2010年ESL之餐饮娱乐 10 Being Hungry and Full

10 Being Hungry and Full

GLOSSARY 1

hungry – wanting to eat; with a feeling of discomfort 2 or pain in one’s stomachbecause it is empty

* If I don’t eat a good breakfast, I’ll probably be really hungry by lunchtime.

dish – one type of food; food cooked in a certain way; part of a meal

* Beef stroganoff is one of Jun’s favorite dishes.

bring it on – a phrase used to show that one is ready and eager for somethingand wants it to happen or begin right away

* When Guadalupe asked if I wanted to see her new designs, I said, “Bring it on!”

to miscalculate – to make an error or mistake in one’s calculation, arriving at anumber that is smaller or bigger than it should be

* Hazel miscalculated the cost of her purchases and didn’t have enough cash topay for everything.

cooking time – the amount of time needed for something to finish cooking andbe ready to eat

* This casserole requires just 10 minutes of preparation time, but almost twohours of cooking time.

famished 3 – extremely hungry; very, very hungry

* After running the marathon, Hugh was famished and wanted to eat everything!

snack – a small amount of food eaten between meals

* Most children eat a snack after coming home from school, because they can’twait until dinnertime.

to munch 4 on – to eat food, often as a snack between meals, and often verynoisily

* Chew with your mouth closed! I can hear you munching 5 on that carrot in theother room!

half-starved – extremely hungry; almost dying of hunger

* You look half-starved! Don’t you eat enough at college?

to skip – to not do or have something that one normally would

* Xavier skipped class to go skiing today.

dying for (something) – wanting to have or do something very badly; with astrong desire to do or have something

* I slept for only two hours last night, so I’m dying for a cup of coffee.

worth the wait – good enough to wait a long time for; something that is goodenough so that one is not angry that one had to wait a long time for it

* The restaurant is so full that there won’t be a table for us for at least 30minutes. Do you think the food will be worth the wait, or should we go to adifferent restaurant?

I could eat a horse – a phrase used to show that one is very hungry and wantsto eat a lot

* After hiking all day, I was so hungry I could eat a horse!

greedy – wanting too much of something; wanting and/or taking much more ofsomething than one actually needs

* Don’t be greedy and eat the whole box of cookies! Save some for yourbrothers and sisters.

to spoil (one’s) appetite – to eat a lot of something before a meal so that oneno longer feels hungry once the food is ready

* Whenever Edie goes to a restaurant, he always spoils his appetite by eating toomuch bread while waiting for his food to be served.

to crave 6 – to want something very badly; to have a very strong desire forsomething, especially to eat a particular food

* When Lupita was pregnant, she craved 7 pickles 8, grapefruit, and ice cream.

to save (one’s) appetite – to not eat something right now so that one will still behungry later when something else is served

* Eat only a small lunch and save your appetite, because we’re going to have abig, fancy dinner tonight.

dead and buried – a phrase used to emphasize that something is taking toolong and won’t be ready or finished for a very long time, until someone hasalready died

* There may be flying cars someday, but we’ll all be dead and buried before then.

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

1. Why is Steve so hungry?

a) Because he has been on a diet.

b) Because he didn’t eat lunch.

c) Because his lunch wasn’t very good.

2. Why does Steve say that he “could eat a horse”?

a) Because he’s looking forward to trying horsemeat.

b) Because he’s extremely hungry.

c) Because he could eat as much as a horse.

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WHAT ELSE DOES IT MEAN?

dish

The word “dish,” in this podcast, means one type of food, or food cooked in acertain way as part of a meal: “This restaurant specializes in Mediterraneandishes.” A “side dish” is a small amount of food served with the main food in ameal: “Whenever they eat pork chops, they always have mashed 9 potatoes andbroccoli as side dishes.” A “dish” is also a plate or bowl used for serving food: “Iaccidentally broke one of your plates while I was washing the dishes.” A “soapdish” is a small, flat piece of plastic or ceramic 10 with raised sides that is placednext to a sink, usually in a bathroom, and used to hold a bar of soap: “Theirbathroom is decorated with a matching soap dish and toothbrush holder 11.”

to skip

In this podcast, the verb “to skip” means to not do or have something that onenormally would: “Normally Marie takes her pill twice a day, but today she skippedthe morning dosage.” The verb “to skip” also means to move so that each footalternates performing a quick step and a small jump: “The little girls skippedthrough the park.” The phrase “to skip town” means to leave a place when onedoesn’t want to be found, usually because one has broken the law: “Theaccountant stole all their money and then skipped town.” Finally, the phrase “toskip stones” means to throw flat, round rocks into a lake or river so that they jumpup several times: “They spent a lazy afternoon at the lake, skipping stones.”

CULTURE NOTE

At a restaurant, someone who isn’t very hungry might want to order “light fare,” orsmaller “portions” (the amount of food intended for one person to eat at onetime). The “senior menu,” for people who are at least 50 years old, and the “kidsmenu,” for children under 12, offer smaller portions. Many restaurants have a“lunch menu” that serves smaller portions of regular dinner “entrées” (maindishes), but the lunch menu is usually available only in the middle of the day.

“Diners” (people who eat at a restaurant) who are very hungry might look for“menu offerings” (things listed on a menu) that are described as a “generousportion” (very large). They might also consider ordering something that isintended for two or more people to share, such as “fajitas for two” or “nachos toshare.”

At the grocery store, some foods are “labeled” (with written information on thepackaging) as “hungry-man size” meaning that the portion is large enough to“satisfy” (make someone feel full and content) someone with a large “appetite”

(desire to eat food). Very large candy bars are often described as “king size,”

meaning that they are larger than the regular size. Other items, like crackers 12 andcookies, are sometimes sold in a “jumbo pack” (a very large container with moreof something than other sizes) or “family size” (a large container meant to be soldto a large family, not just one person).

Other products at the grocery store are meant for people who live alone or whoare dieting. Many things are “individually packaged,” meaning that each portionhas separate packaging. Sometimes this is also called “single-servingpackaging.” In recent years, “100-calorie packs” have become popular amongdieters, because each package has only 100 calories’ worth of a particular food.

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Comprehension Questions Correct Answers: 1 – b; 2 – b

COMPLETE TRANSCRIPT 13

Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 629: Being Hungryand Full.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 629. I’m your host, Dr.

Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development inbeautiful Los Angeles, California.

Our website is eslpod.com. You probably know that, but did you know you candownload a Learning Guide for this episode, an 8- to 10-page guide that will helpyou improve your English even faster by giving you all of the vocabulary,definitions, sample sentences, additional definitions, comprehension questions,cultural notes, and – best of all – a complete transcript of everything we say onthis episode?

This episode is a dialogue between Steve and Brandy about being hungry. Let’seat – I mean let’s get started!

[start of dialogue]

Steve: I’m finally home and I’m hungry. What’s for dinner?

Brandy: I’m making a new dish. I think you’re really going to like it.

Steve: Oh, good. Bring it on.

Brandy: Well, I miscalculated the cooking time a little and it’s going to takelonger than I originally planned. I know you’re famished. Here’s a snack for youto munch on while you wait.

Steve: I’m half-starved. I skipped lunch and had to work late.

Brandy: I know, but I also know you’re dying for something really good. Ipromise that it’ll be worth the wait.

Steve: Okay, but I could eat a horse right now. Bring me something else tosnack on.

Brandy: Don’t be too greedy and eat too much. I don’t want you to spoil yourappetite. I know that what I’m cooking is something you’ve been craving 14 for along time, and you want to save your appetite for it.

Steve: All right. I’ll wait. How much longer will it be?

Brandy: Oh, maybe another hour or a little longer…Steve: Another hour?! I’ll be dead and buried by then!

[end of dialogue]

Steve begins by saying, “I’m finally home and I’m hungry (I want to eat). What’sfor dinner?” Brandy says, “I’m making a new dish. I think you’re really going tolike it.” “Dish” here means a type of food, food that is part of what you are eatingfor your dinner or lunch or any meal. “Dish” has a couple of meanings in English;take a look at the Learning Guide for some additional explanations.

Steve says, “Oh, good. Bring it on.” This phrase, “bring it on,” is used to showthat you are very interested in something, you’re very anxious, excited aboutsomething happening; you want it to happen right away. Sometimes it’s used ina competition, when somebody says, “I’m going to beat you at basketball,” andyou say, “Bring it on,” meaning okay, I accept your challenge. I think I can beatyou, that’s the general idea.

Brandy says, “Well, I miscalculated the cooking time a little and it’s going to takelonger than I originally planned.” “To miscalculate” is the opposite of “tocalculate” in some way; it means to make a mistake in your calculations – tomake a mistake in your math, in adding or subtracting. Or in this case, really, inestimating the amount of time it will take for the food to cook. So miscalculate,not actually the opposite, but really means to calculate poorly, to do a bad job atcalculating.

Brandy did a bad job of calculating the “cooking time,” the amount of time neededfor the food to cook, so it’s going to take longer than she had planned. She says,“I know you’re famished.” “To be famished” means to be extremely hungry, to bevery, very hungry. We sometimes use this word to talk about a situation where acountry or an area doesn’t have enough food for the people to survive; we wouldcall that a “famine” (famine). “To be famished,” although it appears to be arelated word, usually just means in normal conversation to be extremely hungry,to be very, very, very hungry.

Brandy says that she knows Steve is famished. She says, “Here’s a snack foryou to munch on while you wait.” A “snack” (snack) is a small amount of foodthat you eat in between your meals. Usually it’s something sweet – somethinggood to eat. In this case, Brandy gives Steve a snack to munch on. “To munch(munch) on (something)” means to eat food, sometimes very noisily – veryloudly, and typically it’s used when we are talking about snacks. So you invitesome friends over to watch a movie at your house, and you get some popcornand maybe some pretzels, other kinds of snacks, and people watch the moviewhile munching on the snacks. You’re eating the snacks slowly, but it’s not aformal meal.

Steve says, “I’m half-starved.” This is the same as famished; I am extremelyhungry. He says, “I skipped lunch and had to work late.” “To skip” (skip) meansnot to do something you would normally do. “I’m going to skip my exercise thismorning because I got up late.” I normally exercise in the morning, but because Iwas late I’m going to skip it today. “Skip” has several meanings in English, all ofwhich – well, some of which can be found in the Learning Guide.

Brandy says, “I know (I know that you are half-starved), but I also know you’redying for something really good.” When somebody says, “I’m dying (dying) for(something)” they mean they want something, they desire something a lot, with avery strong emotion. “I’m dying for some pizza.” I really want pizza. So, youwant something very badly. You could be dying for a new car or dying for a newdress.

Steve is dying for something really good to eat. Brandy says, “I promise that (themeal; the food) will be worth the wait.” When someone says something is “worththe wait” (wait) they mean it’s so good that it is something you’ll want to waitperhaps a long time for. You don’t really want to wait, but it’s so good that youwill wait and you will be happy when you are able, in this case, to eat the food.

But many things could be worth the wait: a movie, a book that you have beenwaiting for to be published, and so forth 15.

Steve says, “Okay, but I could eat a horse right now.” This is an informalexpression, “I could eat a horse,” to show that you are very hungry and could eata lot of food. A “horse,” of course, is an animal that you ride on; it’s a largeanimal, I think that’s the idea. Most people don’t eat horses actually here in theUnited States. I’ve never had horsemeat. I hear it tastes like chicken!

Brandy says, “Don’t be too greedy and eat too much.” Steve has asked to havesomething else to snack on – to eat as a snack, but Brandy says, “Don’t be toogreedy” (greedy). “To be greedy” means to want too much of something, to wantmore than what you actually need. That’s to be greedy. Brandy says, “I don’twant you to spoil your appetite.” “To spoil (spoil) your appetite” means to eat alot of things before the main meal so that when the main meal comes you’re nothungry anymore. If you have some snacks and some fruit, and you eat somethings at, say, three o’clock in the afternoon, well when you go to dinner at six orseven o’clock you may not be hungry – you’ve spoiled your appetite. “Appetite”

is the desire to eat food. “To spoil” means to ruin, to make something go bad.

Brandy says, “I know that what I’m cooking is something you’ve been craving forfor a long time.” “To crave” (crave) means to want something very much, to wantsomething very badly, especially food. We talked about “I’m dying for(something),” “to crave” means the same thing but is usually used when talkingabout food: “I crave a piece of pumpkin 16 pie.” Brandy says, “you’ll want to saveyour appetite for” what she’s cooking. “To save your appetite” means you’re notgoing to eat something now so that later you have what we would call a bigappetite; you have a strong desire to want to eat a lot of food later. It’s in someways the opposite of spoiling your appetite. You’re saving your appetite; you’renot eating so that you will be hungrier in the future.

Steve says, “All right. I’ll wait. How much longer will it be?” How much longerwill it take until the food is ready? Brandy says, “Oh, maybe another hour or alittle longer.” Steve says, “Another hour?!” He’s not very happy. He says, “I’ll bedead and buried by then!” This expression, “to be dead and buried,” is used toemphasize that something will take too long, so long that I will have died by thetime it is completed. Of course, Steve won’t actually be dead and buried; it’s justan informal way of saying a very long time. “To bury” here means to put the bodyin the ground. Of course, Steve should be thankful that he has such a good wifethat will spend all that time and make sure that he has a good dinner. Instead ofcomplaining, he should be thanking her. Am I right ladies, huh? Thank you!

Now let’s listen to the dialogue, this time at a normal speed.

[start of dialogue]

Steve: I’m finally home and I’m hungry. What’s for dinner?

Brandy: I’m making a new dish. I think you’re really going to like it.

Steve: Oh, good. Bring it on.

Brandy: Well, I miscalculated the cooking time a little and it’s going to takelonger than I originally planned. I know you’re famished. Here’s a snack for youto munch on while you wait.

Steve: I’m half-starved. I skipped lunch and had to work late.

Brandy: I know, but I also know you’re dying for something really good. Ipromise that it’ll be worth the wait.

Steve: Okay, but I could eat a horse right now. Bring me something else tosnack on.

Brandy: Don’t be too greedy and eat too much. I don’t want you to spoil yourappetite. I know that what I’m cooking is something you’ve been craving for along time, and you want to save your appetite for it.

Steve: All right. I’ll wait. How much longer will it be?

Brandy: Oh, maybe another hour or a little longer…Steve: Another hour?! I’ll be dead and buried by then!

[end of dialogue]

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