Food & drinkBeginner
Heating up convenience store food in English (beginner)
Beginner English for heating up convenience store food. Key line: “Could you heat this up, please?”
Full script
Lin
Could you heat this up, please?
Them
Sure. Thirty seconds okay?
Lin
Make it one minute, please.
Them
One minute? You like it really hot.
Lin
Yes. I'm training to be a dragon.
Them
Ha! Okay. Anything else?
Lin
No, thanks. I just need practice.
Them
Then blow on it, little dragon.
Key phrases
The lines worth keeping. Read them once before you go out.
Heat
✓ Could you heat this up, please?Polite way to ask
Most common polite way
Time
✓ Thirty seconds okay?Staff asks how long
Staff often ask this
Change time
✓ Make it one minute, please.Ask to change the time
make it = change to
More
✓ Anything else?Ask about more items
else = other; at the end
Quick answers
Heat: what to say in English
Say “Could you heat this up, please?” — polite way to ask. Most common polite way.
Time: what to say in English
Say “Thirty seconds okay?” — staff asks how long. Staff often ask this.
Change time: what to say in English
Say “Make it one minute, please.” — ask to change the time. make it = change to.
More: what to say in English
Say “Anything else?” — ask about more items. else = other; at the end.