Expert Conversation: Food and Dining

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Let’s read the dialogue. I will be Sam and you will be Alice. After reading it once, we’ll switch roles.

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I brought wine. Pinot Noir—dad’s favorite. What are we having for dinner, sister?
Haven’t thought of it, yet. What do you like?

Nothing in particular. Do you feel like cooking tonight? If not, we could try dining in the newly opened Italian restaurant three blocks from here. What do you think?
Since you brought wine, I think I’ll cook something to go with it. Are you okay with grilled salmon and pesto pasta?

I think they would go very well with this wine. Mom and I love your grilled salmon. I’ll help you prepare.
Sure. Let’s go take a quick trip to the supermarket first.
CONVERSATION

Let’s talk. Please answer my questions. You may ask me questions, too.

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1. What are your favorite local and foreign foods?
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2. Do you ever skip breakfast? If so, how often and why?
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3. How often do you eat at fast food restaurants?
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4. Do you prefer bringing home-cooked lunch or eating out when you’re at work (or in school)?
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5. How is the food in your work (or school) cafeteria?
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6. Have you ever eaten something that made you ill?
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7. Is there any food that you wouldn’t eat as a child that you eat now?
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8. If you were to eat only one kind of food every day for the rest of your life, what would it be?
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9. What special foods do you eat on holidays? (Christmas, New Year’s Day, etc.)
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10. What’s the strangest food you’ve ever eaten?
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