Everyday English (Vocabulary Building)

Food and Drink

Lesson Notes May 7, 2024 (Vocabulary Building)

• The tea has a medicinal smell.

• Shell ginger water can be used as an insect repellent.

• It’s not cost effective to buy just one good, I usually purchase several items at a time.

• When my daughter was in late elementary school, she grew a cocoon for her summer homework.

• Some high school baseball champions joined the Keio University team, so the team’s prospects look good this year.

• The facilities have a lot of playground equipment for kids.

• The playground is free to use.

• The team members sign the soba shop walls.

• There are a lot of team member’s signatures on the soba shop walls.

• I saw a lady wearing a leopard print outfit.

• She was dressed in leopard print from head to toe.

Vocabulary

• Leopard print; a pattern or print resembling the coat of a leopard, printed on a garment or fabric

Food and Drink

Section 1

• 1 a bunch of grapes

• 4 a bunch of celery

  • A stalk of celery

• 5 a head of cauliflower

• A floret of cauliflower

• 7 a head of cabbage

• 9 beets / beetroots

• 12 aubergines / eggplants

• 15 red peppers / chilli peppers (= spicy / hot)

• A sweet (red / orange / yellow) bell pepper

• 18 a head of lettuce

• 20 garlic / a clove of garlic / a bulb of garlic