Lecture · A2
Caranguejo, salsa e farmácia
Lucía, an Argentine tourist, tells how she got ill in Aracaju: on Saturday, at a beach stall on the Orla de Atalaia, she ordered crab «with lots of salsa», thinking salsa meant sauce — it came covered in parsley, and she ate four. On Sunday she woke up with a stomach-ache, and at the pharmacy counter she explained what she had already taken (only boldo tea) and that she had never eaten crab before; by Monday morning she had got better.
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Idée générale
1. Why did Lucía go to the pharmacy?
Voir la réponse
She woke up on Sunday with a bad stomach-ache after eating four crabs the day before.
Détail
2. What had Lucía taken before going to the pharmacy?
Voir la réponse
Only a cup of boldo tea.
Détail
3. What did the pharmacist want to know?
Voir la réponse
Whether she had already taken any medicine, and whether she had ever eaten crab before.
Déduction
4. Why did the waiter find Lucía’s order strange?
Voir la réponse
She asked for «lots of salsa» meaning sauce, but in Portuguese salsa is parsley (sauce is molho) — so she was asking for a pile of parsley.
Déduction
5. Why did the pharmacist laugh?
Voir la réponse
Because she had never eaten crab before and still ate four on her first day — no wonder her stomach hurt.
Mots à connaître
- o caranguejoMotcrab
- a barraca de praiabeach stall, beach shack (food and drinks)
- a salsaparsley (sauce is o molho)
- o molhoMotsauceDans des expressionsVou ficar de molho em casa hoje.Fiquei de molho em casa por causa da gripe.
- o martelinho de madeiralittle wooden mallet (to crack crab shells)
- ficar com vergonhato feel embarrassed
- a dor de barrigastomach-ache
- o balcãoMotcounter (in a shop, pharmacy, bar)
- o chá de boldoboldo tea, a classic home remedy for the stomach
- melhorarto get betterDans des expressionsTenho tentado melhorar minha gestão do tempo.Ficou bom, mas acho que dá para melhorar.