Intro
1. Learn Vocabulary - Learn some new vocabulary before you start the lesson.
2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.
Do you need to figure out how to cook? Do you dream of making gourmet food someday? Do you want to try new cuisines? You could go to the store, buy your ingredients, and find some recipes on the internet. Or you could sit down in front of the TV and take a cooking lesson first.
TV cooking shows are very popular. Master Chef, Top Chef, and Cupcake Wars are competitive shows in which people cook food for judges. The person who cooks the best food wins. Watching these TV shows is a fun way to improve your own cooking techniques. And if you cook great food already, maybe you can go on TV and win.
Andy can’t stand TV cooking shows. Listen to today’s English lesson to hear what Dominique thinks.
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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Andy_H: Oh man, Dominique! I just came back from a family reunion. I spent about 7 hours with my aunt, watching every single cooking show.
Dominique: Oh my gosh, Andy. That sounds like heaven!
Andy_H: No, no, no! It doesn’t!
Dominique: Yes!
Andy_H: Why can’t we just cook and eat food? It made me so hungry!
Dominique: I think you’re talking to the wrong person. I love cooking shows. Master Chef, Top Chef, Cupcake Wars, all of them. I love them! I love getting recipes. I like to figure out different ingredients. It’s amazing.
Andy_H: I like to cook, and you can get techniques, you can figure out new cuisines... how to make something gourmet. But I can’t stand these competitive celebrity chefs… “I’m going to yell at you because the sugar level was too high.” It’s just a little too much.
Dominique: I think I know what the problem is. Is it, probably, that you can’t cook? Those are the type of people usually that don’t like those shows.
Andy_H: I can kind of cook.
Dominique: I knew it! You know what? Come on over, and I’ll help you out.
Andy_H: All right. But do we have to watch a show?
Dominique: Yes. Or we can pretend to have our own show. You’ll thank me later.
Andy_H: OK.
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Discussion
Andy can’t figure out why cooking shows are so popular on TV. He watched hours of cooking shows together with his aunt, and it only made him hungry. Andy can’t stand how people yell and become competitive on these shows. He thinks it’s better to eat gourmet food than to watch it on TV.
Dominique thinks that the reason Andy doesn’t like watching these shows is because he can’t cook. Dominique loves cooking shows. She likes learning about different cuisines and different techniques for making them. Andy admits that he’s not a very good cook, which gives Dominique an idea. Why not go to Dominique’s house for a cooking lesson?
What are your favorite recipes and ingredients? Do you watch cooking shows on TV?
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