Daily Life - The Butcher(0143)

Butcher:

Hi. What can I get for you?

Gina:

I’d like a half a pound of ground beef, please.

Butcher:

Good choice! Our ground beef is extra lean, if you know what I mean.

Gina:

Could I also have half a dozen pork chops and two pounds of boneless chicken breasts?

Butcher:

No, no no no chicken breasts at the moment, but we have some nice chicken thighs.

Gina:

No, that won't do. I'll take this smoked ham you have here.

Butcher:

Okay, is there anything else?

Gina:

Do you have any other cold cuts? Is this salami and bologna you have here?

Butcher:

Yes! It's very fine meat! Made it myself...

Gina:

Sounds good. Okay, that's it.

Butcher:

Wait! We have T-bone, rib eye, and sirloin steaks. They are very fresh! Just came from the slaughter house...

Gina:

Mmm... No that's okay, really. I think that's all for today.

Butcher:

Okay. That will be thirty-four dollars and fifty cents.

Key Vocabulary

ground beef

common noun, non-variable

beef that has been put through a grinder

if you know what I mean

phrase

used to express the listener is aware of something that is assumed to be known

lean

Adjective

having a low fat content

pork chop

common noun, plural

a cut of pork in a individual size

chicken breast

common noun, plural

the meaty breast portion of a chicken

boneless

Adjective

with the bones removed

chicken thigh

common noun, plural

the upper leg portion of meat on a chicken

smoked ham

common noun, singular

a ham which has been seasoned with smoke

cold cuts

phrase

cold cooked meat, used for sandwiches

salami

common noun, non-variable

spicy dry sausage

bologna

common noun, non-variable

wide sausage that is sliced

T-bone

common noun, singular

a thick piece of beef with a T shaped bone in it

rib eye

common noun, singular

a tender cut of beef from the outer side of the ri

slaughter house

common noun, singular

the place where animals are killed for their meat

sirloin

common noun, non-variable

a piece of beef from lower back of the cow

steak

common noun, plural

a slice of beef

Supplementary Vocabulary

turkey

common noun, non-variable

a type of meat from a large bird, similar to chicken

hot dog

common noun, singular

a type of small sausage

cleaver

common noun, singular

a type of knife a butcher uses

chopping block

common noun, singular

the table that a butcher works on

butcher paper

common noun, non-variable

the waxy paper a butcher uses to wrap meat in