Intro
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2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.
Who taught you how to cook? Was it your mom or dad? Maybe a grandmother or grandfather? It’s possible that you learned by yourself, but most of us need help learning how to cook. Making an egg or toasting a piece of bread is one thing, but baking a chicken or a cake takes practice.
Even people who know how to cook like to learn new ideas and techniques in the kitchen. Cooking shows have been popular on TV for a long time, starting with the famous Julia Child. Today there are many cooking shows to watch and more recipes than you have time to make. It’s fun to practice cooking, especially if you have friends and family to taste your creations!
Lily and Marni are discussing the popular American TV chef Rachael Ray. Do they both watch her show? Read more to find out in today’s English lesson about cooking shows.
Dialog
1. Listen and Read - Listen to the audio and read the dialog at the same time.
2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.
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Marni: Lily, I was looking through my new Rachael Ray cookbook.
Lily: Ew.
Marni: And I was thinking about making some recipes. What, “ew”? What is this “ew”?
Lily: Rachael Ray, she’s so… all of the Food Network hosts are so… they just have these corny catch phrases. And it’s more like a talk show than actually like a cooking show. I don’t know. It doesn’t appeal to me.
Marni: OK. I think that Rachel Ray makes things really accessible. I like that her recipes are quick and easy. She makes me feel confident in the kitchen, so I respect her for that.
Lily: That’s great. I feel like it’s too gimmicky for me.
Marni: She does do some product endorsements, but you know.
Lily: Like that dog food? That random dog food that she has that’s for her dog.
Marni: I appreciate people that make cooking seem accessible to anyone, even if they feel like they’re very incompetent in the kitchen.
Lily: Let’s agree to disagree, I guess.
Marni: All right. But I’m going to make this recipe that she’s got and you’re going to love it.
Lily: OK.
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Discussion
Marni tells Lily that she’s going to make a recipe from Rachael Ray’s cookbook. Lily makes a sound that tells Marni that she’s not interested. But Marni can’t believe it. What’s wrong with Rachael Ray?
Lily doesn’t enjoy cooking shows that aren’t just about cooking. She feels like Rachael Ray’s show is more of a talk show, and Lily doesn’t like that there are product endorsements during the program. She also believes that Rachael Ray uses too many catch phrases. The show is definitely not Lily’s thing.
Marni knows that Lily will like the recipe she’s planning to use, even if Lily doesn’t like Rachael Ray very much!
Do you watch cooking shows? Which one is your favorite? What do you like about the host?
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