A cebola que não faz chorar

Transcript

Does chopping these make you cry? This farmer in the south of England thinks he has the answer.

Alastair Findlay has been developing a ‘No Tears’ onion for twenty years.

Each season he has tasted hundreds of varieties to find the perfect flavour.

The new hybrid has a milder taste and aroma than others. That’s good news for your eyes – and also your breath.

Transcrição em português:

Você chora ao picar estas aqui? Este fazendeiro, do sul da Inglaterra, acredita ter encontrado a solução.

Há vinte anos, Alistair Findlay vem desenvolvendo um tipo de cebola que não faz chorar, a "No Tears" (Sem Lágrimas).

A cada colheita, ele prova centenas de variedades para encontrar o sabor perfeito.

A nova espécie híbrida tem gosto e aroma mais amenos do que as cebolas de outros tipos. Isto é uma boa notícia para seus olhos - e também para seu hálito.

Vocabulary:

chopping - cutting into small pieces

varieties - different types of something

hybrid - new plant produced from two different types of plant

aroma - nice smell from food or drink

breath - the air that comes out of your mouth

Exercise:

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.

chopping / varieties / hybrid / aroma / breath

1. New Rice For Africa (Nerica) was developed less than 10 years ago and is a __________ combining the higher yielding Asian and the hardy African seeds.

2. Although garlic is good for you - containing several vitamins and minerals - once eaten, it can cause bad __________ and body odour lasting hours or even days.

3. For the sauce, wipe the mushrooms with a damp cloth, before finely __________ them.

4. An ancient __________ of pear tree that was once at risk of disappearing is being preserved and replanted by a Bedfordshire agricultural college.

5. "Make fruits cascade down and their sweet __________ fill the air on the sea of apple trees at the foot of Chol Pass!"

Answers:

Source: Ghana's 'hybrid' rice dilemma http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7350856.stm

2. Although garlic is good for you - containing several vitamins and minerals - once eaten, it can cause bad breath and body odour lasting hours or even days.

Source: Drinking a glass of milk can stop garlic breath http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11138979

3. For the sauce, wipe the mushrooms with a damp cloth, before finely chopping them.

Source: Spinach gnocchi with mushroom sauce http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/spinachgnocchiwithmu_83663

4. An ancient variety of pear tree that was once at risk of disappearing is being preserved and replanted by a Bedfordshire agricultural college.

Source: Old Warden pear saved by Shuttleworth College students http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-31416929

5. "Make fruits cascade down and their sweet aroma fill the air on the sea of apple trees at the foot of Chol Pass!"

Source: Decoding North Korea's fish and mushroom slogans http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-31446387