IELTS Speaking for Success - 🥑 Food (Part 3) + Transcript

Episode Date: October 24, 2024

Get our IELTS Speaking parts 1, 2, and 3 episode archive: http://patreon.com/ieltssfs Do people in your country grow plants at home? Are there any difficulties with doing that? Are there any difficulties with doing that? Do most people prefer vegetables from shops or grown at home? Which food is generally popular in your country? Why do some people prefer growing food themselves? Will there be more and more people planting food in the future? Tune in and have a great day! - Book a class with Rory here: https://successwithielts.com/rory Our course on Phrasal Verbs: https://successwithielts.com/podcourses Transcript: https://telegra.ph/Part-3---Food-10-24 Find an IELTS Speaking Partner: https://links.successwithielts.com/ieltspartner Our social media: https://linktr.ee/successwithielts © 2024 Podcourses Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello, hello, dear listener and welcome into IEL speaking part three. We are talking about plants, foods, in general. Vegetables, pizza, pizza. Yeah, I'm still hungry from our previous episode about food festivals. So now we're going to talk about food even more. Do people in your country grow plants at home? They do indeed. In fact, I'd say there was a thriving house plant industry, given the number I see in the homes of the people I visit. As for the types, though, they're as varied as the people, frankly. You can see people with mini olive trees and even some jungle plants. Others have bonsais and things like that. The variety is amazing. Are there any difficulties with growing plants at home?

Not unless you're completely disorganized and unaware that you haven't watered the plants in a while. and usually that's obvious from the condition that they get into. Do most people prefer vegetables from shops or grown at home? Well, there's probably more a question of necessity than preference, to be honest. Not everyone has the time and resources to grow their own vegetables, even if they are better for you. So they opt for store-bought things as a result more often than not. Which food is generally popular in your country?

Like many Western countries, it's... easier to list what isn't acceptable compared to what is popular. There are all kinds of choices and people eat a very varied diet by and large. I suppose it's dominated by meat and vegetables like beef and potatoes, but that's a very

broad generalisation in what's a very varied market. Why do some people prefer growing food themselves? Well, it is rather cool when someone says that and it marks them out as an independent person who can support themselves.

in addition to being knowledgeable about small-scale agriculture. So there's a status element to that, in addition to the economics of it. Will there be more and more people planting food in the future? Well, I mean, if the population is increasing, it seems obvious this trend will continue just in terms of sheer numbers. However, technology is advancing, so we may find in the distant future, machines will be doing most of the agricultural labor, and people will just be overseeing it. They might even be overseen by machines now that I think about it. Why do people like to have a big meal at special events?

Well, usually these things play host to large groups of people, so it makes sense that provision should be made for them. I'm sure I've read somewhere that's like a sympathetic response. One person in the crowd gets hungry and soon everyone feels that way. Is it bad for people to look at their phones during a meal? Well, surely that depends on the reasons underlying. they might have an urgent call or an emergency or something like that. But if it's just doing it when someone is, you know, posting you,

then that's usually considered quite bad manners, at least in my country. As the guest, your job is to engage with the host. As you know, we now release all of our premium content for free, and it's available for one month. After one month, it goes into our super secret archive. To sign up for the archive, click the archive, Click the link in the description below. See you soon.

Hey, Rory, thank you for your answers. So, we can grow plants at home. And plants, well, we see kind of like flowers, plants, something green. And some people grow mini olive trees. You know, olives? Yum, yum, yum. I couldn't think of like what the best way to describe it is. Yeah, all like a bonsai tree. trees. And also you can talk about growing your own herbs. And I think here the question might be

about growing plants that you can eat, perhaps, you know. And what plants can you eat? Different herbs. Herbs, like you can have a herb garden at home. And here we talk about basil. I think basil or basil. In British English, I'm pretty sure it's about. but in American English is basal. So it's a herb with a sweet smell. They usually put it on pizza or pasta. Deliciousness. Yeah, or for example, lavender.

So herbs that you use for cooking or you put them in your tea, fresh herbs, and you can grow them on your balcony. And usually you grow basil, parsley, thyme. No, you don't grow thyme, how much time it is, like a thyme, T-H-Y-M-E, mint, mint, you know this mint, mint tea, or mint chungam.

And if you watch Jamie Oliver's shows, then you see him cooking and then he goes to his window and like, oh, like, I put some, you know, mint, and he goes like, he takes mint from his window cell that he grows himself and puts into his lovely pasta or soup. Very nice. So people grow herbs at home for cooking. Mint, rosemary.

I completely forgot about that because I don't do that. I just buy them in. Do I even put herbs on anything? I'm just thinking, no, I don't even do that. And you can have a herb garden at home. And people who are into cooking enjoy growing their own fresh herbs. It's difficult to organize yourself and organize the process of growing herbs. You have to water herbs and plants regularly.

So if you don't do this, so pretty much you are a plant killer. Which I have been accused of before. But my plants are thriving now. I have so many in the house. Oh, really? Yeah. Oh, okay, well done, Rory. Wow. And it might be difficult to know what you. your herbs need, how much water they need, where you should grow them.

What do you call this substance that you kind of, you feed your plants with? What's it called? It's not plant, well, it is plant food, but what's it called? Ah, baby bio, that's what it's called. Well, at least that's what it's called in this country. It's a brand of plant food that you feed to your plants and they grow. Oh, you can also call it fertilizer, yes. Yeah, so it might be difficult to understand what fertilizers you need. Like a fertilizer is some special substance that you put, that you feed your plants with to help them grow.

And they could be a good or chemical fertilizers. Not all people have the time and resources to grow their own vegetables. All right. Some people opt for shops. so they choose to go shopping instead of growing their own things. So they opt for buying things in shops. But other people who have the time and resources prefer to grow their own herbs or vegetables. No, I think it's more difficult with vegetables.

You can grow tomatoes, cucumbers. If you have a balcony, for example, but you need some space for it. You need the sun, for example. You need some temperature conditions, yeah? So it might be difficult to grow vegetables in a flat. Oh yeah, I mean I wouldn't grow vegetables in this flat. I don't think the lighting is good enough. Yeah, the heat, the lighting, the space.

Which food is popular in your country? Pizza, pasta, burgers, coffee, coffee is food. Yeah, everything which is not water, de Liszt is food. So Coca-Cola is food. Coffee is food, tea is food. And here pretty much Rory told us that all kinds of choices, all kinds of food is popular.

There's so much choice in the West. Yeah, but I think like what's the most common food? I think it's like bread, coffee, pasta, meat, vegetables, or kind of the usual stuff. It's a good question, to be honest.

Again, diets are very personalized here. Really? Yeah, I don't like, I don't, I feel weird about saying that one food is more common than the other because it depends on where you live and what your lifestyle's like. No, but like generally in the UK. Yeah, I know, generally. I don't know.

Especially because we've got quite a significantly large immigrant community. And of course, they'll have their own dietary preferences as well. So it's hard to say like in the UK people usually eat this thing. Okay. According to Google, it's very easy. So number one, fishing chips. Number two, roast chicken. Okay.

Three chips. Chips like potato chips, not crisps. In the UK, people eat chips like French fries. English breakfast is very popular. Soup. Beans on toast. And I think beans is like particularly popular in the UK. People kind of eat beans for breakfast.

They love beans. Roast beef, there you go. It's popular. mashed potatoes. So beef and potatoes are very popular in the UK. And, for example, in other countries, maybe chicken is more popular. I think chicken is quite popular everywhere. Oh, yeah, people love chicken. Oh, yum, yum, yum, yum. I'm hungry. I'm hungry. DeLisner, are you hungry? Yeah, we need pizza. This happens every time we do a podcast about food. Oh, I need pizza. So, dear listener, Google, the most popular products, the most popular food in your country.

Because it does depend on food, like in Asia, noodles or rice is going to be far more popular. In the UK, for example, potatoes and beef, right in, I don't know, in the States, McDonald's and McDonald's. McDonald's, feel free to get in touch. You know, if you want to be friends, it's okay. Apple, if you're listening, go ahead. Just drop us online. When you're flying Emirates business class, sampling our range of vintage wines

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So you grow chickens. I know cows, pigs. You have milk from cows. You have fresh vegetables. So everything you eat, you grow yourself. This is so amazing. But this is a lifestyle. So you pretty much spend your life doing it.

Or today it's very popular to buy vegetables and meat from local farms. I think this trend is really popular and people started choosing what to eat, like what meat, they eat what vegetables, where they come from, you know, and local farms are really popular. And such people prefer growing food themselves because they prefer to be independent. They want to support themselves fully and they contribute to agriculture. Well, small scale agriculture. Very small scale of it's happening in your house. And maybe in the future, as the population is increasing,

this trend will continue to be popular. So more people will grow their own food or more people will grow their own herbs. Well, that kind of makes sense. More people, more food. Or more people more demand for food. war food. And also technology is advancing. So we have new fertilizers, special equipment, maybe like research tools, and machines will be doing most of the agricultural labor. So agricultural labor, pretty much like growing food. And what might be overseen by machine? And what might be

overseen by machines. Oh God, everything. Like, if you, machines could oversee the material, the seeds being planted, what time they're being planted. The sky is the limit, really. So there is no limit, right? And to oversee means kind of be responsible for this, control it. Like, watch or organize a job.

So artificial intelligence will be able to oversee different processes. to organize to manage. People enjoy to have a big meal at special events. So a big dinner or a big lunch, like for Christmas, at wedding parties, at birthday parties. And a typical Italian dinner is about like three, four hours easily, you know, on a Monday. Why not? Is it? Oh yeah, Italians love their dinners and like a dinner could like a dinner could like.

like ages. It's art. It's a special, you know, like skill to have dinner for three, four hours, maybe even five if it's the weekend. Oh yeah. Oh wow. That's a long time to spend on food. I know. I think it could be true in Spain as well. They just love their food. Their food is like so amazing. Like you do need time for it. Pasta, anti-pasta, pizza, coffee, dessert, Dillis, are you hungry? Yeah. I'm getting there. Yeah.

Rory, I actually didn't understand your answer. So why do people like to have a big meal at special events you talked about provision? Well, I mean, if you make provision for people, that just means that you supply food to them. But if you've got a lot of people in one place and one person gets hungry, then usually that triggers this response to other people. That's a sympathetic response. Yeah, but we are talking about a big meal, especially. events. Yes, if you have lots of people together, the expectation is created that you'll have food because of this. Ah. And because there are many people, there is a big meal. Well, yes,

I think so. At least that seems like the most logical way to think about it. In my case, at least. Okay, an interesting idea, dear listener, you see? So you invite like 10 people for your birthday party and then people, all 10 of them, get hungry. One person gets hungry and then everybody's hungry. And then if one person keeps eating, the other people keep eating, even if they don't want to eat. You see? A sympathetic response. Interesting.

Yeah, and usually kind of like, you ask like, oh, who wants dessert? And everybody's like, no, we'll die. too much food and then one person goes okay I'll have some dessert and then everybody else yeah me too oh my god we are social animals delicious but kind of if everybody says no I'm not going to have dessert maybe like okay no one will have it but if there's one person who goes like yes I'll have some then everybody wants dessert having phones during a meal is it bad it depends yeah so why not check your insuSquist or why not, like, take a photo of your meal and post it on social media, you know.

Is it bad? It's your lifestyle. Why do people do that? I don't understand. Are they worried they're never going to see food again? No, but actually, these days, I think it's popular to have, to watch something on your phone or to read something or just, like, check out your social media while you are eating, you know? If you're just eating, you're wasting your time, perhaps.

but kind of you have your food and also you are on your phone well yes but like if you're if you're having a meal with someone then you shouldn't be on your phone but if you are on your own why not but they say that if you have food

you should focus only on food so just you know be mindful okay like don't get distracted and if you are hosting a party if you organize a party and if you are a host then don't have your phone you invited people you have your guests

and then as a host as an organizer of the party you kind of you are on the phone all the time and maybe if you are a guest at a party don't have your phone during a meal because engage with the host like talk to the host to the organizer yum yum yum rory so if you want to grow a herb What herb or plow, kind of like something edible, would it be? Rosemary, but only because that's the only thing that's coming into my head right now. Nice, nice herb, well chosen. Thank you very much for listening. And we'll get back to you in our new delicious episode, okay?

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plants at home? Not unless you're completely disorganized and unaware that you haven't watered the plants in a while, and usually that's obvious from the condition that they get into. Do most people prefer vegetables from shops or grown at home? Well, it's probably more a question of necessity than preference, to be honest. Not everyone has the time and resources to grow their own vegetables, even if they are better for you. so they opt for store-bought things as a result more often than not.

Which food is generally popular in your country? Like many Western countries, it's easier to list what isn't acceptable compared to what is popular. There are all kinds of choices and people eat a very varied diet by and large. I suppose it's dominated by meat and vegetables like beef and potatoes, but that's a very broad generalization in what's a very varied market. Why do some people prefer growing food themselves? Well, it is rather cool when someone says that and it marks them out as an independent person who can support themselves, in addition to being knowledgeable about small-scale agriculture.

So there's a status element to that, in addition to the economics of it. Will there be more and more people planting food in the future? Well, I mean, if the population is increasing, it seems obvious this trend will continue just in terms of sure. numbers. However, technology is advancing, so we may find in the distant future, machines will be doing most of the agricultural labor, and people will just be overseeing it. They might even be overseen by machines now that I think about it. Why do people like to have a big meal at special events? Well, usually these things play host to large groups of people, so it makes sense that provision should be made for them. I'm sure I've read somewhere that's like a sympathetic

response, one person in the crowd gets hungry and soon everyone feels that way. Is it bad for people to look at their phones during a meal? Well, surely that depends on the reasons underlying it. They might have an urgent call or an emergency or something like that. But if it's just doing it when someone is, you know, posting you, then that's usually considered quite bad manners, at least in my country. As the guest, your job is to engage with the host. Thank you.