Page 99 - OPIC-Advanced

Answer B:

I don’t know how to cook. However, I love to eat, especially fastfood. Since I am alone in the
dormitory, I always order food outside. I love the smell of freshly-baked pizza in a box, or
deeply-fried chickens in a bucket. My little fridge is full of leftover fastfood goodies. When I
invite friends over, we have a feast. However, my friend was worried about my health. I was
becoming a bit chubby, not to mention that the fats are all in the wrong places. She told me it
may be because of the fastfood I eat. “I can always do exercises,” I say, but she demanded that
I reduce eating fastfood as it is bad for health. The solution? I bought a cookbook! I summoned
all my guts to chop, chop, chop! I was even hesitant to turn on the flame. I was anxious when I
season the food, more apprehensive when I’m about to give it a taste. No, it wasn’t as good as
how my mother would cook food, but at least it was not bad. I give myself a pat on the back as
I eat my food.

Points to emphasize in answering:

If you don’t know how to cook food, try to think of an instance when you tried to
cook food.

Give details about it, and share the experiences you felt.

Vocabulary

bucket - a container that is shaped like a pail
leftover - spare
goodies - good products
summon - beckon
hesitant - uncertain
apprehensive - concerned
give a pat on the back - congratulate

71