B1 – Intermediate
Chocolate is the most popular sweet treat in the world, thanks to its delicious and sweet taste. People around the world consume a lot of cocoa beans a year.
Although it has many health benefits, chocolate still has a bad reputation for causing weight gain and other illnesses.
Listen to the audio and read the transcript about people consuming less and less chocolates.
https://www.newsinlevels.com/products/people-eat-less-chocolate-level-1
Discussion Questions:
- How will the change of people’s mindset affect the chocolate business, especially the chocolate farmers?
- Is the Spanish society affected by this issue? If so, what are the reasons?
- Do you like chocolates? Why or why not? Which kind of chocolate is your favorite?
- Do you think chocolate is healthy or not? Support your answer.
4 replies on “People Eat Less Chocolate”
Do you like chocolates? Why or why not? Which kind of chocolate is your favorite?
Yes, I love all kind of chocolate, especially the black one, i.e. the one that has a high percentage of cocoa. But I don’t reject chocolate with milk or white chocolate. And if it is together with hazelnut, orange or any other thing is wellcome by my mouth!
Do you think chocolate is healthy or not? Support your answer.
Like everything, it is not healthy when you do abusive use. It has a high level of fats and sugars, but if you eat it moderately, I don’t think it is unhealthy. On the contrary, given that you enjoy eating it, in other words, you are happy eating it, I think it is healthy for your mind, I repeat, provided that you don’t eat every day and you regret of it.
Is the Spanish society affected by this issue? If so, what are the reasons?
Not too much. I don’t know anyone addicted to chocolate and having healthy problems due to the chocolate comsuption.
How will the change of people’s mindset affect the chocolate business, especially the chocolate farmers?
Of course, as the article says, if people in the world is buying less chocolates, any busines dependant of this product will be negatively affected. So, they should hedge their products, not producing or selling only chocolate but also other products, preferably not only sweets or fatty products because at the end this is the reason of the selling decrease.
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1. Do you like chocolates? Why or why not? Which kind of chocolate is your favorite?
I love chocolates, because their taste is soft and sweet.
May favorite chocolate is the dark chocolate
2.Do you think chocolate is healthy or not? Support your answer.
I think so and we can eat a small piece every day and above all dark chocolate because it contains less fat.
3. Is the Spanish society affected by this issue? If so, what are the reasons?
I don’t think so, because although people are more worried about having a healthy life, dark chocolate is allowed by the dietists.
4. How will the change of people’s mindset affect the chocolate business, especially the chocolate farmers?
They have to transmit to everybody and everywhere the benefits of cocoa and avoid having to decrease their production if the people don’t consume chocolate.
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