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Ronʼs
favorite
foods
Ron talks about the
foods that he really
loves to eat.

Mari: Hi, I'm Mari. I'm

here with my friend Ron.
Today, we're talking about
food. So Ron, what's your
favorite cuisine?
Ron: My favorite cuisine
has to be Hawaiian food. I
grew up eating Hawaiian
food so every special
occasion we had Hawaiian
food, so now when I eat
Hawaiian food, it always
brings back good
memories.
Mari: What exactly is
Hawaiian food?
Ron: Traditional Hawaiian
food is usually cooked
under the ground in a hole
with hot rocks and it cooks
for maybe six hours or
seven hours and when you
take it out, it's very salty
because we use a lot of salt
and it tastes really good ...
usually meat ... usually
pork and other vegetables
like taro and potato.
Mari: So then what's your
favorite Hawaiian dish?
Ron: My favorite Mari: Mm, sounds good.
Hawaiian dish is called Do you like vegetables?
Lao-Lao. It's pork or fish
wrapped in leaves and put Ron: Not so much. I don't
inside the underground like to eat vegetables but I
oven and it's very salty and can eat them if somebody
very good. cooks them for me.
Mari: What's your
Mari: So the flavor is just
favorite vegetable?
salt?
Ron: The flavor is salt and Ron: My favorite
also the leaf flavor that it’s vegetable ... I don't have a
wrapped in. favorite vegetable but I can
eat vegetables like
Mari: What's your asparagus, broccoli,
favorite dessert or junk carrots. Those types of
food? things.
Ron: My favorite dessert Mari: Do you eat your
has to be cake and ice- vegetables raw ... like
cream together. I love to salad ... or do you prefer
eat cake and ice-cream them cooked?
together.
Ron: I prefer them
Mari: What's your cooked.
favorite ice-cream flavor?
Mari: Thanks Ron.
Ron: My favorite ice-
cream flavor is strawberry, Ron: You're welcome.
and I like to eat that with
chocolate cake.

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Start a Conversation
Asking someone’s for information is a great way to start a conversation.

Match the following questions with the responses.

1. What’s your favorite cuisine? ___ When I want sweets, I like to eat cake
and ice cream together.

2. What exactly is traditional Hawaiian ___ I don’t really have a favorite but I like
food? asparagus, broccoli, and carrots.

3. What’s your favorite Hawaiian dish? ___ I think they taste much better when
they have been boiled or steamed.

4. What does the dish Lao-Lao taste like? ___ I like a lot of different kinds of foods,
but my favorite has to be Hawaiian.

5. What is your favorite dessert? ___ There are one or two, but they don’t
really taste the same as in Hawaii.

6. What is your favorite ice cream flavor? ___ It is very salty and it the leaves that it
is wrapped in also give it a special taste.

7. Do you like vegetables? ___ It is usually cooked underground with

hot stones and a lot of salt for half the day.

8. Do you like raw vegetables or cooked ___ A lot of people like chocolate, but my
vegetables? favorite is strawberry.

9. Are there any good Hawaiian restaurants ___ Not really, my mom was always the
in this area? master chef in our house when we were
growing up, and I didn’t learn how.

10. Do you know how to cook any ___ It is a meal prepared with pork or fish
Hawaiian foods? wrapped inside leaves and then cooked in
an underground oven.

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Task 1
Choose the definition that best matches
the meaning of the underlined phrase.

1. I grew up eating Hawaiian food so every special occasion we had Hawaiian food.

a. The weekend or vacation from school.

b. A birthday, a graduation, or a family celebration.

2. Now when I eat Hawaiian food it always brings back good memories.

a. Think of a happy time in your past.

b. He always brings Hawaiian food back to his house.

3. Hawaiian food is usually cooked under the ground in a hole.

a. Go below the surface and cook in a pit.

b. Holes are put in the food so more flavor can be cooked in.

Task 2
What are the best spots for the places below? Give a reason for
each one and then share your ideas with a partner.

ex) The best restaurant is The Big Kahuna because they have Hawaiian burgers.

1) The best place to eat is __________ because

2) The best cook in my family is __________ because

3) The best traditional dish in my country is __________ because

4) The best breakfast is __________ because

5) The best dessert is __________ because

6) The best holiday for eating traditional food is __________ because

7) The best vegetable is __________ because

8) The best way to prepare vegetables is __________ because

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Completion:
Complete the missing
words.
Option 1: Read the text
and try to predict the
missing word.
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complete the gaps.

Mari: Hi, I'm Mari. I'm
here with my f________
Ron. Today, we're talking
about f________ . So Ron,
what's your favorite
cuisine?
Ron: My favorite cuisine
has to be Hawaiian food. I
grew up e________
Hawaiian food so every
special occasion we had
Hawaiian food, so now
when I eat Hawaiian food,
it always brings back
g________ memories.
Mari: What exactly is
Hawaiian food?
Ron: Traditional Hawaiian
food is usually cooked
under the g________ in a
hole with hot rocks and it
cooks for maybe six hours
or seven h________ and
when you take it out, it's
very s________ because we
use a lot of salt and it
tastes really good ... usually
meat ... usually pork and
other vegetables like taro
and potato.
Mari: So then what's your
favorite Hawaiian dish?
Ron: My favorite
Hawaiian dish is called
Lao-Lao. It's pork or fish
wrapped in leaves and put
inside the underground
oven and it's very salty and
very good.
Mari: So the f________ is
just salt?
Ron: The flavor is salt and
also the leaf flavor that it’s
wrapped in.
Mari: What's your
favorite dessert or junk
food?
Ron: My favorite dessert
has to be c________ and
ice-cream together. I love
to eat cake and ice-cream
together.
Mari: What's your
favorite ice-cream flavor?
Ron: My favorite ice-
cream flavor is s________ ,
and I like to eat that with
chocolate cake.
Mari: Mm, sounds good.
Do you like vegetables?
Ron: Not so much. I don't
like to eat vegetables but I
can eat them if somebody
c________ them for me.
Mari: What's your
favorite vegetable?
Ron: My favorite
vegetable ... I don't have a
f________ vegetable but I
can eat vegetables like
asparagus, broccoli,
carrots. Those types of
things.
Mari: Do you eat your
vegetables raw ... like
salad ... or do you prefer
them cooked?
Ron: I prefer them
cooked.
Mari: Thanks Ron.
Ron: You're w________ .

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Start a Conversation: ANSWERS
Asking someone’s for information is a great way to start a conversation.

Match the following questions with the responses.

1. What’s your favorite cuisine? 5 When I want sweets, I like to eat cake
and ice cream together.

2. What exactly is traditional Hawaiian 7 I don’t really have a favorite but I like
food? asparagus, broccoli, and carrots.

3. What’s your favorite Hawaiian dish? 8 I think they taste much better when
they have been boiled or steamed.

4. What does the dish Lao-Lao taste like? 1 I like a lot of different kinds of foods,
but my favorite has to be Hawaiian.

5. What is your favorite dessert? 9 There are one or two, but they don’t
really taste the same as in Hawaii.

6. What is your favorite ice cream flavor? 4 It is very salty and it the leaves that it
is wrapped in also give it a special taste.

7. Do you like vegetables? 2 It is usually cooked underground with

hot stones and a lot of salt for half the day.

8. Do you like raw vegetables or cooked 6 A lot of people like chocolate, but my
vegetables? favorite is strawberry.

9. Are there any good Hawaiian restaurants 10 Not really, my mom was always the
in this area? master chef in our house when we were
growing up, and I didn’t learn how.

10. Do you know how to cook any 3 It is a meal prepared with pork or fish
Hawaiian foods? wrapped inside leaves and then cooked in
an underground oven.

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Task Sheet: ANSWERS elllo.org

Task 1
Choose the definition that best matches
the meaning of the underlined phrase.

1. I grew up eating Hawaiian food so every special occasion we had Hawaiian food.

a. The weekend or vacation from school.

b. A birthday, a graduation, or a family celebration.

2. Now when I eat Hawaiian food it always brings back good memories.

a. Makes you think of a happy time in your past.

b. He always brings Hawaiian food back to his house.

3. Hawaiian food is usually cooked under the ground in a hole.

a. Put below the surface and cooked in a pit.

b. Holes are put in the food so more flavor can be cooked in.

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