The beautiful city of Prague
Rob and Rosie talk about plans to gentrify Wenceslas Square in the Czech capital, Prague. Several stands that sell the cheap and tasty klobasa - or sausage - are to be removed and not everybody is happy. Find out more in 6 Minute English.
This week's question: According to the Guinness World records, what is the approximate length of the longest sausage ever made? Is it:
a) 59 metres
b) 5.9 kilometres
c) 59 kilometres
Listen out for the answer at the end of the programme!
Listen
Sausage wars
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Vocabulary
- humble
insignificant or unimportant
- klobasa
smoked sausage, served whole
- hung-over
feel ill from drinking too much alcohol the night before
- gentrification
changing an area to make it look more expensive and elegant
- gastric foreboding
feeling that something unpleasant is going to happen with your stomach
- thoroughfare
main road or street through a city
- makeover
improving the appearance of a place
- pedestrianise
make an area exclusively for people who are walking
without any traffic- avian scavengers
birds that search for and eat leftover food scraps
- salubrious
pleasant and clean
