The Reading Room - Is food colouring bad for you?

Nov 03, 2025 - Is food colouring bad for you?

Questions

1. b

2. a(b)cb(c)bc(b)

3. natural, beetroot, artificial, warning labels, hyperactivity

Vocabulary

1. cheesy adj. 像芝士的；廉价的、俗气的

2. crisp adj. 脆的；干脆利落的；n. 脆片（一种甜点）；v. 烘脆、烤脆

3. frosted cake - a cake with icing on the top

   frost n. 霜 v. 结霜、冷冻

4. additive n. 添加剂 adj. 加法相关的

   addictive adj. 令人上瘾的

5. synthetic - adj. 合成的 made with artificial substances n. 合成物、合成材料

6. dye n. 染料 v. 给…染色 dye my hair blond

7. hyperactivity - n. 多动或异常活跃的状态 a state of having more energy than usual

8. ultra-processed - 超加工的 prepared using industrial processes; often made with a large number of ingredients you wouldn’t use at home

9. allergic adj. 过敏的

   allergy n. 过敏

10. hives -（hive的复数，医学上指“荨麻疹”，只能用复数，因为起很多，不会只起一个，通常是过敏引起的）a condition where skin becomes red and raised

    hive n. 蜂箱；忙碌的场所 v. 把蜜蜂放入蜂箱

11. asthma n. 哮喘

12. petroleum n. 石油

    petrol n. 汽油（英国）

    gasoline n. 汽油（美国）

    kerosene n. 煤油

    diesel n. 柴油

13. cosmetic adj. 外貌改善相关的 n. 化妆品

    cosmetic surgery 整形手术

14. ban - forbid something officially

15. beetroot - n. 甜菜根

    beet n. 甜菜

16. turmeric n. 姜黄粉；姜黄

17. paprika n. 红椒粉

18. spirulina - n. 螺旋藻、蓝藻 a type of blue-green algae that can be dried and used as a food source

    algae - n. 藻、藻类

19. ferment v. 发酵；激起或引起（问题或失序）即事件的发酵；n. 动荡、动乱（事件发酵的名词）

    fermentation n. （微生物导致的）发酵

20. Galdieria sulphuraria 嗜硫伽蓝藻或温泉红藻

    Galdieria 是 伽蓝藻属的意思，以第一个发现的科学家 Galdieri 命名

    sulphuraria 来源拉丁词根 sulphur 硫磺

21. pigment - n. 天然染料 a substance that gives something colour；v. 染色（pigment skin 给皮肤染色）

22. pea n. 豌豆

    butterfly pea n. 蝶豆花，富含花青素，深蓝色，遇酸变紫色或粉红色

23. gardenia n. 栀子花，花为白色，果实为黄色，果实提取物遇氨基酸会变蓝，是天然蓝色素

24. intensity n. 强烈的特性（the pain grew in intensity 疼痛加剧）；程度、可测量的量度（如力、光、磁场的强度）

25. vivid - brightly coloured

26. shelf life - 保质期 the length of time a product, often food, can be kept before it becomes old and unusable