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In this podcast we have real conversations in easy English to help with your listening.
I'm Neil.
And I'm Georgie.
Remember, Hi, Georgie.
How are you?
I'm very well, thank you, Neil.
How are you?
I'm pretty good.
And what are we talking about in this episode?
So today, Georgie, we're talking about chocolate.
Oh, I love chocolate.
I know.
That's my next question.
Do you like chocolate?
I do.
I think you and everyone else in the office knows that I like chocolate a lot.
My dad always jokes when I go home that if they have any chocolate in the house it will disappear if I go home, because I'm always looking in the fridge and the cupboards to find it.
What about you?
Are you a chocolate fan?
I do like chocolate.
Yeah.
I don't think about chocolate all the time, or I don't feel like I need to have chocolate, but I do like it.
And when I have it, I really enjoy it.
What kind of chocolate do you like?
Well, I like really dark chocolate, the one that's kind of bitter.
Yeah.
Almost too bitter.
I think that's a really, really nice one.
You only need a really small amount.
So you are famous in your house for eating chocolate.
But how often do you eat chocolate?
Well, I have a terrible habit of eating chocolate after most meals.
Maybe breakfast I avoid chocolate.
That's a lie, actually.
This morning I had a chocolate croissant, so forget that.
After something savoury, I usually want something sweet.
And so I usually have a chocolate bar after lunch.
Then after dinner, the same thing happens.
I get a sugar craving and need something sweet.
A sugar craving means that you really want it.
You really need it.
Your body is telling you that you want it.
So it sounds to me like you couldn't give up chocolate.
I think about it sometimes giving up chocolate, which means to stop eating it completely, but I think a more realistic option for me would to be to cut down on chocolate.
So Eat less of it.
Reduce my chocolate consumption.
I just can't imagine not eating chocolate.
It would take away so much enjoyment from my life.
And Neil, life is short.
There was actually a really sad look in your eyes when you were talking about giving up chocolate.
So.
So obviously I like chocolate a lot.
You said that you don't like it as much.
Does that mean you eat it less?
How often do you eat chocolate?
Well, when I have chocolate or when there is chocolate around, I eat lots.
I eat loads.
In fact, it's hard not to finish the whole thing bar, even if it's a big one.
But fortunately, i suppose i don't really think about chocolate much.
It's not like every day i think i need my chocolate, but when it's there i really love it okay.
So do you not buy much chocolate for the house then?
Do your kids not eat much chocolate?
No, not really i don't.
I don't think we do.
Um, there are times of the year when chocolate is around more often, like christmas and easter, oh yeah um, but the rest of the time no, we're not a very chocolatey house.
No, do you prefer plain chocolate?
So just chocolate on its own or, you know, flavored chocolate, things that have chocolate that has other flavors in it.
Actually, i do like some maybe unusual combinations.
So some chocolate bars you can get that.
Have got chili um, some even with wasabi Oh, I've never tried that.
Yeah.
What's it like?
Not sure about the wasabi one, but the chilli one is really good.
Another unusual one is salted caramel in chocolate or salt, just sea salt with chocolate.
That's really good as well.
And ginger.
Yeah, ginger's good.
The list could go on.
OK, let's recap the vocabulary we've heard in this podcast.
We had lots of or a lot of, which means a large amount.
And we can also say loads of, loads of chocolate.
We also heard the phrasal verb give up.
If you give up a food, like chocolate, you stop eating it.
We also heard the phrasal verb cut down on, which means to have less of something.
For example, I really need to cut down on chocolate.
We also heard the word craving, which is when you have a really strong feeling of needing or wanting something like a food.
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