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Friends and Money
Views #900 | Mid Intermediate 5 -
Money and Charity
Views #899 | Mid Intermediate 5 -
A Woman's Life
Views #898 | Mid Intermediate 5 -
A Man's Life
Views #897 | Mid Intermediate 5 -
Out of a Suitcase
Views #896 | Mid Intermediate 5 -
Packed
Views #895 | Mid Intermediate 5 -
Globetrotter
Views #894 | High Intermediate 6 -
Backpackers
Views #893 | High Intermediate 6 -
Habitat Routine
Views #891 | High Intermediate 6 -
Habitat for Humanity
Views #890 | High Intermediate 6 -
National Sport
Views #889 | Mid Intermediate 5 -
National Icons
Views #888 | Low Intermediate 4 -
The Economy
Views #887 | Mid Intermediate 5 -
Mexican Food
Views #886 | Low Intermediate 4 -
Beaches
Views #885 | Mid Intermediate 5 -
Gamers
Views #884 | Mid Intermediate 5 -
Video Games
Views #883 | Mid Intermediate 5 -
Text Messaging
Views #882 | Mid Intermediate 5 -
Hunting
Views #881 | Mid Intermediate 5 -
Zoos
Views #800 | Mid Intermediate 5 -
Dogs
Views #879 | Mid Intermediate 5 -
Water Worries
Views #878 | High Intermediate 6 -
Skin Concerns
Views #877 | High Intermediate 6 -
Reef World
Views #876 | High Intermediate 6 -
Wish List
Views #875 | Intermediate 5 -
Personal Traits
Views #874 | Intermediate 5 -
Average Aussie
Views #873 | Intermediate 5 -
Leg workout
Views #872 | Low Intermediate 4 -
Upper body workout
Views #871 | Low Intermediate 4 -
Weight Lifting
Views #870 | Low Intermediate 4 -
Along the Shore
Views #869 | Intermediate 5 -
The River
Views #868 | Intermediate 5 -
The Road
Views #867 | Intermediate 5 -
The Plan
Views #866 | Intermediate 5 -
Accidental Feelings
Views #865 | Intermediate 5 -
The Recovery
Views #864 | Intermediate 5 -
The Accident
Views #863 | Intermediate 5 -
Livable Locations
Views #862 | Low Intermediate 4 -
Tokyo vs. New York
Views #861 | Intermediate 5 -
Palm Spots
Views #860 | Low Intermediate 4 -
Cool Spots
Views #859| Low Intermediate 4 -
New York, New York
Views #858 | Low Intermediate 4 -
Tampa, Florida
Views #857 | Low Intermediate 4 -
Grilled Treats
Views #856 | Intermediate 5 -
Indonesian Food
Views #855 | Intermediate 5 -
Island Home
Views #854 | Intermediate 5 -
Shopping Peeves
Views #853 | Intermediate 5 -
Shopping
Views #852 | Intermediate 5 -
Grand Opening
Views #851 | Intermediate 5
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Indonesian Food
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Ivan | Todd |
Ivan: Ooh, that can be a difficult question because we have lots of variety of foods and it depends on your taste. I mean, if you like sweet foods we have a specialty for that and if you like spicy food also there’s a specialty for that, salty, anything, anything you want. But usually people go for… OK, first is Nasi Goreng. Nasi Goreng is a fried rice and I think it’s quite popular anywhere else in the world if it goes for… if you want to promote Indonesian food. Yeah…
Todd: It’s called Nasi Goreng?
Ivan: Nasi Goreng, yeah. Nasi is rice, goreng is fry.
Todd: Oh, really?
Ivan: So it’s fried rice.
Todd: Nasi Goreng.
Ivan: And then next one is Mi Goreng. Mi goreng is noodles. It’s fried noodles, Mi and goreng. Mi is noodles and goreng is fry, yeah.
Todd: OK, so Mi Goreng and Nasi Goreng.
Ivan: Yeah, and last one is maybe Satay.
Todd: Oh, I think we call it Satay.
Ivan: Yeah, Satay, yeah.
Todd: But you say it differently.
Ivan: Yeah, Satay.
Todd: You say it Satay also?
Ivan: Yeah, Satay.
Todd: OK, and that’s mainly chicken on a stick right?
Ivan: Chicken, you can go for chicken, you can go for meat, you can go for mutton, anything, liver, anything. And we usually have some kind of special sauce, or ketchup or whatever, like mixed with some weird stuff but… basically it’s ketchup, chili, and salt and some ginger or whatever. Sometimes it’s garlic and you just dip it inside and you eat it and it’s really nice.
Todd: Oh that sounds really good.
it depends on your taste
We have a variety and it depends on your taste.
Here, the type of Indonesian food you might like is affected by the kind of foods, flavors and spices you enjoy from your country. We can use this phrase to talk about almost any topic. Notice the following:
- You might like Mexican food, but it depends on your taste.
- Whether you enjoy the show will depend on your taste in music.
specialty
If you like sweet foods we have a specialty for that.
We use the word 'specialty' to talk about a kind of food that a chef, restaurant, or in this case a country is famous for. Notice the following:
- Our specialty is seafood.
- Desserts are his specialty.
go for
You can go for chicken.
Here, the phrase 'go for' simply means 'choose'. Notice the following:
- I'll go for the steak.
- What did you go for?
weird stuff
It's mixed with some weird stuff.
'Weird stuff' describes things that are unusual and difficult to understand or explain. Notice the following:
- I ate all kinds of weird stuff at the market.
- A lot of weird stuff happened in that movie.
basically
Basically it's ketchup, chili, salt and ginger.
We use the word basically to give a simple explanation about something. Notice the following:
- The movie is basically about the guy who created Facebook.
- Football's basically two teams running back and forth for hours. So boring!
sounds really good
That sounds really good.
We use the phrase that sounds really good to respond to a suggestion that we like. Notice the following:
- Hey, that sounds really good!
- Dinner and a movie? That sounds really good.
Vocabulary Quiz
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