...similar to my solution to the problem: freezing food. Do you cook daily? What is your solution to making a daily chore more interesting?
As you listen to this daily cooking story, pick out the words that surprised you or are new to you. Think about what words come before them and after them, to learn the patterns. Lots of shadowing should make it easy to make this English your own.
Remember, don't read it everytime you listen! Just read it once every four or five times you shadow this story.
Do you do daily cooking?
Of course, when I was a bachelor, I used to do the daily cooking for myself. I have to admit, it was hard. Cooking itself is not that difficult. Thinking of what to cook was difficult. And that was just for myself. It must be very difficult cooking for a family.
Some of my stories are similar to my own life. I am not Phil, but I wrote some parts of my life into Phil's. He has trouble cooking too. His solution to the problem is ...
Daily Cooking
Phil does his own cooking when he gets home from work because he lives alone. He likes to cook, but he doesn't like to think of what to cook everyday. Trying to decide what to cook at the end of the day is hard. So Phil usually does his cooking on the weekend. He likes to cook things that he can freeze. For example, he likes to cook a big pot of stew. Then he can divide it into small portions and freeze them.
At the end of the day during the week, he can just reheat the frozen stew and add a salad and toast and his dinner is ready.
Phil likes to spend one Sunday each month just cooking. He cooks lots of food that he can easily reheat during the week. He makes a list of what he freezes. Then everyday he comes home and looks at the list. He decides what to eat and takes that out of the freezer. This is much easier than cooking something new everyday.
Somedays, Phil comes home with extra energy and he doesn't just reheat something. He cooks something new. That is a special day, and Phil takes a bit longer to eat those dinners. He likes to savor the flavor. He's a good cook because he likes to eat good food.