【2008-01-28，一】ESL Podcast 342 – At the Butcher’s

Learn how to buy meat at a butcher’s shop in English in this episode. Tags: Daily Life, Shopping Audio Index: Slow dialog: 1:10 Explanations: 2:52 Fast dialog: 14:18 Butcher: What can I get for you? Gina: I’d like a pound of ground beef, please. Butcher: Would you like the regular or the extra lean? The extra lean is a dollar more per pound. Gina: I’ll take the regular. Could you also throw in two thick pork chops and two chicken breasts? Butcher: I’m sorry, but we’re out of chicken breasts right now, but we have some thighs. Gina: Hmm...In that case, I’ll just take some ham. I’d like that thinly sliced. Butcher: Okay, is there anything else? Gina: Yes, I’d like some other cold cuts, but I’m not sure which ones. Why don’t you give me half a pound of salami and a pound of bologna? Butcher: No problem. Will that be all? Gina: No, I’d like two steaks. Do you have any that are very, very tender? The ones I bought last week were really tough. Butcher: We have T-bone, rib eye, and sirloin steaks. The rib eye is probably the most tender. Gina: I’ll take two of those. Butcher: Okay, anything else? Gina: No, I think that’s all...for now. Script by Dr. Lucy Tse