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5 READING &

LISTENING EXTRA
ELEMENTARY UNIT 5 3 Read the text again. Number the actions a)–g) in
the correct order. Two actions happen at the
1 Work in pairs and discuss.
same time.
1 When you eat outside, do you usually cook your
a) make a fire
food outside or bring a picnic from home?
b) dig a hole
2 When you eat outside, what kind of food do you
c) prepare the food
usually eat?
d) eat!
2 Read the text and answer the questions. e) wait for the fire to get hot
1 What is a hāngi? f) put the food in the hole
2 When do people have hāngis? g) wait for the food to cook
3 What kind of food do they eat?
4 Decide if the sentences are true (T) or false (F).
Correct the false sentences.
1 This is a new way of cooking food.
2 It takes a long time to make the food.
3 You cook the food on an open fire.
4 There are a lot of different kinds of food.
5 You put the hot stones in the box with the food.
6 The food doesn’t smell very good.

5 Would you like to try hāngi food? Why/Why not?

6 5.1 Listen to Sarah talking about


Thanksgiving, a traditional family celebration in
the USA. What is the most important thing about
this tradition?
Hāngi – a
barbecue 7 Listen again and complete the summary using
the words in the box.
underground!
together cooking vegetables important
A hāngi is a traditional Māori* barbecue. It’s an old, family turkey Thursday
old tradition and people in New Zealand prepare
hāngis on special family occasions. Thanksgiving is an 1 family celebration
in the USA. It takes place on the fourth
It takes five to six hours to prepare a hāngi. 2
in November. People travel from all
The first step is to dig a large hole in the ground. over the country to be 3 and spend the
Then you build a big fire in the hole and put some day 4 and eating. The main food is
special volcanic stones** in the fire. The stones 5
with 6 . All the
stay in the fire for two to three hours. The stones 7
help with the preparations.
need to be very, very hot to cook the food.
While the fire is burning, the rest of the family 8 Think of a special occasion in your country where
prepare the food. There’s fish, chicken and families come together. Answer the questions.
lamb as well as potatoes, cabbage and other 1 What is the occasion?
vegetables. The food goes into large metal 2 When does it take place?
boxes. When the fire stops burning, you put 3 What do you do?
the food boxes in the hole with the hot stones 4 Do you eat any special food? If yes, what?
and finally you cover the hole with earth.
After two to three hours of very slow cooking, 9 Work in pairs. Talk about the special occasion you
the food is ready to eat. When the boxes come chose in Exercise 8.
out of the hole, the smell is just fantastic! After all
the hard work and preparation, everybody is very
hungry and the food tastes absolutely delicious!

** the native population of New Zealand


** stones from volcanoes can stay hot for a long time

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