LISTENING 11 A2

The five-second rule

Radio programme
You are going to listen to someone describing ‘the five-second rule’ for food. Then you
are going to listen to someone do a food safety quiz.

1 A2 11.1 Listen and choose the best description of the rule 3 A2 11.2 Listen and complete the sentences in the food
(A–C). safety quiz.
A Children can eat food five seconds after you cook it. C 1 Before you prepare food, wash your hands with water for
B It is safe to eat food if it falls on the floor for less than 5 seconds.
five seconds. A 2 When you re-heat food, it’s important to cook it at a
C You cannot eat some types of food if they fall on the high temperature.
floor. B 3 You can keep lemons in the fridge for a month .
4 It’s fine to leave leftover pizza on the kitchen table
2 A2 11.1 Listen again and do parts a and b.
and eat it the next day.
a A scientist at the University of London did some tests.
5 The correct for a home fridge is 10°C.
Match the food to the test area. temperature
1 pizza street 4 A2 11.2 Listen again. Are these sentences true or false?
2 apple carpet 1 You need to wash your hands for twenty seconds and use
3 toast kitchen floor soap. TRUE / FALSE
b Choose the correct option(s). 2 It’s fine to re-heat food at 64°C. TRUE / FALSE
The scientist found it isn’t safe to 3 It isn’t important to wash lemons. TRUE / FALSE
A eat the pizza. 4 36% of Americans leave leftover pizza on the table
overnight. TRUE / FALSE
B eat the apple.
5 The correct temperature for a home fridge is 5°C.
C eat the toast.
TRUE / FALSE
D eat any of the food.

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