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White goldFascinating facts about sugar and salt

1. представить2. путешествие3. вес4. самоубийство5. древний6. копи7. плавать8. топливо9. вместо10. стиральный

порошок11. храниться12. содержать13. произносить14. чайная ложка

a) ancientb) fuelc) instead ofd) minese) suicidef) teaspoong) to containh) to floati) to introducej) to lastk) to pronouncel) voyagem) washing powdern) weight

Match the words and their translation

At different times in history, both sugar and salt were called ‘____ ____ 1’, because they were so _____ 2 and ______ 3 to get. But there are many more interesting facts about sugar and salt... Christopher Columbus ______4 sugar to

the New World in 1493 on his second______ 5 .

• If you eat too much salt (about 1 gram perkilogram of ______6), you can die. This was a method of ritual ______7 in ____8 China.

Salzburg in Austria was called ‘the city ofsalt’ because of its ______ 9. If you want to check if an egg is fresh,

put it in a cup with water and salt. If the egg ______ 10, it isn’t very fresh.

• In Brazil _____ 11 made from sugar is used in cars _____ ____ 12 petrol.

Americans eat or drink about 2.25 kilos of sugar

a month. Salt is used to make glass, ____ ____ 13 ,and paper. Salt kills some bacteria, and so helps food

to_____ 14 longer, which is why bacon and cheese ______15 a lot. If you put sugar into a vase of flowers, theflowers last longer.

Sugar only _____ 16 energy. It doesn’t contain any vitamins or minerals.

Sure and sugar are the only two words inthe English language that begin with ‘su’ and are _______ 17 ‘sh’. We need to have a little salt on our diet,

but not more than 6g a day, which is about one ______ 18.

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4. introduced5. voyage6. weight7. suicide8. ancient9. mines10. floats11. fuel 12. instead of13. washing powder14. last15. contain16. contains17. pronounced18. teaspoon

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