Prepare 8. Ollie, don't eat that! (Reading).

Read the interview. Match questions to the text.

Complete the sentences with one word in each space.

OLLIE, DON'T EAT THAT!

When Ollie James was one, his brother had a tiny pet turtle. One day, it disappeared. Then Ollie's mum noticed a turtle's leg, hanging out of Ollie's mouth! This was the beginning of Ollie's interest in very unusual types of food. And, don't worry, the turtle was fine! Now, aged 16, Ollie's eaten everything from ants to zebra. And for the last two years, he's written about them on his blog: 'Ollie, Don't Eat That!'

1

Once my dad brought home some giant toasted ants from a business trip to Colombia. They tasted good, like salty meat. I described them on a website and I got a lot of replies! So I started looking for other unusual foods and I set up a blog to write about them. I've tried over a hundred different things since I started this blog.

2

The strangest is durian fruit, from South East Asia. It's actually illegal to carry them on public transport in some countries because they smell disgusting – like old fruit and rubbish. However, they taste incredible – sweet and creamy. I've also cooked with unusual ingredients. I found a recipe for an ostrich curry online, and last week I made that. An ostrich is a bird, but its meat is dark red. I expected a strong flavour, but it isn't as nice as lamb. I got it from an ostrich farm in England.

3

That's definitely the cheeseburger in a can. A reader sent it to me from Germany. It tasted like a really low-quality vegetarian burger. It looked horrible and it tasted worse. I really couldn't finish it.

4

Oh, my favourite is miracle berries, from Africa. They taste bitter, and after you eat them anything that's sour tastes sweet! Lemon juice, for example, tastes like sweet lemonade!

5

Not once. I'm always careful that the food is safe. My parents check everything. They've tried lots of things too. They loved my ostrich curry!

1. Ollie started his blog     years ago.

2. Ollie's     gave him the toasted ants.

3. In some countries, it's against the law to       durian fruit on public transport.

4. The smell of durian fruit is            .

5. Ollie recently made a curry with some      .

6. Miracle berries make sour things taste       .

7. Ollie has never been     from eating foods for his blog.

Find these words in the article. Then match them to their meanings.

giant

recipe

flavour

lamb

low-quality

illegal