dialogue 1

Jingjing: Aloha, Mark! It's nice that we could ------.

Mark: Yeah, -------------. I was planning to go out to the -------anyway, and am glad to----------------- here.

Jingjing: Hey, what's that you're --------------?

Mark: Oh,this? It's just a ----------. I ----------------- at home.

Jingjing: The bread looks ----------. Why is it so --------------?

Mark: It'smade from dark ---------—pumpernickel and rye, I think. Hey, would you --------? I have the other----------------. Ihaven't----------- it.

Jingjing: Imight try----------, if I can ----------------- a piece.

Mark: Ifyou'd like ------------, it's yours. Don't try to -----------, though. The stuff inside will------------ Don't worry about me. This ----------------------for me.

Jingjing: OK. Thanks. Hey, what'd you ---------------here?

Mark: It's-----------. But then I put ------ instead of----- no -----, ----------mayo forthe sauce, and ----------------------and onions.

Jingjing: Thoseare a little --------------.

Mark: I--------them myself, and didn't want them too---------- So, I ---------- inKorean ---------, then added some --------- and a little ------------ before Ileft the house.

Jingjing: Uh, what are those -------------?

Mark: Thoseare coriander---------. I just --------. I probablyshouldn't have, though.

Jingjing: They----------. You must have--------- to ---------. It seems -----------.

Mark: Ha ha,but not really. It's just a matter of----------- ingredients. Mywife's parents made the----------yesterday. So, I didn't have to do much -------------------the bread put stuff together.

Jingjing: Well, there are a lot of -------------- between American food and Chinesefood.

Mark: That's---------. Luckily, nobody has to choose between--------------

Jingjing: Hmm. Let me finish -------- -----------------------------------

dialogue 2

Jingjing: Mark, that sandwich was pretty good. Thanks for --------- with me.

Mark: Noproblem. I was --------- what you said. There are a lot of----------betweenChinese food and American food.

Jingjing: Yes there are. Sometimes, I think the two couldn't ------------. Forinstance, here, this one sandwich was --------- because you ----------beforeyou left the house. In China, ----------- it is less common. So,most food is -----------pieces or made so people can ---------- with -------------.

Mark: Right. And on American -------------, the ---------is the second or third mostimportant---------------

Jingjing: Doyou like sharing food with ----------------------------

Mark: Yes. I think it's a -------------. It didn't ----------to get used toChinese ways of eating. Some of the-----------were ------------- for me, though.

Jingjing: Really, like what?

Mark: Well,-----------,for one: I like -------- but couldn't -------- all those -------------. After a year or so, I got to-------------------.

Jingjing: Any others?

Mark: ----------------wastotally weird for me when I got here. I never had it at Chineserestaurants before I came here.

Jingjing: You mean that----------------------

Mark: That'sthe one. There was a malatang place near ----my firstyear in China. It was the ------to------veggies. But I just---------- forthe first few months.

Jingjing: Now you-----,though, don't you. I remember you saying that ---------is one of your ----------things to eat.

Mark: Now Ilike it. Actually, when I went ----------- after living in China for ayear, I couldn't find---------, and really ----------- it.

Jingjing: Aren't there a lot of Chinese ---------- in America?

Mark: Thereare --------. But-----------before realizing it's -------, notnearly -----------what you can have here.

Jingjing: Well, I'd better ask --------first before I try a ----------- in America.

Mark: Ha ha. Here, it's easy. You just---------- that are -----------------

Jingjing: You got it!

new words andphrases

from dialogue 1

enough with thephone calls already (enough with the <noun> already):

pumpernickel, rye:

mayo (mayonnaise):

coriander:

tie the flavorstogether (tie something together):

from dialogue 2

utensils:

grass carp:

Sichuanpeppercorn:

veggies:

can't get past thetaste (can't / couldn't / wont' be able to get past the <noun>)

you're usually out$10 (be out <amount, typically of money>)