- Audio Lessons 851 - 900
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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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Mexican Food
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Rebecca | Diego |
Diego: My favorite food in Mexico is chiles en nogada. Chiles means pepper and this is a very traditional Mexican dish because our flag is green, white and red, so this plate, the peppers are green, and then it has a white sauce on top of it and then it has a grain sort of fruit. It's a red fruit and it's representing our flag so it's very... It's a very historical plate in Mexico. It's very famous.
Rebecca: Oh, wow. I don't think we have anything like that in Australia. It'd be hard to get something that you'd eat that's blue and red and white.
Diego: Blue and red.
Rebecca: Yeah. Maybe fish.
Diego: Fish with strawberries.
Rebecca: I don't think that would work.
Diego: Yeah.
Rebecca: So what about tacos? Do you eat them a lot?
Diego: Yeah, we eat them a lot. Tacos is like Mexican fast food, so there's a lot of tacos stands in Mexico, and you can have them in all sorts of ways: with cheese, with onions, with meat, with different sauces, like green sauce, hot sauce, red sauce. Yeah.
Rebecca: Do the tortillas... do they stand up or are they round ones that always fall over when you go to eat them?
Diego: They're the round ones and they're also soft so they're not corn chips.
Rebecca: Like the ones we get.
Diego: Yes.
Rebecca: Not true Mexican.
anything like that
I don't think we have anything like that in Australia.
The phrase 'anything like that' means the same thing as 'anything similar'. Notice the following:
- Wow, I've never seen anything like that!
- We don't have anything like a listening lab in our school.
that would work
I don't think that would work.
We use the phrase 'that would work' to talk about a method or a plan that helps us get what we want. Notice the following:
- I'm not sure, but I think that would work.
- That didn't work in the past so I don't think it would work now.
tacos stands
There's a lot of taco stands in Mexico.
'Stands' are small stalls or carts that sell things like food, newspapers and magazines, souvenirs, etc. They are often found along the street on footpaths. Notice the following:
- You can buy a map at the news stand on the corner.
- My favorite burger stand is next to our school.
stand up
Do they stand up or are they round ones?
Here, 'stand up' is used in an interesting but uncommon way; it means fried to a crispy texture. Notice the following:
- They don't stand up like corn chips.
- No, the tacos don't stand up. They're soft.
Not true Mexican
The tacos in Australia are not true Mexican tacos.
Here, 'true' means real, genuine or same as the original. Notice the following:
- Taco Bell's not true Mexican, but I love it!
- Sure it's fun, but Guitar Hero's not anything like true playing.
Vocabulary Quiz
stand up • not true
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