Do You Know Anything About Drinks? What information is new to you? Match the words with the pictures: Tea a b Coffee Water c d e f Mineral water Orange juice Coconut juice Hot chocolate Soda h g i Lemonade 10 Milk j 11 Milk shake 12 Yogurt k l m n o 13 Smoothie 14 Coca cola 15 Cocktail 16 Beer p q 17 Wine 18 Whisky r s 19 Champaign Change the underlined words and read the dialogue: S: I say, Nick what is your favourite drink? N: Well, Sam, I like a lot of drinks, but I think I like coffee better S: But why? N: Oh, it’s very simple I prefer coffee in the morning because it wakes me up and makes me cheerful the whole day And what about you? S: It’s hard to say, I like juices, yogurt, mineral water, tea, milk… N: I see, but what can’t you live without? S: Then it is water, I think The term milkshake was first used in print in 1885 Milkshakes were an alcoholic whiskey drink at first By 1900, the term milkshake referred to "wholesome drinks made with chocolate, strawberry, or vanilla syrups." Nowadays we are lucky that we can a good milkshake Egyptians created lemonade more than 1,500 years ago This popular drink was called “qatarmizat” and was consumed between the 10th and 13th centuries Today, lemonade is available in bottles and can be clear, cloudy, or fizzy Clear is lemon and water, or lemon and carbonated water, made without adding sugar Soft drinks can trace their history back to the mineral water found in natural springs In 1767, the first drinkable, manmade glass of carbonated water was created by Englishmen, Dr Joseph Priestley Three years later, the Swedish chemist, Torbern Bergman, invented a generating apparatus that made carbonated water from chalk by the use of sulfuric acid Bergman's apparatus allowed imitation mineral water to be produced in large amounts The official definition of a Cocktail according to the modern Merriam-Webster Dictionary is "an iced drink of wine or distilled liquor mixed with flavoring ingredients." It reflects the modern practice of referring to almost any mixed drink as a Cocktail The first published definition of the Cocktail appeared in 1806 Orange Juice is the best known and most popular raw food drink In the mid-1910s there was an overproduction of citrus fruits in California and the growers didn't see another option but to destroy 30% of its trees At the same time, pasteurization was discovered Now, the growers of the citrus could juice their oranges, pasteurize them for longer storage and then ship the juice to the big cities Smoothies became popular in the middle 1960's One of the popular menu items in restaurants was the fruit juice smoothie California borrowed the trend of fruit juice smoothie from its South American neighbors The predecessor to the hot chocolate we enjoy today was the Aztec drink xocoatl Later Cortez introduced the xocoatl drink to the court of Spanish King Charles V The Spanish had changed the name of their new beverage to "chocolat." (http://www.mshake.com/history.html, http://www.ehow.com, http://www.usfirehouse.com, http://cocktailsabout.com) Your experience: Do you like water? What water you like: simple or mineral? What you drink in the morning? What you prefer tea or coffee? What juices you prefer? What is your family juice? Have you any special receipts of juices? Who makes juices in your family? Do you like milk? Who drinks milk in your family? Do you add milk to tea or coffee? KEY: – g – h – p – l – m – o – a – j – k 10 – s 11 – q 12 – r 13 – i 14 – n 15 – e 16 – d 17 – f 18 – c 19 - b