A slow English story about Craving crawfish at the supermarket, I made a deal with myself — and ended up eating it online. 13 simple sentences. Word by word. About ? minutes.

📝 Today's sentences

① My friends, I have a question for you. Is it crawfish season back in China right now?

② I've been in Austin, Texas lately. The most famous local supermarket here is H-E-B.

③ There's one almost every two miles. And in summer, crawfish is their thing.

④ They set up a little stall out front. Selling crawfish for a limited time.

⑤ I parked my car, and the smell hit me right away.

⑥ I really wanted some. But I wasn't sure how clean they were.

⑦ So I made a deal with myself. If they're still here when I come out. I'll get some.

⑧ I went in and grabbed milk, bread, steak, and some fruit.

⑨ When I came out, they were already sold out.

⑩ I felt disappointed and relieved at the same time.

⑪ Back home, I scrolled through tons of crawfish videos. So many flavors, from Changsha to Suzhou.

⑫ I told myself I'd pretty much tasted every flavor already. Then I saw someone drop instant noodles right into the crawfish sauce.

⑬ So I dug into my own instant noodles. And honestly, it tasted pretty good too.

🔑 Vocabulary

• crawfish season /ˈkrɔːfɪʃ ˈsiːzən/

• a little stall /ə ˈlɪtl stɔːl/

• limited time /ˈlɪmɪtɪd taɪm/

• made a deal /meɪd ə diːl/

• relieved /rɪˈliːvd/

• instant noodles /ˈɪnstənt ˈnuːdlz/

• dug into /dʌɡ ˈɪntuː/

• famous /ˈfeɪməs/

• miles /maɪlz/

• smell /smel/

• grabbed /ɡræbd/

• sold out /soʊld aʊt/

• scrolled /skroʊld/

• flavors /ˈfleɪvərz/

• sauce /sɔːs/

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