General Listening Quiz

1. 1. Cooking at home is better than eating at a restaurant.
   2. Gourmet meals are only for special occasions.
   3. Anyone can learn to cook fancy food with practice.
   4. Cooking together is a fun family activity.
   5. Healthy food is harder to prepare at home.
   6. Good meals don’t need expensive ingredients.
   7. It’s okay to follow recipes exactly every time.
   8. Presentation (how food looks) is just as important as taste.
   9. Preparing meals at home saves money.
   10. People today don’t have time to cook well.

“can’t stomach something” = to dislike or hate something
“I can’t stomach his cooking. Every time I eat his soup, I get sick.”

“eat like a horse” = to eat a lot
“My brother eats like a horse. He can eat 10 cheeseburgers in 15 minutes.”

Listen to the recording and answer the questions. (See transcript)

Here are some words and expressions that appear in the recording:

• salmon (noun): type of fish
  – The chef at this restaurant prepares the best salmon with a special sauce.
• What’s the deal? (expression): What’s the story or situation?
  – What’s the deal? Do you want to go out to eat or not? We need to decide now.
• circumstances (noun): situations, facts, or conditions
  – We don’t have much money, so I don’t want to eat at an expensive restaurant under these circumstances.
• Hon (noun): short for HONEY and said to people you love like a husband or wife
  – Hon. Can we go out to dinner for my birthday? I really don’t want to cook.

Do the vocabulary quizzes with the words from the conversation for more practice:

• Gap-fill Exercise

Use the internet to find a good recipe for cooking fried chicken or fish. What ingredients do you need? What are the steps to preparing this meal?