Real Talk #021 – How would you like your burger?
Do you like eating hamburgers and steak? If so, this episode is for you! Join Suzanne and Andrew as they talk about how to order a hamburger or a steak at a restaurant.
Fun facts
The word burger is short for hamburger and, although the word hamburger originates from Hamburg, Germany, Americans eat the most hamburgers. They consume about 50 billion hamburgers a year. That’s enough to circle the earth 32 times!
Expressions you’ll learn in this episode
- Carpaccio
- The blues
- Tartare
- Blue
- Black and blue
- To sear
- To plug
- To give [someone] the cold shoulder
Credit:Music: Something Elated by Broke For Free; Step On by Jahzzar; Lobby Time by Kevin (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0 License
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Real Talk #021 – How would you like your burger?
Do you like eating hamburgers and steak? If so, this episode is for you! Join Suzanne and Andrew as they talk about how to order a hamburger or a steak at a restaurant.
Fun facts
The word burger is short for hamburger and, although the word hamburger originates from Hamburg, Germany, Americans eat the most hamburgers. They consume about 50 billion hamburgers a year. That's enough to circle the earth 32 times!Expressions you’ll learn in this episode
- Carpaccio
- The blues
- Tartare
- Blue
- Black and blue
- To sear
- To plug
- To give [someone] the cold shoulder
Credit:Music: Something Elated by Broke For Free; Step On by Jahzzar; Lobby Time by Kevin (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0 License
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Sign inHosts: Andrew Bates and Suzanne Cerreta
Music: Something Elated by Broke For Free,
Step On by Jahzzar
Episode preparation/research: Andrew Bates
Audio editor: Andrew Bates
Transcriptionist: Heather Bates
Study guide writer: Stephanie Minelga
English editor: Stephanie MacLean
Operations: Tsuyoshi Kaneshima
Project manager: Jessica Cox
Image: HanzyKisik (Pixabay.com)
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