should fast food sponsor sport 6 minute english
is it right for companies selling unhealthy products to sponsor sporting events? why do some companies that make unhealthy food and drinks advertise during the olympics? that's what sam and neil talk about, as they teach you related vocabulary.
this week's question
mcdonalds had a long history with the olympic games until the company ended the partnership ahead of the 2024 games in paris. but why did mcdonalds choose to quit? was it because:
a) they wanted to change the name of french fries to mcfries?
b) they didn’t want to call their hamburger, ‘le big mac’? or,
c) they wanted to be the only company selling cheese for cheeseburgers?
listen to the programme to find out the answer.
vocabulary
sponsor
pay for an event or tournament in order to advertise a company or brand in return
fast food
hot, often unhealthy, food such as hamburgers or pizza that is quick to cook and serve
brand attachment
a deep emotional connection between humans and brands
health halo
the perception that something is healthy for you even though there is little evidence to support this
ultra-processed food
foods containing added artificial ingredients that you wouldn’t add when cooking homemade food
beverage
any type of drink
to download the audio and a transcript, go to:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english/ep-211104
[cover: getty images]
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is it right for companies selling unhealthy products to sponsor sporting events? why do some companies that make unhealthy food and drinks advertise during the olympics? that's what sam and neil talk about, as they teach you related vocabulary.this week's question mcdonalds had a long history with the olympic games until the company ended the partnership ahead of the 2024 games in paris. but why did mcdonalds choose to quit? was it because:a) they wanted to change the name of french fries to mcfries?b) they didn’t want to call their hamburger, ‘le big mac’? or,c) they wanted to be the only company selling cheese for cheeseburgers?listen to the programme to find out the answer. vocabularysponsorpay for an event or tournament in order to advertise a company or brand in returnfast foodhot, often unhealthy, food such as hamburgers or pizza that is quick to cook and servebrand attachmenta deep emotional connection between humans and brandshealth halothe perception that something is healthy for you even though there is little evidence to support thisultra-processed foodfoods containing added artificial ingredients that you wouldn’t add when cooking homemade foodbeverageany type of drinkto download the audio and a transcript, go to:https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english/ep-211104[cover: getty images]more 6 minute english episodes:going through the menopausehttps://youtu.be/z2jsymgmf8e'i love my language!'https://youtu.be/2z6a62bo2zcmaking sense of the censushttps://youtu.be/u6gooqnjicghow can we make the web a better place? https://youtu.be/wmqjmpvgor8learn to talk about broken hearts in 6 minutes!https://youtu.be/wbluy_yu-zwcoronavirus vs other pandemicshttps://youtu.be/kjvd228s-yq#bbclearningenglish #learnenglish #sport #fastfood let s learn fractions understanding math for kids numbers counting to 10 collection vol 1 kids learn to count baby toddler songs nursery rhymes english grammar lessons for beginners and kids basic english grammar 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could humans live in underwater cities 6 minute english makeup hacks for beginners and pros beauty hacks that actually work is it right for companies selling unhealthy products to sponsor sporting events? why do some companies that make unhealthy food and drinks advertise during the olympics? that's what sam and neil talk about, as they teach you related vocabulary.
this week's question
mcdonalds had a long history with the olympic games until the company ended the partnership ahead of the 2024 games in paris. but why did mcdonalds choose to quit? was it because:
a) they wanted to change the name of french fries to mcfries?
b) they didn’t want to call their hamburger, ‘le big mac’? or,
c) they wanted to be the only company selling cheese for cheeseburgers?
listen to the programme to find out the answer.
vocabulary
sponsor
pay for an event or tournament in order to advertise a company or brand in return
fast food
hot, often unhealthy, food such as hamburgers or pizza that is quick to cook and serve
brand attachment
a deep emotional connection between humans and brands
health halo
the perception that something is healthy for you even though there is little evidence to support this
ultra-processed food
foods containing added artificial ingredients that you wouldn’t add when cooking homemade food
beverage
any type of drink
to download the audio and a transcript, go to:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english/ep-211104
[cover: getty images]
more 6 minute english episodes:
going through the menopause
https://youtu.be/z2jsymgmf8e
'i love my language!'
https://youtu.be/2z6a62bo2zc
making sense of the census
https://youtu.be/u6gooqnjicg
how can we make the web a better place?
https://youtu.be/wmqjmpvgor8
learn to talk about broken hearts in 6 minutes!
https://youtu.be/wbluy_yu-zw
coronavirus vs other pandemics
https://youtu.be/kjvd228s-yq
#bbclearningenglish #learnenglish #sport #fastfood