Listening - The real reason cheese is yellow

Watch the video below and complete the activities:

• Turn on English subtitles to help with understanding.
• Skip the ad part (from 1:03 to 2:14) to focus on the main content.

VOCABULARY

• marketing (0:05) – the way products are sold and advertised
• Good marketing makes people want to buy things.

• nutrients (0:28) – substances in food that keep you healthy
• Vegetables contain important nutrients.

• process (0:20) – a series of steps to make or do something
• Making cheese is a long process.

• naturally (0:27) – happening by itself, not artificial
• Sheep’s milk cheese is naturally white.

• quality (3:09) – how good or bad something is
• Yellow cheese was seen as higher quality.

• tradition (5:11) – a custom passed down over time
• Coloring cheese became a tradition.

• expect (5:34) – to think something will happen
• People expect cheddar to be orange.

• adjacent (5:45) – next to or related to something
• Many cheese-adjacent snacks use annatto.

ACTIVITIES

1 - Choose the correct answer.

2 - True or False?

3 - Complete the sentences using words from the vocabulary list.

4 - If you invented a new cheese, what color would it be and why? Describe its taste, ingredients, and how you’d market it.