Exercise 2. Fill in the gaps with words from the box.
consumes
a wide
range of
somewhat
favourite
takes place
significant
wedding
1) Uzbek cuisine includes ___________________ of meals.
2) What is your ___________________ food?
3) Hardly any other nation ___________________ pilaf so much as Uzbeks do.
4) Palov is liked very much and eaten at almost every ___________________ event.
5) In some regions, especially in Ferghana valley, people invite to their
___________________ parties about 400-500 guests and give away palov freely.
6) “Palov ceremony” ___________________ right after the sunrise
7) Central Asian countries’ names ending is ___________________ like some
European countries ending with “land”: Scotland, Ireland, England, Finland.
Exercise 3. Revise the words you learned today.
Write down all the new words from the passage.