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Are ultra-processed foods impossible to avoid? - The Global Story podcast, BBC World Service – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary

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Transcripción interactiva y destacados

1.Hello, I'm Lucy Hockings

2.From the BBC  World Service, this is The Global Story

3.Ready meals, chocolate, biscuits, sausages,  fizzy drinks

4.We know that processed food   is bad for us

5.But recent research shows  that in many countries around the world,   the majority of calories most of us consume are  from products known as ultra-processed foods

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Vocabulario clave (CEFR C1)

breadcrumbs

B2

(chiefly in the plural) A tiny piece of bread, either one that falls from bread as it is cut or eaten, or one made deliberately by crumbling bread.

Example:

"just fish and breadcrumbs, isn't it? It  was ultra-processed. Mayonnaise. I'd had  "

mayonnaise

B1

A dressing made from vegetable oil, raw egg yolks and seasoning, used on salads, with french fries, in sandwiches etc.

Example:

"just fish and breadcrumbs, isn't it? It  was ultra-processed. Mayonnaise. I'd had  "

diet-related

B2

A B2-level word commonly used in this context.

Example:

"they? Because they say actually the driving force  behind multiple diet-related illnesses can be  "

illnesses

B1

An instance of a disease or poor health.

Example:

"they? Because they say actually the driving force  behind multiple diet-related illnesses can be  "

quantities

B1

A fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement (count, amount) of a scalar, vector, number of items or to some other way of denominating the value of a collection or group of items.

Example:

"it good for me in the quantities I eat it? I'm  not so sure. Also, potato crisps another of my  "

sweeteners

B1

Something added to food to sweeten its taste, especially an artificial substitute for sugar.

Example:

"food. What else? It might have added sugars and  sweeteners or fake sugars and it may say that  "

satisfying

B1

To do enough for; to meet the needs of; to fulfill the wishes or requirements of.

Example:

"really satisfying about scanning a barcode and  then finding out, is this good or is this bad? "

long-term

B1

Becoming evident after a relatively long time period.

Example:

"If we don't Phillipa get on top of UPFs,  what's going to happen in the long-term? "

realistically

B2

In a realistic manner.

Example:

"can realistically cut down on our UPFs? Probably the thing to do is to start  "

realistic

B1

Expressed or represented as being accurate, practicable, or not idealistic.

Example:

"can realistically cut down on our UPFs? Probably the thing to do is to start  "

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Análisis de dificultad y estadísticas del vídeo

Categoría
news-&-politics
Nivel CEFR
C1
Duración
1188
Total de palabras
3817
Total de frases
222
Longitud media de frase
17 palabras

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