Addicted to sugar ⏲️ 6 Minute English

Published 2024-01-11
How has sugar become such an important part of our diets? Find out more with Georgie and Neil and learn some useful vocabulary.👇👇👇

❓❓❓ Which English monarch loved eating sugar so much their teeth turned black?
Was it:
a) King Henry VIII?
b) Queen Elizabeth I? or,
c) Mary Queen of Scots?

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Vocabulary:
✔️a sweet tooth - a liking for sweet, sugary food and drinks
✔️commodity - product or natural resource that can be traded, bought and sold
✔️staggering - very shocking and surprising
✔️fuel - substance such as oil, coal or wood, that is burned to provide heat or power
✔️flood the market - release a lot of a particular product for sale, often at a low price
✔️eating habits - the way a particular group of people eat, for example which types of food they eat, how much, and how often

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  • @trangdieu.18c
    VOCABULARY FROM VIDEO “ Addicted to sugar ⏲ 6 Minute English” 1. Commodity: [count] something that is bought and sold 2. Slavery: [noncount] the state of being a slave 3. Notorious: [more ~; most ~] :well-known or famous especially for something bad 4. Stumpy: short and thick 5. A sweet tooth : a liking for sweet, sugary food and drinks 6. Commodity : product or natural resource that can be traded, bought and sold 7. Staggering : very shocking and surprising 8. Fuel : substance such as oil, coal or wood, that is burned to provide heat or power 9. Flood the market : release a lot of a particular product for sale, often at a low price 10. Eating habits : the way a particular group of people eat, for example which types of food they eat, how much, and how often. 12/01/2024 VIETNAM ALL THE BEST FOR YOU ^^
  • By the way, it's greatful to see how English actually works in live speech. By the English grammar rules, the word sugar is uncountable, so we shouldn't add the letter 's' to make a plural form. But when Neil uses the word 'sugars' in the context, he probably means 'three spoons of sugar'. It shows us how flexible English might be. Yeap-yeap, I know it's an apparent thing. I've added this comment to support the discussion and practise my English writing 😂 And thank you for concerning this topic. That's true, sometimes we've got lots of sugar in our life which may strike and ruin our health
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  • I have coffee and tea without sugar 😊because I can feel the natural taste of these drinks 😊.
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  • What an interesting topic!!! And an opportunity to learn new vocabulary, thanks!!! You know, a law has recently been released in my country, Colombia, which all sugar consumers have to pay an extra tax when buying their products...
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