Pre-reading questions
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- What is your favorite drink?
- Which drink is popular in your country?
Vocabulary
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- fizzy /FIZ-ee/
- decade /DEK-eyd/
- chemist /KEM-ist/
- shut down /shuht doun/
- ban /ban/
[adjective] – having a lot of bubbles
Potato chips, fizzy drinks, and chocolate were served at the celebration.
[noun] – a period of ten years
Prices have continuously increased over the last decade.
[noun] – a person who studies chemistry, or a scientist who works with chemicals or studies their reactions
The chemist prepared some medication for me.
[phrasal verb] – if a business or organization shuts down or someone shuts it down, it stops operating either temporarily or permanently
The neighborhood hardware store has shut down.
[verb] – to forbid (= refuse to allow) something, especially officially
The new highway bans bicycles.
Article reading
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Once upon a time, there used to be more sweet, bubbly sodas than anyone could imagine. Some of them had flavors like cola nuts, cherry syrup, lemon, or sassafras bark. The glass containers that held these fizzy drinks were frequently shared among towns and neighborhoods.
In the decades after the World’s Fair, German-Geneva chemist Johann Jakob Schweppe’s development of carbonation for drinking in 1783 became widely used. The New Zealand Foxton Fizz brings this golden era into the modern era. A bottling facility was located in Foxton, a small settlement of roughly 3,000 inhabitants on the North Island of the nation. And when the local family business chose to shut down, a group of fizz fans bought the brand. Since more than a century ago, the company’s sodas, which come in flavors like lime, raspberry, and cola, have been clinking in glass bottles all throughout the area. CEO Matt Wharton claims that the creaming drink is a big hit among their customers.
In contrast to “hard” or alcoholic beverages, sodas and other soft drinks thrived in the United States during Prohibition, a time when the sale of alcohol was banned. The people’s passion for soda then continued. It would be preferable to discover a soda you truly yearn for, making hot summer afternoons an indulgence you look forward to.
In the decades after the World’s Fair, German-Geneva chemist Johann Jakob Schweppe’s development of carbonation for drinking in 1783 became widely used. The New Zealand Foxton Fizz brings this golden era into the modern era. A bottling facility was located in Foxton, a small settlement of roughly 3,000 inhabitants on the North Island of the nation. And when the local family business chose to shut down, a group of fizz fans bought the brand. Since more than a century ago, the company’s sodas, which come in flavors like lime, raspberry, and cola, have been clinking in glass bottles all throughout the area. CEO Matt Wharton claims that the creaming drink is a big hit among their customers.
In contrast to “hard” or alcoholic beverages, sodas and other soft drinks thrived in the United States during Prohibition, a time when the sale of alcohol was banned. The people’s passion for soda then continued. It would be preferable to discover a soda you truly yearn for, making hot summer afternoons an indulgence you look forward to.
Comprehension questions
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- Who is Johann Jakob Schweppe?
- When did Schweppe develop carbonation for drinking?
- What happened to Foxton Fizz after it closed?
- What flavors does Foxton Frizz offer?
- What is Foxton Frizz’s best seller?
Discussion questions
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- What soda flavor do you enjoy the most? How often do you drink it?
- Do you consider yourself an avid drinker of soda? Why or why not?
- If you had the chance, which Foxton Fizz soda flavor would you like to try? Why?
- Do you think fizzy drinks have health benefits?
- In your opinion, why do most people love to drink soda?