ABA Journal The digital English academy
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We are excited to share with you a video from Cooking Hack. A hack is a clever or elegant solution that makes your life easier.
To learn as much English as you can with this lesson, we suggest that you follow these steps:
1. Read the text
2. Understand the vocabulary
3. Watch the video
Additionally, try practicing your pronunciation during the video by pausing and repeating what you hear.
Text
Today I’m going to show you a quick and simple way to cut cherry tomatoes. If you’re doing them one at a time with a knife, it can take a long time, sometimes the juice squirts out, and you’ve got to be careful not to cut your fingers.
So here’s a fun tip to make it a lot quicker, and safer too.
Start by taking your tomatoes, put them all on a plate, then take another plate, turn it upside down, and place it on top.
There should be a gap in between the plates, like this. Next, take a sharp knife, hold the top plate in place, and carefully run the knife in between the plates, making sure to cut away from yourself.
Take the plate off and we’ve chopped every one of the tomaties nicely in half. Pretty cool, huh?
I hope you’ve enjoyed watching this video, if you want to see more cooking tips, click on the top link on the right hand side, or take a look at some of my other videos.
Stay safe and as always, thanks for watching!
Vocabulary
Squirt – to suddenly force (a liquid) out through a small opening.
Place – to put (something or someone) in a particular place or position.
Gap – a space between two things.
Sharp – having a thin edge that is able to cut things or a fine point that is able to make a hole in things.
Chopped – to cut (something) into pieces by hitting it with the sharp edge of an ax, knife, etc.
Nicely – in a pleasant or correct way.
Video
Do YOU know any cooking hacks?
Thanks Prudent!