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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast episode 578: Eating a Home-Cooked Meal.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 578. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.

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This episode is a dialogue between Louise and Gil. They are talking about eating a meal at home and some of the vocabulary that might be connected to that activity. Let’s get started.

Louise: What’s the matter with you?

Gil: I just got off the phone with my mom and she says they’re planning a welcome-home party for me next week – at a restaurant!

Louise: What’s wrong with that?

Gil: After living abroad for a year, I was really looking forward to a home-cooked meal.

Louise: Why didn’t you just tell your mother that?