Listening task: Cultural eating differences

Hi everybody, Welcome to your first listening task of the course. During the last two classes we have discussed food trends and cultural differences. This time you are to visit a site in which you will listen to an interview about food differences and manners among cultures. The interview answers seven questions which are displayed along it. You are to take notes and once you have watched the complete interview put together a comprenhensive answer for each of the questions.
The link is: www.videojug.com/interview/table-manners-across-cultures-2

Have fun.

P.S. The video might take some minutes to be downloaded so in the meantime I would like you to take a survey about favorite food and blog your comments on how your results are compared to the rest of the people. The survey will show you graphs based on your answers.

www.quibblo.com/quiz/1B122j/What-Are-Your-Favorite-Foods

The cabbage mystery

Hello little ones,

As we had such a hard time understanding what a cabbage is in class yesterday, I have a definiton and a picture for you so we have a complete understanding of this mysterious vegetable.

The cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata), is a leafy garden plant of the Family Brassicaceae (or Cruciferae), used as a vegetable. It is a herbaceous, biennial, dicotyledonousflowering plant distinguished by a short stem upon which is crowded a mass of leaves, usually green but in some varieties red or purplish, forming a characteristic compact, globular cluster (cabbagehead). Cabbage is normally green, but, if left to rot, can turn a sickly brown.

Take it easy.

P.S. An extra link is here for Margie and Carolina who did not have the pleasure of playing with "Cabbage dolls" in their childhood. Meet them here: www.cabbagepatchkids.com/

Eating habits and culture!

Hello angels, (This time the link is working)

As we discussed yesterday in class there are several factors that influence what you eat. As culture is one of the most noticeable ones, I would like you to take a cool quiz about eating and drinking habits in different countries. I have to confess I missed one of the questions but I learned a lot from the quiz. I hope you do too.

Take care.

You can find the quiz here: http://www.fekids.com/img/kln/flash/DontGrossOutTheWorld.swf