instance, home cooking allows people to prepare food that fits their own ______ and is a way of improving their cooking skills.

Personally, I enjoy cooking ______, especially when I’m cooking for someone else instead of myself. What’s more, I think many restaurants’ food portions (饭菜的一份) are not enough for a ______, healthy person. Because of this, even though there may be some moments when a restaurant meal would be preferable, I’d rather prepare and eat my own meals.