1. They can become a career
2. They are too expensive
3. They can spoil your marks
4. They can change with time
5. They are actually useless
6.They can bring money

1. What was coffee’s long way to Europe like?
2. How did drinking coffee become a social life activity?
3. How was coffee discovered?
4. Why was coffee prohibited in some countries?
5. What ingredients are used in coffee recipes?
6. Why do some people refuse to drink coffee?
7. What helped coffee to conquer the USA?

A. Coffee was first found in Eastern Africa in the area we know today as Ethiopia. A popular legend says that one day, a man called Kaldi was watching his goats eating grass and leaves. He noticed that after eating berries from a certain bush, the goats became very active. Curious, Kaldi tried the berries himself. He found that these berries gave him additional energy. The story quickly spread throughout the region.

Б. The first coffee berries were transported from Ethiopia to Arabian countries and then they were cultivated in Yemen. From there, coffee travelled to Turkey where coffee beans were roasted for the first time over open fires. The roasted beans were crushed and then boiled in water, creating the drink we enjoy today. Finally, in the seventeenth century, coffee arrived in France, Britain and Italy.

В. The first coffeehouses opened in Mecca and quickly became popular centres of social and political activity. The government believed that coffee stimulated radical thinking, and even thought it might unite the opposition. As a result, soon coffee was forbidden in Mecca. The same thing happened in Turkey a century later, when coffee drinkers were severely punished.

Г. They say, in 1776, the thirteen American colonies adopted coffee as their national drink instead of tea. When the British tried to raise the tax on tea, Americans refused to buy it and switched to coffee. In fact, by drinking coffee, Americans demonstrated their political views and their dislike for the British – the famous tea-lovers.

Д. The Italians drink their espresso with sugar, the Germans and Swiss add an equal part of hot chocolate, the Mexicans prefer it with cinnamon, and the Belgians – with chocolate. Coffee drinkers in the Middle East usually add cardamom and spices. The Egyptians, on the other hand, are extremely fond of pure, strong coffee. They add neither milk nor cream.

Е. When the first European coffeehouses opened, they quickly grew into places where people played chess, exchanged gossip, sang and danced. Coffeehouses were very popular. Anyone could go and enjoy a cup of the drink because the price of a cup of coffee was reasonable. European coffeehouses became meeting points for intellectuals, writers and businessmen.

The will One day young William was called to a lawyer’s office. The lawyer announced that William’s uncle had left him a thousand dollars. He also added that William was required to give the lawyer a report of how he used the money as soon as he spent it. That was his uncle’s last wish. 

William promised to follow his uncle’s wish and went straight to his club. He looked for Bryson, a calm wise man of about forty, who was sitting in a corner reading a book. When William told him about the contents of the will, Bryson did not seem at all surprised. He only remarked that the uncle was worth about half a million. 

William told Bryson that his uncle had left a lot of money to charity while his servants had received only ten dollars each. There was one more person mentioned in the will, Miss Hayden, a distant relative who lived in the uncle’s house. She was a quiet, musical girl and the dearest woman in the world to William. William had been in love with her for two years but he had never told her about his feelings. 

William had no idea how to spend a thousand dollars and he hated making the report. He had a feeling that his uncle was making fun of him.

 In the street William saw a blind man selling pencils. William went up to him and asked him what he would do with the money. The blind man shrugged his shoulders and said that he had never seen such a huge amount of money and therefore had never had the problem of spending such a sum. William bought all his pencils and gave him ten dollars above the price. 

William was walking down the empty street when he had an idea. 

He got into a cab and went to his uncle’s house where Miss Hayden lived. He found her, sad and beautiful, writing letters in the library. William knew that like the servants she had received nothing from his uncle but ten dollars. So he said that there was an addition to his uncle’s will that allowed her to have a thousand dollars and he gave her the money there and then. Miss Hayden turned white, took the banknotes and put them in the drawer of the writing desk. Then she quietly thanked William and gave him a shy smile.

 In excitement William went back to the lawyer’s office, ready to hand over the report. Suddenly the lawyer took out another document which had been given to him by William’s uncle and started reading. It said that in the case that William spent the money wisely, he was to receive another fifty thousand dollars. On the contrary, if he had spent it in a foolish way, the fifty thousand would go to Miss Hayden.

Smiling brightly, William destroyed the report and said he had lost a thousand dollars on the races. William realised that he was going to lose much more than that, but he felt happy about it. 

My mum calls me Snow White. It was my __________________nickname but it stuck to me forever.       ONE

And it’s not because I love the fairy tale about the princess andthe seven dwarfs. It’s because my skin is very sensitive and intolerant to the sun. Every time it is exposed to the sun’s rays, it__________________ red and swollen.        GET

I __________________ really recognize myself in the mirror.       NOT CAN

Mum says that from my very early days I differed from all the other __________________ around and needed special care.        BABY

Whenever we went for a walk, she __________________ to apply sun protective lotion all over my face and the parts of the body that were not covered with clothes.        HAVE

I grew older but the situation didn’t get any__________________.        GOOD

Until now I __________________ a medicine to cure my strange illness.       NOT FIND

My skin problem is not a serious thing of course, but it doesn’t allow me to do everything I want. I wish I __________________ sunbathe, windsurf and play beach volleyball with my friends. But all I can do is watch them from the shade.       CAN

According to our family legend, it __________________ hard at the moment when I was born. Since that time, rainy days have always been my luckiest.       RAIN

Jenny doesn’t have many friends, but she has lots of books.

Jenny likes fantasy stories best. She has a rich__________________ which takes her to magical lands. Jenny often feels like she is a part of the story.    IMAGINE

She enjoys being in someone else’s shoes, living in an__________________ different world.    ABSOLUTE

When reading, Jenny may turn into a princess or becomea mountain __________________.    EXPLORE

She can see __________________ creatures and amazing places with her own eyes.   WONDER

Books are ideal friends for Jenny. They are entertaining and helpful. They can give her some __________________ advice when she needs it and keep quiet when she doesn’t want to communicate.    PRACTICE

Books never __________________ with her and they never argue.   AGREE