节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2013-07-27
难易度:Medium
关键字:inexpensive, aisle, ingredient, indulge, process, in season
Hello, and welcome to Studio Classroom.
My name is Gabe.
And my name is Carolyn.
And you're joining us for the second day of our lesson: Healthy Eating on a
Budget.
Of course we've talked a little bit about how you can save or preserve your
health and your savings when you go out to eat or when you are eating somewhere.
Today we're going to be talking about cooking yourself, when you're at home
cooking a meal.
Now I do wonder what you think about this - healthy eating on a budget.
Is it possible to eat very healthfully and not spend a lot of money?
Carolyn?
Well, I do think it's possible, but sometimes it takes more time and effort.
You have to really plan what you want to buy, and make sure that you don't buy
extra things, and maybe also look for things that are on sale.
So it can take a lot of time to save money when you're buying healthy food.
Well, I agree.
It might just take a little bit of planning.
I think that's something we're going to be talking about in our lesson today.
So let's get started.
What to do when you are cooking and you want to have a good budget?
Here we go.
(Music).
Healthy Eating on a Budget.
When cooking:
Be prepared.
Healthy, inexpensive meals require a little planning.
Set a budget to determine how much you can afford to spend on food.
Then make a list of what you can buy within that budget.
Once you've made your list, stick to it!
To avoid impulse purchases, don't shop when you're hungry.
If you can't resist certain treats, stay out of the aisles where they're
located.
Go natural.
Artificial flavors, colors and chemicals added to processed food may contribute
to various health problems.
Well, we do have more to learn about going natural.
But let's go back to the beginning of this section: When cooking.
Be prepared.
OK.
Healthy, inexpensive meals require a little planning.
Be prepared, or being prepared might involve some planning, and that does take
some time.
That's right, it does.
And right here in this first sentence we see a word from our Word Bank, the word
"inexpensive." So if it is inexpensive, then it is not expensive.
It is cheap.
You can afford to buy it.
That's right.
And often when I want to buy inexpensive things, I'll go to places where I know
they sell cheap things or cheaper things, maybe like a night market.
Night markets do sell inexpensive clothes and shoes.
You can get inexpensive things there.
Well, let's continue.
Set a budget to determine how much you can afford to spend on food.
So we're talking about healthy eating on a budget.
You want to set a budget.
That's how you can use that word "budget." You set a budget.
That's right.
And if you set a budget, then you know how much money you are willing to spend
on food.
And then make a list of what you can buy within that budget, so.
You set some guidelines.
There are some rules for when you're buying food.
I will only spend this much money, so what kinds of foods can I buy that are
healthy that doesn't go over or outside of my budget?
That's right, because you want to buy within the budget.
That word "within," you can use it in other ways as well.
You could say he will be here within the hour.
That means it won't take him too much longer to get here.
He'll be here within the hour.
Well, we're talking about buying things within the budget.
And once you've made your list, stick to it!
This is great advice.
Stick to it.
Let's take a look at that phrase there, to stick to something.
What does that mean, Carolyn?
Well, if you stick to something, it means that you don't change, you stay with
it.
You don't want to change your mind about it.
You follow the rules that you set for yourself.
That's right.
You set rules for yourself, you stick to it.
You could make a plan for the day, and then let's stick to the plan.
Let's not do something else.
Let's just stick to the plan.
Or maybe you have a diet you want to go on.
Stick to the diet.
Don't eat anything else.
That's right.
Or you are studying English, you are working hard.
You should stick to it.
Don't give up.
Keep trying and keep practicing your English.
OK. And we're talking here about sticking to your list, OK.
Don't buy anything else.
To avoid impulse purchases, don't shop when you're hungry.
This is great advice for me because sometimes I do shop when I'm hungry, and I
buy a lot of stuff.
Oh. That can be very difficult because you are so hungry, everything looks good
and you spend too much money.
And then you aren't able to eat all of the food you buy because it was too much.
So it is important to avoid impulse purchases.
Now if you do something on impulse, that means that you do it right away.
You didn't plan it, but when the opportunity came, you took it.
That's right.
You didn't plan it.
And I like that phrase you used:
You do something on impulse.
So that's how you can use that word.
We're here talking about impulse purchases.
You could say it was an impulse buy as well.
It was an impulse buy, an impulse purchase.
I did something on impulse.
I didn't plan it.
Well, we can try to avoid those by sticking to our lists and not shopping for
food when we are hungry.
If you can't resist certain treats, stay out of the aisles where they're
located.
So maybe just sticking to your list isn't enough.
There are some things that you just want to buy so badly, you should stay away
from those aisles.
That's right.
Well, let's take a look at this word "aisle." Sometimes if you go to a
supermarket, there are divisions inside the supermarket.
Those are called aisles.
There might be the meat aisle.
There might be an aisle for drinks, an aisle for different kinds of cheeses, and
an aisle for snacks, lots of different aisles in the supermarket.
That's right.
So if there is a particular food that you love to eat but maybe isn't too
healthy for you, you should try to stay away from that aisle where the food can
be found.
Well, what other ways can you use this word "aisle"?
Maybe you go to a concert.
At a concert hall, there might be aisles that you walk down to get to your seat.
Or if you've ever flown in an airplane, there are aisles in the airplane.
And you can walk to get to your seat down the aisle.
That's right.
Well, we have another section here: Go natural.
So when you are cooking, you can also go natural.
Artificial flavors, colors and chemicals added to processed food may contribute
to various health problems.
Well, this sounds a little bit serious, Gabe.
That's right.
Processed foods, these are foods that are treated or converted by a special
process.
And these contribute to various health problems.
Usually when I think of the phrase "to contribute to something," I think it's a
positive thing.
Here we see it's a negative thing.
You can contribute to a negative thing as well.
That's right.
Well, someone who can contribute something good to our English learning today is
Michelle in the Language Lab.
Hi, everyone. I'm Michelle.