• READ AND WRITE THE LIST OF WORDS BELOW : lisez et copiez la liste de vocabulaire sous les questions.
• WATCH THIS BBC VIDEO ABOUT SWISS TRADITIONS AND PICK THE RIGHT ANSWERS : regardez la vidéo et choisissez la bonne solution.
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1 *Spring/wind/Mr Bean…. has taken everyone by surprise.0:08

2 The Ticino is a region on the *borders of : Greenland and Italy/ Holland and Italy/Switzerland and Italy. 0:14

3 The past *winter was the *sweetest/*coldest/*mildest *in living memory.0:35

4 It has resulted in a *heavy spaghetti crop/string crop/pathetic *crop.0:38

5 Spaghetti *cultivation/motivation/*motion here in Switzerland is not like the Italian industry. 1:03.

6 There are vast plantations/*ruminations/ambitions in the Po valley.1:12

7 For the Cheese/Swiss/ Miss, it *tends to be more of a family affair.1:17

8 After *knitting/*meeting/*picking, the spaghetti is *laid out to *dry in the warm sun.1:34

9 Many people are surprised that spaghetti is produced in such uniform *length/legs/*mess 1:40

10 For years, patient *breeders/farmers/ readers have worked to produce the perfect spaghetti.1:45

11 The *harvest is marked by a traditional *deal/*meal.1:55

12 For those who love that *dish there is nothing like real home-brown/*home-made/home-grown spaghetti.2:15

VOCABULARY : *borders = frontières/*breeders=fermiers- récoltants/*cold=froid/*crop=récolte/*cultivation= culture/*deal= contrat/*dish= plat/*to dry= sécher/*Greenland= Groenland/*harvest= récolte/*heavy= abondant,e/*home-made=fait maison/*home-grown=cultivé à la maison/*in living memory = de mémoire d’homme/*to knit= tricoter/*to lay out = étendre/*length=longueur/*meal=repas/*meet=rencontrer/*mess=fouillis/*mild=doux, ni chaud, ni froid/*motion=mouvement/*to pick= cueillir/*ruminations= pensées mélancoliques/*spring= printemps/*string=ficelle/*sweet= doux, sucré/*Swiss= suisse*Switzerland=Suisse/*to tend = avoir tendance à /*warm=chaud/*winter=hiver

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• WATCH THIS BBC VIDEO ABOUT SWISS TRADITIONS AND PICK RIGHT OR WRONG: regardez la vidéo et choisissez si c’est vrai (RIGHT) ou faux (WRONG).

1 This video is a documentary.

2 The scene is on the *borders of Switzerland and Italy. 0:14

3 It is about Nature.

4 There are spaghetti trees.

5 There are vast *plantations of spaghetti trees.

6 Finally, people eat a traditional spaghetti dish.

VOCABULARY : *borders = frontières   *plantations =plantations

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