About chewing gum to chew on

Chewing gum is one of the oldest sweets known to man beginning as a chewy tree sap from the Mastiche trees of ancient Greece. Across the world even the Mayans of South America liked chewy treats. It was in the 1800s that entrepreneur John Curtis introduced chewing gum to the US with his small sticks of "Maine Pure Spruce Gum."

Chewing gum has its own benefits. In fact, during the World War I soldiers were given gum to relieve stress and improve concentration. Today, chewing gum even helps to keep your teeth healthy with antibacterial agents.

The first chewing gums

The original sap based gums were replaced by gums made from paraffin wax, the same stuff used to make candles. Then, was it like chewing candles? No, sugar was added to these gums to give it an added sweetness. But the problem was that these gums were not chewy enough. The solution - Chicle, a natural rubber sap from the Sapodilla tree of Central America. This gave the gum the chewy feel. Chicle was later popularized by General Santa Anna.

The original sap based gums were replaced by gums made from paraffin wax, the same stuff used to make candles.

Comment on the questions:

Did ancient folks like chewing?

What similarity do candles and gums have?

Possessive Pronouns

We already know about possesive adjectives: my, your,his, her,its, our, their. 
Possessive adjective describes a noun: My car is new.

Possesive pronouns are mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs.
Possessive pronoun takes place of a noun: This car is mine. 


Compaire pairs of sentences below:

My book is large. (adjective, describes book)
Yours is small. (pronoun, takes the place of noun)

Your car is green. (adjective, describes car)
Mine is red. (pronoun, takes the place of noun)

Practice using of possessive pronouns:

Professions 2

Определите, является ли утверждение 

“Some jobs require physical activity”

верным (впечатайте ‘true’, ‘false’, ‘not in text’).

    
Having a job can be fun, if it is a job that you like doing. Jobs have certain characteristics look at the nature of work, and the working conditions. There are some jobs where you sit or stand all day long, while others require a lot of physical activity. 

My brother likes working with computers, so he decided to work as a computer sales person. He loved his job as sales representative for Circuit City. A sales person assists customers in finding what they are looking for and tries to interest them in buying. Nature of a salesperson also requires patience and courtesy, especially when the work is repetitious and the customers are demanding. My brother is a person who loves to talk and make conversation with people.

I do not enjoy this job as my brother does, because I am not interested in computers. I am not a people person so this job is not for me. I like to do something and to play with tools and fix things. I prefer to work as a carpenter. Carpenters are involved in many different kinds of construction activity. They cut, fit, and assemble wood and other materials for the construction of buildings. Nature of work for a carpenter requires more independent work than interaction with a lot people.

Idiom : to be frozen

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Weekly Activities

Определите, является ли утверждение 

“The author always make dinner for himself and his wife cooks for the whole family”

 верным (впечатайте ‘true’, ‘false’, ‘not stated’).

I wake up at 7am every morning. I turn off the alarm and get up. I have a cup of coffee and make breakfast. I usually read the newspaper while I have breakfast. My children like to have a shower after they have breakfast but I like to have a shower before I get dressed. It is important to brush your teeth, and some women like to put make-up on. My wife brushes her long hair, and I have short hair so I comb my hair. How do you do your hair in the morning?

After I have finished work, I go home to cook dinner. In my house I usually make dinner. The family eat dinner together at 7:30pm. After dinner I make sure that my children do their homework, and then I chill out on the sofa and watch television. On television I usually watch the News. My wife usually comes to tell me to take the rubbish out, or wash the dishes.
Our children feed the dog and the cat before they go to bed and I tell them to go to the bathroom too.

If I am sick I have to take my medication, but then I get into my pyjamas and set the alarm so I wake up in the morning. The last things I do is lock the door, turn off the lights, and go to bed.

Spoken English

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The English Language

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