【周更】6 Minute English 2019-09-05

wbt10 · 发表于 2019-9-6 23:08:08

Introduction
With population growth and climate change, we might have to radically change our diets in the future. There are all sorts of developments going on to help feed us in the future, from growing artificial meat to developing insect-based foods. In 6 Minute English we discuss what we might be tucking into in the future and serve up some useful vocabulary.

This week's question
In which continent did tomatoes originate? Is it…

A: South America

B: Africa

C: Asia

Listen to the programme to find out the answer.

Vocabulary
a futurologist
a person who studies and predicts how we will live in the future

a trend
a way to refer to something that is popular now or that is becoming popular

to latch onto
become very interested in

a hunch
a feeling you have based on your knowledge and experience that something might be true even though you don’t have any real evidence

ingesting
taking into your body, i.e. eating and drinking

stringent
strict, strong

Transcript
Note: This is not a word for word transcript

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醒者行者 · 发表于 2019-9-6 23:22:45

楼主辛苦了，多谢！

abc163 · 发表于 2019-9-7 02:02:53

Thanks a lot!

RickVincent · 发表于 2019-9-7 02:08:54

Thanks for sharing...

pyoipa · 发表于 2019-9-7 02:38:28

感谢持续更新

predatorwei3 · 发表于 2019-9-7 07:17:56

感谢楼主分享

tudou1 · 发表于 2019-9-7 07:42:26

It's beneficial to have a healthy, balanced diet, a low-fat, salt-free diet. By doing so, we can get adequate/proper nutrition, and, at the same time, prevent/reduce the risk of heart disease/high blood pressure/diabetes/osteoporosis etc. while enhancing/promoting relaxation/physical and mental well-being.