F.6 Speaking
Set 3
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Individual Presentation
3 --- Listen
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| The passage I have read is about a
type of Chinese tea that may help to reduce cholesterol. First, the
passage describes a study by a Chinese medical school on the effects
of Tuocha, which is a Chinese black tea. According to the passage, the
test was carried out on 86 people over a two-month period. The people
were all patients of a hospital in Yunnan province, ranging in age from
28 to 72. In addition, they were all suffering from high blood pressure.
55 of these patients were given a dosage of the Chinese tea every day.
Another 31 patients received a Western drug for reducing cholesterol. The passage then goes on to report the results of the study. At the end of two months, the group who drank tea showed almost the same amount of reduction in cholesterol as the group who took the Western medicine. This is interesting because high cholesterol levels are associated with problems such as heart disease and hardening of the arteries, and lower cholesterol lessens the risk of a heart attack. Finally, the passage says that no major side effects were noticed during the study. It seems to me that this Chinese tea should become very popular in Western countries, where there is a lot of concern about heart disease. |