The story
Campaigners have warned that some festive coffees and hot chocolates sold by high street chains contain shockingly high levels of sugar. The group Action on Sugar wants them to be subject to the same sugar tax as soft drinks. Several of the coffee chains in the study said they also offered healthier options.
Vocabulary
overload: too much (of something) 과중한 짐, 과적, 지나치게 많음, 과부하
• The kids are going crazy - they’ve had a sugar overload!
• The biscuits Rob loves are overloaded with chocolate.
crammed: very full of something 잔뜩 들어 있는[가득 찬]
• The Christmas cake was crammed with fruits and nuts.
• We were crammed in like sardines on the Tube this morning!
plant-based: made from plants not animals 식물성의
• This is a popular plant-based alternative to beef steak.
• In the future people might run cars on plant-based fuels.
Language challenge
What word means ‘containing lots of sugar(설탕이 가득 들어있는)’?
a) sugarish b) sugarful c) sugary
정답은 sugary(설탕이 든, 설탕의, 설탕 같은 ; 단, 지나치게 단)입니다.
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