Improve Your English: English in Everyday Life

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just the simplest way. You add a little fresh lemon juice 
and that’s it. It’s just simplicity, but it’s so simple that 
each of those ingredients in the dish contributes a spe-
cial elegance and a special fl avor to it, just all in itself. 
It’s just wonderful—and quick and easy. But it-it refl ects 
the, this desire that certainly the Italians have of using 
what’s available to them, um, and emphasizing the indi-
vidual ingredients, not clouding them with heavy sauces 
or things of that sort.
2. A WIDE RANGE
MAN:
Good question. Uh, I like a wide range of foods from 
American to 
Pakistinian
, Greek. Uh, I have a broad-
broad taste when it comes to food. I don’t do much, uh, 
unhealthy foods, though. I-I’m pretty serious about 
health, so I don’t do too much fried foods and, um, I like 
to cook, so . . .
INTERVIEWER:_So_what-what’s_your_favorite_thing_to_cook_Can_you,_tell_me_about_one_of_your_favorite_dishes_MAN:_Chicken._INTERVIEWER'>INTERVIEWER:
So what-what’s your favorite thing to cook? 
Can you, tell me about one of your favorite dishes?
MAN:
Chicken.
INTERVIEWER:
Chicken?
MAN:
Yeah—there’s no wrong way to cook it. Th
ere’s so 
many things that you can do with it. But, um, I actu-
ally, uh, I like stewed chicken, you know, cut up onions, 
maybe some peas, carrots in the chicken. I like jasmine 
rice or yellow rice, chickpeas—oh, man—your-your broc-
coli, cheese sauce, things of that nature. Simple but, you 
know, real nice, healthy for you.
INTERVIEWER:
What’s your favorite ethnic food, other-
other than food, uh, that’s not an American dish?

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