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Улю́блене хобі моє́ї бабу́сі – це її́ сад. Вона́ працює в саду все життя. Íноді каже, що їй не подобається її сад, але я знаю, що це неправда. Вона його дуже любить. Мабуть, лише трохи менше, ніж мене. 
Ще вона любить розмовляти про її сад. Я не ду́же люблю́ ці розмови. Наприклад, вам цікаво слухати про те, як добре, що росте́ картопля, або́ як пога́но, що нема́є дощу́ вже бага́то днів?. Але́ я обожнюю бабусю́, тому́ слу́хаю. Мені цікаво, звідки у неї стільки сил! Вона́ часто прихо́дить з робо́ти ду́же вто́млена і потім йде працювати в сад. Бабуся працює в саду до ночі майже щодня! А я чекаю на неї і не йду спати, тому що не хочу йти спати одна. Я хочу допомогати їй в саду, але вона сміється і каже, що я ще дуже маленька. 
Коли мені було 3 роки, і у бабусі був день народження, я нарвала в саду квіти і подарувала бабусі. Я не знала, що це була полуниця, а не квіти. 
Взимку ми дуже любимо пити чай з полуничним джемом  з саду бабусі. Коли ми їмо полуничний джем, то згадуємо про літо, про день народження бабусі і мій "подарунок", а тоді сміємося.
1) сад - garden
2) лишé - only
3) ніж - than
4) про - about
5) розмóва - conversation
6) рости́ - to grow
росту́, росте́ш, росте́, ростемо́, ростете́, росту́ть
7) си́ла (си́ли pl) - power, strength 
8) втóмлений - tired
9) мáйже - almost
10) щодня́ - daily, every day
11) йти спáти - go to sleep 
йду, йдеш, йде, йдетé, йдемó, йдуть
12) смія́тися (reflexive) - to laugh (я смію́ся, ти сміє́мося)
13) казáти - to say (я кажу́, ти кáжеш)
14) нарвáти квіти - pick flowers
15) день нарóдження - b-day
16) полуни́ця - strawberry 
17) подару́нок - gift, present

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Episode 10: Полуничний джем|Strawberry jam

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People in Switzerland eat more chocolate than anyone else in the world.

According to data from World Population Review, the average Swiss person eats nearly 9 kilograms of chocolate a year — almost twice as much as people in America.

So it might be no surprise that a Swiss university is doing research on chocolate — looking for ways to make it healthier and better for the planet!

Chocolate is made using cocoa beans, which grow in pods on the cacao tree. Each pod holds 20 to 60 seeds — or beans — that are covered in sweet white pulp.

Researchers from the university ETH Zurich have found a way to mix the pulp with part of the pod to make a sweet gel, which can be used instead of the powdered sugar that's usually added to cocoa beans when making chocolate.

Typical dark chocolate might be made of 30% to 40% powdered sugar. Testing different recipes, the researchers found they could make chocolate that was up to 20% gel and about as sweet as chocolate with 5% to 10% powdered sugar.

The new chocolate also had 20% more fiber and 30% less saturated fat than typical European dark chocolate — meaning it's healthier to eat.

Main study writer, Kim Mishra, told The Guardian that the new chocolate has a fruitier taste than typical dark chocolate — although it also tastes more acidic.

The researchers said using parts of the cocoa plant that are usually thrown away reduces waste, while using the new gel would let cocoa farmers get money not just from their beans, but by selling the pulp and pod parts needed for the gel as well.

It may be a while before we can try this chocolate for ourselves. However, ETH Zurich has already filed a patent for the recipe.



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Scientists Make Healthier, Less Wasteful Chocolate

Covered with pins and adornments, Vivianne Robinson is hard to miss in the streets of Paris.

The Olympics superfan has attended seven Summer Games over 40 years. But this trip to Paris came at a cost of $10,000.

Robinson, 66 and from Los Angeles, maxed out her credit cards and worked two jobs to afford the trip and the 38 event tickets she bought. And she has to work two more years to make up the money she spent.

"It was hard to save up and it's a big budget, but it's a thousand times worth it," she says.

Robinson's fascination with the Olympics started when her mother worked as a translator for athletes during the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Her mother would come home after work with pins from athletes that she gave to her daughter.

Her hobby of collecting pins led her to Atlanta 1996, where she made rice necklaces for athletes in exchange for their pins.

"I got all the pins and I got to meet all the athletes. And in those days, it wasn't high security like now," she said. "Now you can't even get near the athletes' village."

From there: Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, London 2012 and Rio 2016. She got a visa for Beijing 2008, but couldn't afford the trip. It was similar for Tokyo: she bought tickets, but got refunded as COVID-19 soared and the Games were held without spectators.

Robinson's outfits started simply but have become more complex over time. She spent a year working on her Paris outfit, which has hundreds of adornments. People often stop her in the street, asking for a photo.

As soon as these Olympics end, she will start working on the next Summer Games — which will be in her hometown in Los Angeles.

"I'm going to do it forever," she said. "I'm going to save all my money and just concentrate on Olympics."