Listening 2b Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab Homework 4

Web address of listening activity:
http://www.esl-lab.com/cook/cookrd1.htm

Listening exercises:

1. What does the conversation imply about the mother?
A. She is busy at work.
B. She had to run some errands.
C. She is resting in bed.

2. What is the first problem the girl notices about her father's cooking?
A. He is not following the recipe.
B. He is missing the right pan to cook the pizza.
C. He is using the directions for a different food.

3. How does the girl know her father doesn't like the pizza he prepared?
A. He tells her honestly what he thinks about it.
B. She can tell by his non-verbal expressions.
C. He throws it away after making it.

4. What problem did the girl NOT mention about the pizza?
A. It was too salty.
B. It was burned.
C. It was too chewy.

5. What do they end up doing for lunch?
A. They decide to go out to eat.
B. They eat something different at home.
C. They eat at friend's house.

Score = 100%
Correct answers:
1. She is resting in bed.
2. He is not following the recipe.
3. She can tell by his non-verbal expressions.
4. It was too chewy.
5. They eat something different at home.

Answers to pre or post-listening questions:
I. Pre-Listening Exercises [Top]
What are typical foods you eat in your country for breakfast, lunch, and dinner? Is there a another small meal or snack between the main mealtimes? Who usually prepares the food in your home?

Answer:
In China, people eat Chinese pancakes and soybean milk for breakfast. They eat noodle and dumpling for lunch. They eat rice and delicious cuisine for dinner.

There are some Chinese pastries between the main mealtimes.

My parent usuually prepare the food in my home.

Vocabulary Exercises:

Father: Time to eat!
Daughter: Coming. Oh, I'm (1)starving Oh yuck! What is that?
Father: Oh, don't (2) complain!
Daughter: But what is it, and where is mom?
Father: Now, mom put me in charge of dinner because she's not (3) feeling well tonight.
Daughter: But what is it . . . and that smell!
Father: It's pizza. I just followed an old (4)family  recipe here, and . . .
Daughter: Let me see that . . . Oh, Dad. [What?] You're missing a page!
Father: Oh, uh, well, I couldn't find the second page of the recipe, but don't worry. I have (5)plenty  of experience around the house. Plenty of experience cooking.
Daughter: That's not what mom says.
Father:Well, wait, wait, here let me try a piece first. Here, let me, let me cool this off here. Ohhh, yeah. Oh, this is great stuff.
Daughter: Yeah right. Why are you making that face?
Father: Well, well, it's just, just a little (6) rich for me.
Daughter: Let me try it Dad. Uh. Dad. You put a little too much salt in it and besides its (7)burned . And what's that?
Father: Oh, well, well, that's just part of my own adaptations to the recipe. I (8) added some pumpkin.
Daughter: Oh, not another of your (9)  surprises.
Father: Well, okay, well, so what? Uh, what do we do now?
Daughter: Well, how about cold (10) cereal ...You can't mess up on that, Dad.


Correct Answers:
1. starving
2. complain
3. feeling
4. family
5. plenty
6. rich
7. burned
8. added
9. surprises
10. cereal

Score = 100%

Key Vocabulary [Top]

starving (verb): hungry, famished

yuck or yucky: expression showing strong displeasure or dislike for something (informal)

adaptation (noun), adapt (verb): a change or modification to something, revision

mess up (phrasal verb): (1) to make a mistake or (2) make something untidy or cluttered