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FOOD:

Chocolate

LS 125 (01)

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Forrest Gump

Quotes about Chocolate

This guy found a bottle on the ocean, and he opened it and out popped a genie, and he gave him three wishes. The guy wished for a million dollars, and poof! there was a million dollars. Then he wished for a convertible, and poof! there was a convertible. And then, he wished he could be irresistible to all women... poof! he turned into a box of chocolates.
A day without chocolate is a day without sunshine.
There are four basic food groups-milk chocolate, dark chocolate, white chocolate, and chocolate truffles.

Discussion

Listenings

HISTORY OF CHOCOLATE

Audio & Answer Key w/ transcript

History of Chocolate (02)

Problems?!

Problems with chocolate?

LISTENING Activities

Listening Comprehension Questions Pt. 1

Hershey’s is the world’s largest producer of chocolate. → True // False // Not given
Chocolate bars contain more cocoa than any other ingredient. → True // False // Not given
What is chocolate also known as, in the USA? → candy // cookies // sweeties
The Hershey company headquarters is in which US state? → Texas // California // Pennsylvania
How much chocolate does the company use annually? → 200 hundred million pounds // four billion pounds // six hundred million pounds

Listening Comprehension Questions Pt. 2

How much sugar does the company use annually? → six hundred million pounds // four hundred million pounds // not given
What happens to the beans before they end up as a chocolate liquor? → they are cleaned, roasted, shelled and ground // they are shelled, toasted, tossed and ground // they are cleaned, sorted, polished and ground
What is the chocolate liquor blended with before it is sent for refining? → milk solids and sweeteners // butter and sweeteners // sugar and spice
How long are cocoa beans left to ferment after being picked? → three days // six days // a week
What is produced as a by-product of fermentation? → alcohol // methanol // ethanol