Edible hotel opens for one night only. A really sweet listening comprehension exercise.

Listen to the article and decide whether these statements are TRUE or FALSE.

1) A hotel from cake has never been built before.                                      
2) You can eat everything in the hotel including the walls.                         
3) There are books to read in each room.                                                  
4) The hotel’s goal is to advertise cane sugar.                                           
5) Besides the tasting rooms, there is also a Pirate and Easter room.      

Answers: 1) T, 2) T, 3) F, 4) T, 5) F

Now try to fill in the gaps with the right word (you will not have to use all the words):

a) cane, b) edible, c) night, d) display, e) entirely, f) active, g) creative, h) greet, i) welcome, j) excited, k) showcase, l) path, m) clothed, n) bedside, o) clad, p) eatable, q) way, r) encouraged

The world’s first "hotel" made 1) ………. from cake is to 2) ………. guests for one night only. Guests will be 3) ………. to eat their 4) ………. through windows and walls 5) ……….  with 2,000 macaroons. The 6) ………. table even features 7) ………. books. We hope that through the cake hotel we can 8) ………. the versatility of golden and brown 9) ………. sugars and inspire people to get 10) ………. in the kitchen."

Answers: 1) e, 2) i, 3) r, 4) q, 5) o, 6) n, 7) b, 8) k, 9) a, 10) g

Sweet dreams: Edible hotel made entirely from CAKE opens for one night only

The world’s first "hotel" made entirely from cake is to welcome guests for one night only with room service in the form of vanilla sponge cushions and a hand-stitched meringue rug. The hotel within a hotel in Soho, central London, is the creation of more than 14 artists who spent 2,000 hours baking and 900 hours decorating with more than 600 kilos of sugar. Guests will be encouraged to eat their way through windows and walls clad with 2,000 macaroons, a rug made from 1,081 meringues hand-stitched together, 20 kilos of marshmallow garlands, windowsills built entirely from fudge and a bath filled with caramel-coated popcorn. The bedside table even features edible books. Built to promote a new range from Tate & Lyle Sugars, the hotel includes edible art across three floors and eight rooms. Tate & Lyle Sugars spokesman James Whiteley said: "We think the cake hotel perfectly captures the excitement, inspiration and expertise behind the creation of our new range of golden and brown cane sugars. "We hope that through the cake hotel we can showcase the versatility of golden and brown cane sugars and inspire people to get creative in the kitchen." Eight tasting rooms include a Mediterranean-inspired bedroom with 10 metres of edible bunting, a Pirates of the Caribbean room with a treasure chest full of edible pearls, ginger spiced doubloons and cutlasses, a British-inspired golden syrup sugar room and a South Pacific room with a two metre-high Easter Island statue made entirely from chocolate mud cake.

source: mirror.co.uk

entirely – teljesen
sponge – piskóta
cushion – (ülő)párna
hand-stitched – kézzel varrt
meringue – habcsók
rug – (rongy)szőnyeg
to encourage – bátorítani, buzdítani
to eat one’s way through – átenni magát valamin
clad – (valamibe) öltözött, öltöztetett
macaroon – makaron-puszedli, mogyorós csók
marshmallow – pille/mályvacukor
garland – girland, fűzér
windowsill – ablakpárkány
fudge – tejkaramella
caramel-coated – karamellával borított
bedside table – éjjeliszekrény
to feature – szerepeltetni, felvonultatni, bemutatni
edible – ehető
to promote – reklámozni, bevezetni, támogatni
range – sorozat, választék, skála
to capture – megragadni
excitement – izgalom, izgatottság
expertise – szakértelem
cane sugar – nádcukor
to showcase – bemutatni, kiállítani
versatility – sokoldalúság
tasting room – ízlelő szoba
bunting – dekorációs anyag, drapéria
treasure chest – kincses láda
pearl – gyöngy
ginger-spiced – gyömbérrel fűszerezett/ízesített
doubloon – arany pénzérem
cutlass – rövid kard, vadászkés
statue – szobor