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               Vending machines are machines that sell a        Good Things to
               variety of items ranging from snacks to
               beverages for our daily needs such as             K no w about
               umbrellas, slippers and even small grocery        vENDING
               items! Here are some interesting facts that you   MACHINEs
     1         Japanese love vending machines       2
               may not know about vending machines.





               In Japan you can get these kind of
               items from the vending machine:
               soft drinks, vegetables, eggs, ties,
               umbrellas, sneakers,  owers, ice and            Vending machines help to
               even books.                                     recycle and restore humanity
               Most of the vending machines o er    Vending machines invented by Engin Girgin accept
               30 di erent types of bottled and     recyclable cans and bottles in exchange for food being
               canned drinks.                       dispensed from the same machine for stray dogs                                Unique and weird
               There is one vending machine for     in Istanbul.                                                       3          vending machines
               every 23 people and more             Some cities in Europe have ordered vending machines
               machines are being installed. There   to cater for people who jog and walk with their dogs.                          Live crabs vending
               are 5.52 million of such machines.   They can recycle their water bottles in exchange for                            machine in China
               There are also vending machines      food to feed their dogs.                                                        Lettuce vending
               being installed in housing areas as                                                                                  machine in Japan
               the crime rate in Japan is very low.   (Sourced from: http://www.spiegel.de/international/turkish-stray-             Eggs, milk and cheese
                                                    dog-feeding-machine-a-model-for-social-design-a-986392.html)
               So, it is unlikely for the machines to                                                                               vending machine in
               be vandalised.                                                                                                       Germany
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                                                                             In Japan, a monkey learnt
               Glossary                                                      how to insert coins into
                vandalised  getting destroyed or damaged by someone          the vending machine
                humanity  the quality of being humane; to show kindness
                stray    a domestic animal found wandering without an owner  https://youtu.be/
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             1.  Match the words to their correct meanings.

                 a.  variety                  any drink, usually other than water

                 b.  beverages                to distribute something out
                 c.  installed                a number of different types of things

                 d.  dispense                 something which is described as unusual

                 e.  unique                   to be placed in position for service or use



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