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Eating Out

Date: Sep 18 2009

Themes: Food

Grammar: Simple Present Tense

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Who doesn’t like a nice restaurant? Whenever someone comes to visit or you go someplace new, you always go out to eat. But eating out isn’t only for special occasions. Sometimes it’s fun to just grab a bite with your friends at someplace low key.

Jason has been eating out pretty regularly lately. Listen to him and Devan talk about how it could be too much of a good thing.

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Jason: So my roommate keeps leaving the kitchen really messy so I find myself eating out like constantly. It’s pretty sweet to just splurge like that, but I feel like the specialness of going out to eat is kind of wearing off.

Devan: Yeah. Make sure you tip though. And that can really add up.

Jason: Yeah. That’s part of the problem is it always ends up costing more than I think it’s going to.

Devan: Yeah. Sometimes you just want to go to a cafeteria-style place, but people think that in those smaller places you don’t have to tip, but as someone who works at a place like that, it’s always nice because we live off our tips too.

Jason: Totally. Do you think it’s a good use of money though to go out to a nice dinner somewhere?

Devan: I think that’s the kind of thing you can treat yourself to once in a while, but yeah.

Jason: You know when you’re just like eating out left and right and suddenly it’s like less of a special thing to go to someplace where you have to make a reservation and do a proper night out?

Devan: You should just stay home.

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Discussion

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Jason hasn’t been able to cook at home much lately, so he’s been eating out a lot. It’s nice to eat out, but it loses its appeal if you do it too often.

Devan thinks that it’s best to get a really nice meal from time to time, and that Jason should eat at home more often. Do you like to eat out? What’s the fanciest meal you’ve ever had?

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peguy

Haiti

I like eating out because its fun!!!

TURKO

Turkey

l lıke eatıng out because here ın Turkey food ıs delıcıous and cheap

super B

Botswana

eating out is not big deall, when im gonna eat out, its funny to see others grabbing their folks and knives correctly, but me, eat like i was a child no matter whos watching, cuz i pay my money for eating, what i want….lol

马丽丽

China

I do not like to go to a restaurant for dinner, I love great meals for my mother burned
, It is delicious!

Love-mickey

China

I don't like to eat out .I like to have a home-like meal,which is happeness.

sofree

China

I can't say I like to eat out, just get used to it, it went wearing off long time ago.

The fanciest meal to me should be a happy one, not the price, but the tastes and the feelings. For me, maybe 8 steamed crabs, LOL!!!

DaeNg

Thailand

I would like to grab a bite with my special friend at someplace low key.

webrich56

South Korea

If I have money to burn, I eat out till the end.

renran

China

From where i stand ,i like eating in my house sometimes cause i can make the dinner by myself ,of course i also want to eat out cause i can meet more people who are fro,m anywhere and i can meet the people who i want to meet

edgarin2336

Mexico

I really enjoy eating out once in while at tocks, vips or other places here in Queretaro, u can know new people..at the same time

abd70

Palestinian Territory, Occupied

i like eat out and into my home but i prefer eat in home because its good

see you

vovo_2010

Egypt

hiiii english out..i ask about.. i want to learn english from beginning .can i do that

thank you

alammary

Yemen

eating out is always cause alot of stomach problem especially in my country because most or the restaurant are not concern about cleaning

toudjine

Algeria

i only tried that with my familly whereas i did not try with a friend.

vusal

Azerbaijan

i like eat with my freinds

mht_27

Chad

I love it

jay_1992

China

I identity you say!i always cook by myself ! it will let me feel happy

jay_1992

China

when your friend visit to you!you always go out to eat in the restaurant!in china there are arivour hotel!the rich man will go to de advanced hotel but the poor person only go to the cheap place !sometime they will reservations !however go to where ,happy is the low key1

Jagdish Arya

India

We eat to live not live to eat

luosijie203

Taiwan

I think whether Eating Out is good, the answer is depending on situation, you know if you go out to eat, you can eat something you can’t cook and have more to enjoy yourself, but it costs you too much money. if you cook at home, you can cook anything you like, and the dish can be more clean, costs you less. I often cook by myself, sometimes, maybe in the weekends I go out with my family to have something special to eat and enjoy our leisure time.