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Leftovers
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Leftovers
残羹剩饭

Infinitives and Gerunds

Date: Jan 18 2012

Themes: Food

Grammar: Verbs with "-ing"

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Eating out can be expensive. Cooking at home can be a lot of work. But leftovers are both cheap and convenient.

Any time you have more food than you can finish, and you decide to save it for another day, that’s leftovers. Leftovers can come from something you cooked yourself, or they can come from a restaurant. If you can’t finish your dinner, you can always take the leftovers home by asking the waiter for a to go box or doggie bag. Hear Marni and Ella talk about leftovers.

出去吃饭非常贵。在家做又非常麻烦。但是残羹剩饭则既经济又方便。
每当你的食物多到吃不完,并决定保存起来第二天吃,这就是所谓的残羹剩饭。残羹剩饭可以是自己亲自烹饪的食物,也可以是从饭店带回来的。如果你不能吃完自己的晚饭,随时都可以向服务员要一个外卖餐盒或“打包袋”,将残羹剩饭带回家。听听玛尼和艾拉谈论残羹剩饭。

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Marni

Marni

Ella

Ella

Marni:  Ella, I am so full, and yet I still have like half of my meal on my plate.

Ella:  I know, what are you going to do? You don’t want it to go to waste.

Marni:  You’re absolutely right. Hello! Leftovers!

Ella:  Woo! I love leftovers.

Marni:  Me too. I mean, I don’t like to let anything go to waste.

Ella:  I find myself wasting leftovers a lot. I like having them there, because then I don’t have to go buy food. But then sometimes I just don’t eat it because I didn’t like the food already at the restaurant, but I felt obligated to take it home. But it usually goes to waste and I end up throwing it away.

Marni:  That’s too bad. That is a big waste of food. I don’t know, I always tend to eat them, because I’m pretty particular and I usually order something I like. Or if I’m somewhere at an event or something and there’s a bunch of food, I’ll always ask if I can take some home, because I’m kind of a fan of free food, or leftover food.

Ella:  Sometimes leftovers are looked down upon.

Marni:  You know, that’s true. I was in Venice, and I asked for a container to take my delicious pasta back to my hotel room, and the woman just looked at me like I was crazy. And I guess the entire city just doesn’t…They don’t take anything to go.

Ella:  I can’t imagine that.

 

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Marni and Ella are out to eat. Marni is full and can’t finish her meal. She and Ella agree that she should take the rest to go so she can have the leftovers on another day.

Both Marni and Ella like leftovers. But Ella often lets her leftovers go to waste. She forgets to eat them, or takes leftover food home from restaurants even if she didn’t really like it.

Marni, on the other hand, hates letting food go to waste. She always takes leftovers home with her if she can’t finish a meal at a restaurant. But in some places, this is unusual. When Marni was in Venice, a waiter was very surprised when she asked if she could take her leftovers back to her hotel with her.

Do you like eating leftovers? In your country, is it normal to take your leftovers home with you when you can’t finish your meal at a restaurant?

 

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snoopyboy

snoopyboy

Antarctica

junk foods (:

06:44 PM Jan 18 2012 |

snoopyboy

snoopyboy

Antarctica

How about we call ourselves “The Cardinal Points” or “cardinals” for short


given that we are from different part of the globe, yet we share a common goal : to guide each other


there would be no South without North, no West without East


...and I make no sense (:

06:42 PM Jan 18 2012 |

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Lucas Silva

Brazil

in my country it’s normal led the rest of food to home… but it’s not for all kind of food, like in social cases like “dinner” (dinner for us in Brasil is rice with beans and meet, pasta, a complete meal), but in other cases like junk foods restaurants i usually ask the food to go, like pizzas, hamburgues …. We just take fast-food to go home !!!

06:39 PM Jan 18 2012 |

 julito

julito

Argentina

Ohh Butta , sometimes I have senior moments   Cry

06:32 PM Jan 18 2012 |

snoopyboy

snoopyboy

Antarctica

I thought you has deserted us, I already made a poem for you


(:

06:32 PM Jan 18 2012 |

 julito

julito

Argentina

Kotleysa, don´t worry that you  can not bake, Butta, our angel will do that for us, and you will be our guest of honor    anytime that you want to join in.

06:28 PM Jan 18 2012 |

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kotlesya

kotlesya

Belarus

Anja, I’m very doubtful that it will work without you. You should be boss in the cafe, calm down. Julito said it, because he knew I will be out ( I told him about it previously). They did not mean you. Calm down

06:24 PM Jan 18 2012 |

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snoopyboy

snoopyboy

Antarctica

Hey Butta is   Anja  German for Angel?


I’m trying guys


(:

06:24 PM Jan 18 2012 |

 julito

julito

Argentina

No, no Butta, this without you and your “cakes ”  has no future , pleaaaaase

06:23 PM Jan 18 2012 |

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kotlesya

kotlesya

Belarus

I certainly out, guys.Smile

06:21 PM Jan 18 2012 |

 julito

julito

Argentina

 Sorry,  I did the math wrong.

06:19 PM Jan 18 2012 |

kotlesya

kotlesya

Belarus

Anja, I’m out, because I can’t make coffee and I don’t drink coffee and I can’t bake. Laughing

06:18 PM Jan 18 2012 |

snoopyboy

snoopyboy

Antarctica

(: ,  I just knew it!


it was a matter of time, before Anja brings in the cake

06:18 PM Jan 18 2012 |

 julito

julito

Argentina

Butta , we are not blind, we have seen your cakes, I can asure you  that  there won´t be any leftovers. 

06:17 PM Jan 18 2012 |

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 julito

julito

Argentina

guys .I GOT IT:  The three stooges    heheheh

06:14 PM Jan 18 2012 |

snoopyboy

snoopyboy

Antarctica

let’s call it Cyber cafe


you guys are killing me… you’re going to have me “fired”

06:13 PM Jan 18 2012 |

kotlesya

kotlesya

Belarus

May be “a bear” has another sense in your country, but in my country another name of animal has its own senseLaughing

06:13 PM Jan 18 2012 |

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 julito

julito

Argentina

Hmmm, help me , 

06:12 PM Jan 18 2012 |

kotlesya

kotlesya

Belarus

 Julito,that’s great to have a virtual cafe. What the name of it? Have you any ideas?

06:11 PM Jan 18 2012 |

snoopyboy

snoopyboy

Antarctica

I’m sorry guys I’m laughing my head off… but when a man calls another man a bear…


(:


forgive me

06:11 PM Jan 18 2012 |

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