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BBC Learning English 

Words in the News  

29 February 2012 

Bean through an animal  

Transcript: 

This Filipino coffee is definitely not to everyone's taste. 

It comes from beans taken from the droppings of these cat-like animals called 

civets.  

When they are eaten, the beans are fermented in the stomach by special 

enzymes.  

Even if you can stomach the fact it's been through an animal, the price may put 

you off. It can cost almost $800 a kilo.  

Vocabulary: 

droppings  

the waste of animals 

fermented  

the sugar in a foodstuff changed due to a chemical process 

enzymes  

chemicals important for digestion 

to stomach  

to tolerate 

put (you) off  

discouraged (you), made (you) lose interest 

Watch the video online: Bean through an animal     

Exercise: 

Use one of the words or phrases below to complete each of these sentences from 

BBC news reports.  

Note that you may have to change the form of a word to complete the sentence 

correctly. 

droppings / fermented / enzymes / to stomach / put (you) off 

1. "There is no growth while the public debt is above 82% of GDP. There is no 

other way but ________ austerity measures." 

2. The drink of choice will be tuba - gallons of the liquid have been prepared for 

visitors and participants. It is a wine made from the ______________ sap of the 

coconut palm. 

3. The message, delivered to around 40 would-be entrepreneurs at a workshop 

in Stratford, east London, is clear: Don't let the bad economic headlines 

___________.  

4. ________found at two sites along the River Wey in Guildford are proof of the 

otter's return to the area after 16 years, says Surrey Wildlife Trust.  

5. Last year Professor Ole Petersen and colleagues at Cardiff University's School 

of Biosciences discovered a calcium-like molecule which could boost the 

pancreas' natural protection against these digestive ________. 

Answers: 

1. "There is no growth while the public debt is above 82% of GDP. There is no 

other way but to stomach austerity measures." 

Source: EU threatens action against Hungary over deficit 

2. The drink of choice will be tuba - gallons of the liquid have been prepared for 

visitors and participants. It is a wine made from the fermented sap of the 

coconut palm. 

Source:  Yap revives ancient art of star sailing 

3. The message, delivered to around 40 would-be entrepreneurs at a workshop 

in Stratford, east London, is clear: Don't let the bad economic headlines put you 

off.  

Source: Recession sparks new business ideas 

4. Droppings found at two sites along the River Wey in Guildford are proof of 

the otter's return to the area after 16 years, says Surrey Wildlife Trust.  

Source: Otters make a welcome return to Guildford 

5. Last year Professor Ole Petersen and colleagues at Cardiff University's School 

of Biosciences discovered a calcium-like molecule which could boost the 

pancreas' natural protection against these digestive enzymes. 

Source:  Cardiff University's pancreas molecule research go-ahead