Spotlight - 13.2019

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42 Spotlight 13/2019 LANGUAGE

3. Food fears

Cory and Natasha use several words to describe badly

cooked food. Rearrange the letters below to form the

words correctly.

A. aegrsy

B. alsty

C. ryd

D. utgoh

E. war

F. doboly

2. Costume complaints

Match the words and phrases from the dialogue (A–E) to

their definitions (1–5):

A. baggy 1. scratchy, rough on the skin

B. too tight 2. too small, not wide enough

C. cheap and nasty 3. not perfect, a bit broken

D. itchy 4. too loose

E. faulty 5. generally of poor quality

Answers

2. Costume

complaints

A–4; B–2; C–5; D–1; E–3

3. Food fearsA. greasyB. saltyC. dryD. toughE. rawF. bloody

baggy [(bÄgi]

, sackartig, schlabbrig

blazing [(bleIzIN]

, flammend, lodernd

collar [(kQlE]

, Kragen

greasy [(gri:si]

, fettig

itchy [(ItSi]

, kratzig

moan [mEUn]

, jammern, klagen

nasty [(nA:sti]

, scheußlich, unange-

nehm

quid [kwId] UK ifml.

, Pfund (Sterling)

spot of glue

[)spQt Ev (glu:] UK ifml.

, ein Tupfen Klebstoff

tunic [(tju:nIk]

, Tu n i k a , U m h a n g

It’s the day of the party. Cor y and Natasha are prepar-

ing the food.

Natasha: We have a lot of meat here. What about the

vegetarians?

Cory: I don’t think they had vegetarians in Westeros.

Natasha: Do you think the spare ribs are going to be too

greasy for people to eat with their hands?

Cory: No. We’ll put paper ser viettes out anyway.

Natasha: And is the barbecue sauce too salty?

Cory: Well, if it makes people thirsty, we have

plenty of beer.

Natasha: I hope the meat isn’t going to be dry

or tough, but we have to make sure it’s

cooked through. We don’t want to give

people pork that’s still raw or bloody inside.

Cory: I don’t think they worried so much about

food hygiene in Game of Thrones.

Natasha: No. Do you remember when

Daenerys ate that raw

horse’s heart with her

hands? She didn’t even

use a serviette!

Natasha has ordered costumes for the party online.

She and Cory are trying them on. Read their conver-

sation.

Natasha: Does your costume fit?

Cory: The tunic is a bit baggy.

Natasha: Oh, that’s OK — better too loose than too tight.

Cory: The fur collar on the cape is very cheap and

nasty. It’s itchy on my neck.

Natasha: What do you expect for 20 quid? Real wolf fur?

Cory: The belt is faulty, too. Look! It doesn’t fasten

properly.

Natasha: It just needs a spot of glue.

Cory: Basically, it’s cheap and nasty, but I guess it’ll

do.

Natasha: Oh, come on! Stop moaning! I think you look

amazing. Very Jon Snow. Just don’t stand in

front of any blazing fires, or your fake fur will

probably melt.

You can use these

words if you want

to complain in a

restaurant.

You can use these

words if you want to

complain about clothes

you’ve bought.