Listening practice:

My 1)______ ______ of Maryland is well known

2)______ _______ blue crabs. It isn't because they taste especially better here 3)_______ ______ other places, (though Maryland crab cakes are 4)______ _______) but we have a special culture around eating crabs in the summer. This is what we call a "crab feast." We will set 5)______ ________ together and cover them in newspapers. After that, we get sometimes 6)_______ _______ crabs and all our friends. We may 7)______ ________ eating, talking, drinking and swimming from noon to midnight sometimes. It is really fun! If you ever come to Maryland, I hope you get to 8)__________ _______!