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2Chili Peppers｜短故事＋5个词＋can 表示作用和感觉＋小练习
Listening Text
P1: Maybe you know the feeling. You eat a chili pepper, and suddenly your mouth feels like it’s on fire. Your eyes get wet, and you need water right away. Chili peppers are used in dishes around the world—Indian curry, Thai soup, Mexican food, and more. They all contain small red or green peppers that look beautiful, but can be very hot.
P2: Chili peppers contain a chemical called capsaicin. This chemical is good for your health in some ways. It can help your body burn more calories, and some people say it helps them breathe better or feel less hungry. However, a very hot chili can also be painful to eat. Your tongue hurts, and your face turns red. For some people this is terrible, but other people love the strong feeling.
P3: Scientists can measure how hot a chili pepper is. They use a special scale called Scoville units. One of the world’s hottest chilies is the Carolina Reaper. Another very hot kind is the “ghost pepper” from Assam in India. A woman from Assam, India, became famous for eating ghost peppers very fast. She believes eating chilies keeps her healthy and even helps when she has a cold. Now she hardly notices the heat at all.
Words
-chili pepper: a small red or green pepper that can taste very hot.
-contain: to have something inside.
-health: the condition of your body and mind.
-painful: hurting a lot.
-calorie: a unit of energy in food.
Practice
Q1: A very hot chili can be ______ to eat.
Q2: calorie =
A) a type of chili pepper
B) a unit of energy in food
C) a kind of health problem
Q3: Eating chilies ___ help your body burn more calories.
