How sweet is your drink?
“Give us back white sugar!”This has become a hot topic online.
“把配料表中的白砂糖还给我们” 冲上热搜。
Many drinks use high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS), not white sugar. Some people worry that HFCS may be worse for our health.
很多饮料使用高果糖玉米糖浆，而不是白砂糖。一些人担心高果糖玉米糖浆可能对我们的健康更不利。
But is it? Liu Jingjing, a doctor at Zhejiang Zhongshan Hospital, disagreed. In a way, white sugar and HFCS are quite similar. HFCS is made up of glucose and fructose. White sugar also breaks down into these two types of sugar in our bodies.
但事实果真如此吗？浙江中山医院的刘晶晶医生表示并非如此。在某种程度上，白砂糖和高果糖玉米糖浆十分相似。高果糖玉米糖浆由葡萄糖和果糖组成。白砂糖进入人体后，同样会分解成这两种糖。
Don't just look at the type of sugar, doctors say. The bigger question is: How much sugar do you take in?
医生提醒：不要只看糖的种类。更关键的问题是：你摄入了多少糖？
Check how much sugar is in a drink, and also the size of the bottle. A drink may have little sugar per 100 ml, but a big bottle can still give you a lot of sugar.
要留意饮料的含糖量，同时也要看瓶子容量。有的饮料每 100 毫升含糖量不高，但瓶子很大，整体依然会摄入大量糖分。
THREE SIMPLE WAYS TO EAT LESS SUGAR
三个简单的减糖小方法
Eat less sweet food.
Eat less candy, cake and cookies.
少吃甜食：少吃糖果、蛋糕、饼干。
Drink fewer sugary drinks.
Milk tea and soft drinks have a lot of sugar. Choose water or tea without sugar.
少喝含糖饮料：奶茶、汽水含糖量很高。选择白开水或者无糖茶饮。
Go step by step.
You don't have to give them up all at once. Try having a little less each time and get used to eating less sugar.
循序渐进：不必立刻完全戒掉甜食。尝试每次少吃一点，慢慢适应少糖的饮食。
文化视角：饮料配料成为网络热议话题，反映当代青少年越来越关注食品配料与身体健康。很多人纠结 “用哪一种糖”，但营养学的核心是控制总摄入量。
思辨视角：比起纠结白砂糖还是果葡糖浆，摄入糖的总量才是健康关键。健康饮食不是一刀切彻底戒糖，而是循序渐进减少糖分，养成可持续的好习惯。
语篇特征：健康科普主题新闻短文。
行文逻辑：网络热点引入→专家破除误区→核心观点→实操生活建议。属于“现象—分析—解决方案”的典型说明文结构。
High-fructose corn syrup 高果糖玉米糖浆（HFCS）：一种食品工业常用甜味剂，由玉米淀粉加工得到，分解产物为葡萄糖、果糖。
white sugar 白砂糖：日常食用蔗糖，人体消化后同样分解为葡萄糖、果糖。二者人体代谢产物接近，差异不在种类，而在于吃进去的总数量。
take in 摄入：科普高频词，指身体吃进去、吸收的食物 / 营养。
· 互动思考：
Why are so many people online asking for white sugar to be used in drinks again?
为什么网上很多人热议 “把白砂糖还给我们”？
Which is more important for health: the kind of sugar or how much sugar we eat?
对健康来说，糖的种类和糖的摄入量，哪一个更重要？
What small things can we do to cut down on sugar in daily life?
日常生活里，我们可以做哪些小事减少吃糖？
1. 看图预测： 看图+标题预测：标题How sweet is your drink，想一想：读完文章，我们要学会判断饮料是否健康，是看配料名字，还是看含糖多少？
2. 核心生词认读，补全单词：
| 热点话题 | |
| 更糟的 | |
| 分解 | |
| 摄入 |
1. hot topic；2. worse；3. break；4. take
阅读目标：
1.基础：定位网络热点、医生观点、三条减糖方法；掌握情态动词may，be made up of重点短语。
2.进阶：梳理文章结构：社会热点→误区澄清→核心观点→生活建议，读懂科普文“提出问题 —解答问题”写作逻辑。
3.高阶：能用3-5句英文简单复述文章，介绍怎样健康喝饮料。
收听全文音频，把握科普新闻的朗读节奏；
重点跟读专有名词：high-fructose corn syrup, glucose, fructose；
重点跟读句子Some people worry that HFCS may be worse for our health.，体会may表推测的用法。
默读圈画：圆圈圈出两种糖名称；方框圈出医生观点；下划线划出三条减糖建议。
“Give us back white sugar!” is a hot ________ online.
topic
glucose
amount
We can choose water or ________ tea instead of sugary drinks.
sugar - free
Practice your speaking by using these 3 sentences:
Many people worry about different kinds of sugar in drinks. But doctors say the amount we take in is more important. We can drink less sugary drinks step by step to stay healthy.
思辨讨论
How can you make healthier choices about what you drink?
Making healthier choices means paying attention to how much sugar we take in every day. We don't have to give up sweet drinks completely, but we should have sugary drinks like milk tea and soft drinks less often. Water and unsweetened tea are good choices. Small changes can help us stay healthy.
健康饮水意味着我们关注每天糖分的摄入量。我们不必永远远离甜饮料，但是应当少喝奶茶、汽水。白开水和无糖茶是很好的选择。小小的改变就能帮助我们保持身体健康。
★ be made up of 由…… 组成
★ take in 摄入；吸收
★ go step by step 循序渐进
“A little at a time goes a long way.”（日积月累，功不唐捐）
“You are what you eat.”（人如其食，饮食决定健康）
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