BBC Learning English

6 Minute English
22 May 2014
Coffee addiction


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( Slurp of coffee)

Rob: Mmm! A qui ck si p of my coffee t o get me i n t he mood for t odays
programme! Wel come t o 6 Mi nut e Engli sh from BBC Learni ng Engli sh. I m
Rob.

Finn: And I m Fi nn. Rob, you seem t o be enj oyi ng t hat cup of coffee

Rob: Yes, i ndeed. I l ove all st yl es of coffee t hat s coffee made i n di fferent
ways you coul d say I am a coffee addict .

Finn: An addi ct . That s someone who li kes doi ng a part i cul ar act i vit y very much
and t hey cant st op doi ng i t . And i f you have a st rong need t o keep
dri nki ng coffee t hen we coul d say you have an addi ct i on.

Rob: That s me! And t hat s what we' r e t al ki ng about t oday coffee addi ct i on
and wel l be t al ki ng about t he danger s of dri nking t oo much.

Finn: Anot her word for dri nking her e i s consuming. We' ll l ook at some ot her
coffee- r el at ed l anguage i n t odays pr ogr amme, t oo. But fi rst , Rob, how
about a quest i on?

Rob: Yes, of course. I have a coffee- r el at ed quest i on t o ask you. Do you know
whi ch count ry dri nks t he most coffee per per son? I s i t :

a) Egypt
b) Fi nland
c) I t al y

Finn: I t hi nk t hey' r e al l coffee- dri nki ng count ri es but I ll say b) Fi nl and.

Rob: OK. As al ways, I wi ll l et you know t he answer at t he end of t he
programme. OK Fi nn, I havent asked you yet i f you dri nk coffee. So do
you?

Finn: I do Rob, yes, but onl y in moder at ion so t hat means not t oo much. I
l ove t he t ast e and t he smell especi all y we coul d call t hat t he aroma
but i t ' s t he caff eine cont ained i n t he dri nk t hat can have a bad effect . I f I
dri nk t oo much i t can gi ve me headaches.

Rob: Ri ght . Wel l , for me, i t ' s t he caffei ne t hat keeps me awake. I t st i mul at es
my brai n i t makes me more al ert t hat ' s why we cal l caffei ne a
st imulant . Caffei ne can al so be found i n energy and col a dri nks and even
i n t ea.