Zadania 1 & 2 — Słuchanie ze zrozumieniem (2 nagrania, 20 zadań)
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Listen to the recording. For each statement, decide if it is True, False, or if there is No Information given in the recording.
The flat white coffee was first made in Australia.
Fairy bread is a popular treat at Australian children’s birthday parties.
The Australian meat pie usually costs less than five dollars.
In Australia, sausage sizzles at polling stations are organised by the government.
Pavlova was named after a Russian ballet dancer.
Listen to the recording again and answer the questions in English. Write short answers.
What are the three ingredients of fairy bread?
In which city was the flat white first made?
What do Australians call the sausage you can buy at polling stations on election day?
What type of pastry is used for the shell of an Australian meat pie?
Who was pavlova named after?
Today I’d like to tell you about some everyday foods you’ll find in Australia and New Zealand. Let’s start with something uniquely Australian — fairy bread. It’s one of the simplest foods you can imagine: just white bread, spread with butter, and covered in hundreds and thousands — those tiny, colourful sprinkles. It might sound strange, but fairy bread is a must at almost every Australian children’s birthday party. Adults love it too, though they might not always admit it.
Now, if there’s one food Australians are truly passionate about, it’s the meat pie. These hand-sized pies have a golden shortcrust pastry shell filled with beef and thick gravy. You can buy them at bakeries, petrol stations, and sports grounds all over the country. Australians eat them by hand, often with a squeeze of tomato sauce on top. Every year, a national competition selects the best meat pie in Australia, and bakers take it very seriously indeed.
Speaking of things Australians are passionate about — there’s the flat white. This popular coffee drink is made with espresso and steamed milk, but unlike a latte, the milk is velvety and has very little foam on top. Interestingly, the flat white didn’t actually start in Australia. Most coffee historians agree it first appeared in Wellington, New Zealand, around 1989, and then quickly spread across the Tasman Sea to Australia. Today, you’ll find flat whites on café menus around the world.
One of Australia’s most charming food traditions happens on election day. Outside polling stations across the country, local community groups and volunteers set up barbecues and sell sausages in bread to raise money. These are called sausage sizzles, and the sausage you buy there has earned a special nickname: the democracy sausage. Some Australians joke that voting is really just an excuse to get a sausage.
Finally, there’s the famous pavlova — a large meringue cake topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit. Both Australia and New Zealand claim they invented it. What we do know is that it was named after Anna Pavlova, a Russian ballet dancer who toured both countries in the 1920s. The debate over which country created pavlova first continues to this day, and it may never be settled.
Wysłuchaj nagrania. Możesz odtworzyć je dowolną liczbę razy.
Listen to the recording. For each statement, decide if it is True, False, or if there is No Information given in the recording.
Butter tarts are one of Canada’s oldest traditional desserts.
The name ‘tourtière’ comes from the French word for ‘turkey’.
BeaverTails pastries are shaped like actual beaver tails.
Buffalo wings were invented by a professional chef in a restaurant kitchen.
S’mores are the most popular campfire snack in North America.
Listen to the recording again and answer the questions in English. Write short answers.
What is the main filling of a butter tart?
When do Canadians traditionally eat tourtière?
In which American city were buffalo wings first made?
What three ingredients do you need to make s’mores?
Which American holiday is traditionally celebrated with pumpkin pie?
Let me share some popular foods from Canada and the United States — foods that come with interesting stories behind them.
Let’s begin in Canada, with a small pastry called the butter tart. It’s one of the oldest Canadian desserts, dating back to at least 1900. A butter tart has a flaky pastry shell filled with a sweet, gooey mixture of butter, sugar, syrup, and egg. Some people add raisins or pecans, but that’s actually a controversial topic in Canada — many Canadians feel very strongly that a proper butter tart should have no raisins at all.
Another beloved Canadian dish is tourtière, a savoury meat pie from Quebec. The name comes from the French word for the deep baking dish it’s cooked in. Tourtière is filled with a mixture of ground pork, sometimes combined with beef or game meat, and seasoned with warming spices like cinnamon and cloves. Families across Quebec traditionally eat tourtière on Christmas Eve, and each family has their own special recipe that’s been passed down through generations.
You might also enjoy a BeaverTail if you visit Canada. Despite the name, it has nothing to do with real beavers. It’s a flat piece of fried dough that’s stretched into an oval shape — which looks a bit like a beaver’s tail. You can top it with cinnamon sugar, chocolate, or even ice cream.
Now let’s cross the border into the United States. In the city of Buffalo, New York, something amazing happened in 1964. A woman named Teressa Bellissimo, who owned a small bar called the Anchor Bar, needed a late-night snack for her son and his friends. She deep-fried some chicken wings and tossed them in a spicy sauce. Those were the very first buffalo wings, and today they’re eaten all across America.
Two more American favourites to mention. First, s’mores — a campfire treat made by sandwiching melted chocolate and a toasted marshmallow between two graham crackers. And finally, no discussion of American food is complete without pumpkin pie. This spiced custard pie is the traditional dessert served at Thanksgiving, America’s biggest family holiday in November.