Long Queues for Krapfen at a Mountain Hut in the Dolomites
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People are going to the Dolomites for a special food. The Dolomites are big mountains in Italy.
In Val di Fassa, there is a mountain hut. It is called a rifugio. People eat and rest there.
This rifugio sells krapfen. Krapfen are a kind of sweet fried bread. People also call them bomboloni.
Many people want to eat these krapfen. So there is a very long queue. People wait for a long time.
Someone made a video of the queue. The video went on social media. Many people saw it.
The video became viral. This means many, many people watched and shared it.
Now people want to know more. Where is the rifugio? How long is the wait? How much do the krapfen cost?
This story is about food and mountains. It is also about how videos can become very popular fast.
Vocabulary15 words
- Dolomites
- big mountains in the north of Italy
- mountain hut
- a small building high in the mountains for food and rest
- krapfen
- a sweet fried bread, like a doughnut
- queue
- a line of people waiting
- video
- moving pictures you can watch
- viral
- watched and shared by very many people online
- social media
- websites and apps where people share pictures and videos
- rifugio
- an Italian word for a mountain hut
- fried
- cooked in hot oil
- popular
- liked by many people
- wait
- to stay until something happens
- cost
- the money you pay for something
- special
- not usual; different
- food
- things people eat
- story
- news about something that happened
Quiz
Answer key
1. Krapfen (bomboloni) 2. In Val di Fassa, in the Dolomites 3. A video of the queue went viral
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
People are going to the _____ for a special food. The Dolomites are big mountains in Italy.
In Val di Fassa, there is a _____. It is called a rifugio. People eat and rest there.
This rifugio sells _____. Krapfen are a kind of sweet fried bread. People also call them bomboloni.
Many people want to eat these krapfen. So there is a very long _____. People wait for a long time.
Someone made a _____ of the queue. The video went on social media. Many people saw it.
The video became _____. This means many, many people watched and shared it.
Now people want to know more. Where is the rifugio? How long is the _____? How much do the krapfen cost?