8. Meeting the New Year’s Eve is the family holiday in _______________.
a). Ukraine b). Russia c). England
9. Children ______________ this holiday.
a). don’t like b). like very much c). hate
10. They go from house to house, sing songs and _________________ people.
a). congratulate b). speak with c). treat
LISTENING COMPREHENSION VARIANT 40
The Hot Dog In its home country of Germany, the hot dog was called the frankfurter. It was named after Frankfurt, a German city.
Frankfurterswere first sold in the United States in the 1860s. Americans called frankfurters "dachshund sausages". A dachshund is a dog from Germany with a very long and short legs. "Dachshund sausage" seemed like a good name for the frankfurter.
Dachshund sausages first became popular in New York, especially at baseball games. At games they were sold by men who kept them warm in hot water tanks.As the men walked up and down the rows of people, they yelled,"Get your dachshund sausages! Get your hot dachshund sausages!" People got the sausages on buns, a special bread.
One day in 1906 a newspaper cartoonistnamed Tad Dorgan went to a baseball game. When he saw the men with the dachshund sausages, he got an idea for a cartoon. The next day at the newspaper office he drew a bun with a dachshund inside — not a dachshund sausage, but a dachshund. Dorgan didn't know how to spell dachshund. Under the cartoon, he wrote "Get your hot dogs!"
The cartoon was a sensation, and so was the new name. If you go to a baseball game today, you can still see sellers walking around with hot-water tanks. As they walk up and down the rows they cry, "Get your hot dogs here! Get your hot dogs!"
LISTENING COMPREHENSION VARIANT 40
1. Listen to the text and decide if the statements are true or false. The hot dog was called the frankfurter.
It was named after a French city.
Frankfurterswere first sold in the United States in the 1880s.
A dachshund is a dog from Germany with a very long and short ears.
Dachshund sausages first became popular in New York.
People got the sausages on buns.
One day in 1906 a newspaper cartoonistnamed Tad Dorgan went to a basketball game.
Dorgan didn't know how to spell dachshund.
If you go to a baseball game today, you can still see sellers walking around with hot-water tanks.
As they walk up and down the rows they cry, "Get your hamburgers here! Get your hamburgers!"