Intro
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Five o’clock might be the happiest hour of the day. It’s when most people are done working. At five, you can finally leave your office behind and head home. But it might make you even happier if, instead of going home, you stopped for a drink and a snack with friends.
That’s the idea behind happy hour. Most happy hours begin right after people get off work and end just before dinner. Bars and restaurants offer specials on drinks and small plates during this time. It’s a way for the bars and restaurants to get more customers, and for the customers to get a little more happiness in their lives. Hear Jason and Amy talk about going out for happy hour.
Dialog
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Amy: It’s 5 o’clock. Happy hour!
Jason: Oh yeah, is there a good one around here?
Amy: Yeah, there’s a lot. I really like to go to happy hours where there’s food and drinks.
Jason: Yeah.
Amy: And sometimes you can even make a meal of it.
Jason: Yeah, just order a couple of appetizers. It’s a meal.
Amy: Right.
Jason: Sometimes it’s a little early for me to start drinking, though, you know? People are inviting me to happy hour and I’m like, I’m just not ready to have alcohol right now.
Amy: It’s true. I really love it when happy hours go to like 7. Because then you can have a drink and it’s actually around dinner time.
Jason: You know what I’ll use happy hours for, though, is to go to places I can’t go to normally.
Amy: Yes. They might not have the full menu available at happy hour, but they’ll have a few things, and sometimes they’re really delicious and way cheaper.
Jason: Yeah, and, I mean, bar drinks are overpriced anyway. I feel like going to happy hour is almost like getting something on sale.
Amy: Right. I do love to get a deal.
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Discussion
Amy tells Jason it is 5 o’clock, which means that it is happy hour. Happy hour is when many restaurants and bars offer cheaper food and drinks. Amy wants to go out for happy hour.
Amy likes it when there are food specials during happy hour, not just drink specials. Sometimes a few appetizers are enough for her dinner. But she prefers happy hours that go a bit later because otherwise it is too early for dinner. Jason thinks that sometimes happy hour is too early to start drinking, too.
Jason likes it when expensive restaurants offer happy hour specials. Then he gets to try food at places he wouldn’t normally be able to afford. He and Amy agree that it’s fun to get food and drinks on sale.
Is happy hour popular in your country? Do you like going out to happy hour?
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