Caffeine Addiction

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Caffeine Addiction
(YouTube, 2013)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2NgfSWT3MQ
What drives us to have to have that cup of coffee every day before we leave for work?
Coffee continues to be popular because, it wakes us up.
And why is it popular in the morning? Partly that’s because in the morning, it’s been a long time since
you’ve had that last cup of coffee.
And you’re in withdrawal, your brain is kind of craving coffee at that point. So the best solution to
withdrawal symptoms is to apply the drug that causes them in the first place.
And so, that first cup of coffee feels really good because you’re offsetting the withdrawal symptoms that
are there because you haven’t had your coffee for 24 hours.
So coffee isn’t a true stimulant in the true essence of the word?
Technically, caffeine is not a direct stimulant like amphetamines. It’s an indirect stimulant.
And that explains among other things why you can’t OD on caffeine; you can’t kill yourself with caffeine
because, you can only become stimulated to the extent that your own internal stimulants are working.
So it also limits the amount of stimulation you can get. After about five cups of coffee, you’re not gonna
be… you’re not gonna get any more benefit. You’re about as stimulated as you can be. And in fact if
you drink more, you’re just as likely to go to sleep.
(September 29th, go inside an amazing journey – stakes are very high – as CNBC tracks a single coffee
harvest. From the tropical rain forest to the concrete jungle to the coffee shop on the corner.
Discover the raw manpower, the incredible expense and the intricate logistics behind: The Coffee
Addiction; premieres September 29h only on CNBC)
Link to the documentary:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUBV0F6pWXc
Vocabulary
1. what drives us to have to (have)
2. in withdrawal
3. is kind of craving
4. to apply
5. you’re offsetting
6. among other things
7. to OD
8. to the extent
9. you can get
10. about as stimulated as you can be
11. you’re just as likely to go to sleep
12. stakes
13. tracks a single coffee harvest
14. concrete jungle
15. raw manpower
16. intricate logistics
qu’est-ce qui nous pousse à devoir (prendre)
en manque
a une envie irrésistible
administer, appliquer
vous compensez
entre autres
= to overdose / faire une overdose
au point
vous pouvez avoir
vous êtes à peu près aussi stimulé que possible
il est aussi probable que vous allez vous endormir /
vous pouvez tout autant vous endormir
les enjeux
suit les étapes d’une récolte de café
jungle de béton = les grandes villes
la main-d’oeuvre brute
une logistique complexe
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Caffeine Addiction
(YouTube, 2013)
Exercise: fill in the blanks with the correct words
What _d_________ us to have to have that cup of coffee every day before we leave for work?
(nous) pousse
Coffee continues to be popular because, it wakes us up.
And why is it popular in the morning? Partly that’s because in the morning, it’s been a long time since
you’ve had that last cup of coffee.
And you’re _i____w___________________, your brain is kind of _c_______________ coffee at that
en manque
a une envie irrésistible (de)
point. So the best solution to withdrawal symptoms is to _a________________the drug that causes them
administrer, appliquer
in the first place. And so, that first cup of coffee feels really good because you _a______o_____________
compensez
the withdrawal symptoms that are there because you haven’t had your coffee for 24 hours.
So coffee isn’t a true stimulant in the true essence of the word?
Technically, caffeine is not a direct stimulant like amphetamines. It’s an indirect stimulant.
And that explains _a_________o_________t__________ why you can’t _____ on caffeine; you can’t kill
entre autres
faire une overdose
yourself with caffeine because, you can only become stimulated to the extent that your own internal
stimulants are working.
So it also limits the amount of stimulation you can __________. After about five cups of coffee, you’re
avoir
not gonna be… you’re not gonna get any more benefit.
You’re about _a_____s_______________a_____y_____c_______b___. And in fact if you drink more,
aussi stimulé que possible
you’re just _a______l________ to go to sleep.
tout autant
(September 29th, go inside an amazing journey – _s____________ are very high – as CNBC __________
les enjeux
suit (la trace de)
a single coffee _______________. From the tropical rain forest to the concrete jungle to the coffee shop
récolte
on the corner. Discover the _r__________m________________, the incredible expense and the
main-d’oeuvre brute
_i_______________ logistics behind: The Coffee Addiction; premieres September 29h only on CNBC)
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