Everyday English (Vocabulary Building)

Topic: Cooking & Eating

Lesson Notes July 23, 2024 (Vocabulary Building)

Words & Phrases

• Something that is grimy is very dirty.

• The pool is grimy after an afternoon of elementary school kids using it.

• Your hands are grimy from working in the garden, wash them outside.

• I think both baseball teams are balanced.

Cooking & Eating

• The recipe calls for one cob of corn. (Corncob)

• This device is handy, it helps to remove the kernels of corn.

• Can you remove the corn husk and wash off the cornsilk for me, please?

• Then you crumble the tofu. (NOT crush)

Section 2

• 190°C; one hundred ninety degrees Celsius

• 250g spaghetti; two hundred and fifty grams of spaghetti

• 1.5 cans of chopped tomatoes; one and a half cans

Homework

Write down your favourite recipe, don’t forget to include the name, ingredients and simple instructions (see the recipes in Section 2). You may also use a cookbook and translate a recipe from Japanese into English.