【Dictation】Hot Pot

Hello, and welcome to E-Report. My name is Gabe. Oh! And happy New Year! Yes, it is the beginning of a New Year, which means it is cold outside. You know, it’s the perfect weather to go to a hot pot restaurant. Yes, that’s what I will be doing today. That is the perfect meal to warm me up. But of course, hot pot is better with friends, right? I should have invited some friends to come with me! “Oh, hey, Katy! Will you be my friend for a lunch at a hot pot restaurant?” Yes! Okay, let’s get inside and warm up at a hot pot restaurant. There’re different kinds of hot pot restaurants. But at all of them, there is at least one or two stoves in each table. Some places don’t have a menu, you just go to a buffet and take the food you want to cook and eat; at others, you order from a menu. Today, Gabe and Katy are at a restaurant where they can order from a menu. They can order different kinds of vegetables, meat and things like tofu and mushrooms to put into their pot. They can order different kinds of soups to cook these things into. A waiter or waitress will start the pot for you. Then you choose the food to cook in it. Everything is fresh and ready to be cooked. What do you like? Some people like to eat healthy food, then maybe they want tofu or mushrooms; or maybe people like meat. People can eat many kinds of meat or fish. The meat for a hot pot is usually cut into small, thin slices, so that it cooks faster.