Addicted to sugar ⏲️ 6 Minute English

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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? [Cover: Getty Images] You can download audio and a free programme transcript here 👉 https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-240111 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 More 6 Minute English episodes: ⭐ Our love of pets 👉 https://youtu.be/bywWgD9yJq0 ⭐ Sexism: Female farmers fighting back 👉 https://youtu.be/rT_zp4KQ4p8 ⭐ Learning lessons from the Moon 👉 https://youtu.be/K-9-dtJpZ9c ⭐ Can we live without plastic? 👉 https://youtu.be/mpxwlItsDA8 ⭐ Invasive species: Why not eat them? 👉 https://youtu.be/ipktRrpIjz8 ⭐ What and where is Little Italy? 👉 https://youtu.be/ipktRrpIjz8 ⭐ Social media and teenage health 👉 https://youtu.be/g8q-Nq-ajx8 ⭐ Elephant-proof farming 👉 https://youtu.be/XMfNMnH8KyQ ⭐ Should we farm octopus? 👉 https://youtu.be/WaQWL1Qr9i8 🤩🤩🤩 SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more English videos and podcast English to help you improve your English 👉 http://tinyurl.com/ps3hplv ✔️ Visit our website 👉 https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish ✔️ Follow us on Instagram 👉 https://www.instagram.com/bbclearningenglish ✔️ Find us on Facebook 👉 https://www.facebook.com/bbclearningenglish.multimedia ✔️ Join us on TikTok 👉 https://www.tiktok.com/@bbclearningenglish We like receiving and reading your comments - please use English when you comment 😊 #learnenglish #bbclearningenglish #sugar #health