Intro
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2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.
Sometimes food just seems to taste better when you don’t have to cook it yourself. Going out to restaurants, where professionals not only make your food for you, but also clean up after you, is a fun treat. But if you do it too much, then like anything else, it might get tiring. Or even if it doesn’t get tiring, it will definitely get expensive!
Mason recently went on a trip to one of the culinary capitals of the US, New Orleans. Hear him tell Jason about all the delicious meals he had while he was there, as they talk about going out to eat.
Dialog
1. Listen and Read - Listen to the audio and read the dialog at the same time.
2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.
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Mason: I just got back from New Orleans, and I ate so much good food there, I think I gained like 10 pounds.
Jason: Wow, yeah, I believe it. I mean, that’s a place with a really great culinary culture.
Mason: For real. I usually don’t eat out that often, but on vacations I totally need to splurge and just go top notch.
Jason: So was the best part about eating in New Orleans the food, or was the ambiance even better?
Mason: You know, it was interesting. We ate at so many different restaurants that it’s like the place where I got an $8 sandwich was just as good as the $30 entree I got at the really fancy place.
Jason: Did it start to wear you out after a while, though? Sometimes when I’m traveling, the whole ritual of having a waiter and having to sit down, it’s fun, but if you do it over and over, like every day, it starts to get exhausting, you know?
Mason: I don’t think I was out long enough. I’ve hit that place before where you’re like, “I just wanna do something really simple.” Mostly it’s about not having to pay for food like that, though.
Jason: That’s true. And to me, it has to be special. Going out to eat is for special occasions. So sometimes if you do it too much, it starts to feel not that special. But you have to take advantage while you’re in New Orleans, right? Eat as much as you can.
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Discussion
Mason recently returned from a trip to New Orleans, where he ate a lot of great food. He went to many different restaurants, including cheap places and expensive places. He says they were all delicious, no matter how fancy they were.
Jason says that he sometimes gets tired of going out to eat if he does it too much, especially when he’s traveling. After a while, he just wants to eat something simple in his own home. Mason doesn’t usually get tired of going out to eat, but he does get tired of spending lots of money at restaurants. But in New Orleans, he never got tired of it!
Do you like going out to eat? What is your favorite and least favorite part about eating in restaurants?
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