in ... European countries. Many people didn't even know ...
word "tea", though drinking ... tea was very popular in ... East.
Once ... young sailor came back from India. He was ... only son of ... old woman and every time he returned to ... Great Britain from ... far-away country he brought his mother ... gift. Of course, he tried to bring her something unusual, that she could show to her friends.
This time he brought her ... box of ... tea. ... old woman didn't know anything about ... tea, but she liked ... smell, and invited all her friends to come and try it.
When her guests arrived, she invited them to ... dining table. ... old woman treated them to ... cakes and ... fruit and ... tealeaves.
When ... sailor entered ... room and saw ... big plate filled with ... tealeaves, he understood everything. He smiled when he saw his mother's friends eating ... tea-leaves with ... butter and ... salt.
They pretended they liked it, but it was clear they didn't enjoy eating ... leaves.
"Where is,... tea. Mother?" ... sailor asked. His mother pointed to ... plate in ... middle of ... table. "No, this is only ... leaves of ... tea," ... sailor said. "Where I water?"
"... water!" his mother said. I threw ... water away, of course."
Exercise 3
Elena Babina, Gubkin