People Influence Our Lives

[MajestyJo]

1 “CORN FLAKES” first went on sale
today in the USA in 1906. Corn flakes
are made from “corn on the cob”,
often called “maize”. It is grown in the
southern United States of America.
2 Some people will have eaten WEETABIX
for breakfast, produced from the golden
wheat grown in Canada.
3 The rice in RICE KRISPIES is probably
grown in China or the countries of
south-east Asia.
4 Some eat PORRIDGE - made from oats
grown in Scotland or East Anglia in England.
5 SUGAR will have been refined from
sugar-beet grown in East Anglia, or from
sugar-cane grown in the West Indies.
6 MILK and EGGS will have been produced
in Britain.
7 BACON may be British or Irish or Danish.
8 Many of us will have eaten toast today.
To make a crisp loaf of BREAD, England’s
wheat-flour has to be blended
with varieties of wheat grown in the
U.S.A.
9 BUTTER may have come from Britain,
Ireland or Denmark, or from New Zealand,
one of our Commonwealth partners.
10 MARMALADE is often made from the
famous Seville oranges of southern
Spain. GRAPEFRUIT or ORANGE JUICE
may have come from fruit grown in the
southern United States or from around
Jaffa in Israel.
11 TEA is grown in India and in Sri Lanka,
where tea is generally called “Ceylon”
after the former name of the country.
COFFEE may have been shipped to us
from Kenya or Colombia or Brazil.
12 We can see how many people from many
different places throughout the world
have some influence on our lives.

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