Shadowing Practice: 07 | Food and cooking (A2) - Learn English Speaking with Video
Les maken...
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I'm Emily and I'm so happy you're here with us today.
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Hey there friends, I'm Robert and honestly I'm excited about today's topic because it's something we do every single day.
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That's right!
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Today we're talking about food and cooking, everywhere!
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So today we're going to help you speak about food naturally.
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We'll teach you real vocabulary, common phrases, and simple ways to describe what you eat and cook.
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level this is exactly right for you let's start with something
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simple do you cook at home Emily I do cook sometimes
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I make simple things mostly pasta rice dishes vegetables nothing too
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difficult that's nice what do you cook most often hmm I love making stir -fry it's quick it's easy
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and I can add My favorite is tomato soup.
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It's warm and comfortable.
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Oh, I love soup too!
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And here's a nice word for when food feels warm and comfortable.
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We call it comfort food.
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Can you say that?
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Comfort food.
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So, soup is comfort food.
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Yes, exactly.
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Comfort food is food that makes you feel happy and safe.
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It reminds you of good times.
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Soup, bread, mashed potatoes, these are all comfort foods.
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Comfort food is food for your feelings, not just your stomach.
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Beautiful way to say it!
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Now, let's talk about cooking at home versus eating out.
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Do you prefer cooking or eating at restaurants?
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Good question.
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I like both, but I think cooking at home is better.
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It's cheaper and you know what's in your food.
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That's true.
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Restaurants can be expensive, right?
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But sometimes it's nice to go out and not cook yourself.
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Yes, when you eat at a restaurant, someone else does the cooking.
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You just relax and enjoy.
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Exactly.
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Now, let's learn some useful phrases for ordering at a restaurant.
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Robert, can you help me practice? Of course.
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I'll be the waiter.
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What would you like to order?
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Hmm, I would like the chicken with rice, please, and some water.
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Excellent choice.
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Would you like anything else?
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Can I have some bread with butter?
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Oh, and the chicken.
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Is it spicy?
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Not hot, but very flavorful.
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Perfect.
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That's exactly what I want.
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Flavorful, but not spicy.
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Great!
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So, listeners, did you hear those useful words?
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Spicy, mild, flavorful.
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These help you talk about how food tastes.
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Yes, and there are many more.
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Let's talk about taste words.
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When you taste food, what words do you use?
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Well, food can be sweet, like cake or honey, or salty,
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like And food can be sour or bitter like strong coffee without sugar.
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Right, so we have sweet, salty, sour, and bitter.
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What about other taste words?
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Great question!
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Food can be fresh like fresh fruit or fresh vegetables.
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Or it can be stale like old bread that's hard.
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Stale bread tastes bad.
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I understand that.
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What else?
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That means soft and easy to chew, like well -cooked meat.
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Or it can be tough, hard to chew.
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Got it.
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Tender is good, tough is bad.
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Now what about texture?
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Is that important?
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Oh yes, texture is very important.
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Texture is how food feels in your mouth.
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It can be smooth, like yogurt or pudding.
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Or it can be crunchy, like carrots or chips.
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I love crunchy food.
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like ice cream or cheese.
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These textures make eating more interesting.
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Now let's talk about cooking methods.
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How do you cook chicken, Emily?
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There are many ways.
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I can boil it, that means cooking it in hot water, or I can fry it, cooking it in oil.
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What about baking?
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Is that for chicken too?
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Yes, you can bake chicken in an oven.
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It's at hot temperatures, but it's different Oil, fry, and bake are three ways to cook.
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Are there more?
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Yes.
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You can grill food.
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That means cooking it on a hot metal surface.
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You can roast it.
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That's cooking with dry heat in an oven.
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And I love grilled chicken.
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It tastes really good.
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What about steaming?
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Great word.
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Steaming is cooking with hot steam from water.
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It's very healthy because you don't add oil.
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Vegetables are great steamed.
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fry, bake, grill, roast, and steam.
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That's a lot of cooking methods.
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Yes, and each method makes food taste different.
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Now let's talk about ingredients.
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What ingredients do you use often?
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Ingredients are the things you put in food, right?
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Exactly.
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For example, if I make pasta, my ingredients are pasta, tomato sauce, garlic, and olive oil.
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Simple but delicious.
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I think everyone needs salt and pepper.
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These are seasonings.
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They make food taste better.
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What about spices?
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Are they different from salt and pepper?
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Yes.
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Spices come from plants like cumin, cinnamon, or paprika.
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They add flavor and sometimes heat to food.
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I love spices.
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They make food interesting.
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What else is basic?
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Olive oil is essential, garlic too, and onions.
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These are in so many dishes from different countries.
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You're right.
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Now let's talk about healthy food versus unhealthy food.
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That's important.
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Healthy food gives your body good things like vegetables, fruits, fish, and whole grains.
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And unhealthy food.
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Unhealthy food has too much sugar, too much salt, or too much fat, like candy, fast food, or fried chips.
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But sometimes we want to eat unhealthy food, right? Of course!
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It's okay to eat treats sometimes.
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Balance is important.
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But mostly we should eat healthy food.
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What about diet?
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Do you follow any special diet?
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I try to eat balanced food.
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Some people are vegetarian.
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They don't eat meat.
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Some people are vegan.
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They don't eat any animal products.
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is eating what makes you healthy and happy.
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Exactly.
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Now let's practice a conversation.
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Robert, I want to talk about what I ate today.
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Can we practice?
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Sure.
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What did you eat today?
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For breakfast, I had eggs and toast with jam.
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The toast was crispy and warm.
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That sounds nice.
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Crispy toast is good.
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What about lunch?
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For lunch, I had a salad with chicken.
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Fresh vegetables, very healthy.
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And I drank water water.
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What about dinner?
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For dinner, I cooked fish with rice and broccoli.
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I steamed the broccoli.
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Everything was very simple but tasty.
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That's a healthy day of eating.
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Now let's talk about cooking skills.
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Do you think cooking is difficult?
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For some people, yes.
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But I think it's easier than many think.
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You start with simple recipes, then you practice.
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What's a simple recipe for someone who never cooked before?
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Pasta is perfect.
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You boil water, add salt, cook pasta until it's soft, add sauce from a jar, that's it.
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That sounds easy.
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What's the most important rule for cooking?
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Read the recipe first.
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Don't start cooking without knowing what you're doing.
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And taste as you cook.
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That helps you know when it's ready.
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Good advice.
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Now let's talk about shopping for food.
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Where do you shop?
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There, food is fresh and local.
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It's cheaper often.
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That's nice.
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Do you plan your meals before shopping?
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Yes, I make a shopping list.
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That helps me not forget anything.
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And it saves money, because I don't buy things I don't need.
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Smart.
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Now let's talk about food and culture.
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Is food important in your culture?
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Oh yes, very much.
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Food brings families together.
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We have special dishes for special days.
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Every country has traditional food that's Can you give an example of traditional food?
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In Italy, pasta is traditional.
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In Mexico, it's corn dishes.
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In Japan, it's rice and fish.
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Every country has special food.
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And that food tells a story about that culture, right?
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Exactly.
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Food shows the history, the climate, the people.
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It's like a window into a culture.
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Beautiful way to think about it.
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Now let's learn some phrases about food preferences.
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something, you can say, "I like it," or "I love it," or "It's my favorite." What if you don't like something?
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You can say, "I don't like it," or "I hate it,"
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or "It's not for me," or "I'm not a fan of it." I'm not a fan of it.
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That's a nice way to say it politely.
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Yes, and if you have allergies, it's important to say.
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You can say, "I'm allergic to nuts," or "I'm allergic to shellfish." That's important information for safety.
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Now, let's talk about describing recipes.
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How would you describe a recipe?
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A recipe has ingredients and instructions.
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You list the ingredients first.
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Then you write step by step what to do.
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What does step by step mean?
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It means one action after another.
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First, do this.
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Then, Shall we?
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Yes!
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Let's make simple tomato soup.
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First, you need ingredients: tomatoes, onion, garlic, and butter.
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What's the first step?
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First, chop the onion and garlic.
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That means cut them into small pieces.
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Then, melt butter in a pan.
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Melt means make it liquid, right?
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Yes.
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Then add the onion and garlic to the hot butter.
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Cook until soft.
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Maybe 5 minutes.
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Then what?
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Add the tomatoes and a little water.
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Bring it to boil.
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That means heat it until big bubbles come up.
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Then cook it for how long?
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Cook for about 20 minutes, until the tomatoes are very soft.
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Then blend it.
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That means mix it very smooth.
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Add salt and pepper?
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Yes.
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Taste it and add salt and pepper to your taste.
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You can add cream if you want it rich. Is breakfast important?
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Yes.
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Many people say breakfast is the most important meal.
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It gives you energy for the day.
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What's a good breakfast?
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A good breakfast has protein and carbohydrates.
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Eggs, yogurt, cheese, bread, oatmeal.
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These are all good.
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What about lunch and dinner?
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Lunch should be balanced.
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Some protein, vegetables, grains.
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Dinner can be similar but lighter sometimes.
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Snacks?
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Are snacks okay?
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Small snacks are fine.
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Fruit, nuts, yogurt, these are healthy.
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But big snacks of candy or chips, not so healthy.
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Now, let's talk about food waste.
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Is that important?
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Very important.
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Many people throw away good food.
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We should try to use everything.
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Even old vegetables make good soup.
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What if you cook too much food?
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leftovers.
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You can eat it the next day or freeze it for later.
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Freeze means put it in the freezer, right?
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Where it becomes very cold?
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Yes.
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Food stays fresh in the freezer for months.
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Then you thaw it.
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That means make it warm again.
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That's smart.
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Before we finish, let's talk about the future of food.
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What do you think?
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The future is interesting.
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We have plant -based meat now.
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Why is that important?
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Because it's better for the environment.
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Raising animals for meat uses a lot of resources.
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Plant -based options are more sustainable.
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I see.
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And what about organic food?
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Organic food is grown without chemicals.
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No pesticides, no artificial things.
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It's healthier and better for nature.
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But it's usually more expensive, right?
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It's a personal choice.
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Now, listeners, we have a question for you.
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What's your favorite food?
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Tell us in the comments.
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Yes, we want to know.
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Do you cook at home?
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What's your favorite dish?
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Your comments help us know what topics you want to learn about, and they help us improve.
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Before we go, I want to remind you, we have a free PDF for this lesson.
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It has vocabulary, conversation practice, and comprehension questions.
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Download it to help you practice.
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You can read, listen, and practice speaking all together.
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And remember, learning English is like cooking.
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You start simple, you practice, you taste the results, and you get better and better.
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We hope you learned something useful about food and cooking.
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for another conversation about real topics, topics that matter in your daily life.
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Keep practicing, keep learning, and most importantly, enjoy every meal.
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Because food and learning, they're both about joy.
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This is Emily saying goodbye.
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Keep talking, keep growing.
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See you next time.
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And this is Robert.
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Happy cooking and happy learning, friends.
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Goodbye.
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Why Practice Speaking with This Video?
Engaging with this video about food and cooking not only enhances your English speaking practice, but it also immerses you in a daily context that most people encounter. Food is a universal topic that brings people together, making it easier to recall vocabulary and phrases related to it. By practicing with this content, you will develop a natural way of speaking about things you enjoy, such as meals and cooking techniques. Additionally, you will learn to express your feelings about food through vital emotions like comfort and joy.
Benefits of Shadowing
Shadowing, or shadowspeak, allows learners to replicate native speakers' phrasing, rhythm, and intonation. This method offers unique benefits: it not only improves your understanding of sentence structure but also helps you to become more fluent when discussing familiar topics such as your culinary preferences. Overall, incorporating shadowing techniques into your practice will accelerate your ability to communicate more effectively in English.
Grammar & Expressions in Context
In the video, several key structures emerge as essential for discussing food and cooking:
- Vocabulary for Cooking: Phrases like "I cook sometimes" and "I love making stir-fry" help convey regular cooking habits. Notice the simple tense used, which is effective for everyday conversations.
- Comfort Food: The term comfort food itself is pivotal, providing a way to describe meals that evoke pleasant memories and feelings. This expression can be a great addition to your vocabulary when discussing personal experiences.
- Restaurant Dialogue: The interaction where Emily orders food is full of practical phrases such as "I would like" and "Is it spicy?" These ready-made constructs can assist in fluent restaurant conversations, making it easier for you to articulate your preferences clearly.
Common Pronunciation Traps
As you practice, pay attention to some pronunciation elements highlighted in the video. Certain words can be tricky:
- Flavorful: Ensure you pronounce this word with the right intonation to convey its rich meaning fully.
- Comfort: The emphasis is on the first syllable, and mastering this can help you articulate your thoughts about favorite foods better.
Additionally, be mindful of the rhythm used in phrases like “Can I have some bread with butter?” This natural flow is key in improving your English pronunciation during daily conversations.
By focusing on these elements while practicing, you will enhance your speaking capabilities tremendously. Remember, using a quality shadowing site can support this learning process even further, allowing you to master the nuances of English food vocabulary effortlessly.
Wat is de Shadowing-techniek?
Shadowing is een wetenschappelijk onderbouwde taalleermethode die oorspronkelijk is ontwikkeld voor professionele tolkentraining en gepopulariseerd door polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. De methode is eenvoudig maar krachtig: je luistert naar native Engelse audio en herhaalt het onmiddellijk hardop — als een schaduw die de spreker volgt met slechts 1–2 seconden vertraging. In tegenstelling tot passief luisteren of grammaticadrills, dwingt shadowing je hersenen en mondspieren om echte spraakpatronen tegelijkertijd te verwerken en te reproduceren. Onderzoek toont aan dat het de uitspraaknauwkeurigheid, intonatie, ritme, verbonden spraak, luisterbegrip en spreekvaardigheid aanzienlijk verbetert — waardoor het een van de meest effectieve methoden is voor IELTS Speaking-voorbereiding en echte Engelse communicatie.