Ask Ss to talk about traditional food or drink where they live. Ask them: What are the traditional food or drink in your village/ city/ town/ province? Which one is the most popular? What are the ingredients for it? For advanced classes T may ask Ss how they would describe the dish.
1 Ask Ss to read the instructions carefully and remind them to remember the names of three places and three dishes mentioned in the conversation they are going to listen.
- Play the recording and ask Ss to match the places with the dishes. Then ask two or three Ss to write their answers on the board.
- Play the recording again for Ss to check the answers. If time is limited, T may play only the sentences that include the information Ss need for their answers.
Key: 1. b 2. a 3. c
Audio script:
1
Interviewer: Are you from Nghe An?
Man: Yes, I am.
Interviewer: Are there any traditional dishes there?
Man: Yes, there are. There’s a kind of soup.
Its name is sup luon.
Interviewer: What are the ingredients?
Man: Well, there’s eel, turmeric, pepper, and some chilies. It’s often served with bread.
2
Interviewer: Where are you from?
Woman: I’m from Da Nang.
Interviewer: Can you give me an example of a traditional dish there?
Woman: Our traditional dish is called my quang.
Interviewer: What are the ingredients?
Woman: It’s made with rice noodles, shrimp, pork,... and some vegetables.
3
Interviewer: Are you from Hai Phong?
Man: No, I’m from Ha Noi.
Interviewer: What are the traditional dishes in Ha Noi?
Man: There are a lot. Banh tom is one.
Interviewer: Banh Tom! What is it, exactly?
Man: It’s fried pastry with red shrimp on the top.
Interviewer: Mmm, sounds delicious.
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