Grammar for ielts fiona Aish & Jo Tomlinson ■L& 11

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I’ m going to ta lk about an English dessert called trifle . This is a dish th a t people usually eat 
in s u m m e r and it ’s been very popular since the 1950s. It’s made from fru it, cake, custard
Audio script
Excuse me, my nam e’s Simon and I'm a dietician w orking here at the University. 
Would you mind if I asked you some questions? I’ m doing a survey fo r the Students’ 
Union on student eating habits.
Oh really.
Yes, w e ’ re trying to find out how we can improve the m eals served in the university 
canteens and cafes based on w hat students like to cook fo r themselves.
Right. Well, I’ve a few m inutes before class so yes, I can answ er some questions. 
Thanks a lot. Firstly, w hat's your name and w hat course are you studying?
I’m Jim and I'm doing Biology.
Okay. Now can you te ll me how often you eat meat?
About once a week. The cost is really high these days so I can’t afford to eat much 
meat.
Right. And w hat about fish and vegetables?
I don’t like fish so that hardly features in my diet at all, but I often eat vegetables.
In fact both at lunchtim e and fo r my evening m eal I usually make m eals from
vegetables as they’ re quick and easy.
Mmm, th a t’s a good idea. Do you th in k we should have more vegetable dishes in the 
S tudents’ Union canteens?
I th in k so because price is a big fa cto r fo r students deciding to be vegetarian. If the 
university served good quality vegetarian food they could make it cheaper and this 
m ight a ttra ct more students.
Yes, I see your point. Now, how w ould you evaluate your diet?
That’s a good question! I know my diet contains fa r too much sugar. The problem
is that I love fizzy d rinks like coke and lemonade. I’m pretty sure that th a t’s where 
m ost of the sugar comes from . W hat I really have to do is to try to find a way to stop 
th is and drin k some kind of juice or w ate r instead.
Yes, you’re right, th a t’s w hat a dietician, n u tritio n is t or doctor would recomm end.
I know, I know. At the m om ent I don’t d rin k enough w a te r - on an average day I only 
have a couple of glasses.
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and je lly and we often eat it w ith some cream . Trifle is really easy to make because it doesn't 
actu a lly need cooking. Um firs t of all, you cut up some cake into slices and then you put the 
slices of cake into a bowl. Some people like to cover the cake in sh e rry otherw ise it can go a 
bit hard. Next you need to chop up some fru it but you can’t use ju s t any fru it; it m ust be be rrie s 
such as stra w b e rrie s, ra sp be rries o r b lackberries. A fte r covering the cake w ith berries, you 
need to make some je lly and pour th is over the fru it. When the je lly has cooled it ’s tim e to add 
custard. You can use a tin of custard but it ’s b e tte r to make your own - people can always te ll 
the difference. Finally, add the cream. It's best to only use a little cream because trifle is quite 
rich. And then put a few rasp be rries on the top fo r decoration. I love it because of the m ix of 
fru it and sweet custard.