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Reading Comprehension: Mousse Recipe

Posted by Rachel 1 Comment
Mar 4 2010

For today’s reading comprehension exercise, we’re going to use a delicious coconut mousse recipe.

Mousse de coco com calda de maracujá

Read the full recipe here

Excerpt: “Bata no liquidificador o coco fresco e a água fervente. Peneire. Se necessário, complete com 1/2 xícara de leite para obter 2 xícaras de leite de coco. Acrescente o açúcar e a gelatina hidratada e leve ao fogo baixo até que a gelatina dissolva, sem deixar ferver. Deixe esfriar sobre uma bacia com água e gelo até o creme ficar com consistência de clara de ovo crua.”

Questions:

1) What ingredient needs to be dissolved?

2) How long does the mousse need to sit in the refrigerator?

3) What are “claras”?

4) How much sugar does the recipe call for in total?

5) What’s the second part of the recipe, the part that goes on top of the mousse?

For more yummy Brazilian recipes like this, see here: More Recipes

Answers after the jump.

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Reading Comprehension: Restaurant Opening

Posted by Rachel 1 Comment
Feb 11 2010

Today, we’re going to practice reading comprehension with an article about a new restaurant.

A aventura americana de Benny Novak

“Benny Novak abre na próxima terça-feira sua terceira casa, o 210 Diner, na mesma Rua Pará do primogênito Ici. Um pouco mais longe do italiano Tappo, o único localizado nos Jardins.”

Read the full article here

Questions

1. What type of food will the restaurant serve? What are some of the dishes on the menu (some not written in English)?

2. How many restaurants does Benny run?

3.  What does Benny expect from his chefs?

4. When does Benny decide on a final menu for the restaurant?

Answers after the jump.

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Reading Comprehension Practice

Posted by Rachel 2 Comments
Feb 3 2010

Today we’re going to do a reading comprehension exercise with a travel story from Estadão.

Herança colonial com aroma de café

[Click above to read the full article]

“Atrás da imponente portaria surge uma casa grande marcada por uma fileira de janelas coloniais azuis perfeitamente retangulares na fachada. Herança de um tempo em que as economias do açúcar e do café movimentavam e levavam prosperidade ao interior do Estado de São Paulo. E proporcionavam a formação de um acervo de móveis, senzalas, capelas, terreiros e engenhos.”

Comprehension questions:

1. Where is the attraction located in Brazil?

2. What did the building used to be? What has it been converted into?

3. Why were the homes built without porches during the sugar era?

4.  Who was the original owner of the property?

5. Is the attraction permanent or temporary?

Listening Comp: Brazilians in Japan

Posted by Rachel No Comments
Sep 28 2009

Today, we’re going to do an upper intermediate listening comprehension exercise using a short documentary filmed at a Brazilian festival in Japan. There are subtitles but surprise! They’re in Japanese. So you’ll have to listen very carefully to answer the questions.

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Questions

1. What is the woman featured in the video asking Brazilians to do?

2. What is “vida digna” in English?

3. How do you say “pride” in Portuguese?

4. What holiday is the festival in honor of?

5. How would you translate “como sinto sua falta” into English?

6. What do many of those interviewed cite as an advantage of living in Japan?

7. What do many of the Brazilians interviewed swear they are going to do?

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