Aprenda inglés con un huevo gigante
Un maestro chocolatero crea un huevo de Pascua gigante. Vea el video y aprenda nuevo vocabulario.
Transcripción en inglés
Melted chocolate – now that's a mouth-watering sight.
This chocolatier in the English county of Lincolnshire has been working hard to create big eggs in the run-up to Easter. But not this one – that one!
Over 100kg of chocolate was used to create the two-metre-tall egg.
But Jan Hensen knows it is too much even for his chocoholic clients. He says he’ll sell it in pieces to raise money for charity.
Vocabulario
melted derretido
mouth-watering (algo que) hace la boca agua / apetitoso
in the run-up to en el período que lleva a (Semana Santa)
chocoholic adictos al chocolate
charity organización benéfica
Ejercicios
Use one of the words or phrases below to complete each of these sentences from news reports. Note that you may have to change the form of a word to complete the sentence correctly.
melted / mouth-watering / in the run-up to / chocoholic / charity
1. Despite its reputation for being a sedate pastime for older people, students have described short-mat bowls as being "really good fun".
"__________ exams it is a great way to de-stress," said Mr Priday.
2. The opening night performance of an ice skating show in Birmingham has been cancelled because the ice __________, promoters have said.
3. Five years ago, billionaire investor Warren Buffett and Microsoft founder Bill Gates launched the campaign The Giving Pledge.
It aims to convince billionaires to give at least half of their fortunes to __________. Mr Zuckerberg and over 100 others have so far signed up to the "moral commitment".
4. A trolley selling sandwiches stood where once the onboard chef in pristine whites could be found creating __________ dishes like flambéed Bourbon shrimp or zesty brochette of Dijon lamb.
5. It might sound like a __________'s dream - enough cocoa to make five billion bars of the nation's favourite treat.
Respuestas
1. Despite its reputation for being a sedate pastime for older people, students have described short-mat bowls as being "really good fun".
"In the run-up to exams it is a great way to de-stress," said Mr Priday.
<bold>Source</bold>: <link type="page"><caption> Bristol school pupils play bowls to beat stress</caption><url href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-31984853" platform="highweb"/></link>
2. The opening night performance of an ice skating show in Birmingham has been cancelled because the ice melted, promoters have said.
<bold>Source</bold>: <link type="page"><caption> ‘Melted ice’ cancels NIA Celebrities on ice skating show</caption><url href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-22226979" platform="highweb"/></link>
3. Five years ago, billionaire investor Warren Buffett and Microsoft founder Bill Gates launched the campaign The Giving Pledge.
It aims to convince billionaires to give at least half of their fortunes to charity. Mr Zuckerberg and over 100 others have so far signed up to the "moral commitment".
<bold>Source</bold>: <link type="page"><caption> Apple boss Tim Cook ‘to donate millions’ to charity</caption><url href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-32098615" platform="highweb"/></link>
4. A trolley selling sandwiches stood where once the onboard chef in pristine whites could be found creating mouth-watering dishes like flambéed Bourbon shrimp or zesty brochette of Dijon lamb.
<bold>Source</bold>: <link type="page"><caption> Could the dining car ever make a comeback?</caption><url href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-30207795" platform="highweb"/></link>
5. It might sound like a chocoholic's dream - enough cocoa to make five billion bars of the nation's favourite treat.
<bold>Source</bold>: <link type="page"><caption> Who, What, Why: Will chocolate prices rocket at Christmas?</caption><url href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-10684323" platform="highweb"/></link>
