EXTRA LISTENING PRACTICE SCRIPTS AND ANSWER KEY
Extra Listening Practice 3
Food, Glorious Food!
1 Ellen: Jill, the desserts are amazing here! You should try
their speciality – Death by Chocolate. That’s what
I always get.
Jill: I think I’ll just skip dessert. I’m trying to stick to my
diet.
Ellen: Why are you on a diet? You look great!
Jill: Thanks, Ellen, but the truth is I’ve put on weight
this year and my clothes are getting tight. I really
don’t want to have to buy new clothes just so they
fit.
Ellen: Well, I can understand that. Hmm … I think they
have fruit salad here. You could get that.
Jill: I’ll pass. I’m actually full from lunch.
2 Girl: How was your trip to Cambodia?
Boy: Incredible! It’s a beautiful country and the people
are so friendly. I had an amazing time.
Girl: How did you manage with the food? I hear that
they eat lots of strange foods there, including
insects.
Boy: Everyone there eats fried spiders, so I did too.
Girl: You ate spiders? Seriously?
Boy: Yeah, it’s a popular snack in Cambodia. Women
go around on the street with trays of enormous
fried tarantulas.
Girl: What did they taste like?
Boy: They were OK, kind of crunchy.
3 Man: Now I’ll show you a very easy bean dish. First, you
chop an onion and cook it in a third of a cup of
water. While the onion is cooking, open up a can
of black beans, rinse them and then mash them.
Then, add a can of tomato sauce. Next, put in a
quarter of a cup of quick-cooking oatmeal, a
tablespoon of soya sauce, and a half-tablespoon
of mustard. When the onions are cooked, put the
bean mixture in the pot and heat it for five
minutes. That’s it! Serve it with rice or on a bun.
4 Man: Did you just put ketchup on your banana?
Woman: Yeah, it’s really good. Want to try some?
Man: Out of curiosity I’m going to … Hey, it’s not so bad!
Woman: I know. I like trying different food combinations.
Sometimes I eat hot popcorn with milk for
breakfast. It’s like eating a warm and crunchy
cereal. I’ve also made sandwiches with dark
chocolate and parmesan cheese, and I always put
salt in my coffee to bring out the flavour.
Man: Well, the popcorn cereal sounds the best to me.
Maybe I’ll try that tomorrow for breakfast.
Answers: 1. c 2. c 3. b 4. c
5 Girl: Hi, Jen. I’m sitting here in my maths lesson, trying
to do a ridiculously hard algebra problem. All I can
think about is food, food, food! I woke up late
today and went dashing out of the door without
any breakfast, and now I’m starving! It’s 11.15 …
that means it’s 35 minutes until lunchtime. As
soon as the lesson is over, I’m going to look in my
backpack for some extra change. Maybe I’ll get a
bag of crisps from the vending machine to go with
my lunch. I’m soooo hungry!
6 Woman: It’s getting kind of late. We should start thinking
about dinner.
Man: How about that new French restaurant in
town?
Woman: I’ve seen that place – it looks interesting. Why
don’t we go there?
Teen boy: I’d rather get a burger and fries. It would be
cheaper, too. We’re always trying to save
money, right Mum?
Woman: You know, on second thoughts, we probably
shouldn’t go out at all. I just remembered that
we’ve got leftovers in the fridge.
7 Boy: Dad, this shopping trip is taking way too long! Why
do you have to read the packages so carefully?
Dad: My doctor said that I may be allergic to gluten,
so I have to make sure to get only gluten-free
products.
Boy: Gluten? What’s that?
Dad: It’s a protein that’s in wheat and some other
grains.
Boy: So you can’t eat bread any more?
Dad: No, I can’t eat ordinary wheat bread, but I could
make bread from soya flour and rice flour. In
fact, I’m going to get some today and try it.
8 Boy: Do you want some cake? I made it myself.
Girl: Thanks … it’s delicious! Wow, I’m impressed
you baked it. I find baking so hard. Everything
I’ve baked has been a total failure.
Boy: Well, this recipe isn’t hard. You just mix the
ingredients in the pan and stick it in the oven.
Girl: How can you tell when the cake is done?
Boy: You put a toothpick in the centre. If it
comes out clean, the cake is done.
Simple.
5. b 6. a 7. c 8. a