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1Work in pairs. Discuss the questions.
1Do people in your country eat a lot of sweets and chocolate? Why / Why not?
2What are some of the typical desserts from your country? Which is your favourite?
3Do you have a 'sweet tooth' or could you live without sugar, sweets or chocolate?
2Read the text and answer the questions.
Britain – the sweet-toothed nation! Before the Industrial Revolution, sweets and chocolates were made by hand. They were expensive luxury items which only rich people could buy. The Industrial Revolution changed this because very large amounts of sweets and chocolates could be made by machines in factories and that made them much cheaper.

The first chocolate bar was invented by Joseph Fry in 1847 and milk chocolate was invented in 1875. The best-selling chocolate bar in the UK now is Dairy Milk, which Cadbury's have made since 1905. The largest chocolate bar ever made was made by the British chocolate company Thornton's in 2011 to celebrate their 100th birthday. It was four metres long, four metres wide, and weighed almost six tonnes!

Today the UK is one of the biggest consumers of sweets, chocolates, cakes, and desserts in Europe. The famous British 'sweet tooth' (love of sugary things) means that British people eat about 669,000 tonnes of chocolate each year – around 11 kg per person – and they spend £4 billion every year on it.
1.How were sweets made before the Industrial Revolution?
2.When was the first chocolate bar invented?
3.What is the most popular chocolate bar in the UK today?
4.Who made the largest ever chocolate bar? Why?
5.How many kilos of chocolate do British people eat a year?
6.How much money do they spend on chocolate each year?
3aWork in pairs. You are going to watch a video of Ronnie learning how to make handmade sweets. Do you think he will be good at it?

3b  Watch the video. Was your prediction correct?

4Look at the words below. Watch the video again. Tick the things that you see.
✅ Correct items: lollipops, sweets, a sugar flower, a saucepan, bottles, gloves
5aWork in pairs. Watch the video from 0:20–0:30 and from 3:00–3:50. Match numbers 1–4 with the things they refer to a–d.
a) the temperature of the sugar syrup in °C b) the height of the world's largest lollipop in metres c) how many lollipops the sugar mixture will make d) the weight of the world's largest lollipop in kilos
1.1800
2.50
3.4
4.150

5b  Watch the video again and check your answers.

6aComplete the extract. Write one word in each gap.
Ronnie: Maybe I get my mum sweets for her birthday!
Conor: What of sweets does your mum like?
Ronnie: What have you got?
Conor: Well, about this?
Ronnie: …
Conor: Or about this?

6b  Watch the video from 1:21–1:40 and check your answers.

7Work in pairs. Write four suggestions for things Ronnie could get his mum for her birthday. Use expressions for making suggestions.
8aLabel photos A–F from the video with the actions in the box.
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Aman stirring the sugar mixture in a pan
Bman stretching the candy with arms up
Ccutting the candy on the table
Dtwo men folding the candy together
Epouring the hot syrup onto the table
Frolling the candy mixture

8b  Watch the video from 02:57–05:00 and check your answers.

9aWork in pairs. Decide if the sentences below are true (T) or false (F).

9b  Watch the video again and check your answers.

10Work in pairs. Discuss the questions.
1Have you ever made a special present for someone? What was it?
2Do you think that making someone a present is better than buying them one? Why / Why not?
3What's the best present you've ever received? Who gave it to you?
4Do you like buying presents for other people?
5Do you think you're good at choosing presents?
11Work in pairs. Your class is going to buy a present for your English teacher. Take turns to make some suggestions with the phrases for making suggestions from Exercise 6 and the responses in the box below.
Great!I think I'd prefer … MaybePerhaps That's a really good idea.
A: How about getting her a book?
B: I think I'd prefer to get her some flowers.