17 February 2012 / by Radmila Gurkova

Willy Wonker and a boat made of chocolate

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5U_jW-OQS0

A man in France made a boat 3.5m long boat out of chocolate and sailed it in a port in Northern France. The boat turned around two or three times and then broke apart.



It carried three passengers or sailors!

The boat weighed 1.2 tons and reached a speed of 15km/h.
It took a team 1.5 months to complete and eight hours a day = 400 hours to finish.
Also the world’s largest chocolate bar was created by UK chocolate company - Thornton’s to celebrate their 100th Birthday and weighed 5,792.5kg.

It measured 4 meters wide by 4 meters long. Very tasty!!!!

DEBATE



  • Do you eat too much chocolate?

  • Would you make anything from chocolate if you could?

  • Where is the best place in the world to buy chocolate?


KEYWORDS
















































Word Image Definition Example Listen
Boat Used in water I am going sailing in my boat Listen
Sailor A person adept at sailing He was such a bad sailor that he always traveled to Europe by plane. Listen
Broke To shatter, burst, or become broken; separate into parts or fragments, especially suddenly and violently The glass broke on the floor. Listen
Measured To find out the distance of something I need to measure the size of this window Listen
Tasty  Very good food. Chocolate cake is tasty Listen


GRAMMAR STRUCTURES: 

Click here to learn about the different uses of 'made'

Click here to read about 'to win and 'to beat'

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