Improve Your English: English in Everyday Life

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when-when I was in grad school, and they have this, 
they call it this 
Southwest fusion
cu-cuisine and it’s just 
very, very sophisticated. It has aspects of just traditional 
Southwest 
food but kind of very innovative and very 
sophisticated and beautifully presented and I like that, 
too.
INTERVIEWER:
How is food in-in general in America diff er-
ent from what you grew up with?
WOMAN:
Well, um, I think that one of the things that I 
like about food in Spain is that it, uh, it incorporates a 
lot of fresh elements, so, you know, you have some dishes 
in Spain that are very elaborate, but like everyday food is 
actually very simple but, uh, people eat a lot of fresh fi sh, 
uh, you know, fresh vegetables, fresh fruits, and that’s, 
eh, I think that’s a nice thing about Spanish food. Like 
every day, what people eat at their houses, not necessarily 
what you eat when you go to a restaurant.
DEFINITIONS
’cause:
Short for 
because
.
c’mon:
Common pronunciation of 
come on
.
done his thing:
To complete a job or task.
eye-opening:
Suddenly enlightening or educational, or 
enlightening or educational in a way that signifi cantly adds 
to or contradicts previously held concepts of knowledge.
Fuddrucker:
An American fast-food chain.
I’m a big cook:
Big
in this sense means “enthusiastic.”
kinda:
Kind of. 

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