Imagine a new chocolate that keeps you younger looking. It seems too good to be true, but a team of scientists believes they have invented anti-ageing chocolate. A laboratory working with the UK's Cambridge University has been working on a method to keep away wrinkles and keep the skin looking younger. It has called its new product 'Esthechoc'. This is a combination of the words 'esthetic' (meaning all things beautiful) and 'chocolate'. The new product is also called Cambridge Beauty Chocolate. The makers will start selling it from next month. The laboratory has not said anything about the price yet, but it is likely to be quite expensive. The lab hopes young, rich business executives will buy it.

The laboratory used a special chemical called an antioxidant in the chocolate. The antioxidant they used is one that gives flamingos their pink colour. The scientists say that the antioxidant can bring parts of the skin of a 50 to 60-year-old person back to the levels of a 20 to 30-year-old. They said people who ate the chocolate could see changes in their skin within just three weeks. A spokesman for the laboratory said it took a decade of research and trials with more than 3,000 volunteers to produce Esthechoc. The chocolate bar will only be sold in boxes of 21 bars – one a day for three weeks. Other scientists say more research is needed for people to know whether or not Esthechoc actually works.

1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).

a.There is an imaginary new ant-ageing chocolate. It doesn't exist.T / F

b.Cambridge University helped work on the new chocolate.T / F

c.The new chocolate is called YoungChoc.T / F

d.The new chocolate will cost $4.99 a bar.T / F

e.A chemical in the dye is also found in penguins.T / F

f.The chocolate can make parts of the skin look up to 30 years younger.T / F

g.People will be able to see the difference in their skin in three weeks.T / F

h.The maker's laboratory said it hopes business people will buy it.T / F

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

1.What seems too good to be true?

2.What kind of team has invented an anti-ageing chocolate?

3.Which educational institution was part of the invention?

4.When will the new chocolate go on sale?

5.How much will the new chocolate be?

6.Which bird has an antioxidant that the chocolate uses?

7.What can an antioxidant bring back to the levels of a 20 to 30-year-old?

8.How many people were part of the tests for the chocolate?

9.How many chocolates bar do we need to buy at one time?

10.What do other scientists say we need more of?

答案

TRUE / FALSE

a F b T c F d F e F f T g T h T

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

1.An anti-ageing chocolate

2.A team of scientists

3.Cambridge University

4.Next month

5.No one knows

6.The flamingo

7.Parts of a 50-year-old's skin

8.Over 3,000

9.21

10.Research