Read the dialogue to answer the questions!

Teacher: Alright, can you guess the thing that I’m going to tell you about?

Student 1 : What is it ma’am?

Teacher: It is a kitchen appliance.

Student 2 : What is it like, ma’am?

Teacher : This appliance consist of a removable bowl. Beneath is a heater and a thermostat. A spring
pushes the thermostat against the bottom of the bowl for good thermal contact. During cooking, it is
heated at full power. By the end of cooking, there will be no free water left.

Student 1: I think I know what you mean. It’s a rice cooker. It’ used for cooking rice

Teacher : Yeas you’re right.

Student 2: But nowadays, a rice cooker is not only used for cooking rice, ma’am.

Teacher : That’s true. Dishes can be made in a rice cooker, including beef stew. By simply adding
ingredients and setting it to “warm”, a rice cooker cooks that at about 65 0C. In a few hours, the stew
is fully cooked and ready to eat.

1. What are the students and the teacher doing?

2. What are the students guessing about?

3. How does the teacher describe the thing?

4. What is the thing used for?

5. What is the thermostat?

6. What else can we use the rice cooker for?