Listening Comprehension Questions
Vocabulary
Introductory questions
- What warning did the new study reveal about drinking too much coffee?
- How much coffee is considered too much?
- Is the study reliable? Should we quit drinking coffee?
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Topic
Health
Script
The script is provided below the video podcast directly on the page of the news provider. It is also provided in the form of subtitles during the playback of the video podcast.
Quote
If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.
Abraham Lincoln
Video
Listen to the video and answer the Listening Comprehension Questions below.
Listening comprehension questions
- What new risk about drinking too much coffee did the new study reveal?
- How much coffee is considered too much?
- How many people were surveyed by the study?
- Is the study reliable?
- Are there any medical benefits from drinking coffee, according to the broadcaster?
- What was the overall message of this news broadcast? Should we quit drinking coffee?
If it is difficult for you to answer these questions right away, read the following Vocabulary and listen to the video again to see if your listening comprehension has improved. Repeat as many times as you want. At the end, please, read, and translate if necessary, the script provided on the broadcaster’s page. Listen to the video one more time for final and full listening comprehension. Answer the Listening comprehension questions (Compare your answers with the Answers provided at the end of this post).
Vocabulary
| Make sense | Clarify, explain |
| Be concerned | Be worried |
| This study brought up (bring up) | This study revealed… (to introduce into discussion; mention) |
| Equivalent | Equal, having similar effects |
| Go through pros and cons | Go through the various arguments in favour of and against drinking coffee |
| Observation | Watching |
| More studies tip the scales in favor of caffeine | Change or offset the balance of a situation in favour of something |
| Cancer | Malignant growth or tumour |
| Prostate cancer | Cancer of the prostate gland |
| Skin cancer | A malignant neoplasm of the skin |
| Suicide | The act or an instance of intentionally killing oneself |
| Moderation | Within reasonable limits; not excessive or extreme |
Answers
1 What new risk about drinking too much coffee did the new study reveal?
The study revealed that if you drink more than four cups a day, it might increase the risk of an early death.
2 How much coffee is considered too much?
Three or more cups a day
3 How many people were surveyed by the study?
40,000 people
4 Is the study reliable?
According to this broadcast, it is not. Despite the large number of people surveyed by the study, this study was based on observation, instead of a clinical research with clear cause and effect.
5 Are there any medical benefits from drinking coffee, according to the broadcaster?
More studies tip the scale in favor of caffeine. It may reduce the risk of certain types of cancer, like prostate cancer. Certain skin cancers. And a study out of Harvard showed a reduced risk of suicide in people who drink coffee.
6 What was the overall message of this news broadcast? Should we quit drinking coffee?
Moderation is the key. The main message neither urges to stop drinking coffee, nor encourages to indulge in it. But instead calls for moderate consumption of coffee. One day, it’s one thing. One day, it’s another.
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