12 Food
1 Different food
1.It's kind of vegetable.
It looks a bit like a strange green flower or something like that.
You take off the outside leaves and boil the inside leaves until they're soft.
I usually dip them in a little bit of sauce- just oil and lemon and garlic.
2.It's kind of fruit.It's very common in south-east Asia-and very popular too.
It looks really strange.It's got a really strong smell and quite a strange texture.
My mum said it's like eating a pillow or cushion or something!
3.It's traditional Turkish meat dish.
but you also get it in Greece,in lran,all over the place,really.
You use fresh lamb and grill it and then serve it either on its own
or in this kind of flat bread, with a bit of salad.
4.It's kind of traditional Spanish seafood dish.
Well,I suppose really it's a rice and seafood dish.
You have to use a special kind of rice
and you add different kinds of fish and shellfish and things.
It's delicious.Most areas in spain have their own special way of cooking it.
5.It's kind of a salad.
You can have it as a side dish or just on its own-in the summer.
It's basically just mushrooms and radish
and whatever kind of green leaves you've got available.
6.It's kind of dessert.It's eaten all over the Middle East.
It's a bit like a little cake of something.
It's covered in pastry and it's filled with nuts and honey.
It's quite fattening.I suppose.but it's really delicious.
7.It's kind of cake.My mum used to make it all the time when I was growing up.
She used to put rum or brandy in it.so it was quite rich.
quite heavy.You couldn't really eat more than one slice of it.
8.It's traditional Middle Eastern starter or side dish.
It's made from crushed chickpeas and you mix that with a bit of lemon.
You dip pitta bread into it.It's really nice.
9.It's kind of traditional soup.
You usually put a lot of beans in it-and then maybe some carrots
or whatever other kind of vegetables you have available.
It's very filling.It's great in the winter.
2. Eat your greens!
People in developed countries are increasingly suffering from illnesses resulting from over-eating.
While starvation and famine are still big problems in many poor countries in the world,
In America and other western countries,
more than twenty-five percent of the population are obese.
This doesn't just mean yur're a little bit fat,
it means you are more than twenty kilos overweight.
And Dr John Colon from Ohio State University says the problem is only going to get worse.
As more women have gone out to work,
you find that parents in general have less time to spend on preparing food.
That's not just the cooking,but also planning what to eat,
doing the shopping and buying fresh food.
Families.therefore,increasingly rely on ready made and frozen meals,
which tend to be high in fat and contain a lot of additives and sugar.
The other thing is that parents seem to feel guily about not spending
so much time with their kids.
so they tend to give in a lot quicker to children's demands for things like sweets and chocolate.
Ben Brown,who is a British Member of Parliament,blames the big food companies.
He wants to ban any food advertising which is aimed at children.
The problem is that these companies spend millions of pounds selling food to children.
It's all crisps in the shape of dinosaurs and chocolate in the shape of Mickey Mouse.
I mean,what's going to seem more fun to an eight-year-old-
an ice cream with a free toy or an apple?
One food company thinks it has an answer to this:
it has invented pizza-flavoured brocoli,baked-bean-flavoured peas.
cheese and onion-flavoured cauliflower and chocolate-flavoured carrots.
It developed the Whacky Veg,with money donated by a cancer research charity,
which found that a diet containing lots of fruit and vegetables helps reduce cancer.
However,today's sweet-toothed kids need to be bribed into a healthy diet,
and will only eat their greens if they taste different.
1 Listening
Do you want any more of this chicken?
No.honestly,I'm full.Finish it off.
Are you sure?You don't seem to have eaten much.Have you tried the fish?
Yeah,but to be honest,it was a bit too hot for my liking.
Oh,sorry.Don't worry about it.
Well,What did you think of the vegetable dish?That was lovely.Yeah,
it was OK,A bit too greasy for my liking.but it was OK.
Oh,dear,I'm sorry.we should've gone somewhere else.
No.no.The rest of it was lovely.But we only had rice apart from that.
There was the soup as well.
It's just a shame you spilt most of it when you got up to go to the toilet.
Yes,sorry about that,I'm sure the stain will wish out.
Hopefully,Don't worry,These things happen.
But you should've asked for some more.You must still be hungry.
Honestly,I'm fine,.I couldn't eat another thing.Shall we get the bill?
I suppose so.Excuse me.Excuse me.could we have the bill?
Of course.sir.Was everything all right?
Yes,it was lovely. How much is it?
Forty pounds.Forty pounds?That can't be right.
I know,what does that say?Is that a D or an A?
Yeah,I think it's a D.They've charged us for the D menu instead of the A.
It's almost five pounds more expensive.
Excuse me...excuse me... Yes,sir?
I'm sorry,but I think you've got the bill wrong.
You've charged us for D menu but we had menu A.
I'm sorry,one moment.I'm sorry.you're absolutely right.
That should be thirty-one pounds,not forty.
That's OK.These things happen.
Cathy,shall I pay for this on my card and you can pay me back later?
I'm sorry sir.we don't take credit cards.Cheques or cash only.
You're joking.Have you got any cash?
Only about ten pounds.Oh.no.Is there a cash machine near here?
Yes,there's one just down the road outside the supermarket.
Right.do you want to wait here and I'll go and get some cash out.
Yeah,I guess I'll have to.I'm really sorry about this.
That's OK.These things happen.I'll be back in a moment.
Has sir returned?
No.not yet.I'm sure he'll be back.I can't imagine where he's gone.
He has been gone half an hour.
4 Pronunciation:contractions
You shouldn't have said that.
We should've gone somewhere else.
I should've done it earlier.
He should've sent his application form off earlier.
I shouldn't have asked.
You should've thought about that before.shouldn't you?
You should've told me about it before.
I shouldn't have bothered!
You should've come.
I shouldn't have eaten so much!