Pre-reading tasks

1. Guess the meaning of the following international words:

Confectionery, industry, history, fruits, varieties, fundamental, chocolate, ingredient, progress, machines, snack, biscuits, puddings, crystalline, syrup, lactose.

2. Name the part of speech and give the definition of the following words:

Confectionery – confections, discovery – to discover, to chop – chopped, production – to produce, start – to start, manual – manually, general – generally, sweet – sweetener – sweets, allergy – allergic, tolerant – intolerant.

 

3. Read and translate the text about confectionary. Be ready to answer the questions.

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