Addicted to sugar ⏲️ 6 Minute English
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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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 ^^
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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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G: would you like a cup of tea, Neil? N: Oh, yes, thanks, Georgie. With milk and three sugars please? G: THREE SUGARS? Wow, you really have a sweet tooth - you like eating sweet things. Aren't you worried about your weight? N: Hmmm, yeah, but I can't say no to sugar. Just as our addiction to oil causing climate emergency, our addiction to sugar is causing a health emergency for our bodies. Sugar gives us an instant hit at a chemical hormone, dopamine, making us feel good, but in the long run, causing obesity, tooth decay, and diseases like diabetes G: But how did our addiction to the sweet stuff begin? That what we'll be discussing in this programme, and as usual, we'll be learning some useful new vocabulary as well. Anyway, here's your tea Neil. I just put one sugar. N: Thanks, Georgie. I'll give it a try. Now, before we go on, I have a question for you. Sugar cane, which grows naturally in Asisa, Africa, and the America, first came to England in the 11th century. Back then, it was an expensive, luxury item, affordable only to king, queen, and the very rich. So, which monarch love eating sugar so much that teeth turned black? What is a/ King Henry VIII b/ Queen Elizabeth I c/ Mary Queen of Scotts Guess: Henry Viii N: Just now, I compare sugar to oil as the world's most important commodity. A commodity is a product or natural resource that can be traded, bought or sold. Today, economies, governments and wars are based on controlling oil. But in earlier centuries, the same was true of sugar. G: For 400 years, sugar, along with coffee and tobacco, was grown in slavery plantations and shipped across the Atlantic Ocean to Europe. By the time slavery was ended in 1834, the demand for sugar in Europe and the US was at a record high. Here's Professor of international History... Professor: Sugar was already an important commodity in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, and in the 19th century, we see a staggering sugar consumption in Europe and the US. And so with that saying, sugar became the fuel for human bodies, whereas oil became the fuel for vehicles in the 20th century N: Professor... talked about a staggering growth in the popularity of sugar. The adjective staggering means shocking and surprising, just like oil became the fuel for machine engines, sugar became fuel for human body. Fuel is a substance that is burnt to provide heat and power. G: Trading companies had become rich selling sugar grown using slave labor. When people began to realize the health problems of sugar in the 20th century, these companies needed new ways to sell their products, and began using sugar in food, which had previously contained none, food like bread, cereal and yogurt. Professor: You can flood the market with a certain commodity, with sugar in this case. But that still does not mean that people will consume it. So the eating habits of people have to change. People, until the 19th century, they had a few spoons of sugar per week, but not a kilo which people consume today in many countries in the world. N: Sugar companies flooded the market with their commodity. If you flood the market, you make a lot of your product available for sales, often at a low price. But just because something is cheap and easily available doesn't mean people will eat it. so sugar companies tried to increase sugar consumption by changing people eating habits - the way a group of people eat, for example, which type of food they eat, how much of it and how often. N: Instead of one or two spoons of sugar per week, people started eating kilos, with results we see around us everyday, with worldwide obesity and heart diseases have tripled in the last 50 years. What's more, because sugar in food is cheaper, it's often the poorest in society who are worst affected. G: Hmmm, maybe it's time to try having your tea without any sugar ey, Neil? And to reveal the answer to your question... I guessed it was the notorios over eater, Henry VIII -> wrong answwer -> Elizabeth I
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The new commodity floods the market, it is a little bit staggering for sweet teeth.
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Are sugar uncountable and countable nouns? Which is correct?
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It was staggering news for us to know how obsessed people with sugar are. They must change their eating habits while it is possible to resist. Nowadays, sugar for an individual's organism as oil for technical devices, you cannot feel yourself fully without it. It makes you energetic for brief time by giving you the vision of satisfaction in no time.
Great 👍 😊 We've just corrected one small part of your sentence: 'Nowadays, sugar for an individual is like oil for technical devices, you cannot fully feel yourself without it' 😊
Your eating habits might be unhealthy if you have a sweet tooth. A staggering amount of products that include much sugar has flooded the market because sugar is an important commodity.
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Being addicted to sugar is a bad habit. It can cause a lot of diseases like author said. I am totally agree with that point. My brother has diabetes but he likes sweets. Main problem he had is coma. He was getting to coma, which was really shocking to us and our family members. I was addicted to sugar but I have realised that it's not good for us. My dad is addicted to sugar. I think our tastes comes from genetics and that's why I loved sweets
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Is not (sugar) uncountable? Why have he said 3 sugars instead of 3 spoons of sugar
👍 You're right - sugar is usually an uncountable noun. However, when we talk about sugar in our tea or coffee, we can say ' 3 sugars' instead of '3 spoons of sugar' 😊😊
Your eating habits are staggering improper. You need to eat more healthy commodities if you don't want to suffer from diseases like obesity or diabetes
Is sugar countable? Why “sugars”
Great question! Usually sugar isn't countable - when we're talking about the substance. But, if we are talking about how much sugar you want in your tea or coffee, we can say 'a sugar' to mean a spoonful of sugar - or 'two sugars', 'three sugars' etc if we want more. The same is true about many drinks - 'coffee' for example, is uncountable - but you can say, 'I really want a coffee' or 'Can I have two coffees' to mean 'a cup of coffee' or 'two cups of coffee'.
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