I work for a big accounting firm and they transferred me to the States a couple of years ago. It's been quite a shock! For one thing, the portions here tend to be ____. You see people with steaks the size of their plate - and they eat it all! It's really ____. Even worse is steak with blue cheese sauce. I can't stand the way it ____! Why would you put something which is basically moldy cow fat in your mouth? And it's served with French fries all the time! I really ____ having rice with my meals. I moved to Taiwan five years ago because my wife is from Taipei, and I love it here. We eat out a lot and there are lots of good, cheap restaurants and street snacks. I’m vegetarian and there’s a long tradition of ____ food here so it’s great for me. Having said that, I’ll never get used to ‘stinky tofu’. The name is very accurate – it smells like sweaty socks mixed with ____ fish! I tried it once. The sauce was actually OK, but that smell is just so off-putting! When you go to restaurants here, ____ speaking, you all just order lots of different dishes and then everyone shares, which is nice. Of course there's good food here too. ____, there are some good Taiwanese restaurants here! There are also lots of ____ health food shops. I've also got some friends who are great cooks and they often have me round for dinner. Back home, we tend to meet in restaurants, so it's a lovely thing to do. One last thing that I sometimes find ____ is the way people usually order things ____ for themselves. Sometimes you choose something which doesn't turn out to be that nice and the food goes to waste. It would be better if people ____ more. That way, everyone would get something they like. The first time I went out with my wife’s family, my father-in-law ____ on paying, which is pretty normal I suppose. What is still a bit strange for me, though, is when you go out with people of your own age and all the men always offer to pay for everything. There’s sometimes almost a fight to get hold of the bill first! Generally speaking, back home we just split the bill between everyone. One final thing I find a bit ____ here is how surprised everyone is that I can use chopsticks. I mean, just because you’re ____, it doesn’t mean you can’t learn how to use chopsticks!

Outcomes Intermediate unit 8

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