APRIL FOOL'S DAY !!

Listen to this piece of news given on 1 April 1957 and fill in the blanks with the words you hear. Number 0 is given as an example.

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0. …that spring this year has taken everyone by surprise.
1. ..the past winter, one of the mildest in living _________, has had its effect in other …
2. ..it has resulted in an exceptionally _________ spaghetti crop.
3. ..there is always the __________ of a late frost which …
4. But now these dangers are __________ and the spaghetti harvest goes forward.
5. Spaghetti cultivation, here in __________, is not of course, carried out on anything like the tremendous scale of the Italian industry.
6. Many of you will have seen pictures of the __________ spaghetti plantations in the …
7. After picking, the spaghetti is laid out to _________ in the warm Alpine sun.
8. Many people are often puzzled by the fact that spaghetti is produced at such __________ length.
9. …and then the waiters enter bearing the ceremonial __________ .
10. …and so brought fresh from __________ to table.
11. For those who love this dish, there’s nothing like real _________ spaghetti.


Key: 1. memory 2. heavy 3. chance 4. over
5. Switzerland 6. vast 7. dry 8. uniform 9. dish
10. garden 11. homegrown