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BBC初級口語:喝茶和咖啡對心臟有益

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Background: 荷蘭的一項研究表明,在對4萬名每天都喝幾杯茶或咖啡的人羣進行了13年的跟蹤後,專家們發現這一人羣患心臟疾病的可能性較小。

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【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.

【口語突破】

association
協會

pleasant
令人愉快的

fared well
結果不錯、身體不錯

up to a point
一定程度

consumed

protective
保護的,防衛的

liberally
大量地

jury's still out
仍是未知數

foundation
基金

slouched
無精打采地坐着

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