Improve Your English: English in Everyday Life

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MAN:
My favorite. Th
at’s an interesting question, 
’cause 
it’s like comparing apples to oranges. I have several favor-
ites, so it’s
 kinda
hard to pick.
INTERVIEWER:
Pick one, any one.
MAN:
One particular favorite. Ah. Tandoori chicken 
is one of my favorites, um, which is, uh, Pakistinian, 
Indian-style, and I like what they call samosas, uh. I 
have—
oh my gosh
, it’s so much—I like curried okra. 
It’s-it’s so many diff erent dishes, but I would say Indian 
dishes would be my favorite. Indian dishes. I would say 
the Tandoori chicken is probably one of my favorites or 
chicken masala.
INTERVIEWER:
Are there any particular regional American 
foods that you like?
MAN:
C’mon
, hamburger and fries. You know, I do occa-
sionally, you know, have my taste for junk food, so a 
Fuddrucker
burger is not the worst thing to have. So 
occasionally I will 
stop in
, I’ll-I’ll have a burger and-and 
some fries. Th
at’s-that’s pretty much about it. I don’t do 
too much other like junk kind of food, but that’s-that’s I 
guess about my-my favorite American dish.
3. 
MIDWESTERN
 COOKING 
WOMAN:
I love cooking, 
I’m a big cook
.
INTERVIEWER:
What kind, any type of food in particular?
WOMAN:
No. I will, I like, whatever it is I like the taste of, 
then I want to learn how to do it. Um, I think, uh, it’s a 
factor of growing up in the Midwest where in an, you 
know, Irish family where dinner consists of meat and 
potato. And seasoning is what, maybe salt and possibly 

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