Simplified Speech #099 – Pizza




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Summary: A much-loved dinner option, pizza is eaten all over the world. Today, Andrew and Kassy discuss the many different pizza types out there and answer a few controversial pizza questions.<br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="https://esl.culips.com/Lipservice-prtd/SS099_Pizza.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><br> </a><br> <a href="https://esl.culips.com/1000/10/13423/"></a><br> <br> <br> <br> Fun facts<br> Pizza traces its origins to the Greeks and Egyptians, who cooked a flatbread and topped it with olive oil and spices. Today’s more modern pizza started in Naples, Italy. It has evolved as it spread around the world and countries developed their own regional spins. In Brazil, chefs top their pizzas with green peas. In France, they love fried eggs on their slices. In China, a crust made of mini hotdogs is popular.<br> And then there’s Canada, home of the Hawaiian pizza. In 1962, Greece-born Sam Panopoulos was bored with the traditional mushroom, bacon, and pepperoni toppings, so he decided to put some canned pineapple on pizza instead!<br> <br> <br> Expressions included in the study guide<br> <br> <br> <br> * I’m a [something] kinda guy/girl<br> * Don’t get me wrong<br> * I take it<br> * That’s not one that you hear every day<br> * Live up to expectations<br> * Out of the question<br> <br> <br> <br> Copyright: <a href="http://www.culips.com">Culips.com</a><br> For more information about this episode, visit culips.com.<br> Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Step On by Jahzzar<br>