[听力文本资源]Today we have more good news for all our coffee drinkers around the world. Another new study finds that drinking coffee can help you live longer. Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health recently discovered that drinking between three and five cups of coffee a day may prevent certain illnesses. They found that coffee can protect against heart disease, brain diseases, type 2 diabetes and suicide. Walter Willett is a nutrition researcher at Harvard and co-author of the study. Willet says the findings extend to both caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee—or decaf, as Americans often call it. So, the health benefits come not just from the caffeine in coffee, but from the compounds in the beans. The large study of about 200,000 subjects included data from three ongoing studies. Subjects in the study had to answer questions about their coffee drinking habits every four years over a 30-year period. Researchers found that moderate coffee drinking was linked with a reduced risk of death from many diseases. However, the researchers found no link between coffee drinking and cancer. Researchers also considered other habits such as smoking, obesity, and how active the subjects were. They also looked at what kinds of food the subjects ate, as well as how much alcohol—and what type of alcohol—they drank.[听力文本资源]1. [听力文本资源] What did researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health recently find? [听力文本资源]A) Drinking coffee could give people more energy.B) Caffeine in coffee could help people live longer.C) Moderate coffee drinking may reduce the risk of cancer.D) Several cups of coffee a day may prevent certain illnesses. 2. [听力文本资源] What were the subjects most probably required to do in the study? [听力文本资源]A) Eat decaf food.B) Drink coffee.C) Fill out questionnaires. D) Have an interview.3. [听力文本资源] What do researchers also consider about the subjects during the research? [听力文本资源]A) Habits like smoking, eating, alcohol drinking, activity and etc. B) Allergies to medications, caffeine, or compounds in the beans.C) Medical history with heart disease, stomach disease or cancer.D) Coffee drinking habits every four years over a 13-year period.

[听力文本资源]Today we have more good news for all our coffee drinkers around the world. Another new study finds that drinking coffee can help you live longer. Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health recently discovered that drinking between three and five cups of coffee a day may prevent certain illnesses. They found that coffee can protect against heart disease, brain diseases, type 2 diabetes and suicide.   Walter Willett is a nutrition researcher at Harvard and co-author of the study. Willet says the findings extend to both caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee—or decaf, as Americans often call it.   So, the health benefits come not just from the caffeine in coffee, but from the compounds in the beans.   The large study of about 200,000 subjects included data from three ongoing studies. Subjects in the study had to answer questions about their coffee drinking habits every four years over a 30-year period.   Researchers found that moderate coffee drinking was linked with a reduced risk of death from many diseases. However, the researchers found no link between coffee drinking and cancer.   Researchers also considered other habits such as smoking, obesity, and how active the subjects were. They also looked at what kinds of food the subjects ate, as well as how much alcohol—and what type of alcohol—they drank.[听力文本资源]1. [听力文本资源] What did researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health recently find? [听力文本资源]A)  Drinking coffee could give people more energy.B)  Caffeine in coffee could help people live longer.C)  Moderate coffee drinking may reduce the risk of cancer.D)  Several cups of coffee a day may prevent certain illnesses. 2. [听力文本资源] What were the subjects most probably required to do in the study? [听力文本资源]A)  Eat decaf food.B)  Drink coffee.C)  Fill out questionnaires. D)  Have an interview.3. [听力文本资源] What do researchers also consider about the subjects during the research? [听力文本资源]A)  Habits like smoking, eating, alcohol drinking, activity and etc. B)  Allergies to medications, caffeine, or compounds in the beans.C)  Medical history with heart disease, stomach disease or cancer.D)  Coffee drinking habits every four years over a 13-year period.