Movie Script
CATERER: Quality Catering. Can I help you?
CUSTOMER: Yes, you can. I’m having a party on Friday night. Could you prepare some food for me?
CATERER: Certainly. What kind of party is it?
CUSTOMER: It’s a dinner party for eight people.
CATERER: I see. What would you like us to prepare?
CUSTOMER: Could you make a main course and a dessert?
CATERER: No problem. Can you tell me what kind of food your guests like?
CUSTOMER: Well, most of them like fish, but some don’t eat meat.
CATERER: I could prepare a selection of seafood and a vegetarian quiche with mushrooms and peppers.
CUSTOMER: That sounds great! Can you make a chocolate cake for dessert?
CATERER: Of course I can.
CUSTOMER: Can you deliver the food to my house?
CATERER: Yes, but I can’t deliver until 7pm. Is that OK?
CUSTOMER: Yes, that’s fine. Thanks very much.
Topics
- make and respond to requests
- pronounce plural endings
- talk about food and meal names
- read a recipe and make a shopping list
- use countable and uncountable nouns
Vocabulary
| verbs | bake, cook, prepare, reduce, make, chop, slice, fry, cover, grease, pour, deliver, mix, preheat, dice, stir, heat, |
| nouns | chicken, dessert, meat, hamburger, apple, wine, sandwich, tuna, oil, onion, salt, baking soda, banana, bottle, bowl, box, bread, breakfast, brunch, butter, cake, carton, celery, cheese, cherry, chili, chocolate, clove, cookie, cup, curry, dinner, honey, jar, main course, carton, potato, pyramid, quiche, saucepan, snack, teaspoon, tin, tomato, turmeric, vanilla, vitamin, cinnamon, vegetarian, vegetable, pasta, lunch, fruit, egg, sugar, packet, oven, plate, nutrition, nutrient, hot dog, group, flour, vacation, refrigerator, grocery, orangeade, soap powder, deli |
| adjectives | large, small, countable, uncountable, diced, nuts, staple |
| articles | a |
| featured | an |
| pronouns | some |
| expressions | Can (you eat meat)?
Could you (make a cake)? Yes, I can. |
Grammar
Make requests with can and could
- Can you make a cake for dessert? Yes, I can.
- Could you cook dinner early? No, I couldn’t.
Use countable and uncountable nouns
- A banana. An apple.
- Some milk.
Learning
Vocabulary
/s/: spinach, celery, salmon, biscuits, pasta, steak;
/z/: beans, bananas, potatoes, zucchini, raspberries, apples;
/IZ/: oranges, sandwiches, sausages;
Indian Chicken Curry
a chicken, diced
an onion, chopped
a tomato, chopped
a teaspoon cinnamon
4 cloves
1/4 teaspoon turmeric
1/4 teaspoon chilli powder
Salt
Cooking oilMix the chicken with salt, turmeric and chilli powder. Heat oil in a saucepan, add the cloves and cinnamon. Then add the sliced onions and fry. Add the chicken and fry for 2 mins. Reduce the heat, cover the saucepan and cook for 5-6 mins. Now add the chopped tomato, cover again and cook till done.
Chocolate Chip Cookies
2 1/4 cups flour
a teaspoon of baking soda
a pinch of salt
1 cup butter
1 1/4 cups sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs
1 packet chocolate chips
some chopped nutsPreheat oven to 375° F. Grease 15×10-inch pan. Beat butter, sugar, and vanilla in large bowl. Add eggs and beat. Next, mix in flour, baking soda and salt. Stir in chocoloate chips and nuts. Pour the mix into a pan. Bake for 20 minutes.
烹饪的单词有成百上千. 这些是最常用的:
dice, chop, fry, mix, pour, heat, slice, cook, stir, bake;
讲烹饪时使用许多种不同的量词.它们帮我们确定正确的原料数量.
- cup = 236ml;
- teaspoon = one small spoon;
我们在我们做的菜使用辣料来加味道,或使它变辣.下面是一些辣料的名字.
cinnamon, chili powder, turmeric;
当我们谈论数量时, 我们使用’a,an’和’some’. 看下面的例子.
- a small onion
- a pinch of salt
- an apple
- an egg
当我们知道需要多少数量时,我们使用’a'和’an’.
我们在元音前使用’an’而在辅音前使用’a’.
- some oil for frying
- some cinnamon
- some apples
‘some’用于当我们不知道要多少数量的时候,或当数量的正确与否并不那么重要时.
名词单数变复数的规则
Add s to make the plural form of most nouns.
apple - apples
For most nouns that end in y, drop the y and add ies.
cherry - cherries
Add es to nouns ending in sh, ch, ss, x.
sandwich - sandwiches
box – boxes
class - classes
For nouns ending in a consonant + o, add es.
potato - potatoes
For nouns ending in a vowel + o, add s.
radio - radios
Vocabulary
cup, packet, bowl, bottle, plate, carton, jar, box;
A bottle of olive oil.
A bowl of ice-cream.
Seven packets of pasta.
A jar of honey.
Three tins of tuna fish.