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New Cutting Edge Intermediate Module 7
Try to guess the country in each sentence below. Some countries are used more than once.
They first had the idea of putting vegetables on large flat pieces of bread, similar to modern pizza
Modern pizzas couldn’t be invented until the tomato was discovered by Europeans there
The Pizza Margarita, the first modern pizza, was invented there in 1889
The idea of pizza was taken back from Europe to that country by soldiers who had been fighting in Europe in WWII
Pizza chains like Pizza Hut that have spread pizzas all over the world are from there
People from there eat over ten kilogrammes of pizza a year
The world’s largest pizza was baked there
“Discotheques” with dancing to recorded music were invented there because jazz bands were banned in clubs during WWII
The wife of the president of that country was photographed doing The Twist, helping to make discos really take off
Karaoke started in a bar there when the landlord asked customers to sing to recorded music because the guitarist hadn’t turned up
Restaurants there often have several karaoke machines going at the same time!
Read the texts on pgs 70 and 71 or check your answers with your teacher.
Discussion questions
- How popular are those three things in your country? Why do you think that is so?
- What other foreign customs are popular in your country? Why do you think that it is those things rather than others?
- How do you feel about foreign ideas like these spreading all over the world? Do they displace native customs?
- Are those things different in your country to how they are in their original country/ countries? How?
- What things from your country are popular abroad? What other things do you think could be popular?
- What do you think about globalisation generally?
Answer key
They first had the idea of putting vegetables on large flat pieces of bread, similar to modern pizza – Greece
Modern pizzas couldn’t be invented until the tomato was discovered by Europeans there –Latin America
The Pizza Margarita, the first modern pizza, was invented there in 1889 – Italy
The idea of pizza was taken back from Europe to that country by soldiers who had been fighting in Europe in WWII – USA
Pizza chains like Pizza Hut that have spread pizzas all over the world are from there – USA
People from there eat over ten kilogrammes of pizza a year – USA
The world’s largest pizza was baked there – Cuba
“Discotheques” with dancing to recorded music were invented there because jazz bands were banned in clubs during WWII – France
The wife of the president of that country was photographed doing The Twist, helping to make discos really take off – USA
Karaoke started in a bar there when the landlord asked customers to sing to recorded music because the guitarist hadn’t turned up – Japan
Restaurants there often have several karaoke machines going at the same time! – China
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