听一分钟英文：Sugar-糖

Sugar is an interesting food. Is it food? I’m not sure what sugar is. It seems as though the world is addicted¹ to sugar. We cannot do without it. I wonder how much sugar we have every day. When I was a kid, I loved sugary things. I even used to eat sugar cubes. That’s so bad for your teeth. I still have a sweet tooth but I have cut down on the amount of sugar I have. I used to have three sugars in my tea. Now I have none – three sugars in tea is more like syrup². There are two things about sugar I love. I love sprinkling a little sugar on strawberries and I love sugar cane³ juice. Apart from that, I think I could easily live without sugar. I’m not sure if other people can. What would life be like without sugar?

1 addicted   

adj.沉溺于....的，对...上瘾的

参考例句：

• He was addicted to heroin at the age of 17.他17岁的时候对海洛因上了瘾。
• She's become addicted to love stories.她迷上了爱情小说。

2 syrup   

n.糖浆，糖水

参考例句：

• I skimmed the foam from the boiling syrup.我撇去了煮沸糖浆上的泡沫。
• Tinned fruit usually has a lot of syrup with it.罐头水果通常都有许多糖浆。

3 cane   

n.手杖，细长的茎，藤条；v.以杖击，以藤编制的

参考例句：

• This sugar cane is quite a sweet and juicy.这甘蔗既甜又多汁。
• English schoolmasters used to cane the boys as a punishment.英国小学老师过去常用教鞭打男学生作为惩罚。