Audio scripts Unit 1A
Audio scripts 1.1
Interviewer: Rumiko, what do you eat on a typical day?
Rumiko: I don’t usually have breakfast because I can’t get up early enough to eat! I normally just buy coffee and drink it in the office. I usually have lunch in a restaurant near the office with people from work. When I was younger, I used to go to fast-food restaurants and have pizza, or fried chicken and French fries. Now I prefer eating something healthier, so I go to sushi restaurant or restaurant that serve organic food. And for dinner I eat out a lot, too. Interviewer: Do you ever cook? Rumiko: Well, I like to cook, but I work very late every day and also my kitchen’s too small. My boyfriend’s a better cook anyway. Interviewer: Do you ever eat unhealthy food? Rumiko: Well, I don’t eat a lot of sweet things but I drink a lot of coffee every day. I think I’m addicted to caffeine. Interviewer: Are you trying to cut down on anything right now? Rumiko: No. I eat healthily and I exercise regularly, so I don’t think I need to cut down on food. Interviewer: Are people’ diets in your country getting better or worse? Rumiko: Oh, probably worse. I think the diet in Japan today is much more westernized than before and that’s why some people are getting fatter. But personally, I like the fact that there are more different kinds of food and restaurants now. I enjoy the variety, it makes eating out much more fun.
Audio scripts 1.5
Interviewer: Kevin, why di you decide to open a restaurant in Chile? Kevin: I’d always wanted to have my own restaurant. I’d visited Chile as a tourist and loved it, and I though it would be a good place because Chileans are pretty open to new things, new ideas. So I opened Frederick’s. Interviewer: Why did you call the restaurant Frederick’s? Kevin: Because Frederick’s my father’s name. It’s my middle name, too. Interviewer: Were kind of food do you serve? Kevin: Mainly international dishes like pasta, steak and French fries, risotto－but we also serve several English dishes as well. Interviewer: Were Chilean people surprised when they heard that an English chef was going to open a restaurant here? Kevin: Yes, they were－very! I think… people don’t usually expect the English to be good cooks. Interviewer: Is your chef English? Kevin: No, he’s Chilean－but I’ve taught him to make some English dishes. Interviewer: What kind of English dishes do you have on your menu? Kevin: Well, we’re open in the morning, so we serve traditional English breakfasts, eggs, sausage, toast and so on, and then we have a lot of English desserts at lunchtime, for example, trifle－that’s a popular English dessert made with fruit and cake and cream. Interviewer: Are the English dishes popular? Kevin: Yes, especially the desserts and cakes. I think people here in Chile have a very sweet tooth. Interviewer: I hear that you’ve met a lot of famous people in your career as a chef. Kevin: Yes, I used to cater for the tennis tournament at Wimbledon, and I’ve also worked for the royal family. I’ve met a lot of famous people who are very interesting, from every point of view. Interviewer: You said earlier that your chef was a man. Do you have any women working in your kitchen? Kevin: Yes, one, but the rest are all men. In fact, I think that’s typical all over the world－there are far more men than women in restaurant kitchens. Interviewer: Why do you think that is? Kevin: I think there are a lot of reasons. The most important reason is probably the unsocial hours. Most women don’t want a job where you have to work until late at night. Then there’s the atmosphere. Women don’t like being shouted at, and there’s a lot of shouting in restaurant kitchens. It’s also usually extremely hot, and I think women don’t like that either. Interviewer: Do you think you’ll stay in Chile? Kevin: Yes, I love Chile and its people, and the climate id perfect. The language is the most difficult thing for me, but the Chileans are very understanding.
The Atkins diet
The Atkins diet, invented by Dr. Atkins, puts a totally new slant on ideas of healthy eating. Traditionally, the foods we consume in the largest amounts are the complex carbohydrates. These are foods like bread, potatoes, rice and pasta. The Atkins diet advocates eating far fewer carbohydrates, including sugar, a simple carbohydrate. Instead, it says, we should eat more protein, more fat, and more meat.
Interviewer: Rumiko, what do you eat on a typical day?
Rumiko: I don’t usually have breakfast because I can’t get up early enough to eat! I normally just buy coffee and drink it in the office. I usually have lunch in a restaurant near the office with people from work. When I was younger, I used to go to fast-food restaurants and have pizza, or fried chicken and French fries. Now I prefer eating something healthier, so I go to sushi restaurant or restaurant that serve organic food. And for dinner I eat out a lot, too. Interviewer: Do you ever cook? Rumiko: Well, I like to cook, but I work very late every day and also my kitchen’s too small. My boyfriend’s a better cook anyway. Interviewer: Do you ever eat unhealthy food? Rumiko: Well, I don’t eat a lot of sweet things but I drink a lot of coffee every day. I think I’m addicted to caffeine. Interviewer: Are you trying to cut down on anything right now? Rumiko: No. I eat healthily and I exercise regularly, so I don’t think I need to cut down on food. Interviewer: Are people’ diets in your country getting better or worse? Rumiko: Oh, probably worse. I think the diet in Japan today is much more westernized than before and that’s why some people are getting fatter. But personally, I like the fact that there are more different kinds of food and restaurants now. I enjoy the variety, it makes eating out much more fun.
Audio scripts 1.5
Interviewer: Kevin, why di you decide to open a restaurant in Chile? Kevin: I’d always wanted to have my own restaurant. I’d visited Chile as a tourist and loved it, and I though it would be a good place because Chileans are pretty open to new things, new ideas. So I opened Frederick’s. Interviewer: Why did you call the restaurant Frederick’s? Kevin: Because Frederick’s my father’s name. It’s my middle name, too. Interviewer: Were kind of food do you serve? Kevin: Mainly international dishes like pasta, steak and French fries, risotto－but we also serve several English dishes as well. Interviewer: Were Chilean people surprised when they heard that an English chef was going to open a restaurant here? Kevin: Yes, they were－very! I think… people don’t usually expect the English to be good cooks. Interviewer: Is your chef English? Kevin: No, he’s Chilean－but I’ve taught him to make some English dishes. Interviewer: What kind of English dishes do you have on your menu? Kevin: Well, we’re open in the morning, so we serve traditional English breakfasts, eggs, sausage, toast and so on, and then we have a lot of English desserts at lunchtime, for example, trifle－that’s a popular English dessert made with fruit and cake and cream. Interviewer: Are the English dishes popular? Kevin: Yes, especially the desserts and cakes. I think people here in Chile have a very sweet tooth. Interviewer: I hear that you’ve met a lot of famous people in your career as a chef. Kevin: Yes, I used to cater for the tennis tournament at Wimbledon, and I’ve also worked for the royal family. I’ve met a lot of famous people who are very interesting, from every point of view. Interviewer: You said earlier that your chef was a man. Do you have any women working in your kitchen? Kevin: Yes, one, but the rest are all men. In fact, I think that’s typical all over the world－there are far more men than women in restaurant kitchens. Interviewer: Why do you think that is? Kevin: I think there are a lot of reasons. The most important reason is probably the unsocial hours. Most women don’t want a job where you have to work until late at night. Then there’s the atmosphere. Women don’t like being shouted at, and there’s a lot of shouting in restaurant kitchens. It’s also usually extremely hot, and I think women don’t like that either. Interviewer: Do you think you’ll stay in Chile? Kevin: Yes, I love Chile and its people, and the climate id perfect. The language is the most difficult thing for me, but the Chileans are very understanding.
The Atkins diet
The Atkins diet, invented by Dr. Atkins, puts a totally new slant on ideas of healthy eating. Traditionally, the foods we consume in the largest amounts are the complex carbohydrates. These are foods like bread, potatoes, rice and pasta. The Atkins diet advocates eating far fewer carbohydrates, including sugar, a simple carbohydrate. Instead, it says, we should eat more protein, more fat, and more meat.
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