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BBC初级口语:喝茶和咖啡对心脏有益

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Background: 荷兰的一项研究表明,在对4万名每天都喝几杯茶或咖啡的人群进行了13年的跟踪后,专家们发现这一人群患心脏疾病的可能性较小。

BBC初级口语:喝茶和咖啡对心脏有益

【文本】

The study in the journal of the American Heart Association could make pleasant reading for those who like a regular cup of tea.
It found that those who drank more than six cups of tea a day were a third less likely to develop heart problems than those who drank none.

Coffee drinkers also fared well, but only up to a point.
Those who consumed between two and four cups a day had a twenty percent lower risk of heart disease than those who drank little.
But the protective effects stopped with very heavy consumption.
The Dutch do not add milk to their tea as liberally as the British, and the jury's still out as to whether milk reduces the effectiveness of flavonoids, which are thought to be the key ingredient.

The British Heart Foundation welcomed the study, but warned that drinking all your tea while slouched on the couch was unlikely to offer many health benefits.

【口语突破】

association
协会

pleasant
令人愉快的

fared well
结果不错、身体不错

up to a point
一定程度

consumed

protective
保护的,防卫的

liberally
大量地

jury's still out
仍是未知数

foundation
基金

slouched
无精打采地坐着

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