390. Dietary Restrictions and Preferences

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• Original Tony: Who did you invite over for dinner Saturday? Carmela: I invited Keith, Sung, Stephanie, and Luis. Tony: You didn’t! Carmela: I did. Why? Tony: You’re going to have a hard time cooking for them. Keith is a vegan and only eats food that’s organic. Sung is lactose intolerant and his doctor put him on a low-salt diet. Carmela: Really? I didn’t know. How do you know so much about their diets? Tony: I went on a trip with them and I’ll never do it again. We could never agree on a restaurant. Carmela: What about Stephanie and Luis? Tony: Stephanie is a health nut, and doesn’t eat anything with saturated fat, added sugar, or artificial flavors. She also doesn’t eat red meat. And Luis, he can only eat gluten-free kosher foods. Carmela: This is a disaster. How am I going to cook for all four of them? Tony: Beats me. Maybe you can turn it into a potluck. At least each of your guests will have one dish they can eat. Carmela: I can’t invite my friends over for dinner and then tell them to bring their own food! Tony: Well, you wanted a solution and beggars can’t be choosers. Carmela: You’re right. Desperate times call for desperate measures!

• Chinese Tony：周六你邀请了谁过来吃晚饭？ Carmela：我邀请了 Keith、Sung、Stephanie 和 Luis。 Tony：你不是认真的吧！ Carmela：我请了。怎么了？ Tony：你给他们做饭会很难。Keith 是纯素食主义者，而且只吃有机食物。Sung 有乳糖不耐受症，医生还让他进行低盐饮食。 Carmela：真的吗？我以前不知道。你怎么对他们的饮食了解得这么多？ Tony：我曾和他们一起去旅行过，以后再也不会去了。我们在选餐厅上永远达不成一致。 Carmela：那 Stephanie 和 Luis 呢？ Tony：Stephanie 是个健康狂人，不吃任何含有饱和脂肪、添加糖或人工香料的东西。她还不吃红肉。至于 Luis，他只能吃无麸质的犹太洁食。 Carmela：这真是个灾难。我该怎么给他们四个做饭啊？ Tony：难倒我了。也许你可以把它改成百乐餐（各带一菜的聚餐）。至少每个客人都能有一道他们能吃的菜。 Carmela：我不能邀请朋友来吃晚饭，然后又叫他们自己带吃的！ Tony：好吧，你想找个解决办法，既然是求人帮忙就不能挑三拣四了。 Carmela：你说得对。非常时期需用非常手段！

• First 2026-03-16 12:15 T: Who did you invite to come over to have dinner Saturday? C: I invited Keith, Sung, Stephanie, and Luis. T: You aren’t serious! C: I did. What’s the matter? T: It’s difficulty difficult cooking for them. Keith is a vegan, and only eat organ he only eats organic food. Sung has * intolerant is lactose intolerant and the doctor also suggested him to have suggested that he have a low-salt dietary diet. C: Really? I didn’t know before. How do you know so much about their dietary diets? T: I went on a vacation with them and I won’t go with them again anymore . We never agreed on pinking up a restruant restaurant. C: What about Stephanie and Luis? T: Stephanie is a health-nut and don’t doesn't eat anything that contains ~~ saturated fat, added artificial sugar or ~~ artificial flavors. She also don’t doesn't eat red meat. For Luis, he can only eat gluten-free kosher foods. C: That’s really a disatu* disaster. Should I cook four meals for them How am I going to cook for all four of them? T: Beats me. Maybe you can change it to a potluck(each one takes a dish). At least, each gust guest can have a dish they can eat. C: I can’t ask them over for dinner, then ask them to take something they need to eat bring their own food! T: Okay, you want to find a solution, baggers beggars can’t be choosers. C: You’re right. Special Desperate times call for special solutions desperate measures!

  Full review: 390. Dietary Restrictions and Preferences - Review Key Takeaways:

  • Learn diet-related chunks as whole phrases: be lactose intolerant, be on a low-salt diet, can only eat ....
  • After a possessive, use a noun: their diets, not their dietary.
  • Use go on with trips and vacations: go on a trip, go on a vacation.
  • Keep the original meaning precise: cook for all four of them is different from cook four meals.
  • Some changes are style choices, not hard errors: to come over is fine; the real missing detail was Saturday.

• Second 2026-03-16 22:12 T: Who did you invite over to have dinner Saturday? C: I invited Keith, Sung, Stephanie, and Luis. T: You didn’t! C: I did. Why? T:You’re going to have a hard time cooking for them. Keith is a vegan and he only eat eats organic food. Sung is loca* lactose intolerant and the doctor put him on a low-salt diet. C: Really? I didn’t know before. How do you know so much about their diets? T: I went on a vacation with them, and I’ll never do it again. We could never agree on picking a restaurant. C: What about Stephanie and Luis? T: Stephanie is a health nut and he she doesn’t eat anything that contains saturated fat, added sugar, or artificial flavors. She doesn’t eat red meat. For Luis, he can only eat gloten free korha gluten-free kosher food. C: That’s really a disaster. How am I going to cook for all four of them? T: Beats me. Maybe you can turn it to into a potluck(each one brings a dish). At least each of the guests have will have one dish to eat they can eat. C: I couldn’t can't invite my friends over to have dinner and ask them to bring things they own eat their own food! T: Okay, you want to find a solution, beggars can’t be choosers. C: You’re right. Desperate times call for desperate solutions measures.

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