FOOD & ANIMAL

FOOD

A: Hi guys, how are you doing?

B, C, D: Great, buddy（['b?di] n. 【口】[C]好朋友,伙伴;搭挡）!

B: Hey D. I heard that you just come back form India. How do you like that country?

D: Well not bad, but what really impress me is the good food.

C: Really? Tell us more about the food.

D: You know, the most famous food in India is curry（咖喱）but you might don't know there are so many different curries in India.

A: Yes, I know. My roommate is from India and he said besides the flavor（调料）, there are also some curries in different colors, red, white, yellow, green even black.

C: Sounds great, it is my first time to hear that. But what do the different curries taste like? D: Some of them taste almost the same except for the spicy(['spa?s?]辛辣的) degree.

A: So which one you recommend the most?

D: Well, it is hard to tell. But I tried one black curry at the last day in the airport, which is

really special. This curry smells kinda（['ka?nd?]〈口〉[用在this 等之后] ...的一种; ...

[''m m a a u uθθf f??l l]]满口;一口;少量的一类(= kind of)）bitter but after taking several mouthful（[

[C][(+of)]）, you feel a little sweet.

B: Sounds interesting. Do you remember the name of it? I do want to try it.

D: Sorry, I don't really remember the name.

C: No problem, we can go to visit A's roommate someday. I think he must know that.

B: Good idea. We can also ask him to write down the recipe.

C: And ... we can then hold an little party for Indian food in my home

A: Great idea.

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ANIMAL

B: Hey buddies, did you guys watch the program on discovery channel last night?

A: No. What's that about?

C: I watched part of it when it started to talk about scary snakes, looks so gross, so I turn it off then.

D: Oh, do you mean the one talking about the most dangerous animals in the world? I watched it, it's awesome（['?s?m]令人敬畏的;可怕的;有威严的）.

C: Sound funny. Tell us more.

A: Yes, please.

B: The program shows us the top ten dangerous animals in the world. Besides some animals like lion, snake and crocodile（['kr?k?dail]鳄鱼[C]）. There are few animals

you never thought would be listed in the top ten.

A: Really? What is that?

B: Take a guess.

C: spider?

B: Bingo! That's one of them but not the topest one.

D: Anaconda（蟒蛇;巨蟒;森蚺）must be one of them

A: Hey, I think anaconda is one kind of snakes, isn't it?

B: Yes, it is. But they separate it from poisonous snakes because of different way of attacking target.

A: Ok. So what is the no. 1 dangerous animal in the world?

B: You have no idea ... it is the hippo（河马）.

C: Hippo? Are you kidding? I was thinking it is sort of cute(【主美】漂亮的,可爱的;小巧玲珑的).

B: Cute? It is not the first word comes up with me after watching the program. The scientist in the program mentions that the hippo has an extremely strong teeth and

oral(['?:r?l]口头的,口述的)muscle. It can kill a crocodile immediately by a bite(咬;啃). D: Oh, it is really shocking me.

C: Me too.

A: Interesting. I want to go back to watch the replay tonight.