This year London Chocolate Week promises to be as enticing as ever... Who can resist all those events where it's free to taste so many different types of chocolate?!

Of course, chocolate's always been a great way to tell someone that you're sorry after an argument or to let someone know how special they are. So why is chocolate often seen as something we shouldn't really eat?

In this edition of London Life, we find out all that and more! Before you listen to the programme, have a look at these comprehension questions; you'll hear the answers during the programme. You can also download and follow it with a transcript.

1: What is a 'chocoholic'?
2: What is the main difference between very dark chocolate and white chocolate?
3: Who discovered chocolate?

Listen
	London Chocolate Week

Vocabulary

to be very fond of something or someone
to love something or someone in a gentle way and to think of them as special and very dear to you

the creeps
a very unpleasant and sometimes frightening feeling

Example
The old house gives me the creeps; they say there are ghosts in it!

hand-made
something that's made without the use of machines so that each piece is different

source
a place where something, here cocoa beans, come from

organic
something that has been grown or raised on soil where chemicals to control pests, for example, haven't been used for a certain number of years

too indulgent
something that you enjoy so much that you eat or take much more of it than is good for you, you over indulge

husk
the dry outer covering or shell of some fruits and seed

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Extras

Try the comprehension questions
Programme script (pdf - 21k)
Download this programme (mp3 - 1.8 mb)
Find out more about chocolate!