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Natural English<br />
What sort of food do you eat?<br />
Photos and interviews by Georgie & Danielle<br />
Track 6: Belgian man,<br />
n.Irish woman, SPAnish man,<br />
US woman, Brazilian man & US woman<br />
Tal (Belgium,<br />
Web Designer)<br />
Laura J (N. Ireland, Student)<br />
Tasty, sugary,<br />
sweet food. I don’t<br />
know if biscuits<br />
and cookies and<br />
candy count like<br />
food, but that<br />
would be the kind<br />
of food I eat. And<br />
otherwise… salad?<br />
Or… lately I’ve<br />
really gotten into<br />
hamburgers. I<br />
have them at least<br />
once a week.<br />
I guess the…<br />
staples: pasta,<br />
vegetables,<br />
lots of fruit,<br />
always…<br />
erm… I really<br />
like Italian<br />
and Chinese<br />
in particular.<br />
José (Spain,<br />
Flight Attendant)<br />
Ashleigh (USA,<br />
English Teacher)<br />
Well, just vegetables, meat, some fresh fruit… and I love to<br />
eat ice cream – chocolate ice cream.<br />
What sort of<br />
food do I eat?<br />
Erm… I eat a<br />
lot of… I would<br />
say I eat a lot of<br />
ethnic food, a<br />
lot of rice and<br />
beans, and also<br />
a lot of fruits…<br />
a lot of soup.<br />
Remember!<br />
When people talk<br />
informally, they often<br />
use non-standard<br />
English.<br />
Julio (Brazil,<br />
Management<br />
Consultant)<br />
Well… I like pasta a lot. But… I eat almost<br />
everything. I just don’t like fish.<br />
Laura H<br />
(USA,<br />
English<br />
teacher)<br />
I will eat just about anything, but when<br />
I cook for myself I tend to cook mostly<br />
vegetarian. Just because I really, really<br />
love beans, and veggies, and any type of<br />
legume or fruit. [OK] I also cook mostly<br />
vegetarian because meat tends to be kind<br />
of expensive.<br />
GLOSSARY<br />
tasty adj<br />
something “tasty” tastes nice and good<br />
sugary adj<br />
with a lot of sugar<br />
a cookie n US<br />
a biscuit<br />
candy n US<br />
sweets<br />
to get into exp<br />
if you “get into” something, you start to<br />
like it. Americans say, “I’ve gotten into”;<br />
the British equivalent is “I’ve got into”<br />
a staple n<br />
food that is basic and important for our<br />
diet: rice, pasta, bread, etc.<br />
ethnic food n<br />
food from a particular ethnic group (but<br />
not including Western culture): Indian<br />
food, Thai food, Indonesian food, etc.<br />
to tend vb<br />
if you “tend” to do something, you usually<br />
do that thing<br />
a legume n<br />
the fruit or seed of a plant: peas, beans,<br />
lentils, chick peas, etc.<br />
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