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داستان شماره 5
marshmallows
Marshmallow candy was first made by ancient Egyptians over three thousand years ago. The Egyptians made candy from the root of the marshmallow plant, a plant that grows in marshes. today's marshmallows do not contain any mallow root; gelatin is used instead of the sweet, sticky root.
New words
ancient : from a long time ago کهن
root : ریشه
marsh : مرداب
contain : have something inside شامل بودن
gelatin : ریشه چسبناک ، نام ماده ای است
sticky : چسبناک
داستان شماره 4
Teabag
Teabags were invented by Thomas Sullivan around 1908. The first bags were made from silk. Sullivan was a tea and coffee merchant in New York who began packaging tea sample in small silk bags, but many customers brewed the tea in them. The tea-filled bag was placed directly into the boiling water where the tea brewed, instead of the traditional way of brewing tea in a teapot. Later teabags were made of thin paper.
New words
silk : پارچه ابریشمی
merchant : a person whose job is to buy and sell products in large amount بازرگان
sample : نمونه
customer : a person who buys goods or a service مشتری
boiling water : آب در حال جوش
instead of : به جای
داستان شماره 3
Cotton Candy
Cotton candy is a soft sweet that is made from sugar. Sugar is heated and spun into slim threads that look like a mass of cotton. It was invented in 1897 by William Morrison and John C. wharton, both from Nashville. Tennessee.
New Words
spun is past form of spin
spin : move around and around چرخاندن
slim : thin باریک
thread : a long thin line of something رشته
invent : create something which has never made before ابداع کردن
mass : large amount of something یک عالم ، خروار
داستان شماره 2
Sandwiches
The Earl of sandwich was normally so busy gambling that he did not want to leave the table to eat. So, he piled some food between two slices of bread, which he ate while gambling. the sandwich has been popular ever since.
New words
Earl : the title of a British high social rank کنت
gamble : to do something risky that might result in loss of money or failure قمار کردن
pile : objects positioned one on top of another روی هم فرار دادن
slice : a part of something برش ، تکه
Potato Chips
The potato chip was invented in 1853 by George Crum. Crum was a black American chef. At that time, French fries were popular . One day a customer complained that the fries were too thick. Crum made them thinner, but the customer was still unsatisfied. Crum finally made fries that were so thin that they couldn't be eaten with a fork, hoping to annoy the very fussy customer. The customer, surprisingly enough, was happy, and potato chips were invented.
New words
complain: to say that you are annoyed, unhappy about something شکایت کردن
fussy: very concerned about small, usually unimportant details, and difficult to please ایرادگیر
