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Podcast: Food & Cooking
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Hi everyone! Welcome to Word Kitchen. I am Maya, and I am in my kitchen today. I am cooking dinner. And my friend Lena is here with me.
Hi, Maya! Hi, everyone! Your kitchen smells so good, Maya. What are you making?
I am making vegetable soup. I have a big pot on the stove. The pot is full of hot water. A big pot is best for soup.
A big pot! I can see the pot. It is very big. Is the soup for many people?
Just for us two. But I love a big pot. In a big pot, I can put a lot of vegetables. More vegetables, more taste.
What vegetables do you put in the pot?
First, carrots. I love carrots. I cut three carrots and put them in the pot. Carrots are sweet, and carrots make the soup sweet.
Carrots are my favorite too. The carrots look so fresh. What else goes in the pot?
Potatoes. I cut two potatoes into small pieces. The potatoes go into the pot with the carrots. Potatoes are soft and good in soup. I really love potatoes.
I love potatoes too. Fried potatoes are the best, but potatoes in soup are wonderful.
Yes! And now a tomato. I cut one tomato into the pot. A tomato makes the soup red and fresh. One tomato is enough for this pot.
Tomatoes are great. I eat tomatoes every day. Do you put salt in the soup, Maya?
Yes, a little salt. Salt makes food tasty. The soup needs a little salt. But not too much salt. Too much salt is not good.
Right. A little salt is enough. Your soup will be perfect. Do you use a pan too? I see a pan on the stove.
Yes, this pan is for the onions. The pan is hot now. I put a little oil in the pan. Just a little oil.
Oil in the pan. I can see the oil. The oil is hot.
Now the onions go into the pan. They fry in the hot pan. Listen! The pan is singing. A hot pan and a little oil. That is all you need.
The pot has the soup, and the pan has the onions. The pot and the pan are both busy today!
Ha! Yes, the pot and the pan are my best friends in the kitchen. The pot is for soup, and the pan is for frying. Now, let me pour the soup into a bowl.
A bowl? Which bowl do you use?
This big bowl. A bowl is perfect for hot soup. I like to eat soup from a bowl. Here, Lena, this bowl is for you. And this bowl is for me.
Thank you! The soup in this bowl smells amazing. The bowl is hot, so I will be careful.
Wait! I have something sweet for after dinner. A cake!
A cake? Oh, I love cake. Do you make the cake with sugar?
Yes, with a lot of sugar. Sugar makes the cake sweet. I put two cups of sugar in the cake. No sugar, no cake! Sugar is the secret.
Sugar is the best secret. And butter? Does the cake have butter?
Yes, butter too. I melt the butter in a pan. Look, the butter is soft now. Soft butter is best for cake. Then I mix the sugar and the butter together.
Sugar and butter! The sugar and the butter make the cake sweet and soft. The butter smells so good.
Exactly. Now we eat. First, a hot bowl of soup. Then cake with sugar and butter. A perfect dinner.
What a kitchen! A pot, a pan, a bowl, salt, sugar, butter, oil, carrots, potatoes, and a tomato. Ten wonderful words, and one wonderful dinner.
And one wonderful friend. Come to my kitchen any time, Lena.
I will! Thank you for cooking with us today. Goodbye, everyone!
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I cook soup in a big pot with carrots.
The pot is hot, and the carrots are sweet.
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📝Grammar: Present simple and continuous, action and non-action verbs
We use the **present simple** for things we do every day. I put sugar in my tea every morning. With he, she, or it, we add s to the verb. He puts salt in the soup. We use words like **always**, **usually**, and **every day** with the **present simple**. I always cut carrots for the soup. We use the **present continuous** for things happening right now. I am cooking in the kitchen right now. Be + verb-ing makes the **present continuous**. She is frying potatoes in the pan. Some verbs are not action verbs. We never use them in the **present continuous**. **like**, **love**, **need**, and *
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