SELF-SERVICE

Vocabulary
a cashier : kasir
to queue : antri
a customer : pelanggan
a counter : meja panjang
a rack : rak
a self-service restaurant : resto swalayan
on display : dipamerkan
a tip : persenan

If you are in a hurry| and you want to have a quick meal| there is no better place than a self-service restaurant.|You go into the restaurant,| pick up a tray, knife, fork, and spoon| and queue at a counter where the food is on display.| You pick out what you want| and put in your tray,| which you have to push along a special rack till you reach the cashier.| The cashier will give you your bill.| After paying,| you take your tray to any table you like.| You can sit alone or with another customer.| You can have a good meal in ten minutes.| And-| as there is no waiter| you don't have to give a tip.

take from
Listening and Comprehending
by M.H. Combe Martin
as Head of Departement of English Studies
World London College

Please answer some questions below!

1. what is the first thing you do after you go into the restaurant?
2. who gives you your bill?
3. what do you push your tray along
4. where do you queue?
5. what don't you have to give?
6. where does the story pick up?