[C] Have You Ever Eaten Snails?

LET'S READ! 📖

Direction: Read the conversation below. Then, exchange roles with your mentor.

Thomas and Belle

Situation:

John and Marie went out for a dinner at an exotic restaurant and found some strange foods in the menu.

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John

Hey look, this sounds strange - snails with garlic. Have you ever eaten snails?

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Marie

Yes, I have. I had them here just last week.

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John

Really? And how was it? Did you like them?

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Marie

Yes, I did. They were delicious! Why don't you try some?

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John

Uhm, no, I don't think so.

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Marie

If not, I might simply have a small size of this snail dish. How about you?

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John

I suppose I'll have the fried pork intestines.

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Marie

Fried pork intestines? I've never heard of that. It sounds terrifying.

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John

While I haven't personally tried it, I heard that it has somewhat a sweeter flavor than regular meat.

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Marie

Sweet? Really? That's odd. But still, I don't want to try that.

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John

So then I guess we'll have to make our orders now.

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Marie

Yeah right. That's going to be a small snail dish for me, and one serve of fried pork intestines for you.

How about our drinks? They also offer some kind of exotic cocktails.

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John

Cocktails? I guess I'll just have a soda.

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Marie

All right then, I'll have a glass of lemonade.

QUESTION

1. What did Marie order?

2. Has John tried the snail dish?

3. How does a fried pork intestine taste like?

LET'S UNDERSTAND! 📚

A. Simple past vs. present perfect

Present Perfect

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Have you ever eaten snails?

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Yes, I have. I tried them last month.

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Have you ever been to a Lebanese restaurant?

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No, I haven't. But I ate at a Turkish restaurant last night.

Simple Past

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Did you like them?

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Yes, I did. They were delicious.

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Did you go alone?

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No, I went with some friends.

NOTES

Use the simple past for completed events at a definite time in the past.
Use the present perfect for events within a time period up to the present.

A-1. Complete the conversations.

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Have you ever (eat) Thai food?

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Yes, I . In fact, I (eat) some just last week.

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Did you (drink) tea this morning?

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No, I . But I (have) coffee before going to work.

B. Sequence adverbs

First,	mix the peanut butter and banana together.
Then	toast the slices of bread.
Next,	spread the mixture on the toast.
After that,	put the sandwich in a pan with butter.
Finally,	fry the sandwich until it's brown on both sides.

B-1. Here’s a recipe for making chicken curry. Put them in correct order and add a sequence adverb to each step.

prepare the pan and heat olive oil. Add onions and saute for 4 minutes.

add the dry spices stirring constantly so the spices don’t stick to the pan.

marinate chicken with curry powder, coriander, minced garlic, salt, pepper, and onion for several hours.

add the tomato, broth and 1 cup of water. Cover and cook till the chicken is done. Serve hot.

put the chicken and stir fry on a high flame till the chicken pieces are coated with the spices.

LET'S PRACTICE! 📝

A. Cookbook

Direction: Think of your favorite dish and tell you mentor the ingredients and steps in making that dish.

Ingredients:

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👩‍🍳 First,

👩‍🍳 Next,

👩‍🍳 Finally,

B. Talking about a meal

Direction: Read Neil's experience about his meal in a restaurant. Answer and complete the table below.

Neil

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I went to Khmer Cafe for dinner last Friday night and the food was great. For a starter, I had mushroom soup. It was very simple, but full of flavour. There was a taste of lime leaves and lemongrass together with mushrooms. Then for a main course, I had a chicken curry parcel - the Cambodian name "amok mo'an". At the restaurant, they used cabbage leaves to wrap up the chicken, but in Cambodia they usually use banana leaves. This dish was full of flavors and was delicious. It's made with lemongrass, curry, ginger as well as a little bit of fish sauce. This is all mixed together with coconut milk and the chicken is cooked in this mixture, then wrapped in the cabbage leaves to make the parcels. The waitress told me that they then steam the parcels for about an hour, then serve them with rice.

chicken	coriander	beef	noodles	curry	chicken curry parcel
tomatoes	rice	coconut milk	fish sauce	ginger	cabbage leaves
mushroom	egg	lime leaves	tea	lemon grass	mushroom soup

For a starter	For a main course	Did not talk about