Read the following passage and make notes in an appropriate format.15) Chocolate.There are few foods that people feel as passionate about passion that goes beyond a love for the "sweetness" of most candies or desserts: after all, few people crave caramel, whipped cream, or bubble gum.Chocolate is, wel, different.For the true chocoholic just thinking about chocolate can evoke a pleasurable response.Two years ago, my wife and I travelled to the Amazon.On one of our expeditions, our guide pointed out a cacao tree growing wild in the jungle.I had never seen one before Looking strangely alien, dozens of yellow-green pods hung from the trunk and stems of the tree.Our guide picked one of the hand-sized fruits, stripped off the rippled outer layer with his knife, and handed us chunks of the fibrous white pulp inside- the fruit of the cacao tree.Two local children who had followed us into the forest waited impatiently for their own turn.With practiced hands, a girl of about six borrowed the guide's knife, hacked off the covering from another pod, and shared a big chunk of pulp with her brother Few people get to sample the fruit of the cacao tree.It was mild tasting, with a subtle bittersweet chocolate flavour.Embedded in the pulp were dark, purple-colored seeds that.after being dried and processed, chocolate lovers like myself have come to recognize as "chocolate beans The cacao tree (Theobroma cacao) is a native of Central and South America. Today, it is cultivated around the equator, and can be found in the Caribbean, Africa, South-East Asia, and even in the South Pacific Islands of Samoa and New Guinea By the beginning of the sixteenth century, the Aztecs had an advanced and powerful civilization located in what is now central Mexico. Many people believe that the Aztecsfirst developed
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1) Very few foods people are passionate about
a) people love caramel, whipped cream, bubble gum etc
b) for a chocoholic, just thinking invokes pleasure
2) Wife and I travelled to amazon
a) guide showed cacao tree
i) dozens of yellow-green pods hung from stem
ii)strange sight
b) guide cut the outer layer, gave us chunks of the fibrous fruit
c) two local kids waited for their turn – girl cut open the fruit skilfully
and shared with her brother
3) Very few people taste the fruit
a) mild tasting, has bitter-sweet choco flavour
b) pulp has dark purple seeds
i) these when processed & dried, used as chocolate beans
4) Theobroma cacao (a type) native to Central and South America
a) now cultivated in Carribbean, Africa, South-east Asia, Samoa, New
Guinea by 16th century
b) Aztecs – advanced and powerful civilization
i) believed to have developed the cacao processing
Answer:
Notes can be prepared for the passage in the following way.
(1) Chocolate is made from the fruits of the Cacao tree.
(2) The tree has its origins in Central and South America. The Aztecs were the first to develop chocolates.
(3) People who like to consume chocolates may be interested to know all about its origin.
(4) It is very useful to fight tiredness and helps in creating body resistance to increase the immunity of the body so that diseases can be kept at bay.