a: mom! I hate eating vegetables!
B; you don’t have to eat them. I don’t mind.
A; thanks mom! Can I have dessert now? I love chocolate cake!
B: no dessert for you unless you eat all your vegetables.
A; buy I don’t like them! It’s not fair!
B: you can have some fruit for dessert. If you eat an apple and a banana , I might let you have a small piece of chocolate cake.
A; ok…actually, I don’t mind eating peas and carrots, buy I hate broccoli¹ and cauliflower.
B; I’ll remember that for next time. You’ll get extra peas and carrots, buy no broccoli or cauliflower. OK?
A; thanks mom!

Intermediate²
A; do you eat a lot of fruit and vegetables in you country?
B; yes, we do. The most popular vegetables are potatoes, carrots, peas, and cauliflower. The most popular fruit are apples, bananas, pears, peaches, grapes, and oranges. Do you like vegetables?
A: I like them very much. We also eat a lot of vegetables in my country, buy we eat different kinds.
B; which kinds of vegetables do people in your country usually eat?
A : we eat a lot of sweet corn, broccoli and eggplant.
B; I love eggplant! Unfortunately, it’s quite expensive in my country, so I don’t eat it often.
A; why is it relatively³ expensive?
B; because we don’t grow it much in my country. We import a lot from other countries.
A; I see. We grow a lot of fruit and vegetables in my country. We export a lot of melons, grapes, oranges and lemon. In your country, do you eat corn on the cob.? It’s very popular in my country.
B; we eat it in my country too, but I wouldn’t’ say it’s very popular. Most people buy frozen⁴ sweet corn from their local supermarket.
A; do people usually buy frozen vegetables in your country: it’s very rare in mine.
B; a lot of younger people like to buy large packets of mixed frozen vegetables. Peas and sweet corn have been sold frozen in my country for many years. I prefer to buy fresh vegetables.

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apple orange banana potato tomato carrot tropical peach grapes leek onion
watermelon plum pear stir fry eggplant bitter melon kiwi fruit cabbage
lemon pineapple organic strawberry broccoli sweet corn bunch seeds/pips fresh frozen tinned seedless