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Lesson 15

Meat Lovers and Vegetarian

A young girl’s diary

Today, I had broccolis for dinner. Yuck!

I just can’t stand the smell and the texture
of them. From all the vegetables, why does

she have to force me to eat my least favor-
ite vegetable? She says that if I don’t eat it,

I’m not going to have anything else. I hate
vegetables especially broccoli. I think the dinosaurs ate too much of it so they

died. I told mom if she puts a little meat in it, it wouldn’t taste as bad. My mom

told me she cooked it with meat to taste like meat, but it tasted like broccoli
when I tasted it. Next time, I’m going to close my eyes and pinch my nose first

before I can eat any more of it even if my mom gets mad when I do that. She
said that if I don’t eat broccoli the way I should, she is going to give me more

of it. More punishment on top of punishment! The truth is I wouldn’t hate broc-
coli this much if my mom doesn’t bug me about it. When my mom says to eat

everything and don’t leave anything on my plate, she makes it sound like eating
is a punishment, even when the food is delicious. I don’t really understand my

mom sometimes. I think she didn’t eat enough broccolis herself when she was
young.

Comprehension

1. When do you say “Yuck!”?
2. How does the girl eat broccoli?
3. What does the girl think about broccoli?

Questions

1. Which one do you prefer, meat or vegetables?

2. What do you think of vegetarians and meat-lovers?
3. Do you like junk food? Why or why not?
4. What is your favorite vegetable and least favorite
vegetable?

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