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Chocolate has many stories. You can start with Moctezuma the Second, who had a ‘bank’ full of millions of cacao beans – enough to make 25 million chocolate bars. Or with Daniel Peter, who wanted to make something new from chocolate, and tried mixing it with cheese. There are the great names of chocolate – like Fry, Hershey, and Cadbury, who made homes, schools, and gardens for their workers as well as factories.
And there are dark stories too – stories of the slaves who made the terrible journey across the Atlantic to work on the cacao tree plantations. And the children in West Africa who have to work on plantations there to get food to eat and who cannot go to school. Do they pick the beans that make your chocolate?
But the biggest story is the world’s love for chocolate. And when you start to read it, you just have to have a little bit more…
巧克力的故事有很多。你可以从蒙提祖马二世听起，他有一个装满可可豆的“银行”，里面有数不清的可可豆，足以做出2,500万条巧克力。你也可以从丹尼尔·彼得听起，他想用巧克力做点新鲜东西，就试着把巧克力和奶酪混合在一起。还有一些知名的巧克力品牌，比如福莱、好时和吉百利，它们的生产商不仅建造工厂，还为自己的工人修建住宅、学校和公园。
但是，巧克力背后也有黑暗的故事，比如有关种植园奴隶的事情。这些奴隶经历可怕的旅程，穿越大西洋到可可树种植园中做苦工。还有关于西非的孩子们的故事，他们要到当地的种植园工作以换取食物果腹，也无法上学。你的巧克力是用他们采摘的可可豆做成的吗？
然而，巧克力最精彩的故事要数全世界对它的喜爱。当你开始了解这个故事的时候，你就得多吃一点巧克力了……
1 The world of chocolate 1
2 The first chocolate 4
3 Chocolate comes to Europe 7
4 Machines and makers 10
5 From cacao pod to chocolate bar 14
6 The darker side of chocolate 19
7 What is in chocolate? 22
8 Types of chocolate 24
9 Special days and presents 28
10 Cooking with chocolate 32
11 Chocolate places to visit 37
12 Changing chocolate 40
GLOSSARY 42
ACTIVITIES： Before Reading 44
ACTIVITIES： While Reading 45
ACTIVITIES： After Reading 49
TRANSLATION 参考译文 52
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