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And now, Joan Yates discovers the origins of aquaba sauce.
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The Australians say it's absolutely brilliant on barbecues.
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The French claim it brings out the piquancy of steak tartare.
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And there's nothing the Chinese like better than to dip their dim sum in it.
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In fact, aquaba sauce is a product that's on the tip of just about everyone's tongue.
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Maurice Bond started it all on his return to the town of Charlton in England from India in 1835.
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At a chemist's shop in Tower Street, he handed over a secret recipe for a special spicy sauce.
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Mr John Ford was behind the counter, and so was Mr William Stott.
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They had the knowledge.
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They concocted the ingredients, and they kept a little for themselves.
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One day, when they were clearing the cellar out, they found it, dusted it off, brought it back up, tried it, and Eureka!
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Aquaba sauce.
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They then began commercial production in 1837, each bottle bearing the words genuine and original on labels.
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A High Court order would later prevent other sauce manufacturers from using these words these words.
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In 1904 came royal approval, the ultimate acclaim, and with the help of explorers,
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Akwaaba Source started to reach many parts of the world.
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For example, Colonel Middleton was on his way to China
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and he stopped off in Tibet to pay his respects to the High Priest, the High Lama.
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He found that the poor old High Lama was not very well, so he left some of the source and proceeded on his way.
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He came back some two or three years later, called in to see how things were,
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and lo and behold the High Lama had made a miraculous recovery.
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Until the 1950s, Akawaba sauce bottles were hand wrapped in special paper.
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In the US, they continue the tradition to this day.
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The ingredients are on the bottle for all to see.
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Molasses from the West Indies, anchovies from the Mediterranean, tamarins from India.
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But what happens to these ingredients behind the closed doors of
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the Akawaba factory remains a closely guarded secret known only to four key employees.
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Inside the making house, in vats holding 30,000 litres, the young sauce is matured for months on end.
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In two other locations, there are the lines of maturation vessels, in which the separate ingredients stand for three years.
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Eventually, they're brought together and slowly stirred.
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They produce 12 million bottles a year in the UK alone, and they make it under licence in the US, Canada and Australia.
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Its shelf life, they claim, is indefinite.
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They still pass on the original recipe by word of mouth, and they still retain the distinctive long-necked glass chemist's bottle.
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After all, to change the design or go for plastic would be to change a winning formula.
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Now you will hear the recording again.
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And now Joan Yates discovers the origins of a quaba sauce.
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The Australians say it's absolutely brilliant on barbecues.
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The French claim it brings out the piquancy of steak tartare, and there's nothing the Chinese like better than to dip their dim sum in it.
39
In fact, aquaba sauce is a product that's on the tip of just about everyone's tongue.
40
Maurice Bond started it all on his return to the town of Charlton in England, from India in 1835.
41
At a chemist's shop in Tower Street, he handed over a secret recipe for a special spicy sauce.
42
Mr John Ford was behind the counter, and so was Mr William Stott.
43
They had the knowledge.
44
They concocted the ingredients, and they kept a little for themselves.
45
One day, when they were clearing the cellar out, they found it, dusted it off,
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brought it back up, tried it and Eureka, Aquaba sauce.
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They then began commercial production in 1837, each bottle bearing the words genuine and original on labels.
48
A High Court order would later prevent other sauce manufacturers from using these words.
49
In 1904 came royal approval, the ultimate acclaim, and with the help of explorers,
50
Aquaba sauce started to reach many parts of the world.
51
For example, Colonel Middleton was on his way to China, and he stopped off in Tibet to pay his respects to the High Priest, the High Lama.
52
He found that the poor old High Lama was not very well, so he left him some of the sauce and proceeded on his way.
53
He came back some two or three years later, called in to see how things were, and lo and behold, the High Lama had made a miraculous recovery.
54
Until the 1950s, Akawaba sauce bottles were hand-wrapped in special paper.
55
In the US, they continue the tradition to this day.
56
The ingredients are on the bottle for all to see.
57
Molasses from the West Indies, anchovies from the Mediterranean, tamarins from India.
58
But what happens to these ingredients behind the closed doors of the Aquaba factory
59
remains a closely guarded secret known only to four key employees.
60
Inside the making house, in vats holding 30,000 litres, the young source is matured for months on end.
61
In two other locations, there are the lines of maturation vessels in which the separate ingredients stand for three years.
62
Eventually, they're brought together and slowly stirred.
63
They produce 12 million bottles a year in the UK alone, and they make it under licence in the US, Canada and Australia.
64
Its shelf life, they claim, is indefinite.
65
They still pass on the original recipe by word of mouth, and they still retain the distinctive long-necked glass chemist's bottle.
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After all, to change the design or go for plastic would be to change a winning formula.
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That is the end of part one.

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Deze spreekles op niveau C1 is gebaseerd op de video “CAE 4 -O-TEST 2 PART 1”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: sauce, bottle, ingredients, aquaba, word. Deze video bevat 67 zinnen en 942 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 7:25. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 127 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. Slechts 79% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is pittig.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
ingredient zelfstandig naamwoord/ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/ingrediënt
acclaim werkwoord/əˈkleɪm/uitroepen, juichen
anchovy zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈænˌt͡ʃoʊ.vi/ansjovis
concoct werkwoord/kənˈkɒkt/samenstellen, in elkaar flansen
miraculous bijvoeglijk naamwoord/mɪˈɹæk.jʊ.ləs/miraculeus, verwonderlijk
molasses zelfstandig naamwoord/məˈlæsɪz/melasse
tamarin zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈtæməɹɪn/tamarin
litre zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈli.tɚ/liter
cellar zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈsɛləɹ/kelder
behold werkwoord/bɪˈhəʊld/aanschouwen
spicy bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈspaɪsi/scherp, pikant
explorer zelfstandig naamwoord/ɛkˈsplɔːɹə(ɹ)/verkenner, ontdekker
stir werkwoord/stɝ/roeren
steak zelfstandig naamwoord/steɪk/biefstuk, steak
shelf zelfstandig naamwoord/ʃɛlf/schap, rek

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

WoordBetekenis
back up werkwoordteruggaan
come back werkwoordterugkomen
hand over werkwoordoverhandigen

Uitspraak om op te letten

  • Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: ingredient /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/, indefinite /ɪnˈdɛfɪnɪt/, miraculous /mɪˈɹæk.jʊ.ləs/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: molasses /məˈlæsɪz/, behold /bɪˈhəʊld/, distinctive /dɪˈstɪŋktɪv/
  • /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: anchovy /ˈænˌt͡ʃoʊ.vi/, miraculous /mɪˈɹæk.jʊ.ləs/, molasses /məˈlæsɪz/, tamarin /ˈtæməɹɪn/, vat /væt/

Zo oefen je met deze video

  1. Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
  2. Spreek zin voor zin na op normale snelheid en herhaal elke zin tot je ritme gelijk is aan dat van de spreker.
  3. Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als ingredient, acclaim, anchovy.

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