M:What's all that? Are you going to make a salad?
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W:No，I'm going to make a gazpacho.
M:What's that?
W:(1)Gazpacho is a cold soup from Spain. It's mostly vegetables. I guess you could call it a liquid salad.
M:Cold soup? Sounds weird.
W:It's delicious. Trust me. l tried it for the first time during my summer vacation in Spain.
You see，in the south of
Spain，it gets very hot in the summer，up to 40 ℃.So a cold gazpacho
is very refreshing. The main ingredients are tomato，cucumber，bell peppers，olive oil and stale bread.
M:Stale bread? Surely you mean bread for dipping into the soup?
W:No，Bread is crushed and blended in like everything else.(2')It adds texture and thickness to the soup.
M:Mm.(3-1)And is it healthy?
W:(3-2)Sure.As I said earlier，it's mostly
vegetables. You can also add different things if you like，such as hard-boiled egg or cured ham.
M:Cured ham? What's that?
W:That's another Spanish delicacy.Have you
never heard of it? It is quite famous.】
M:No. Is it good too?
W:Oh，yeah，definitely.
It's amazing. It's a little dry and salty，and it's very expensive
because (4)it comes from a special type of pig that only eats a special type of food. The
ham is covered in salt to dry and preserve
it，and left to hang for up to two years. It has a
very distinct flavor.
M:Mm. Sounds interesting. Where can I find some?
W:It used to be difficult to get Spanish
produce here. But it's now a lot more common. Most large supermarket chains
have cured ham in little packets，but in Spain you can buy a whole leg.
M:A whole pig leg? Why would anybody want so much ham?
W:In Spain，many people buy a
whole leg for special group events，such as Christmas. They cut it themselves into very thin slices with a long flat knife.
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