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AROUND THE WORLD Practice 1

Family and community environment
SOCIAL LANGUAGE PRACTICE: Talk about cultural habits of different countries.

Maggie Fuller (adapted)

This is WhaT BreakfasT Looks Like
around The WorLd

If we think about breakfast, we might think of scrambled
eggs, tamales or quesadillas, but other countries have some
great options for breakfast, as well. For us, hot soups and
cold cuts may seem like a strange dish to have first thing in
the morning, but there’s no better way to get a taste for a
country than to eat as the locals do. Check what people have
for breakfast in 13 different countries and see if you might
want to change your first meal of the day.
anchovy (n.):
fuel up (v.):
1. Malaysia anchoa
llenar el tanque
Thanks to the
country’s multiethnic
influences, Malaysia
boasts a range of
breakfasts.

Options include
foods with Indian,
Chinese, or Western
roots, but the best
way to fuel up for the day is sit down to a plate of
nasi lemak, the national dish. Traditionally served garnish
taste
Glossary on
or wrapped in a banana leaf (making it a perfectly wrap
portable meal), nasi lemak consists of a mound pages 92
of rich, sweet coconut rice garnished with some and 94
combination of anchovies, cucumbers, roasted peanuts,
hard-boiled eggs, and a spicy Malaysian hot sauce.

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