ANGOL SZÓKINCS ÉS SZÖVEGÉRTÉS: Daily Routine with Martha Stewart

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Nézzük meg ebben a videóban, hogy mivel telik a háztartás amerikai királynőjének egy napja – és még az angol nyelvet is gyakorolhatod!

Watch the video then answer the q

After watching the video, decide whether the following statements are T (true) or F (false).

  1. Martha wakes up later than 6:15 AM.
  2. Martha grows most of their vegetables in a greenhouse.
  3. Martha enjoys snacking throughout the day.
  4. Martha prefers to drink cocktails when home alone.
  5. Martha makes a light lunch, often including tuna fish salad.
  6. Martha has a large collection of snacks in her kitchen.
  7. Martha uses organic ingredients for her meals.

Answer the following questions in English.

  1. What is the first thing Martha does when she wakes up?
  2. What is Martha’s morning routine after checking her iPads?
  3. What ingredients does Martha include in her daily green juice?
  4. What other animals does Martha check on during her morning rounds on the property?
  5. How does Martha prepare the chicken for dinner with her friends?
  6. What types of wine does Martha recommend from her Martha Stewart Wine Company?
  7. What is Martha’s preferred alcoholic drink when she has friends over for dinner?

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After watching the video, decide whether the following statements are T (true) or F (false).

  1. F – Martha wakes up really early, earlier than 6:15 AM.
  2. T – Martha grows her own vegetables in a greenhouse.
  3. F – Martha very hard to keep snacks out of the house.
  4. F – Martha does not pour herself a drink when home alone.
  5. T – Martha makes a light lunch, specifically a tuna fish salad.
  6. F – Martha tries to keep nothing in the house that will entice her as a snack.
  7. T – Martha wants organic, clean, and healthy ingredients for her meals.

Answer the following questions in English.

  1. The first thing Martha does when she wakes up is check the power levels on her two iPads and plug them in.
  2. After checking her iPads, Martha takes a shower, reads the newspaper, does the crossword puzzle, and then goes to the kitchen for her green juice.
  3. The ingredients in Martha’s green juice include cucumbers, parsley, mint, ginger, orange (including the skin), and pineapple.
  4. During her morning rounds on the property, Martha checks on the horses, donkeys, peacocks, homing pigeons, laying hens and roosters, and geese.
  5. To prepare the chicken for dinner, Martha washes and dries it, salts and peppers the interior, lets it sit in the refrigerator overnight to dry out, and then slathers it with room temperature butter before roasting it.
  6. Martha recommends wines from her Martha Stewart Wine Company, which she says are chosen to pair well with different dishes.
  7. Martha’s preferred alcoholic drink when she has friends over for dinner is a vodka cocktail, such as a vodka on the rocks with a slice of orange from her own greenhouse, or a greyhound (vodka and grapefruit juice).

Vocabulary

to do/perform ablutions megmosakodni
contraption készülék, szerkezet
kale kelkáposzta
to burp böfögni
property birtok
to check on ellenőrizni
homing pigeons postagalambok
laying hens tojótyúkok
roosters kakasok
to accompany elkísérni
to treat myself to megkínálni magam
the hub of the kitchen a konyha központja/szíve
to grind flour lisztet őrölni
to entice elcsábítani
to commute ingázni
shallot mogyoróhagyma
a rack of lamb egész bárányborda
frisee fodros, zöld levelű frizé saláta
string beans zöldbab
French turnips francia fehérrépa
interior belseje, belső része
black truffles fekete szarvasgomba
a stick of unsalted butter egy egész sótlan vaj
to slather vastagon megkenni
a case of wine egy láda bor
on the rocks jéggel
salted rim sóban meghempergetett a pohár szél
crème fraîche zsírosabb tejfölféle
fluffy leveles