Putting food on the table
1st part
1. I need to pick up something for dinner on my way home. I’d like to be able to get through something quick and easy. The easiest thing is to open up the package and toast it in a microwave.
2. what’s for dinner? Instant noodles again? I’m so sick about the junk. I guess I’ll get out and order a pizza.
3. I hope to get a package from mom soon. It’s hard to find something to eat every single day. There’s never ingredient in the fridge to make anything. I wish someone could cook me a real balanced meal.
2nd part
What do they decide to eat for dinner?
1. Hi, honey. I’m on my way home now. Shall I pick up something for dinner?
Yeah. You know I saw some great frozen meals on commercial yesterday.
Frozen meals? What are they called?
Sellmaster(音译) or something like that. Some kind of self-fried dinners already cooked. What you need to do is to open the package and toast it in a microwave
Perfect. I’ll pick some up on my way home.
Yeah. Could you?
Sure. I’ll be at home in a few minutes.
2. Hey, there. What’s for dinner? Fried rice again?
You have no idea, do you, how much time a cook activity takes to make a decent dinner. First, I got the idea; something is balanced, tasted good. And it’s not all the thing. I figure out what ingredient we already have and what we need to buy. Then, you need to get the stuff, bring it home, and cook it. I have to do these every single day.
Ok. Ok. I get your point. What can I do? You know I’m not good enough to cook, I am?
Well. If you really want to help, you could look through cook books and cook magazines to get ideas for dinner tomorrow. Then you could go to the store.
3. Hey. There you are. I’m hungry. What’ll we do for dinner?
I don’t know. And I don’t care. I know I’m not the cook today.
What’s up?
I had a real ruffle day. The computer crashed and destroyed the report my boss needed. So I needed to retype it. I worked straight through lunch. And I’m so tired. I can’t deal with cooking. Let’s just order a pizza delivered.
Sounds good. I’ll give them a call. Mmm, let’s see. Demouzin’s(音译) pizza. Oh, here it is.
4. I’m gonna to report tomorrow. So, could you do the cooking tonight?
I feel really like it. Let me get things taken out.
We’ve got salad ingredient and a salt of rice. Just serve them quick and easy.
Cook them quick and easy?
Well. We’ve got barbecues and chicken legs.
Do we have any?
Oops. I guess not. Would you mind getting some from the store?
Ok. I’ll go to the store to get chicken. I guess I can get a ham of eggs.
I appreciate it. I really appreciate it right now.作者: chenzilong 时间: 2007-2-27 20:54
3rd part
1. Tony and Rob are two university students who are sharing an apartment. Tony received a package from his mother. What do you think it would be in the package? Now listen and check your prediction.
Hey, Tony. What’s up?
Hey, Rob. Check this out. I’ve got a package from my mom.
Oh, yes. Cookies, I hope.
No, it’s a cook book, 20 of meals. Perfect for us, don’t you think?
Yeah, I guess. But, I wish she sent cookies instead.
Just think about it though. No more instant noodles, no more fast food hamburgers. 20 minutes in the kitchen for our balanced meal. Are you in?
Whatever you say, Tony. Er, haha, let’s take a look. How about this, super potatoes? That’s my kind of food.
All right. Let’s get started. What do we need?
What you really need is to find a girlfriend she can cook.
Yeah, right. You find one too. Then they can cook in turn for us. Haha, so, what’s the ingredient?
Chips, saucer, kind of chili, and plenty of cheese. That sounds easy enough?
We’ve got a half bag of potato chips. Is that enough?
It needs to be.
Let’s see what’s in fridge? We’ve got lots of soda, half a sabrine(音译) sandwich, and cheese. I got that. Oh, it’s kind of mould.
Kind of? It’s green. Do we have any chili?
Sorry, man. I think I ate it at night.
What’s in yours?
Anyway, I’ve got cups of cans. There must be at least one left.
Let’s see. That’s it.
Oh. We can’t get the super potatoes tonight at all.
I guess not. Well, what’s we gonna eat ? Instant noodles of the 3rd dinner in a row, a peanut butter?
I’m so sick about that junk.
Let’s go to the supermarket and get what we want to make super potatoes.
Yeah. On the way, let’s stop for hamburgers and pizza.
Yeah.
Cool.
2. What are you making for dinner tonight?
Nothing. You know I’m not a good cook, I am?
Well. I though yes. What’s in the fridge looks pretty awful.
Yeah. That pretty match nothing.
Oh. That’s impressing. What we really need around here is a professional cook.
Let’s think about what we should do. Should we take cooking lessons?
Do you have any idea how much time it takes to cook? We can’t go to school full time and cooks too.
I was just tired of what we have to eat every day.
Well. We’ll just whatever is easy, no matter how bad it tastes.
