The bitter taste of sugar

6 Minute English

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2014-10-23

6 分钟
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  • Hello, I'm Rob.

  • Welcome to 6 Minute English.

  • I'm joined today by Neil.

  • Hello, Neil here.

  • Excuse me.

  • I'm enjoying a bar of chocolate.

  • Where did you get that from?

  • In the vending machine upstairs.

  • That's the automatic machine with drinks and sweets.

  • You put coins in it to release whatever you paid for.

  • Now, if it was up to some health professionals,

  • you wouldn't see many of those machines around anymore.

  • What?

  • No more machines, which offer you as many sweets as you like.

  • No questions asked.

  • Exactly.

  • The World Health Organization has recently proposed a cut in its recommendation for how much sugar we should have.

  • They now say that it should be less than 5% of our calorie intake.