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Citrus Fruit

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Date: Jun 21 2021

Themes: Food

Grammar: Modal Verbs

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When sailors went on long voyages, they would take citrus fruits like limes or oranges with them. Without them, or specifically, the vitamin C inside them, the sailors would die!

These days, sailors have vitamin C pills, but that doesn’t mean that eating a grapefruit isn’t good for your health. Citrus fruits are a tasty way to stay well.

One way many people enjoy citrus fruits is in juices. Orange juice is a common breakfast beverage in the US. Find out if Jeff and Sara take theirs with or without pulp in this food English lesson.

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Sara

Jeff: I remember in wintertime I would always visit my grandparents and they lived in Los Angeles, and in their backyard they had an orange tree and a lemon tree. And it always blew me away, because in the wintertime where I lived, it was cold.

Sara: Did it feel like summer when you would pick one of those oranges off the tree?

Jeff: Yeah, it was like paradise...go pick an orange or a lemon, make some fresh-squeezed lemonade.

Sara: Oh nice! Do you like lemonade to be really sour or do you like it more sweet?

Jeff: I like both qualities, not too much of one.

Sara: Here’s a real question with juice made from citrus fruits: pulp or no pulp?

Jeff: See, I like the pulp, but I know a lot of people don’t like pulp.

Sara: You see, I think it’s…not to be too graphic…it kind of reminds me of phlegm.

Jeff: OK, I can understand that. It is a little weird.

Sara: Well, you know, I think the best thing about citrus and citrus juice is that when you’re starting to get sick, and you drink or eat some citrus, it’s like a full dose of vitamin C.

Jeff: Yeah, vitamin C, it’s good for you.

Sara: It’s true. And you know, I actually feel like I might be coming down with something, so I’m going to go grab an orange. Do you want one?

Jeff: Yeah, I’ll have one.

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Discussion

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When Jeff was young, he used to visit his grandparents in Los Angeles where it was so warm in the winter that he could pick lemons and oranges off the tree. He loved to drink fresh-squeezed lemonade there.

Sara is a big fan citrus fruits. Not only are they healthy and full of vitamin C, but she also thinks they’re tasty. Except for pulp in orange juice. She hates that.

In fact, Sara uses citrus fruit almost like medicine. When she might be coming down with something, she makes sure to eat an orange.

What is your favorite kind of citrus fruit? Do you like pulp in your orange juice?

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SÉRGIO

Brazil

I like lemons to make some “caipirinhas”!! :)

friendlover

Turkey

I like orange. It’s really delicious and healty. Instead of orange juice from supermarket, I prefer fresh squeezed orange juice. Because I cannot trust firms. Most of juices are not natural though it says 100% natural on them. There are a lot of ingrediendts in them some are harmful. I choose the healthy way.

Ngubo Sixtus

South Africa

i do like citrus fruit and it’s pulp. it gives us healthy life and is tasty especial in winter.

julito

Argentina

I have several favorite fruits, mainly oranges, lemons for a fresh-squeezed lemonade . Fruits are a source of vitamins indispensable for our body. Currently I buy at a nutricional shop Blueberry Juice , antioxidant, memory booster and source of vitamin C , among other beneficial values.

yangshulin515

China

I like orange very much,it has too much V-C,that is so important for our body,also ,it is delicious !

yangshulin515

China

I like orange very much,it has too much V-C,that is so important for our body,also ,it is delicious !

lorier89

Poland

My favourite kind of citrus fruit is orange :) and the next is banana. I like orange juice but more I prefer coctail with banana, orange and yogurt :) yogurt can be natural or vanilla :P It taste amazing. I agree with Sara that citrus fruits protect us against disease :)

MarieA

France

My favorite is orange juice but I like also lemon juice. I think grapefruit juice is very bitter so I don’t like that but otherwise I like all juices.

Yes, I think an orange juice without pulp isn’t a real orange juice. Pulp give all vitamins and nutrients, it’s healthy.

naira71

Azerbaijan

YEs,I like all kinds of citrus because they are very usefull for health if you dont have allergic reaction on them.I like oranges most of all.And nothing can raise my mood as a glass of fresh orange juice with pulp.

debora144

Russian Federation

I like fresh-squeezed orange juice. I think it is more useful then pasteurized juice from supermarket which has a shelf life of 6-8 months. All citrus fruit juice is very healthy anyway, especially in wintertime.

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China

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wafa2525

Saudi Arabia

I like all citrus fruit orange ,lemon and tangerine .It is very delicious and rich with vitamin c . My favorite juice is orange without pulp sometimes I drink it with pulp .Citrus fruit is very useful for skin ,health and beauty . I drink orange and lemon when I have flu and quickly regaining my health ..

knuschu

Germany

Orange, tangerine or grapefruit – I really enjoy these fruits. The juice, made of them I also like with or without pulp. The pulp underlines the freshness of the juice, but I am not sure, if that always real pulp in juice from supermarket :)

I also like a lime – served in a glass with cane sugar, crashed ice and a little cachaca ;-)))

masoudhsn

Canada

Citrus fruit is my favorite food in all the time especially in wintertime. I love eating both orange and lime. It doesn’t matter with pulp or not, whatever I like them. Not only do they have vitamin C which is an essential material for our body, but they also are so flavorful and tasty. I had the same experience of jeff that he explained to us. My grandfather had a big garden with different fruits which was like a paradise. In wintertime, there was plenty of orange and lime trees and I would pick them by myself and made fresh-squeezed juice. I believe these help us to be healthy when we come down with something and also it is better than getting several doses of medicine.