Everyday English (Elementary)

Topic: Prepare and Cook Food

Lesson Notes December 17, 2024 (Elementary)

Words & Phrases

• I have a bad cough. Sometimes I have coughing fits and feel pain in my lungs.

• My son and I don’t want him to undergo surgery.

• I have a short story to tell. (NOT a small story)

• There was a festival held near the station.

• We are holding Christmas dinner at our house this year.

• We went to a Christmas stamp workshop. My grandson stamped his paper many times.

• I started cleaning my room, but I got sidetracked by my phone.

• Walking to the event we my grandkids got sidetracked.

• Some Apple Watches can take EKG. (= Electrocardiogram)

Appropriate Language

• Coughing fits; repeated and uncontrollable coughs; sometimes short or long time

• Laughing fits; sudden, uncontrollable period of laughter

• Sneezing fits; a period of repeated sneezing

• Crying fits; intense and uncontrollable period of crying

Prepare and Cook Food

Exercise 01 - Sequencing

• 1 Granules; small, grain-like particles

• Spring onion is the same as green onion, it’s long and thin

• Dashi; a Japanese soup stock

• (Chicken / beef / pork / vegetable etc) stock

• 2 ‘Stir-fry’ is a compound word that is both a noun and verb

• 3 ‘Marinate’ is a verb (= action) and ‘marinade’ is a noun (= the mixture)