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Question
Based on your understanding of the text, complete the chart given below by choosing the appropriate words or phrases given in brackets.
Golden Rules of Tea Preparation
(add sugar, shaken, milk, infused properly, strainers, without cream, taken to the kettle, small quantities, China or earthenware, stirred, warmed)
| Tea should be made in ______in a teapot. |
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| The teapot should be made of ______ |
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| The pot should be ______beforehand. |
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| The pot should not have ______ |
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| While pouring water the teapot should be ______ |
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| The tea leaves should be ______ |
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| After making tea, it should be ______or the pot should be ______ |
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| The milk for the tea should be ______ |
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| The author does not like to ______to tea. |
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Solution
| Tea should be made in small quantities in a teapot. |
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| The teapot should be made of China or earthenware, |
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| The pot should be warmed beforehand. |
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| The pot should not have strainers |
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| While pouring water the teapot should be taken to the kettle. |
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| The tea leaves should be infused properly. |
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| After making tea, it should be stirred or the pot should be shaken. |
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| The milk for the tea should be without cream |
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| The author does not like to add sugar to tea. |
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We started up our cooker and
drank large quantities of lemon juice and
sugar, and followed this with our last tin of
sardines on biscuits. I dragged our oxygen
sets into the tent, cleaned the ice off them,
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oxygen gear on to our backs, connected
up our masks and turned on the valves to
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feet, I asked Tenzing to move off.
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