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Section A
Conversation One
M: What's all that? Are you going to make a salad?
W: No I'm going to make a gazpacho.
M: What's that?
W: Gazpacho is a cold soup from Spain. It鈥檚 mostly vegetables. I guess you could call it a liquid salad.
M: Cold soup? Sounds weird.
W: It's delicious. Trust me. I tried it for the first time during my summer vacation in Spain. You see, in
the south of Spain, it gets very hot in the summer, up to 40掳C.So acold gazpacho is very refreshing. The
main ingredients are tomato, cucumber, bell peppers, olive oil and stale bread.
M: Stale bread? Surely you mean bread for dipping into the soup?
W: No. Bread is crushed and blended in like everything else. It adds texture and thickness to the soup.
M: Mm. And is it healthy?
W: Sure. As I said earlier it's mostly vegetables. You can also add different things if you like, such as hard-
boiledegg or cured ham.
M: Cured ham? What鈥檚 that?
W: That's another Spanish delicacy. Have you never heard of it? It is quite famous.
M: no, is it good too?
W: Oh, yeah, definitely. It鈥檚 amazing. It鈥檚 a little dry and salty, and it's very expensive because it comes
from a special type ofpigthat only eats a special type of food. The harm is covered in salt to dry and
preserve it. And left to hang for up to 2 years, it has a very distinct flavor.
M: Mm. Sounds interesting. Where can I find some?
W:
Itusedto
be
difficult
to
get
Spanish
produce
here.
But
it's
now
a
lot
more
common.
Most
large
supermarket chains have cured ham in little packets but in Spain you combine a whole leg.
M: A whole peg leg? Why would anybody want so much ham?
W:
In
Spain,
many
people
buy
a
whole
leg
for
special
group
events,
such
as
Christmas.
They
cut
it
themselves into very thin slices with a long flat knife.