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  • - So a while ago, I made an English lesson

  • where I taught you how to order food at a restaurant

  • and I thought I would do a similar lesson

  • but this time, instead of going into the restaurants,

  • I thought I would take you

  • through the drive-thru with me.

  • So in this English lesson,

  • I'm going to go to four different restaurants.

  • I'm going to go through the drive-thru

  • and I'm going to order a variety of things.

  • And we're gonna get started right here

  • at one of the most popular restaurants

  • in North America, McDonald's.

  • (upbeat music)

  • (camera snapping)

  • (keys clicking)

  • So at this restaurant, I'm going to use the phrase,

  • "I will have," to let them know what I want to order

  • but I'll actually use the short form. I'll say, "I'll have."

  • And I think at this restaurant, at McDonald's,

  • I think I'm gonna order a cheeseburger,

  • a hamburger, a small Coke, and some fries.

  • My kids are really looking forward

  • to me bringing this food home.

  • - [Cashier] Thank you for choosing McDonald's.

  • Are you collecting rewards points on the app today?

  • - Nope.

  • - [Cashier] What can I get for you?

  • - I will have a hamburger, I'll have a cheeseburger,

  • I'll have a small Coke, I'll have a large fry,

  • and I will have two apple pies please.

  • - [Cashier] Ah, so I have a hamburger,

  • cheeseburger, large fries, small Coke and two apple pies?

  • - Yes, please.

  • - [Cashier] Your total comes to $14.20. First window.

  • - Thank you. - [Cashier] You're welcome.

  • - And at this restaurant, I'm going to be paying with cash.

  • I brought actual money with me.

  • I just have to find my wallet.

  • - [Cashier] Hi, it's $14.19

  • - Here's 15. Hopefully I get the right change.

  • - [Cashier] Okay, 80 cents.

  • - Thank you very much. - [Cashier] Have a good one.

  • (coins clinking)

  • - I think that was the right change.

  • Oh, by the way, there's two windows at McDonald's.

  • You pay at one and then they give you your food

  • and your drinks at the second one.

  • That must be more efficient.

  • - [Employee] Hi. Here you go.

  • I'm just grabbing your food, okay?

  • - Thank you.

  • He said, "I'm just grabbing your food, okay?"

  • Thank you. - [Employee] Have a great day.

  • - That's everything?

  • (bag crinkling)

  • I guess that's everything.

  • So Jen and I, for some reason we really like

  • the apple pies from McDonald's.

  • I wasn't going to get them, but I thought that would be

  • a nice surprise for Jen when I get home.

  • So the next restaurant we're going to is called A&W.

  • And at A&W I'm going to order using the phrase,

  • "Could I get," another common phrase

  • for ordering food at a restaurant.

  • And I think I'm going to order a chicken burger,

  • maybe a diet root beer because I'm trying out

  • diet root beer, some fries, and I'm going

  • to use my debit card this time to pay.

  • This drive-thru is not nearly as busy.

  • So hopefully this goes a bit quicker.

  • - [Cashier] Welcome to A&W. What can I get for you?

  • - Yeah. Could I get a, let me see here.

  • Could I get a Chicken Buddy Burger?

  • - [Cashier] Sure. A Chicken Buddy Burger?

  • - Yeah, why don't you make it two Chicken Buddy Burgers

  • and a small diet root beer.

  • - [Cashier] So you want a combo?

  • We have fries or onion rings.

  • - Yes please.

  • - [Cashier] With fries or onion rings?

  • - Fries please.

  • - [Cashier] Fries and a diet root beer?

  • - Yeah. And could I get, do you have apple pies?

  • - [Cashier] So for the apple pie that's gonna be a wait

  • like five, six minutes. Are you okay to wait?

  • - No, just skip the apple pie then. That'll do.

  • - [Cashier] No apple pie?

  • - No apple pie.

  • - [Cashier] Anything else?

  • - No, that's it. Thank you.

  • - [Cashier] So one Chicken Buddy with fries

  • and diet root beer, another Chicken Buddy just the sandwich.

  • Right? Anything else?

  • - Nope.

  • - [Cashier] You can drive up please.

  • - Thank you.

  • There's a big truck in front of me.

  • So I better get my debit card out so that I'm ready to pay.

  • I wanna make sure that when I get up there

  • I can either tap the card

  • or I might have to insert it and punch in my PIN.

  • We'll see when we get there.

  • Oh, it says pay here.

  • So I guess this is where I pay.

  • - [Cashier] So then how are you gonna pay?

  • - Debit.

  • - Do you want to donate a dollar for MS?

  • - Not today.

  • - $13.06.

  • (beep)

  • (thumping)

  • (employees mumbling)

  • A straw.

  • - Oh, thank you.

  • So the pop was ready, but I'm waiting for

  • the burger and the fries still.

  • So it's interesting, we have hamburgers

  • but we also have chicken burgers.

  • We call both of them burgers.

  • So here I'm waiting for my chicken burger.

  • Actually did I order two? I think I ordered two.

  • My kids are pretty excited because when I come home

  • after making this English lesson,

  • there's gonna be a lot of food for them to eat.

  • I'm gonna eat a little bit of it.

  • - Have a good day.

  • - Thank you.

  • (bag crinkling)

  • Okay, here we go.

  • So this next restaurant that we're pulling up to now

  • is called Tim Horton's and it's more of a coffee shop

  • but you can get lunch there too if you want.

  • We are gonna order a decaf coffee with cream and sugar

  • and probably six dozen donuts for the kids.

  • And at this restaurant, I'm going to use the phrase,

  • "I'd like," which is actually a short form of,

  • "I would like." It's a very common way to order food,

  • I'd like or I would like.

  • Sometimes we even say, "I'd like to order,"

  • or, "I would like to order."

  • And at this restaurant, I'm going to pay with my watch.

  • So I should get that set up.

  • It's a pretty long line today.

  • There's no one behind me but there seems

  • to be a lot of people in front of me.

  • I'll open my window to get ready.

  • It's almost my turn.

  • (birds chirping)

  • Here we go.

  • - [Cashier] Hi. How can I help you?

  • - Yeah, I'd like a decaf coffee with cream and sugar.

  • - [Cashier] Three sugar?

  • - With cream and sugar.

  • - [Cashier] Medium?

  • - Small please.

  • - [Cashier] Small.

  • - And I would like six donuts. Half a dozen donuts.

  • - [Cashier] Yep. Anything else?

  • - Can I pick the donuts?

  • - [Cashier] Yep.

  • - Right now?

  • - [Cashier] You can tell me.

  • - Yeah. So Boston Cream, chocolate dip,

  • double chocolate, apple fritter.

  • - [Cashier] Okay.

  • - Vanilla dip.

  • - [Cashier] Okay.

  • - And chocolate glazed.

  • - [Cashier] Chocolate glazed.

  • - Yep.

  • - [Cashier] Sure. Anything else?

  • - No, that's everything.

  • - [Cashier] Drive up please.

  • - Thank you very much.

  • - [Cashier] You're welcome.

  • - I'm actually surprised that there's this many people.

  • It's actually a Wednesday and it's 11 o'clock

  • in the morning, so I'm not sure why it's so busy right now.

  • Oh well.

  • (birds chirping)

  • Oh, it's nice. We're finally in the shade.

  • It was getting a little hot sitting in the sun.

  • We're almost up.

  • We just have to wait for the person in front of us.

  • Oh, they're paying with tap it looks like.

  • Pretty soon their stuff will get handed out the window.

  • (engine quietly rumbling)

  • - [Cashier] Decaf and a half dozen donuts?

  • - Half dozen donut and a decaf coffee.

  • - [Cashier] Yeah, we don't have a double chocolate,

  • do you want try another donut?

  • - Just throw another chocolate dip in.

  • - [Cashier] Chocolate dip?

  • - Yep.

  • - [Cashier] Another chocolate dip!

  • And how would you like to pay?

  • - With my watch here.

  • Is it working?

  • Sometimes it doesn't work.

  • - [Cashier] Thank you, next. (beep)

  • - Did it work that time?

  • Excellent.

  • Thank you.

  • - [Cashier] It's very hot here.

  • - What's that?

  • - [Cashier] It's hot here.

  • - It is. It's very hot outside.

  • Thank you. See ya. - [Cashier] Bye.

  • - Well that's that.

  • I can close the window and enjoy the air conditioning again.

  • I can't eat my donut yet though.

  • I promised I would wait until I get home.

  • So this next restaurant is called Wendy's.

  • And I'm going to use the phrase, "Could I have,"

  • and I might even use please, like,

  • "Could I please have," when I order here.

  • I'm going to pay with Visa this time,

  • which will probably look the same as me paying

  • with my debit card, 'cause you just tap it.

  • Hopefully I can just tap it.

  • And I think I'm gonna order some chicken nuggets,

  • or chicken tenders, or chicken strips.

  • There's all different kinds of chicken that you can order.

  • And I think one of my kids likes chicken,

  • so I'll order some chicken and maybe a small Sprite.

  • - [Cashier] Hi, can I take your order please?

  • - Yeah. Can I get an order of chicken strips?

  • - [Cashier] Yes, with the plum sauce?

  • - Yeah. So three chicken strips with plum sauce.

  • Could I have a six piece crispy chicken nuggets?

  • And could I please have a second order

  • of chicken strips, I think.

  • - [Cashier] So, six strips and six pieces. Anything else?

  • - No, that's everything.

  • - [Cashier] Okay. Second window please.

  • - Thank you.

  • So I ordered a second order

  • because I wasn't sure if I used the right phrase.

  • I told you I was gonna say,

  • "Could I have,' or, "Could I please have,"

  • and then I kind of blanked there

  • and I'm not sure what I said.

  • I'll check when I go back to the edit.

  • And I said I was gonna pay with Visa,

  • so I should get my card out.

  • I think she said second window.

  • I better go to the second window.

  • - [Cashier] Hi. $18.50.

  • - Can I pay with Visa?

  • (employees mumbling)

  • Might have to insert it.

  • (employees mumbling)

  • Approved. (applause)

  • I'm not sure if I remembered to order a Sprite.

  • My daughter will be disappointed if I forgot.

  • - [Cashier] Thank you. - Thank you.

  • (bag crinkling)

  • Yep. I forgot.

  • Maybe I'll stop along the way home and pick that up for her.

  • Hi, could I get a small Sprite?

  • - [Cashier] Of course.

  • - Well, thank you so much for watching this English lesson

  • where you got to ride along with me

  • to a few different restaurants,

  • and hopefully you were able to learn some of the phrases

  • we use when we order food in English

  • when we're going through the drive-thru.

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  • and if you have some time, why don't you stick around

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  • Bye.

  • (upbeat music)

- So a while ago, I made an English lesson

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