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08. Everyday activities: I have a lesson

Il diavolo sulle colline di Cesare Pavese

Incipit

Incipit # 1 - Il diavolo sulle colline

From fast-food counters to Michelin-starred restaurants, the hamburger is much loved in the Western diet, but where did it come from?

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines a hamburger as both "ground beef" and "a sandwich consisting of a patty of hamburger" on a bun. Although these might be the simplest forms of a hamburger, the sandwich is often eaten with other things added, such as lettuce, cheese, sauces and even other meats.

But this popular food didn't start out with all the extras. In fact, it's thought that one of the earliest forms of the hamburger was closer to a steak tartare — raw minced steak mixed with egg.

While a recipe from the Roman Empire suggests the earliest version of this meal, some believe that it came from Mongolian horsemen, who would place beef under their saddles while riding, so that by the end of the day it was tender enough to eat raw.

However, others say these riders placed meat under their saddles only to help heal their horses' sores, and any meat prepared this way would be too dirty to be edible.

A later version is thought to have come from the German city of Hamburg, where chefs around the 17th or 18th century cooked minced beef with onions and breadcrumbs. This came to be known in English as the "Hamburg steak," and made its way to the US during the 19th century, where it was later called the "hamburger."

Although it isn't known who first thought to put this minced meat on bread, adding a bun made the hamburger popular as a sandwich in the US. The first fast-food hamburger chain — named White Castle — was opened in 1921, and still sells its famous square-shaped hamburgers to this day.

Now, hamburgers can be found worldwide thanks to popular American fast-food restaurants such as McDonald's, Burger King and Wendy's. In 2012, PBS reported that an estimated 50 billion hamburgers are eaten in the US alone every year.

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From Rome to Rochester: The History of the Hamburger

In todays episode I would like to discuss the positives and negative affects for children.

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¡Hola a todos/as! En este episodio de podcast, en solo 15 minutos te voy a dar más de 4 tips que podes aplicar para mejorar tu vocabulario en español, para expandirlo y tener más palabras en tu zona de confort para usar en todas tus conversaciones. ¿Qué te parece? ¿Empezamos?

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16. Česká povaha

엄마, 저 군고구마 너무 먹고 싶어요.
妈, 我很想吃烤地瓜。 

마침 지난주에 고구마 사놨지. 
正好上周买了地瓜。

지난번에 에어프라이어에 구운 고구마 정말 맛있었어요.
上次用空气炸锅烤的地瓜真的很好吃。

조금만 기다려. 엄마가 지난번처럼 맛있게 구워줄게.
稍等一下。妈妈给你做像上次那样好吃的烤地瓜。

군고구마 烤地瓜
에어프라이어 空气炸锅
조금만, 잠시 기다리다 稍等