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Have you ever heard of an old British saying “as useful as a chocolate teapot(茶壶)?” It 1 that someone or something is useless. However, a chocolate teapot is not as useless as the old saying suggests.
Scientists have 2 that it’s possible to use the chocolate teapot to make tea. They’ve created a 3 chocolate teapot that can be filled with boiling water. People can drink the tea after putting boiling water into it and waiting patiently for two minutes.
The scientists discovered the 4 of making a chocolate teapot that wouldn’t melt (熔化) through their hard work. It was to use dark chocolate and build up many layers (层) to make it hard and 5 . Making such a teapot took about two and a half 6 .
When the scientists first tried to put water into the teapot, they wondered 7 the teapot might end up with chocolate tea. They found that some of the chocolate 8 the inside of the teapot would melt. But if people poured the water into it 9 , the teapot would be OK. When they tried the tea, all of 10 agreed it was lovely with a taste of chocolate.
