I.Read the text and fill in the gaps transforming capitalized words.
Foods
People in Alaska eat many (1) … things from sea-fish, seal WONDER
and whale. Alaska is (2) … for salmon and king crab. FAME
The (3) … dessert is ice-cream, akutaq, made from animal fat, TRADITION
snow and wild berries - no sugar!
In Ireland a popular (4) … is DINE
(5) … stew with meat, potatoes, onions, carrots and herbs. IRELAND
Be (6) … about calories! On a nice day in South Africa families CARE
and friends meet for the (7) … outdoor meal, the braai. TRADITION
(8) … cook meat. A tasty sausage and thick porridge are MAN
(9) … dishes. FAVOUR

His wife got a shock.                                                                                              He looked pale and his clothes were in a frightful state.                                                What has happened? she asked.                                                                                     How  did your clothes  get into such a mess?”                                                                           A fire extinguisher, dear, answered the Ambassador dryly.                                                University students  set the Embassy on fire this morning.                                                      Good heavens! exclaimed his wife.                                                                                      The fire  broke out in the basement.                                                                                   I went down immediately, of course, and that fool, Horst, aimed a fire extinguisher at me.        He   thought   I was on fire. I must definitely get that fellow posted.

1. not fashionable any longer - old-fashioned
2. to translate smb’s speech into another language – to interpret
3. willing to help, useful - helpful
4. to know and to understand the importance of something – to realize
5. later, after that - then
6. to understand - comprehend
7. a group of words used together as a word combination with a special meaning - idiom
8. the part of a building that supports it – foundation, base
9. rise and fall of the voice - intonation
10. ordinary, not special or the middle member of a group  - average
11. training someone by doing an exercise again and again - drilling
12. connected – related, linked, joined
13. fashionable, modern or new -  trendy, popular
14. sad or unhappy because the things you hoped for do not happen - disappointed
15. to do something often so that you will do it well – to practise
16. taking or acting in a way that makes other people sad or angry. – to be rude