University Tips

Something sweet

By Ajarn Helen Jandamit

University Tips is here to help you prepare for the English exams that are coming your way. It gives you practise answering questions similar to those you may have at school and also on the university entrance examination.

SECTION 1

Match each photograph with the most suitable caption.

1. ..........................

2. ..........................

3. ..........................

4. ..........................

5. ..........................

Captions

a. Hangwa sweets come in a variety of shapes and bright colours.

b. Yukwa can be coated with a variety of ingredients.

c. For best results, use both hands.

d. Student pastry chefs dip rice sheets in honey.

e. During a tour of the museum, Om Ming Yu points out ingredients used to make hangwa.

SECTION 2

Read the story. Then, answer the multiple-choice questions that follow.

Traditional treat

During a recent visit to South Korea, I went to a cooking class in Pocheon, a city north of Seoul. Hangwa is a general term for traditional Korean sweets. The most common ingredients in hangwa are grain flour (usually made from rice, wheat or barley), honey, sugar, dried fruit and sesame seeds.

There is a museum about hangwa attached to the Shinkung Traditional Food factory. �It�s the only traditional Korean pastry museum in the world,� said owner Kim Gyu-Heun.

Our museum guide, Om Ming Yu, told us that hangwa has long been a part of Korean cuisine because it was found to be a very effective way to preserve rice.

There are now almost 100 recipes for hangwa. It is one of the traditional offerings made at celebrations like wedding ceremonies, funerals and a child�s first birthday.

We went into a classroom to learn how to make a simple form of hangwa called yukwa. There was a big basket filled with barley puffs, a bamboo basket containing deep-fried sheets of rice and a bowl of warm honey.

We were told to pull a rice sheet through the bowl of honey until it was fully coated and then to drop it into the basket of cooked barley.

At the end of the session, we drank some green tea and ate the yukwa we had made.

The museum is open every day from 10 am to 6 pm. Admission is 2,000 won (66 baht). For an additional fee of 15,000 won (495 baht) you can take part in one of the regular cooking classes.

6. Why has hangwa been an important part of Korean food for a long time?

a. It was found to be a very effective way to preserve rice.
b. There are almost 100 recipes for hangwa.
c. You can learn how to make it in a museum.
d. It is made of grain flour, honey, sugar, dried fruit and sesame seeds.

7. Which of the following is not a traditional time to offer hangwa?

a. At wedding ceremonies.
b. At funerals.
c. At a child�s first birthday party.
d. At a cooking class.

8. How much does it cost to take a cooking class?

a. 2,000 won.
b. 17,000 won.
c. 15,000 won.
d. 13,000 won.

SECTION 3

Look at the recipe for making a rice sheet. Then, identify which of the following instructions are imperatives (verbs used to give orders, commands and instructions) or passive (where the subject receives the action expressed in the verb). Fill in the blank next to each instruction with an �I� for imperative or �P� for passive.

Examples:
The rice is soaked in water for seven days. P

Soak the rice in water for seven days. I

Deep-fry the small rectangles in vegetable oil. I

The small rectangles are deep-fried in vegetable oil. P

Instructions:

9. Add a little soy milk. .........

10. Leave them to dry before cutting them into small rectangles. .........

11. Then the rice grains are ground and the liquid squeezed out to make a dough. .........

12. A little soy milk is added. .........

13. Grind the rice grains and squeeze out the liquid to make a dough. .........

14. Balls of the dough are steamed, kneaded and rolled out into large, flat pieces. .........

15. These are left to dry before being cut into small rectangles. .........

16. Steam the balls of dough, knead them and roll them out into large, flat pieces. .........

SECTION 4

In the article about hangwa, find words that mean the opposite of the following.

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18. Cool: ����������

19. Complicated: ���������..

	effective (adj): producing the result that is wanted or intended preserve (v): to prevent something, especially food, from decaying by treating it in a particular way offering (n): a gift that is given during a religious ceremony or special celebration squeeze (v): to get liquid out of something by pressing or twisting it hard knead (v): to press and stretch dough, wet clay, etc. with your hands to make it ready to use