Listening for ielts 7 Unit 1

Tom
: Oh, how do I pay? I mean do I pay directly after I get the drink or do I have to wait till I am ready to 
leave like I do in a restaurant?
Kevin
: It's not the custom to pay for all your drinks when you're ready to leave, instead, you pay at the 
bar each time you get drinks. It helps if you're ready to pay as soon as you're served, and you'll notice 
that many people wait with their money in their hands.
Tom
: I see. Do I have to give a tip?
Kevin
: No, it's not the custom to give a tip. It's very common for friends to buy their drinks together in 
rounds. This means that each person takes a turn to buy drinks for everybody in the group. It's faster 
and easier, both for you and for the person serving if drinks are bought in this way. Naturally you don't 
have to have a drink in each round if you don't want one.
Tom
: That's interesting.
Kevin
: When you're looking for somewhere to sit, remember that people have to leave their seats to get 
drinks, etc., so an empty seat may not in fact be available to use. If you're not sure whether a seat is 
free, ask someone sitting near it. When it's time for another drink, people usually take their glasses back 
to the bar to be filled again. If you're leaving, the friendly thing to do is to take your glassed back to the 
bar, thank the person who's been serving you, and say "goodbye" or "goodnight".
Tom
: Thank you, Kevin, This helps me a lot. By the way, what kinds of drinks are available in pubs?
Kevin
: Well, you can get both alcoholic and non-alcoholic. Beside alcoholic drinks such as beer and wine, 
there is cider, which is made from apples, usually sold in bottles, port- a type of thick, sweet wine from 
Portugal, sherry, which is a type of wine from Spain and spirits- these are a kind of strong alcoholic 
drinks such as whisky and brandy.