Before the gum that we know today was created, most chewing gum was made with chicle from sapodilla trees of Central America. The ancient Mayans chewed chicle to fight hunger. In the late 1800s, it became the primary ingredient in chewing gum throughout the US. The first bubble gum, however, was not invented until the early 1900s. Around 1906, a confectioner named Frank Fleer wanted to develop a gum strong and stretchy enough to be blown into bubbles. He called it Blibber-Blubber.
在今日我們所知的口香糖被創造出來之前，大部分的口香糖都是由樹膠所製成，這種樹膠取自於中美洲的人心果樹。古馬雅人嚼樹膠以對抗飢餓。1800 年代晚期，它成為美國口香糖的主要成分。不過，第一種泡泡糖直到 1900 年代初葉才被發明出來。約 1906 年，一位名為弗蘭克．費力爾的糖果商想研發出一種有足夠韌性及彈性、足以被吹成泡泡的口香糖。他稱這種口香糖為 Blibber-Blubber。
生活必備字詞：
chew vt. & vi. 咀嚼
hunger n. 飢餓（感）
sticky a. 黏的
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本文節錄自《常春藤生活英語》雜誌，完整內容請見二月號。
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