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Ranked as the number one beverage consumed worldwide, tea takes the lead over coffee in both popularity and production with more than 5 million metric tons of tea produced annually. Although much of this tea is consumed in Asian, European, and African countries, the United States drinks its fair share. According to estimates by the Tea Council of the United States, tea is enjoyed by no less than half of the US. population on any given day. Black tea or green tea — iced, spiced, or instant — tea drinking has spurred a billion-dollar business with major tea producers in Africa and South America and throughout Asia.
Tea is made from the leaves of an evergreen plant, Camellia saneness, which grows tall and lush in tropical regions. On tea plantation, the plant is kept trimmed to approximately four feet high and as new buds called flush to appear, they are plucked off by hand. Even in today's world of modern agricultural machinery, hand-harvesting continues to be the preferred method. Ideally, only the top two leaves and a bud should be picked. This new growth produces the highest quality tea.
After being harvested, tea leaves are laid out on long drying racks, called withering racks, for 18 to 20 hours. During this process, the tea softens and becomes limp. Next, depending on the type of tea being produced, the leaves may be crushed or chopped to release flavor, and then fermented under controlled conditions of heat and humidity. For green tea, the whole leaves are often steamed to retain their green color, and the fermentation process is skipped. Producing black teas requires fermentation during which the tea leaves begin to darken. After fermentation, black tea is dried in vats to produce its rich brown or black color.
No one knows when or how tea became popular, but legend has it that tea as a beverage was discovered in 2737 B.C. by Emperor Shen Nung of China when leaves from a Camellia dropped into his drinking water as it was boiling over a fire. As the story goes, Emperor Shen Nung drank the resulting liquid and proclaimed the drink to be most nourishing and refreshing. Though this account cannot be documented, it is thought that tea drinking probably originated in China and spread to other parts of Asia, then to Europe, and ultimately to America colonies around 1650.
With about half the caffeine content as coffee, tea is often chosen by those who want to reduce, but not necessarily eliminate their caffeine intake. Some people find that tea is less acidic than coffee and therefore easier on the stomach. Others have become interested in tea drinking since the National Cancer Institute published its findings on the antioxidant properties of tea. But whether the tea is enjoyed for its perceived health benefits, its flavor, or as a social drink, teacups continue to be filled daily with the world's most popular beverage.
Lots of houses _____ by the earthquake last year.
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Just 15 months ago, the leaders of North and South ______ on Mt Paektu, optimistic that they would be able to come to some kind of an agreement to finally end the Korean War.
South African Rapper Kiernan Jarryd Forbes, also known as AKA, is planning a massive concert to raise funds for university students, many ______ struggle to pay their tuition fees.
We bought some _____.
Last night there was _____ bird singing outside my house.
Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
chapel
label
vessel
parallel
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Although they had never met before the party, Jim and Jane felt strong affinity to each other.
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No one but the experts was able to realize that the painting was an imitation. It greatly resembled the original.
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As regards sport and leisure activities, our two countries appear to have little in common.
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John climbed up into the tree and picked all the fruit out reach.
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Sandra has not rarely missed a play or concert since she was seventeen years old.
John: "You're already leaving? The ball is only starting.”
Peter: "But it’s very late, so______."
Daisy is talking to Jim about his house.
Daisy: "What a lovely house you have!"
Jim: "_____"
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Had he known more about the information technology, he would have invested in some computer companies.
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“Why don't you participate in the volunteer work in summer,” said Sophie.
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You should have persuaded him to change his mind.
Read the following passage and choose the best option for each of the blanks.
In “Cerealizing America”, Scott Bruce and Bill Crawford remark that the cereal industry uses 816 million pounds of sugar per year. Americans buy 2.7 billion packages of breakfast cereal each year. If end to end, the empty cereal boxes from one year's consumption would to the moon and back. One point three (1.3) million advertisements for cereal are broadcast on American television every year at a(n) of $762 million for airtime. Only automobile manufacturers spend more money on television advertising than the makers of breakfast cereal.
of the boxed cereals found in supermarkets contain large amounts of sugar and some contain more than 50% sugar. Cereal manufacturers are very clever in their marketing, making many cereals appear much healthier than they really are by “fortifying” them with vitamins and minerals. Oh, - you now have vitamin-fortified sugar!
Before you eat any cereal, read the ingredient list and see how híph sugar appears on the ingredient list. Then check the “Nutrition Facts” panel.
(From “Foods That Burn Fat, Foods That Tuh to Fdal” by Tom LentHio)
Choose the word(s) which is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s).
An air pollutant is defined as a compound added directly or indirectly by humans to the atmosphere in such quantities as to affect humans, animals, vegetation, or materials adversely.
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In the early days of baseball, the game was played by young men of means and social position.
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Only a fool pays big money for the real thing when you can get stuff on the street for a fraction of the price. No one's going to know the đifference and besides, it doesn't đo anyone any harm. does it?
Sadly, it's not quite that simple. Counterfeit goods are a serious problem for the big brand name manufacturers. "Although none of the big companies would admit how mụch they are losing, it clearly runs into millions of pounds every year," says John Anderson, executive secretary of the Anti-Counterfeiting Group, a body that represents around 200 major brands in the UK.
“You can buy a bag of fake Lacoste crocodiles in a market in some foreign country and Just sew them on to a bunch of cheap T-shirts.” Anderson says, “The products are often very poor quality, and you have no right to return those kinds of goods to the shop afterward if they run to the wash or something.”
Although few people are likely to feel sorry for brand name manufacturers, the problem goes deeper than that. “A fake T-shirt is not going to kill you, but you could die if the profits from that shirt go into making fake pharmaceuticals. We have evidence that there is money - laundering going on and a lot of the profits often go back into drug-dealing” says Anderson.
The Anti-Counterfeiting Group is convinced that most fake products are directly linked to organized crime and terrorism and there is strong anecdotal evidence to support this claim.
Trading of goods often works like this. The counterfeit traders operate from small portable crates, mostly selling fake perfumes and T-shirts. Three or four of them work a patch and the cash is held by a money man who watches over his team.
The money man hands out cash to his stooges, often women, who gather round traders pretending to feverishly buy the fake goods. The stooge's Job is to whip up interest from the public.
Each time the trader runs out of goods he gets more from a van parked out of sight nearby. At the first sign of trouble, the traders whip away their crates and disappear. Policing the counterfeit Is not easy.
So while the cunning counterfeiters continue to escape the law, black-market shoppers will still be able to look like a million dollars on the cheap. But at what cost to the rest of us?