News: A good year for smelly fruit

BBC Bản tin hôm nay là về trái cây nhé, cùng xem bản tin ngắn để luyện Tiếng Anh nào. Transcript It may look delicious but this fruit's pungent smell makes it an acquired taste. Durians, the so-called "king of fruits", are something of a ...

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Transcript

It may look delicious but this fruit's pungent smell makes it an acquired taste.
Durians, the so-called "king of fruits", are something of a national obsession in Singapore.
And 2015 is shaping up to be a very good year for durian lovers, with a bumper crop in neighbouring Malaysia. 
That means prices are coming down and sales are going up – much to the delight of buyers and sellers alike.

Vocabulary
  • pungent
strong and unpleasant taste or smell
  • an acquired taste
something you start liking the more you try it
  • is shaping up
developing into
  • bumper crop
larger amount of fruit than normally grows
  • delight
great pleasure/ happiness
 
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