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1. H appy thought
Isn’t it strange that some things that you take for granted, like ice-cream and spaghetti, have a ‘story behind the story’? Did you know, for example, that spaghetti, which the majority of people think of as truly Italian, is in fact of Chinese origin? Marco Polo brought it back to Italy from his trips to China.
Now listen to this carefully so that you can choose the best answer afterwards. Your educator will read the piece to you.
What to do
For the educator: The following passage should be read aloud.
Amazing food: ICE CREAM
Most Americans think that ice cream is as American as baseball and apple-pie, but ice cream was known long before America was discovered.
The Roman Emperor Nero may have made a kind of ice cream. He hired hundreds of men to bring snow and ice from the mountains. He used it to make cold drinks. Traveller Marco Polo brought back recipes for chilled and frozen milk from China.
Hundreds of years later ice cream reached England. It is said that King Charles I enjoyed the treat very much. There is a story that he bribed his cook to keep the recipe for ice cream a royal secret.
Today ice cream is known throughout the world. Americans alone eat more than three billion quarts a year.
Questions
1. The piece says that most Americans
A think that ice cream is very new
B think that ice cream was an American idea
C know that ice cream is very old
D do not know what ice cream is
2. The Roman emperor Nero hired men to
A make ice cream for him
B bring ice cream from China
C guard the secret of ice cream
D bring ice to cool his drinks
3. Marco Polo is known as
A a Roman emperor
B the inventor of ice cream
C a royal cook
D a traveller to China
4. Most Americans think that ice cream is as American as
A hockey and bubblegum
B rugby and braaivleis
C baseball and apple-pie
D chess and frozen milk
5. Charles I of England wanted to
A make ice cream popular
B keep the secret of ice cream to himself
C develop new kinds of ice cream
D bring ice cream recipes from China
6. More than three billion quarts of ice cream have been eaten
A by Americans in one year
B all over the world in one year
C since the time of Nero
D since America was discovered
Answers to ice-cream questions
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2. Lands and Links
Be a traveller like Marco Polo and link each familiar object or symbol with its country of origin. Place the correct letter, labelling each picture, next to the object/symbol.
| Object/ symbol | Letter |
| Big Ben | |
| Gelato | |
| Kangaroo | |
| Kilt | |
| Rising sun | |
| Taj Mahal | |
| Kiwi | |
| Sphinx | |
| Shamrock | |
| Chopsticks |
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3. The human body as a building
The human body is a wonderful and complicated structure. We could compare it to a car, a computer or a building. But let us compare it to a factory to get a good idea of how some of its main functions work.
The human body as a building:
A. Compare the two diagrams on page 4 and answer these questions, writing in full sentences.
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