Can toast cause cancer?: BBC News Review

Improve your English language with this free lesson from BBC Learning English. Government scientists are warning that overcooked foods, such as potatoes, toast, crisps and waffles could increase the risk of developing cancer.
The Food Standards Agency says a potentially harmful compound called acrylamide is produced when starchy foods are roasted, fried or grilled for too long at high temperatures.
Neil and Catherine look at the language the world's media is using to discuss this story - and show you how you can use it in your everyday English.
Vocabulary:
over______
used as a prefix to mean 'too much'
potential
describes something that is possible in the right circumstances
browned off
annoyed
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What a nice coincidence! I taught my student the prefix "over-" today and used exactly the same example "overcook". Thank you, Neil and Katherine, for this lesson!

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I was overtired and browned off from a long exhausted day, but when I watched this video I got the potential to stay listening for one hour more before sleeping.

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In the past, it was too browning off for me to look for something appropriate for learning English. But, one day, i found this channel by chance and then i felt like i would get a potential in English thanks to both of you guys! I'll listen to each clip you're going to upload over and over even if my level of English might be quite fluent:)

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Hello! We are glad you like our content. You might like to visit our website for more videos, guides and quizzes to help you improve your English: www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish

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Why overlook doesn't means looking too much?

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Should subtitles on the option for i am learning your videos with subtitles.

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I've seen it somewhere, " excess is everything bad".

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Thank you for all these quite useful videos, guys! But there is one point which frustrate me: when the lady read some title from some mass media reports, she is always using titles with useful vocabularly which was printed on sheets!!!! In my humble opinion, this is quite envitonmentally-UNFRIENDLY! Can you, please, use tablets, or just screens of your computers for demonstrating and reading the titles!

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i am browned off because i over-cooked toast after over-do running now i am over tired but i have potential to make another toast ...thank you bbc english ...

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Potentially means future possibility

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I need an explanation with subtitle below. It will be great if it does !

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1.over-too much 2.potential-possible in right circumstance 3.brown off-fed up

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but if I want to say ... I make the overcook the bread black ... how can I day a word which stands for this phrase ? ... Thanks alot

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- when my vietnam football national team was beated by thailand because some severe individual fault from vietnam's goalkeeper so i was browned off. - there are a lot of potential candidate for golden ball title this year such as giroud, sanchez, mertesacker and so on... - i was over watched football last night so cause me exhaust now

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I was overwarried about teaching english but after this vedio it's apotential hope to get it and no more browening off that matter (: thanks

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Hello Cathrine.. why is it says that over cooked food "could" cause canser ?? Why past tense??

[@bbclearningenglish]

Hi Annie! We use 'could' here to show that this is a possibility only. The use of 'could' is more tenuous than 'can', because 'can' might be too strong. It is possible that overcooked food causes cancer, but there are lots of times that it won't - that's why we use 'could'!

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i'm a new learner in english. and they'd speak over fast and i don't get the words what they'd say :(

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