Improve Your English: English in Everyday Life

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McDonald’s:
An American fast-food chain.
Midwestern:
Refers to the central portion of the United 
States.
oh my gosh:
Common exclamation.
Pakistinian:
Usually 
Pakistani
; of or pertaining to 
Pakistan.
Southwest:
Refers to the southwestern portion of the 
United States—often Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.
Southwest fusion:
Combination of the foods typically 
found in the southwestern portion of the United States.
stop in:
To go to or patronize a business.
Tex-Mex:
A combination of Texan and Mexican used in 
reference to a type of cuisine.
QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
1. What kind of foods do these speakers like?
2. Which of these foods have you tried?
3. What’s your favorite kind of food and why? What 
kind of food do you not like and why?
4. What role does food play in your life? Is it 
important?
5. Write the recipe for a dish that you cook.
6. Identify three words or phrases in this chapter 
that are new to you, and write a sentence with 
each one.

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SPORTS
In this chapter, interviewees talk about the role of 
sports in their lives.
1. MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
MAN:
Um, I don’t follow professional sports very much. I 
would much rather do just about any sport than watch 
just about any sport. Although last year I started going 
to, uh, 
minor league
baseball games here in Frederick, 
the Frederick Keys. Th
ey’re a, they’re a 
farm team
for 
the Baltimore Orioles and the stadium is-is very close