- Hey honey, I’m back…
- Hi sweetheart…How was your
day?
- It was good, but I’m starving. I could eat a horse. My stomach is growling... What's for dinner?
- Sorry, I was very busy and didn’t have time to cook.
- Oh no…
- But I can offer you eggs – poached
eggs,
scrambled
eggs, or
pickled
eggs…
- Oh, my dear, last evening, we had
sunny-side
up eggs. And this week we are always having* eggs. I’m fed up with** eating
eggs.
- Don’t be a fussy
eater***.
- What?! I’m a fussy eater? I just dream about a normal
meal.
- We’ve had biscuits
and gravy**** and
hash
browns this week.
-
Yeah, that has been wonderful for
breakfast
- Don’t worry, I’ll go to prepare you some
black-eyed pea***** salad, okay? Meanwhile, help
yourself to some nibbles.
- No, thanks. I think it is better if we get a
takeaway… I'm dreaming of roast chicken...
- Okay. Can I pour you some juice or maybe
wine?
- I’ve drunk wine in the office today and I don’t want to
overdo it. Juice,
please.
*****************
* We are always having eggs - Present Continuous with "always" is used to express the speaker's irritation.
Present Continuous - With a
word like always or constantly if we want to criticize or
complain:
You are always buying new clothes! (= you buy
too many)
They’re always forgetting my name. (= it’s very
irritating)
! Remember to put
the words always or constantly between the verb to be and the +ing
form
** Fed up with doing
something
*** A fussy eater = a person
who has very particular demands when
eating
**** Biscuits and gravy is a
popular breakfast dish in the United States, especially in the South.
Note that American English and British English use the word
"biscuit" to refer to two distinctly different foods. (American
English: cookies) In the US, a "biscuit" is a soft bread roll, often eaten with gravy
***** In the Southern United
States, eating black-eyed peas on New Year's Day is thought to bring prosperity in the New Year. The amount
of peas you eat, means the amount of money you are going to make that
year.
***** The Black Eyed
Peas is also an
American hip hop group
******************** Retell I'm starving story using the pictures from the pdf file
*********************For more, watch the video - Tasting weird American food by Olga Rojas :-)
*********************For more, watch the video - Tasting weird American food by Olga Rojas :-)
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