生活英语情景口语100主题 40. Try Cooking 烹饪

Dialogue 1

J: Do you have any plans for dinner tonight?

L: No, I was thinking of putting a frozen pizza in the oven or something. How about you?

J: I was thinking maybe we could make dinner together tonight. What do you think?

L: I'm absolutely useless at cooking!

J: I could teach you how to cook something healthy. Frozen pizzas are so bad for you!

L: I know they aren't good for you, but they are cheap, convenient, and fairly tasty.

J: I recently saw a recipe for spicy chicken curry in a magazine. Maybe we could try that?

L: Yeah, why not. Do you have all the ingredients?

J: I bought all the ingredinets this morning, so let's start!

L: What do we do first?

J: First, you need to wash the vegetables and then chop them into little pieces.

L: Ok. Should I heat the wok?

J: Yes. Once it gets hot, put a little oil in it, add the vegetables and stir fry them for a few minutes.

L: What about the chicken?

J: That needs to be cut into thin strips about 3 cm long and then it can be stir fried on its own until its cooked through.

L: How about the rice?

J: I'll prepare that. Do you prefer white rice or brown rice?

L: White rice, please. None of that healthy brown stuff for me!

Dialogue 2

L: Do you like cooking, Julia?

J: I really enjoy it, especially when it ends up tasting good!

L: How often do you usually cook?

J: I usually make a few salads for lunch throughout the week and I make dinner about 6 times a week.

L: That's a lot of cooking. You must save a lot of money by eating at home so much.

J: I do. If you cook at home, you can eat healthy food cheaply.

L: What kind of dishes do you usually make?

J: I almost always make either a beef roast or a chicken roast with asparagus, parsnips, peas, carrots and potatoes on Sunday.

L: Do you make a lot of traditional British food?

J: Aside from the Sunday roast, we usually eat bangers and mash, toad in a hole, or fish'n chips once a week.

L: How about spicy food?

J: My family loves spicy food. We often eat Chinese, Thai, Indian, or Mexican food when we're in the mood for spice.

L: What's your favourite dish to make?

J: Iabsolutely love making mousakka, which is a Greek dish with eggplant. But it takes a lot of time, so I don't often make it.