Cooking at home & Eating out
B2 First · Speaking Long Turn · Cambridge Ready original exercise
Speak by yourself for about one minute, comparing your two photos. Afterwards, give a short answer to a question about the photos your partner described.
Talk about how the two photographs are similar and different, and tell us what the people might be enjoying about cooking in each situation.
Let's begin with you. These are your photographs, and they show people cooking at home.
Cooking at home
A grandmother and her teenage grandson folding dumplings together at a kitchen table.
https://cdn.cambridgeready.com/images/57760b98d818e37da0c0eb96f81182f746f2b89085f288154832f4482595457a.avif
candid documentary photograph, an East Asian grandmother and her teenage grandson folding dumplings together at a small kitchen table, flour on their hands, both laughing, warm family mood, natural light, shot on 35mm film, no text, no watermark
A young man cooking alone in a small flat, stirring a pan while checking a tablet.
https://cdn.cambridgeready.com/images/918d28752f2e5e9c03d0625e54960e0032830a1a54146f730fb979293179a517.avif
candid documentary photograph, a young Black man cooking alone in a compact apartment kitchen, stirring a frying pan and glancing at a tablet propped against the wall with its screen turned away, calm and focused mood, natural light, shot on 35mm film, no text, no watermark
Do you like helping to cook meals at home? (Why? / Why not?)
What might the people be enjoying about cooking in each situation?
Please compare them and tell us what the people might like about eating in these places.
Right, your turn now. Here are your two photographs, and they show people eating out.
Eating out
A group of office workers sharing food at a busy street-food stall at lunchtime.
https://cdn.cambridgeready.com/images/e1633c849da9506ac07bdaa76dfb19d7c629e6dd05357321af5d62fc2701f1b3.avif
candid documentary photograph, a mixed group of office workers in their twenties and thirties sharing noodles and skewers on plastic stools at a busy outdoor street-food stall at lunchtime, lively cheerful mood, natural light, shot on 35mm film, no text, no watermark
An older couple having a quiet dinner by candlelight in a small restaurant.
https://cdn.cambridgeready.com/images/22e823aa3958dbc240e18fa89d7dfe6cfbf35fb542b2dca2fd0ab3ae762fa062.avif
candid documentary photograph, a South Asian couple in their sixties having a quiet dinner by candlelight at a corner table in a small cosy restaurant, relaxed and affectionate mood, natural light, shot on 35mm film, no text, no watermark
Would you rather eat at a street market or in a restaurant? (Why?)
What might the people like about eating in these places?
Next, you'll each get two photographs to talk about by yourself for roughly a minute. After that, I'll ask you a short question about your partner's pictures.
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