Mister Donut Brings Back Sweet Potato Doughnuts for Autumn
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Mister Donut is a big doughnut shop in Japan. Every year, it sells special sweet potato doughnuts in autumn. The doughnuts are called "Satsumaimo Do". "Satsumaimo" means sweet potato in Japanese.
This year, the doughnuts will come back on September 2. This is a seasonal product. That means you can only buy it at one time of the year.
There are five kinds of sweet potato doughnuts this year. The company says the doughnuts have a new texture. Texture means how food feels in your mouth. The doughnuts are soft and warm inside. This is called "hokuhoku" in Japanese.
One doughnut has salty butter and syrup. Another one has thick sweet potato cream. People in Japan often wait for these doughnuts every autumn. Many people like sweet potato food in fall.
The shop says the doughnuts are better this year than before. This is a limited-time offer. Fans of Mister Donut are happy about the news.
Vocabulary5 words
- seasonal
- only happening at one time of the year
- texture
- how food feels when you eat it
- limited-time
- you can only get it for a short time
- doughnut
- a round sweet food, often with a hole
- autumn
- the season after summer, before winter
Quiz
Answer key
1. A sweet potato doughnut 2. September 2 3. Five
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Mister Donut is a big doughnut shop in _____. Every year, it sells special sweet potato doughnuts in _____.
This year, the doughnuts will come back on September _____.
There are _____ kinds of sweet potato doughnuts this year.
The doughnuts are soft and _____ inside. This is called "hokuhoku" in Japanese.
One doughnut has salty _____ and syrup.
This is a limited-time _____.