The Home-Cooked Meal
Vocabulary
roar | pin-point | motorcycle |
road | garden | homemade |
fresh | greens | home-cooked |
lake | hospitality | hospitable |
local | so far (2) | seems to be |
full | nice (2) | think/thought/thought |
meal | amazing | eat/ate/eaten |
juice | prepare | nice to meet you |
invite | refreshing | meet/met/met |
follow | delicious | make/made/made |
bit (3) | long (2) | good/better/best |
yet | try/tried | Bon appetit |
road | macaroni | come/came/come |
Video (8:30 to 12:00)
Transcript
We asked some locals for a restaurant . . . they said, “Follow us.”
Seems to be full.
I think we are going to eat at his house.
Noraly, Traveler: “Hi. Hi. I’m Noraly. Nice to meet you”.
Noraly, Traveler: “Look at this amazing meal. There is vodka. There is bread. This they make themselves. And this is from the garden, I think also. And this is some fish.”
Host: “Sevan.”
Noraly, Traveler: “Sevan — ah from Sevan Lake.”
And then they have homemade juice which is really really nice super refreshing. I can’t really pin-point what it is made from, but it is super delicious.
So yeah; best meal so far in Armenia. I have not been here very long, but this is really, really nice. And they are so friendly, we try to communicate a little bit.
So Bon Appetit.
And more food is coming.
Noraly, Traveler: “This is egg? Bak, bak, bak!”
Some eggs, and salad she made and this is egg with, I think, tomato or something.
So more food is coming and coming. Now we also have this. I haven’t tried it yet; it looks like macaroni.
Noraly, Traveler: “And this? Shoesam?”
So going to try that also. There is just food coming and coming. It is amazing this is super super delicious.
Noraly, Traveler: “Spasiba. Thank you very much. Dasvidanya. Bye. Bye.
Questions
Lettuce Salad. In the beginning, two people were walking in a park. True or false? Were they traveling in the country, a town or city?
Cabbage. The two travelers found a place to eat online. They found a place to eat though an app. Is this right or wrong?
Eggplant. Did they have a meal in a fancy, deluxe restaurant? Did they have lunch with old, long-time friends?
Tomato. The meal was prepared from ingredients the host bought from a supermarket. Is this correct or incorrect? Was the fish caught in the ocean? Did the man catch the fish from the ocean?
Bell Pepper. What did the host serve to her guests? What did the travelers eat?
Broccoli, Cauliflower. Could they speak to each other? Could the hosts speak English? Did the travelers speak Armenian?
Zucchini, Gourd. Did the visitors enjoy the meal? Did they have a great experience? Did they pay for the meal?
Apricot, Plumb. I have eaten meals at other people’s homes. Yes or no? Have other people eaten at your home?
Apple, Pear. Have you been invited to have meals in the homes of strangers? Have strangers invited you for meals in their homes?
Pumpkin. Who are friendlier and more hospitable, people in cities, towns; or villages, the country or farms?
Watermelon. Are people in your city, town or region friendly and hospitable toward strangers and outsiders? What places or nations are friendly or hospitable to strangers or outsiders?
Cheese, Yogurt, Kefir. What might happen in the future?