The Reading / Listening - Ramen - Level 0

Ramen is popular around the world. It is Chinese-style noodles in a soy or miso broth. Toppings include pork, seaweed and bamboo. A restaurant in Taiwan has a new ingredient – crocodile foot. Photos of it have spread on social media. Internet users call it "Godzilla ramen". There is a long wait to eat at the restaurant.

The ramen is $50 a bowl. It takes three hours to cook. The chef makes just 10 feet a day. He uses 40 types of ingredients. He cooks the foot in the broth. Some customers are "afraid" to try the ramen. Many customers say it tastes like chicken." In Taiwan, it is legal to eat crocodiles that are not protected.

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Ramen - Level 1 Ramen - Level 2   or  Ramen - Level 3

Sources
  • https://people.com/crocodile-leg-appears-to-crawl-out-of-ramen-bowl-at-restaurant-taiwan-7554832
  • https://edition.cnn.com/travel/crocodile-ramen-taiwan-intl-hnk/index.html
  • https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12242131/Godzilla-Ramen-featuring-crocodile-leg-hangs-edge-bowl-hit-Taiwan.html


Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice activities, drag and drop activities, sentence jumbles, which word activities, text reconstructions, spelling, gap fills and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

Phrase Matching

Paragraph 1

  1. Ramen is popular
  2. It is Chinese-
  3. a soy or
  4. Toppings include pork, seaweed
  5. A restaurant in Taiwan has
  6. Photos of it have spread
  7. Internet users call
  8. There is a long wait to eat
  1. at the restaurant
  2. miso broth
  3. a new ingredient
  4. it "Godzilla ramen"
  5. around the world
  6. and bamboo
  7. style noodles
  8. on social media

Paragraph 2

  1. The ramen is
  2. It takes three hours
  3. The chef makes just 10
  4. He uses 40 types
  5. He cooks the foot
  6. customers are "afraid"
  7. Many customers say it tastes
  8. it is legal
  1. like chicken
  2. feet a day
  3. in the broth
  4. $50 a bowl
  5. of ingredients
  6. to eat crocodiles
  7. to try the ramen
  8. to cook

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

Ramen (1) ___________________ the world. It is Chinese-style (2) ___________________ soy or miso broth. Toppings include pork, (3) ___________________. A restaurant in Taiwan has (4) ___________________ – crocodile foot. Photos of it have (5) ___________________ media. Internet users call it "Godzilla ramen". There is a long (6) ___________________ at the restaurant.

(7) ___________________ $50 a bowl. It takes three hours to cook. The chef makes just 10 feet a day. He uses (8) ___________________ ingredients. He cooks the foot in the broth. Some customers are (9) ___________________ the ramen. Many customers say (10) ___________________ chicken." In Taiwan, (11) ___________________ to eat crocodiles that (12) ___________________.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

Ramenispopulararoundtheworld.ItisChinese-stylenoodlesinasoyo
rmisobroth.Toppingsincludepork,seaweedandbamboo.Arestauranti
nTaiwanhasanewingredient–crocodilefoot.Photosofithavespreado
nsocialmedia.Internetuserscallit"Godzillaramen".Thereisalongwaitt
oeatattherestaurant.Theramenis$50abowl.Ittakesthreehourstocoo
k.Thechefmakesjust10feetaday.Heuses40typesofingredients.Heco
oksthefootinthebroth.Somecustomersare"afraid"totrytheramen.Ma
nycustomerssayittasteslikechicken."InTaiwan,itislegaltoeatcrocodil
esthatarenotprotected.

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

(Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

Discussion — Write your own questions

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Free writing

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