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B GOAL Describe Regional Foods
Listening
A Look at the picture. In pairs, discuss these questions.
1. What are important foods that everyone in your country eats?
2. Where in the world do farmers grow rice?
3. Why do they grow it there?
B 🎧2 Listen to the interview. Circle the correct letter.
1. Who is the interviewer talking to?
a. a restaurant owner b. a rice farmer c. a news reporter
2. What is happening in the rice paddy? People are...
a. planting rice plants. b. planting seeds. c. letting water into the paddy.
3. What kind of climate does rice need?
a. hot and dry b. warm and wet c. cool and humid
WORD FOCUS
Farmers raise or grow crops.
C 🎧2 Listen again and answer the questions.
1. Why doesn't the rice farmer plant seeds like other farmers?
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2. How is the rainfall this year?
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3. What happens to the water in the rice paddy after the rice plants grow?
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4. What happens to the rice plants after they're dry?
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Farmers working at a rice paddy
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D Follow the instructions with a partner.
1. List some of the foods that grow well in your part of the world. They can be crops or seafood.
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2. Talk about the dishes people make from each of these foods. What are the ingredients? Do you enjoy eating the dish?
E MY WORLD Do you try to buy local foods from farmers in your area? What are some advantages and disadvantages of doing this?
| PRONUNCIATION: Linking Words Together |
| When a word ends in a consonant sound, and the next word begins with a vowel sound, the words are usually linked together. We cut the rice plants and clean them. We grow a lot of rice. |
F 🎧3 Listen to the sentences. Notice the pronunciation of the linked words. Then, listen again and repeat the sentences.
1. We're eating dinner now.
2. Her favorite dish is chicken with rice.
3. Famers work on weekends and holidays.
4. Paul and I don't like fish very much.
5. Coffee grows well in Colombia.
6. Rain falls in all seasons where I live.
✔️GOAL CHECK
Describe Regional Foods
1. Think of a special dish from your area or region of the world. Take a few notes about each question below. Then use your notes to tell a partner about the special dish.
What is the name of the dish? When are the ingredients available?
When do people usually eat it? How do people prepare the dish?
What are some of the ingredients? How do you feel about the dish?
2. Get together with another pair and tell them about the special dishes you described.
The dish is called ceviche, and it is popular in Peru. We make it with seafood and lime juice. Some of the other ingredients are...
