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THE ARTICLE A cafe in London has started a personalized way of making coffee. It is a new form of barista art called the "selfieccino". A barista is someone who makes the coffee, lattes and frappuccinos in coffee shops. They used to draw chocolate hearts, flowers and swirls in the white froth of the coffee. However, they have now taken that to a new level. They can now put a picture of a customer's face in the white frothy coffee topping. This means coffee lovers can sip on a cup of coffee with their own self-portrait in it. The cafe is called the Tea Terrace. It is located in one of London's top shopping areas, Oxford Street. The cafe sold over 400 of the personalized drinks within days of starting the service earlier this week. Baristas make use of technology to put the portraits of people on top of the coffee. Customers send a picture of their face on an online messaging app. The barista then uses a machine called a "Cino" to change the picture into an image on the white froth using different food colourings. The whole process takes about four minutes and costs $7.50 for the selfie in the coffee. The owner of the cafe, Ehab Salem Shouly, explained why he started the selfieccino service. He said: "It's not enough any more to just deliver great food and great service. It's got to be Instagram worthy." People want to take photos of everything they do and post their images on social media. Sources: http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/food/637193/london-cafe-unveils-the-lsquoselfieccino-rsquo/story/ http://metro.co.uk/2017/12/20/tea-terrace-london-now-serving-selfieccinos-7173558/ https://food.ndtv.com/food-drinks/selfieccino-this-london-cafe-serves-coffee-with-your-selfie-ontop-1790051 More free lessons at breakingnewsenglish.com - Copyright Sean Banville 2017 2
WARM-UPS 1. SELFIECCINO: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about selfieccino. Change partners often and share your findings. 2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, talk about these topics or words from the article. What will the article say about them? What can you say about these words and your life? cafe / coffee / barista / coffee shops / chocolate / customer / portrait / areas / drinks / technology / online messaging / machine / image / process / great food / social media Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently. 3. COFFEE ART: Students A strongly believe art in coffee is a waste of time; Students B strongly believe art in coffee is a great idea. Change partners again and talk about your conversations. 4. SELF-PORTRAIT: Why would these places be good or bad to put a selfportrait? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote. Good Bad T-shirts House front door Coffee mug Car Mobile phone A tattoo 5. PICTURE: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word "picture". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories. 6. SELFIES: Rank these with your partner. Put the best places for selfies at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings. coffee chocolate pizza tissues backpack business cards watch note paper More free lessons at breakingnewsenglish.com - Copyright Sean Banville 2017 3
VOCABULARY MATCHING Paragraph 1 1. personalized a. A picture, photograph, drawing or painting of someone's face and head. 2. form b. A type, kind or variety of something. 3. swirls c. A mass or big amount of small bubbles in liquid; foam. 4. froth d. Made something known as belonging to a particular person, especially by marking it with their name or photo. 5. topping e. Situated, to be found in a place. 6. self-portrait f. A twisting or spiraling movement or pattern. 7. located g. Extra things put, poured or spread over another type of food to add flavor or make it look better. Paragraph 2 8. customers h. A different number of actions or steps taken in order to do or make something. 9. image i. All of; entire. 10. whole j. Good enough. 11. process k. People who buy goods or services from a store or business. 12. deliver l. A picture, photograph, painting, etc. 13. worthy m. Send something to a website or social media network on the Internet. 14. post n. Give something to someone, usually by hand. More free lessons at breakingnewsenglish.com - Copyright Sean Banville 2017 4
BEFORE READING / LISTENING 1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F). a. A New York cafe has started personalizing coffee art. T / F b. The article says baristas used to draw diamonds on coffee. T / F c. The article says people can sip coffee with their lover's face on it. T / F d. The cafe sold over 400 personalized drinks since the start of the week. T / F e. Baristas use not technology at all to put the faces on coffee. T / F f. Baristas use food colouring to create the pictures of faces. T / F g. The cafe owner wanted to provide more than great food and drink. T / F h. The article suggested people want to put their life on social media. T / F 2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms. The words in bold are from the news article. 1. form 2. froth 3. lovers 4. sip 5. within 6. online 7. different 8. whole 9. enough 10. worthy a. fans b. entire c. inside d. bubbles e. various f. sufficient g. kind h. good i. drink j. Internet 3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.) 1. a personalized way of 2. they have now taken 3. This means coffee 4. their own self- 5. within days 6. portraits 7. on an online messaging 8. using different food 9. It's not enough 10. post their images on social a. of people b. colourings c. of starting the service d. media e. that to a new level f. any more g. portrait h. making coffee i. lovers can sip on a cup j. app More free lessons at breakingnewsenglish.com - Copyright Sean Banville 2017 5
GAP FILL A cafe in London has started a personalized (1) of making coffee. It is a new (2) of barista art called the "selfieccino". A barista is someone who makes the coffee, lattes and frappuccinos in coffee shops. They (3) to draw chocolate hearts, flowers and swirls in the white froth of the coffee. However, they have now taken that to a new (4). They can now put a picture of a customer's face in the white frothy coffee (5). This means coffee lovers can sip on a cup of coffee with their own (6) -portrait in it. The cafe is called the Tea form self level service way located used topping Terrace. It is (7) in one of London's top shopping areas, Oxford Street. The cafe sold over 400 of the personalized drinks within days of starting the (8) earlier this week. Baristas make (9) of technology to put the portraits of people on top of the coffee. Customers send a picture of their face on an online messaging (10). The barista then uses a machine called a "Cino" to change the picture into an (11) on the white froth using different food colourings. The whole (12) takes about four minutes and costs $7.50 for the selfie in the coffee. The (13) of the cafe, Ehab Salem Shouly, explained why he started the selfieccino service. He said: "It's not (14) any more to just (15) great process app enough use media image owner deliver food and great service. It's got to be Instagram worthy." People want to take photos of everything they do and post their images on social (16). More free lessons at breakingnewsenglish.com - Copyright Sean Banville 2017 6
LISTENING Guess the answers. Listen to check. 1) A cafe in London has started a personalized coffee. a. way of making b. weigh of making c. whey of making d. why of making 2) They used to draw chocolate hearts, flowers and swirls in the white coffee a. froth of the b. frond of the c. forth of the d. floss of the 3) However, they have now taken that level a. too a new b. to a new c. two a new d. tour new 4) They can now put a picture of a customer's face in the white frothy a. coffee top in b. coffee tapping c. coffee taping d. coffee topping 5) The cafe sold over 400 of the personalized drinks starting a. wither in day of b. withering days of c. within days of d. within day of 6) Customers send a picture of their face on an online a. message in app b. messaged in app c. mess aging app d. messaging app 7) The barista then uses a machine called a "Cino" to change the picture a. onto an image b. unto an image c. until an image d. into an image 8) The whole process takes about four minutes $7.50 a. end costs b. and costs c. sand costs d. round costs 9) He said: "It's not enough any more to just deliver great food and." a. greet service b. great service c. greatly service d. grate service 10) take photos of everything they do and post their media a. images on social b. image is on social c. images in social d. image son social More free lessons at breakingnewsenglish.com - Copyright Sean Banville 2017 7
LISTENING Listen and fill in the gaps A cafe in London has started a personalized (1) coffee. It is a (2) barista art called the "selfieccino". A barista is someone who makes the coffee, lattes and frappuccinos in coffee shops. They used to draw chocolate hearts, flowers (3) the white froth of the coffee. However, they have now taken that to a new level. They can now put a picture of a customer's face in the (4) topping. This means coffee lovers can sip on a cup of coffee with their own self-portrait in it. The cafe is called the Tea Terrace. It is (5) of London's top shopping areas, Oxford Street. The cafe sold over 400 of the personalized drinks within days of starting the service (6). Baristas (7) technology to put the portraits of people on top of the coffee. Customers send a picture (8) on an online messaging app. The barista then uses a machine called a "Cino" to change the picture (9) on the white froth using different food colourings. The whole process takes about four minutes and costs $7.50 for the selfie in the coffee. The (10) cafe, Ehab Salem Shouly, explained why he started the selfieccino service. He said: "It's not enough (11) just deliver great food and great service. It's got to be Instagram worthy." People want to take photos of everything they do and post (12) social media. More free lessons at breakingnewsenglish.com - Copyright Sean Banville 2017 8
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS 1. In which world city is the cafe making the selfieccinos? 2. What did baristas used to draw besides hearts and swirls? 3. What part of the coffee did the article say was white? 4. Who did the article say can take a sip of coffee with their portrait on it? 5. How many personalized drinks did the cafe sell earlier in the week? 6. What did baristas use to help draw the pictures? 7. How do customers send a picture of their face to the cafe? 8. What do the baristas use to add colour to the selfieccino pictures? 9. How long does it take to put the picture on the coffee? 10. What did the article say people wanted to take photos of? More free lessons at breakingnewsenglish.com - Copyright Sean Banville 2017 9
MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ 1) In which world city is the cafe making the selfieccinos? a) Dubai b) Tokyo c) New York d) London 2) What did baristas used to draw besides hearts and swirls? a) diamonds b) flowers c) smileys d) spirals 3) What part of the coffee did the article say was white? a) the cup b) the sugar c) the froth d) the beans 4) Who did the article say can take a sip of coffee with their portrait on it? a) coffee lovers b) anyone c) rich people d) tea drinkers 5) How many personalized drinks did the cafe sell earlier in the week? a) almost 4,000 b) 45 c) more than 400 d) 4,000 6) What did baristas use to help draw the pictures? a) a magnifying glass b) technology c) a brush d) a ruler 7) How do customers send a picture of their face to the cafe? a) using the cafe's computer b) via Bluetooth c) a post card d) a messaging app 8) What do the baristas use to add colour to the selfieccino pictures? a) food colouring b) coffee beans c) coloured milk d) fruit 9) How long does it take to put the picture on the coffee? a) about 4 weeks b) about 4 days c) about 4 minutes d) about 4 seconds 10) What did the article say people wanted to take photos of? a) themselves b) everything they do c) coffee d) cafes More free lessons at breakingnewsenglish.com - Copyright Sean Banville 2017 10
ROLE PLAY Role A Coffee You think coffee is the best thing to put a selfie on. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their things. Also, tell the others which is the worst of these to put a selfie on (and why): tissues, note paper or business cards. Role B Tissues You think tissues is the best thing to put a selfie on. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their things. Also, tell the others which is the worst of these to put a selfie on (and why): coffee, note paper or business cards. Role C Note Paper You think note paper is the best thing to put a selfie on. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their things. Also, tell the others which is the worst of these to put a selfie on (and why): tissues, coffee or business cards. Role D Business Cards You think business cards is the best thing to put a selfie on. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their things. Also, tell the others which is the worst of these to put a selfie on (and why): tissues, note paper or coffee. More free lessons at breakingnewsenglish.com - Copyright Sean Banville 2017 11
AFTER READING / LISTENING 1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms for the words 'coffee' and 'art'. coffee art Share your findings with your partners. Make questions using the words you found. Ask your partner / group your questions. 2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text. Share your questions with other classmates / groups. Ask your partner / group your questions. 3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning? 4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings. 5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text: started someone draw level sip within technology app owner why deliver post More free lessons at breakingnewsenglish.com - Copyright Sean Banville 2017 12
SELFIECCINO SURVEY Write five GOOD questions about selfieccino in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers. STUDENT 1 STUDENT 2 STUDENT 3 Q.1. Q.2. Q.3. Q.4. Q.5. Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often. Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings. More free lessons at breakingnewsenglish.com - Copyright Sean Banville 2017 13
SELFIECCINO DISCUSSION STUDENT A s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B) 1. What did you think when you read the headline? 2. What images are in your mind when you hear the word 'selfie'? 3. What do you think of coffee? 4. How important are cafes to you? 5. What does a barista do every day? 6. Do you like pictures in your coffee? 7. What would you think of your portrait being in your drink? 8. Would you like to visit the cafe? 9. What kind of people will buy selfieccinos? 10. What would you think of a T-shirt with your face on it? 'Selfieccino' is the new art in making coffee 22nd December, 2017 Thousands more free lessons at breakingnewsenglish.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SELFIECCINO DISCUSSION STUDENT B s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A) 11. Did you like reading this article? Why/not? 12. What do you think of when you hear the word 'coffee'? 13. What do you think about what you read? 14. What do you think of coffee shops? 15. Where would you like to see a photo of your face? 16. What do you think of the $7.50 price of the selfieccino? 17. Why do people want to put everything in their life online? 18. Why do you post things online? 19. How important is social media to you? 20. What questions would you like to ask the cafe owner? More free lessons at breakingnewsenglish.com - Copyright Sean Banville 2017 14
DISCUSSION (Write your own questions) STUDENT A s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Copyright breakingnewsenglish.com 2017 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCUSSION (Write your own questions) STUDENT B s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. More free lessons at breakingnewsenglish.com - Copyright Sean Banville 2017 15
LANGUAGE - CLOZE A cafe in London has started a personalized way (1) making coffee. It is a new form of barista art called the "selfieccino". A barista is someone who makes the coffee, lattes and frappuccinos in coffee shops. They used to (2) chocolate hearts, flowers and swirls in the white (3) of the coffee. However, they have now taken that to a new level. They can now put a picture of a customer's face in the white frothy coffee (4). This means coffee lovers can sip on a cup of coffee with their own self-portrait in it. The cafe is called the Tea Terrace. It is (5) in one of London's top shopping areas, Oxford Street. The cafe sold over 400 of the personalized drinks within days of (6) the service earlier this week. Baristas make use of technology to (7) the portraits of people on top of the coffee. Customers send a picture of their face on an online (8) app. The barista then uses a machine called a "Cino" to change the picture into an image on the white froth using different food colourings. The (9) process takes about four minutes and costs $7.50 for the selfie in the coffee. The owner of the cafe, Ehab Salem Shouly, explained (10) he started the selfieccino service. He said: "It's not (11) any more to just deliver great food and great service. It's got to be Instagram worthy." People want to take photos of everything they do and (12) their images on social media. Put the correct words from the table below in the above article. 1. (a) by (b) to (c) of (d) at 2. (a) draw (b) illustrate (c) advertise (d) chisel 3. (a) froth (b) floss (c) frond (d) flake 4. (a) topping (b) tapping (c) tipping (d) taping 5. (a) locution (b) located (c) locust (d) locomotion 6. (a) start (b) starts (c) started (d) starting 7. (a) dump (b) throw (c) put (d) smear 8. (a) massing (b) missing (c) massaging (d) messaging 9. (a) whole (b) hole (c) holy (d) wholly 10. (a) what (b) why (c) while (d) which 11. (a) nought (b) enough (c) naught (d) naughty 12. (a) mail (b) send (c) post (d) attach More free lessons at breakingnewsenglish.com - Copyright Sean Banville 2017 16
SPELLING Paragraph 1 1. the white htfor of the coffee 2. put a picture of a roecmtus 3. coffee pntipog 4. their own self-ittrrpoa 5. dacotle in one of London's top shopping areas 6. lrearei this week Paragraph 2 7. an online sgiganmes app 8. change the picture into an eamig 9. The whole rspecso takes about four minutes 10. It's not ghoneu any more 11. relidve great food 12. on social aimed More free lessons at breakingnewsenglish.com - Copyright Sean Banville 2017 17
PUT THE TEXT BACK TOGETHER Number these lines in the correct order. ( ) taken that to a new level. They can now put a picture of a customer's face in the white frothy coffee ( ) to draw chocolate hearts, flowers and swirls in the white froth of the coffee. However, they have now ( ) the "selfieccino". A barista is someone who makes the coffee, lattes and frappuccinos in coffee shops. They used ( ) of their face on an online messaging app. The barista then uses a machine called a "Cino" to change the picture into an ( ) four minutes and costs $7.50 for the selfie in the coffee. The owner of the cafe, Ehab Salem Shouly, explained ( ) sold over 400 of the personalized drinks within days of starting the service earlier this week. ( 1 ) A cafe in London has started a personalized way of making coffee. It is a new form of barista art called ( ) Baristas make use of technology to put the portraits of people on top of the coffee. Customers send a picture ( ) to take photos of everything they do and post their images on social media. ( ) image on the white froth using different food colourings. The whole process takes about ( ) more to just deliver great food and great service. It's got to be Instagram worthy." People want ( ) portrait in it. The cafe is called the Tea Terrace. It is located in one of London's top shopping areas, Oxford Street. The cafe ( ) why he started the selfieccino service. He said: "It's not enough any ( ) topping. This means coffee lovers can sip on a cup of coffee with their own self- More free lessons at breakingnewsenglish.com - Copyright Sean Banville 2017 18
PUT THE WORDS IN THE RIGHT ORDER 1. someone is barista A coffee the makes who. 2. level that They to have a now new taken. 3. with self- A coffee own portrait of their cup. 4. top London's of one in Located areas shopping. 5. days earlier of this starting week the Within service. 6. people of Put of top coffee portraits on the the. 7. of face send picture their Customers a. 8. minutes whole takes four The process about. 9. started service explained he the Shouly why. 10. of People to photos everything want take. More free lessons at breakingnewsenglish.com - Copyright Sean Banville 2017 19
CIRCLE THE CORRECT WORD (20 PAIRS) A cafe in / at London has started a personalized way of make / making coffee. It is a new form of barista art calling / called the "selfieccino". A barista is someone who makes the coffee, lattes and frappuccinos in coffee shops. They used / use to draw chocolate hearts, flowers and swirls in the white froth of the coffee. However, they have now took / taken that to a new level. They can now put a picture of a custom's / customer's face in the white frothy coffee topping. This means coffee loves / lovers can sip on a cup of coffee with their own / owner self-portrait in it. The cafe is called the Tea Terrace. It is located / location in one of London's top shopping areas, Oxford Street. The cafe sold over 400 of the personalized drinks within days of starting the service earlier these / this week. Baristas make used / use of technology to put the portraits of people on top of the coffee. Customers send / sends a picture of their face on an online messaging app. The barista then uses a / the machine called a "Cino" to change the picture into an / the image on the white froth using different / difference food colourings. The whole processes / process takes about four minutes and costs $7.50 for the selfie in the coffee. The owner of the cafe, Ehab Salem Shouly, explained / explanation why he started the selfieccino service. He said: "It's not / no enough any more to just deliver great food and great service. It's got to be / been Instagram worthy." People want to take photos of everything they do and posting / post their images on social media. Talk about the connection between each pair of words in italics, and why the correct word is correct. More free lessons at breakingnewsenglish.com - Copyright Sean Banville 2017 20
INSERT THE VOWELS (a, e, i, o, u) _ c _ f n L_ nd_ n h_ s st_ rt_ d _ p _ rs_ n _ l _ z _ d w_ y _ f m _ k _ ng c_ ff. _ t _ s _ n _ w f_ rm _ f b_ r _ st rt c_ ll_ d th_ "s_ lf cc_ n _ ". _ b _ r _ st s s_ m n_ wh_ m _ k _ s th_ c _ ff, l_ tt_ s _ nd fr_ pp_ cc_ n _ s _ n c_ ff sh_ ps. Th_ y _ s _ d t_ dr_ w ch_ c _ l _ t _ h rts, fl_ w _ rs _ nd sw_ rls _ n th_ wh_ t _ fr_ th _ f th_ c _ ff. H_ w _ v _ r, th_ y h_ v _ n _ w t_ k _ n th_ t t n _ w l_ v _ l. Th_ y c_ n n_ w p_ t _ p _ ct_ r f _ c _ st_ m _ r's f_ c n th_ wh_ t _ fr_ thy c _ ff t _ pp_ ng. Th_ s m ns c_ ff l _ v _ rs c_ n s_ p _ n _ c _ p _ f c_ ff w _ th th r _ wn s_ lf-p _ rtr t _ n _ t. Th_ c _ f s c_ ll_ d th_ T T _ rr_ c _. _ t _ s l_ c _ t _ d _ n _ n f L _ nd_ n's t_ p sh_ pp_ ng _ r s, _ xf_ rd Str t. Th_ c _ f _ s _ ld _ v _ r 400 _ f th_ p _ rs_ n _ l _ z _ d dr_ nks w_ th_ n d_ ys _ f st_ rt_ ng th_ s _ rv_ c rl r th_ s w k. B _ r _ st_ s m_ k s f t_ chn_ l _ gy t_ p _ t th_ p _ rtr ts _ f p pl n t_ p _ f th_ c _ ff. C_ st_ m _ rs s_ nd _ p _ ct_ r f th r f_ c n _ n _ nl_ n _ m _ ss_ g _ ng _ pp. Th_ b _ r _ st_ th_ n _ s _ s _ m _ ch_ n _ c _ ll_ d _ "C_ n _ " t_ ch_ ng_ th_ p _ ct_ r nt n _ m _ g n th_ wh_ t _ fr_ th _ s _ ng d_ ff_ r _ nt f d c_ l r_ ngs. Th_ wh_ l _ pr_ c _ ss t _ k _ s _ b t f r m_ n _ t _ s _ nd c_ sts $7.50 f_ r th_ s _ lf n th_ c _ ff. Th wn_ r _ f th_ c _ f _, _ h _ b S _ l _ m Sh ly, _ xpl n _ d why h_ st_ rt_ d th_ s _ lf cc_ n _ s _ rv_ c _. H_ s d: "_ t's n_ t _ n gh _ ny m _ r _ t _ j _ st d_ l _ v _ r gr t f d _ nd gr t s_ rv_ c _. _ t's g _ t t_ b nst_ gr_ m w_ rthy." P pl_ w _ nt t_ t _ k _ ph_ t _ s _ f _ v _ ryth_ ng th_ y d nd p_ st th r _ m _ g _ s _ n s_ c l m_ d. More free lessons at breakingnewsenglish.com - Copyright Sean Banville 2017 21
PUNCTUATE THE TEXT AND ADD CAPITALS a cafe in london has started a personalized way of making coffee it is a new form of barista art called the "selfieccino" a barista is someone who makes the coffee lattes and frappuccinos in coffee shops they used to draw chocolate hearts flowers and swirls in the white froth of the coffee however they have now taken that to a new level they can now put a picture of a customer's face in the white frothy coffee topping this means coffee lovers can sip on a cup of coffee with their own self-portrait in it the cafe is called the tea terrace it is located in one of london's top shopping areas oxford street the cafe sold over 400 of the personalized drinks within days of starting the service earlier this week baristas make use of technology to put the portraits of people on top of the coffee customers send a picture of their face on an online messaging app the barista then uses a machine called a "cino" to change the picture into an image on the white froth using different food colourings the whole process takes about four minutes and costs $750 for the selfie in the coffee the owner of the cafe ehab salem shouly explained why he started the selfieccino service he said "it's not enough any more to just deliver great food and great service it's got to be instagram worthy" people want to take photos of everything they do and post their images on social media More free lessons at breakingnewsenglish.com - Copyright Sean Banville 2017 22
PUT A SLASH ( / ) WHERE THE SPACES ARE AcafeinLondonhasstartedapersonalizedwayofmakingcoffee.Itisane wformofbaristaartcalledthe"selfieccino".abaristaissomeonewhoma kesthecoffee,lattesandfrappuccinosincoffeeshops.theyusedtodraw chocolatehearts,flowersandswirlsinthewhitefrothofthecoffee.howe ver,theyhavenowtakenthattoanewlevel.theycannowputapictureofa customer'sfaceinthewhitefrothycoffeetopping.thismeanscoffeelove rscansiponacupofcoffeewiththeirownself-portraitinit.thecafeiscal ledtheteaterrace.itislocatedinoneoflondon'stopshoppingareas,ox fordstreet.thecafesoldover400ofthepersonalizeddrinkswithindays ofstartingtheserviceearlierthisweek.baristasmakeuseoftechnologyt oputtheportraitsofpeopleontopofthecoffee.customerssendapicture oftheirfaceonanonlinemessagingapp.thebaristathenusesamachine calleda"cino"tochangethepictureintoanimageonthewhitefrothusing differentfoodcolourings.thewholeprocesstakesaboutfourminutesan dcosts$7.50fortheselfieinthecoffee.theownerofthecafe,ehabsalem Shouly,explainedwhyhestartedtheselfieccinoservice.Hesaid:"It'sno tenoughanymoretojustdelivergreatfoodandgreatservice.it'sgottob einstagramworthy."peoplewanttotakephotosofeverythingtheydoan dposttheirimagesonsocialmedia. More free lessons at breakingnewsenglish.com - Copyright Sean Banville 2017 23
FREE WRITING Write about selfies and selfieccinos for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner s paper. More free lessons at breakingnewsenglish.com - Copyright Sean Banville 2017 24
ACADEMIC WRITING The idea of selfieccinos is a silly idea for rich people. Discuss. More free lessons at breakingnewsenglish.com - Copyright Sean Banville 2017 25
HOMEWORK 1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word. 2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about this news story. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson. 3. SELFIECCINO: Make a poster about selfieccinos. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things? 4. COFFEE ART: Write a magazine article about coffee art. Include imaginary interviews with people who are for and against it. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s). 5. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles. 6. LETTER: Write a letter to an expert on selfieccino. Ask him/her three questions about it. Give him/her three of your ideas on what other ways cafes can sell cafes. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions. More free lessons at breakingnewsenglish.com - Copyright Sean Banville 2017 26
ANSWERS VOCABULARY (p.4) 1. d 2. b 3. f 4. c 5. g 6. a 7. e 8. k 9. l 10. i 11. h 12. n 13. j 14. m TRUE / FALSE (p.5) a F b F c F d T e F f T g T h T SYNONYM MATCH (p.5) 1. form 2. froth 3. lovers 4. sip 5. within 6. online 7. different 8. whole 9. enough 10. worthy a. kind b. bubbles c. fans d. drink e. inside f. Internet g. various h. entire i. sufficient j. good COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS (p.9) 1. London 2. Flowers 3. The froth 4. Coffee lovers 5. Over 400 6. Technology (a machine called Cino) 7. Via an online messaging app 8. Food colouring 9. About 4 minutes 10. Everything they do MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ (p.10) 1. d 2. b 3. c 4. a 5. c 6. b 7. d 8. a 9. c 10. b ALL OTHER EXERCISES Please check for yourself by looking at the Article on page 2. (It's good for your English ;-) More free lessons at breakingnewsenglish.com - Copyright Sean Banville 2017 27