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童鞋們快來上英聽課了哦~~

今日主題：咖啡成癮 Coffee addiction
凱妃老師&派老師共同推薦：雅思聽力最好的課外教材：BBC
康康精選雅思會考的主題，堅持每天精聽一定會進步的哦!!

建議方法：
1. 先聽兩三遍 (不看文稿)
2. 再一句一句聽寫 (每句都要聽寫數遍，直到寫出85%以上的字)
3. 最後check文稿，看哪聽不出來，單字沒背過，還是發音不熟。
4. 堅持天天聽，就能每天進步哦。

MP3音檔 (按右鍵可下載聽)：喜歡的同學，幫忙推或按讚哦~~
http://static.iyuba.com/sounds/minutes/132.mp3

只有音檔怎夠，聽不懂地方，不用怕，康康幫你準備好中英文稿了：

中英文稿：
Mmm! A quick sip of my coffee to get me in the mood for today’s programme! Welcome to 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I’m Rob.
快速的喝一口咖啡讓我開始今天的節目！歡迎大家來到BBC 6分鐘英語。我是Rob。
And I’m Finn. Rob, you seem to be enjoying that cup of coffee…
我是Finn。Rob，看上去你很享受那杯咖啡...
Yes, indeed. I love all styles of coffee – that’s coffee made in different ways – you could say I am a coffee addict.
是的。我喜歡所有款式的咖啡--被做成不同形式的咖啡--你可以說我是一個有咖啡癮的人。
An addict. That’s someone who likes doing a particular activity very much and they can’t stop doing it. And if you have a strong need to keep drinking coffee then we could say you have an addiction
有癮的人。這是指某人非常喜歡做一件事，無法自拔，不能停止。如果你有強烈的需求要一直不停喝咖啡，我們或許會說你上癮了。
That’s me! And that’s what we’re talking about today – coffee addiction – and we’ll be talking about the dangers of drinking too much.
我就這樣！而且這也是我們今天談論的--咖啡成癮--我們也會討論喝太多咖啡的危險。
Another word for drinking here is consuming. We’ll look at some other coffee-related language in today’s programme, too. But first, Rob, how about a question?
在這裡喝的另一個詞是“消費”。在今天的節目我們也會看一些跟咖啡有關的詞語。但首先，Rob，來個問題怎麼樣？
Yes, of course. I have a coffee-related question to ask you. Do you know which country drinks the most coffee per person? Is it: a) Egypt b) Finland c) Italy
好的，當然。我問一個跟咖啡相關的問題。你知道哪個國家人均喝咖啡最多嗎？是：a) 埃及 b） 芬蘭 c） 義大利
I think they’re all coffee-drinking countries but I’ll say b) Finland.
我覺得這些都是喝咖啡的國家，我選b)芬蘭。
OK. As always, I will let you know the answer at the end of the programme. OK Finn, I haven’t asked you yet if you drink coffee. So do you?
好的，像往常一樣，我會在節目的最後告訴你答案。OK，Finn，我還沒問你你喝不喝咖啡。你喝嗎？
I do Rob, yes, but only in moderation – so that means not too much. I love the taste and the smell especially – we could call that the aroma – but it’s the caffeine contained in the drink that can have a bad effect. If I drink too much it can give me headaches.
Rob，我喝的，但是是有節制的喝，所以喝的並不多。我喜歡嘗起來的感覺，聞起來很特別--我們可以稱之為香氣--但是裡面的咖啡因會對我們不好。如果我喝多了會頭疼。
Right. Well, for me, it’s the caffeine that keeps me awake. It stimulates my brain – it makes me more alert – that’s why we call caffeine a stimulant. Caffeine can also be found in energy and cola drinks and even in tea.
對我來說，是咖啡因才讓我保持清醒的。它刺激我的大腦--讓我更加警覺-這就是為什麼我們稱咖啡因為一種興奮劑。可以在能量類和可樂類的飲料中發現咖啡因甚至是茶中。
The New Scientist magazine says caffeine is a ‘psychoactive drug’ and that 90% of people in the United States consume it every day.
New Scientist雜誌稱咖啡因為“精神類藥物”並且在美國有90%的人每天都在用。
Psychoactive drug – so what does that mean?
精神藥物--那是什麼意思？
It’s a drug that affects how a person feels and sometimes how they behave. The drug can be found in food like waffles and chewing gum, surprisingly – not just in drinks.
是一種藥，可以影響一個人的感覺，有時候還會影響一個人的行為、這種藥物可以在食品中找到，比如華夫餅和口香糖，驚訝吧，它並不僅在飲料中有。
That’s why scientists who study public health are worried people don’t know how much caffeine they are taking.
這就是為什麼研究公共健康的科學家們會擔心，人們並不知道他們攝入了多少咖啡因。
Indeed. Too much caffeine can lead to insomnia.
的確如此。太多的咖啡因會導致失眠。
So that’s when you can’t sleep.
你會睡不著覺。
And indigestion.
還有消化不良。
So that’s a pain in your stomach when it can’t process the food that you’ve just eaten.
當你吃進東西去，你的胃不能消化，就會胃疼。
And finally, high blood pressure.
最後，還有高血壓。
So blood flowing around your body at a higher pressure than is normal. That’s dangerous. Well, sometimes drinking coffee does stop me sleeping and sometimes I feel very alert and then very lethargic – you know, that’s not having any energy. But I still can’t give up!
比正常情況下，流過身體血壓要高一些。這是很危險的。喝咖啡有時候的確可以讓我不睡覺，有時候我會很警覺，然後就很遲鈍--你知道，那已經沒有能量了。但我仍然不能放棄（喝咖啡）！
And Rob, you’re not alone. We asked people on our BBC Learning English Facebook page how they felt about coffee, and we had a lot of responses.
Rob，不是只有你一個人。我們在Facebook BBC Learning English的頁面問了很多人，問他們怎樣看待咖啡，然後我們收到了很多回復。
Yumiko says: “My happiest time is smelling coffee beans just after grinding it. Fresh roasted coffee has a really good fragrance!” Fragrance is a word usually associated with perfume – but I think she just means the good smell.
Yumiko 說“我最快樂的時候就是聞咖啡豆剛被磨出來時散發出的香味新做的咖啡有一種非常好的香味！”Fragrance（香味）這個詞通常修飾香水--但我認為用在這裡她指的是好聞的氣味。
Samuele says: “One cup of good espresso is the daily energy for my body and mind”.
Samuele說“每天一杯濃咖啡是我的身體和心靈一天的能量”。
And Rasha claims: “A cup of coffee every day is useful for our health”.
Rasha聲稱“每天一杯咖啡有益我們的健康”。
Ahmed loves coffee too, but he says: “Be aware that too much coffee is not good for your health”. So there seem to be some good effects and some bad – or negative – effects of drinking coffee, Rob.
Ahmed也喜歡咖啡，但他說“要知道太多的咖啡對你的身體並不好”。看起來喝咖啡既有好處也有壞處，Rob。
Well, I find that if I try to give up drinking coffee, I’ll also get headaches and feel tired.
我發現如果我試著戒掉咖啡，我還會頭疼，並且會覺得疲憊。
And these are what we call withdrawal symptoms – the nasty physical and mental effects of stopping.
這些都是我們所說的戒掉的症狀--停止嚴重影響生理和心理。
Well, I may drink lots of coffee but not as much as people in another country. Finn, earlier I asked you if you knew the people of which country drink the most coffee?
我或許喝了很多咖啡但並不像那個國家的人那麼多。Finn，剛才我問你是否知道哪個國家喝咖啡最多？
And I said b) Finland.
我選的是b)芬蘭。
And guess what – you were right! Yes, the people of Finland consume an incredible 12 kilograms of coffee per person every year. That compares with the average consumption of 1.3 kilograms per person. OK Finn, before we go, there’s just time for you to remind us of some of the words that we heard today.
你猜猜--你答對了！是的，芬蘭人民每年每人要喝掉12kg的咖啡，令人不可思議。而世界平均水準是每人每年1.3kg。好了Finn，在結束前還有點時間，你讓大家記一下今天我們聽到的一些詞彙。
We heard: addict; consuming; in moderation Aroma; caffeine; stimulant; psychoactive drug Insomnia; indigestion; high blood pressure; Lethargic; withdrawal symptoms.
我們聽到的有：addict--上癮的；consuming--消費；in moderation--適中、有節制；aroma--香氣；caffeine--咖啡因；stimulant--興奮劑；psychoactive drug--精神藥物；insomnia--失眠；indigestion--消化不良；high blood pressure--高血壓；lethargic--遲鈍的；withdrawal symptoms--脫癮症狀。
Thanks, Finn.
謝謝Finn。
Thank you, Rob.
謝謝你Rob。
Do join us again for another edition of 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. Bye for now!
請再次加入我們的BBC6分鐘英語。再見了！
Bye!
再見。