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Hello.
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This is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.
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I'm Neil.
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And I'm Beth.
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It seems people around the world are in love with snacks.
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From old favourites like popcorn and crisps to new inventions like the chocolate sandwich, snacks are big business, with an estimated $1.5 trillion a year spent globally on snacking.
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Let's listen as British food historian Annie Gray and Argentinian chef Barbara Oyavari tell BBC World Service programme The Food Chain what they like to snack on between meals.
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I like salted peanuts and I love a banana.
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Preferably together, actually, I find that they hit the spot.
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My favourite snack is called chipa.
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It's a small round bun made with cassava, cheese, butter, milk and salt.
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Barbara's favourite snack is a cheese bread called chippa, while for Annie it's the combination of peanuts and banana that hits the spot, an idiom meaning that it's exactly what you want.
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Neil, what's your favourite snack?
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Well, I want to say something healthy but actually, you know, I really love a bag of crisps.
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Oh, me too.
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Yeah, crisps are good.
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Well, whatever you like to nibble on, in this episode, we'll find out why we are so in love with snack food.
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As usual, we'll learn some useful new words and phrases.
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And remember, you'll find all the vocabulary and a quiz on our website, bbclearningenglish.com.
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OK, but first I have a question for you, Beth.
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According to a recent YouGov survey, which of the following snacks is most popular amongst Brits?
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Is it a crisps, b confectionery and chocolate, or c savoury snacks and biscuits?
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Well, we both just said crisps, so I'm going to say crisps.
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Well, we'll find out the answer later in the programme.
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Someone with a professional interest in snacking is Christine Cochrane, president of Snack International, the trade association for the industry.
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Here, Christine shares her ideas about why we love to snack with BBC World Service programme, The Food Chain.
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A snack is an affordable luxury.
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So if you've had a bad day or money is tight, this is something that you can turn to.
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And I think that is why you see it as so popular.
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Consumers, especially in the United States, are looking for smaller, more convenient portions.
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They're not always going to be able to sit down and have three meals a day, right?
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So they're eating on the go.
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And the other thing that you see is this desire for very specific functional ingredients, right?
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So mental clarity, gut health, muscle development, these sorts of things.
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Again, they're nicely packaged in snack sizes.
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Snacks are often seen as a little luxury, but to be successful, a snack must also be affordable, an adjective meaning not expensive.
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Snacks, which are cheap enough for most people to buy, will sell even if money is tight – a phrase used to describe a situation where there's only just enough money to live on.
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Thanks to snacks, today fewer people sit down to eat a proper meal.
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Instead they eat on the go.
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If you do something on the go, you do it while you're busy travelling or moving around, rather than at home.
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Many modern snacks target a specific function.
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For example, an energy drink might claim to improve your gut health or your mental clarity – a term describing a state of mind which is focused and engaged, not dull or foggy.
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But not everyone is a fan of modern packaged snacks, such as the bag of crisps and chocolate bars which fill our shops.
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Originally from Argentina, Barbara Oyavari now lives in Florida, USA.
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Here, Barbara tells BBC World Service's The Food Chain how she encourages her nine-year-old son to choose more natural snacks.
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Personally, I enjoy cooking and eating more natural, simpler snacks, but of course I can't swim against the current.
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And if my nine-year-old wants to eat the little baked snacks that have cheddar.
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Ironically, it is something baked with cheese in it, which is similar to what I enjoy.
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It's just the modern twist to it.
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Barbara wants her son to eat healthy, homemade food, although he prefers modern packaged snacks.
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Barbara complains she can't swim against the current.
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The idiom swim against the current means to act differently from other people, often because you do not mind being different.
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Well, Neil, all these snacks have made me hungry.
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Now isn't it time to reveal the answer to your question?
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Yes, it is.
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I asked, according to a recent YouGov survey, which of the following snacks is the most popular amongst Brits?
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Crisps, confectionery and chocolate or savoury snacks and biscuits?
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And the answer was...
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b.
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Confectionary and chocolate, which 45% of Britons indulge in weekly, according to that survey.
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OK, let's recap the vocabulary we've learnt, starting with the phrase hits the spot, which describes something which is exactly what you want or need.
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If something is affordable, it's cheap enough that most people have enough money to buy it.
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The phrase, money is tight, means you only have just enough money to live.
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The idiom, on the go, means doing things while you're busy travelling or moving around.
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Mental clarity is a state in which your mind is fully focused and active, not dull or foggy.
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And finally, people who swim against the current or the tide do or say things differently from most other people.
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Once again, our six minutes are up, but why not head over to our website, bbclearningenglish.com to try the quiz and worksheets for this episode.
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See you again soon!
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Goodbye!
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关于本课
在本课中，学习者将通过讨论世界各地人们钟爱的零食，来提高自己的英语口语技能。我们将探索不同文化的零食选择，以及这些选择背后的原因。通过学习与零食相关的词汇，您将能够在日常对话中更加自信地谈论饮食习惯和个人喜好。在这个过程中，您可以尝试使用英语影子跟读的方法，将您的口语表达提升到一个新的水平。
关键词汇与短语
- snack - 零食
- affordable luxury - 可负担的奢侈品
- on the go - 随时随地
- mental clarity - 思维清晰
- hit the spot - 刚好满足需求
- homemade food - 自制食品
- packaged snacks - 预包装零食
练习技巧
为了有效地提高您的口语表达能力，建议您采用shadow speak或shadow speech的方法进行练习。此视频的对话速度适中，非常适合练习跟读。在您练习时，试着模仿说话者的语调、节奏与情感表达。开始时，可以选择放慢视频速度，确保您能跟上内容。当您感到更自信时，可以逐渐恢复到正常速度。此外，建议您在跟读时同时理解词汇的含义，例如“affordable luxury”代表的可负担的奢侈体验。通过不断的练习，您将能够在实际对话中更加流利自如地表述您的想法。
什么是跟读法？
跟读法 (Shadowing) 是一种有科学依据的语言学习技巧，最初开发用于专业口译员的培训，并由多语言者Alexander Arguelles博士普及。这个方法简单而强大：您在听英语母语原声的同时立即大声重复——就像是一个延迟1-2秒紧跟说话者的影子。与被动听力或语法练习不同，跟读法强迫您的大脑和口腔肌肉同时处理并模仿真实的讲话模式。研究表明它能显着提高发音准确性，语调，节奏，连读，听力理解和口语流利度——使其成为雅思口语备考和真实英语交流最有效的方法之一。