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.
在今日我们所知的口香糖被创造出来之前，大部分的口香糖都是由树胶所制成，这种树胶取自于中美洲的人心果树。古马雅人嚼树胶以对抗饥饿。1800 年代晚期，它成为美国口香糖的主要成分。不过，第一种泡泡糖直到 1900 年代初叶才被发明出来。约 1906 年，一位名为弗兰克．费力尔的糖果商想研发出一种有足够韧性及弹性、足以被吹成泡泡的口香糖。他称这种口香糖为 Blibber-Blubber。
生活必备字词：
chew vt. & vi. 咀嚼
hunger n. 饥饿（感）
sticky a. 黏的
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