The story of Coca-Cola

1.6 billion gallons* of Coca-Cola are sold every year, in over one hundred and sixty countries.

The Coca-Cola story began in Atlanta, Georgia. The drink was invented by Dr John Pemberton as a health drink on 8 May 1886. The drink was originally made from the South America coca leaf and the African cola nut. But the inventor couldn’t think of a good name for the new drink. His partner proposed the name of Coca-Cola and wrote the new name in a special way – and that became the famous trademark. In the first year only nine drinks a day were sold.

The business was bought by a man called Asa Candler in 1888, and the first factory was opened in Dallas, Texas, in 1895.

Thirty years later the famous Coca-Cola special bottle first appeared.

For many years, the company made only Coca-Cola. Then they introduced new drinks – Fanta, Sprite and TAB – in the 1960s, and Diet Coke in 1982.

Billions of bottles and cans have been produced since 1895, but the recipe is still kept secret. The taste of the drink is the same in any places of the world. Though Coca-Cola and other drinks are produced all around the world, the receipt is known only to a few people in America. They supply special concentrate to their partners. That is why the taste of Coca-Cola is the same everywhere.

In 1985 the company changed the recipe! But the public was very unhappy. And soon the company brought back the original recipe: ‘ Coca-Cola Classic’.

Today hundreds of millions of people drink it every day. It has the most famous trademark in the world.

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*gallons ['gælən] - галон (міра рідких і сипких тіл; англ.= 4,54 л; амер.= 3,78 л)

12.Give the English equivalents to the following Ukrainian words.

Винайти, листок, горіх, по-особливому, торгова марка, запроваджувати, смак, рецепт (2 варіанти), постачати, особливий концентрат, повертати.

13.Complete the following sentences.

1.The Coca-Cola story started …

2.The new drink contained …

3.The first factory was built …

4.Coca-Cola special bottle appeared …

5.The receipt of Coca-Cola is known …

6.Coca-Cola has the same taste …

14.Read and translate the following text.