Bitter food, better health ⏲️ 6 Minute English
Could bitter foods be better for your health? Beth and Phil discuss this and teach you some useful new vocabulary.👇👇👇
❓❓❓ How many different basic flavours can humans taste?
a) 4?
b) 5?
c) 6?
Listen to the programme to hear the answer. [Cover: Getty Images]
You can download the audio and a free programme transcript here 👉
https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-240509
Vocabulary:
✔️microbiome - the collection of microorganisms found in a specific part of the body
✔️suppress - stop something from happening or operating
✔️tastebuds - flavour receptors found on the tongue and in the mouth
✔️undesirable trait - an unwanted negative characteristic
✔️mainstream - something that the majority of people would use or like
✔️a degree of - a small but significant amount of something
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Brazil floods: BBC News Review
Heavy rains in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul have left hundreds of towns under water. At least 85 people have died in the floods and about 150,000 have had to leave their homes. More than 130 people are still missing. More heavy rain is expected in the region this week.
Key words and phrases
torrential - describes heavy rain
🔎 The storm brought torrential rain, causing widespread damage.
🔎 You’ll need to bring your umbrella – the rain is torrential out there!
displaced - moved from original position
🔎 The earthquake displaced thousands of people from their homes.
🔎 The displaced families had to find temporary shelter when the floods destroyed their homes.
wreak havoc - cause chaos
🔎 The hurricane wreaked havoc along the coastline, destroying homes and flooding streets.
🔎 The train delays and cancellations wreaked havoc on many people’s morning commutes.
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✔️ 0:27 - Story
✔️ 1:20 - Headli...
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🪑 Asking for a seat #shorts
🪑 Do you know how to ask if a seat is free in English? And do you know how to 🗣️ respond if someone asks you?! Sian and Tim are here with 3 different ways you can ask this question and the 6 different ways you can respond and say that a seat is free 😊 – or not free! 😔
Which is your 😍 favourite?
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There are hundreds of 🦒 animal idioms in the English language – here are just three of them for you to learn and use. 🤔 Do you know any more?
Do you want more animal idioms? Click on the link in our bio for some 🐶 dog idioms!
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🤫 Is your family loud? In our NEW podcast for basic users of English, Neil and Beth have a real conversation in easy English about their families.
Learn how to talk about your family and improve your listening skills.
Listen on our website. Link in bio.
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Climate change is something that affects all of us, so it’s important to know the language used to 🗣️ talk about it. 🤓 Swipe through the images and test your knowledge of ‘climate change’ words, collocations and spellings.
BONUS: 🤔 What’s your country doing about climate change? ✍️ Let us know in the comments!
Click on the link in our bio to 🎧 listen to a 6 Minute English episode on climate change.
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1. They haven’t finished working still.
2. They haven’t finished working yet.
‘Still’ and ‘yet’ are both used with the present perfect tense – 🤔 but do you know which one to use when? 😊 We’ll tell you the answer soon!
🤓 Click on the link in our bio to learn the difference between 'just', 'already' and 'yet'.
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🤔 ‘just’ ‘already’ and ‘yet’ are all used with the present perfect - do you know when to use each one? Sian is here with a quick explanation and some useful examples to help you! 👀 Watch the video and then try writing your own sentence using the three words! ✍️
QUIZ
Fill in the gaps with the best option below:
Sian: Have you finished your homework _____?
George: No, I’ve ______ started it now.
Sian: I’ve _____ finished mine!
a) just / already / yet
b) already / yet / just
c) yet / just / already
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👀 Do you know these 5 alternatives to the English word 'thank you'? Take a look and see if you can use one in a sentence! ✍️👇 (Note: not all the words are completely interchangeable - pay attention to the grammar and context.)
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Are you a fan of ‘Oppenheimer’🕴️actor Cillian Murphy? 😊 It turns out that he’s quite a private person! Scroll through the slides to learn the meaning and use of ‘I’m (not) a huge fan of’ - and make sure you ✍️ answer the question on the last slide!
Click on the link in our bio to 👀 watch a video of Londoners talking about the things that they don't like!
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English Rewind - London Life: Tea at The Ritz
📻 Sandwiches, scones, cake and a cup of tea are the essential elements of the English afternoon tea - and the Ritz hotel in the heart of London is famous for its afternoon tea! Find out more about this great British tradition while you improve your English vocabulary knowledge AND practise your English listening with this archive episode of the BBC Learning English programme London Life. What food traditions are popular in your country? Tell us in the comments 👇👇👇
Useful vocabulary:
✔️ centenary - the 100th anniversary (the Ritz is 100 years old)
✔️ piping hot - very hot
✔️ stewed - very bitter and strong
✔️ ritzy - expensive and fashionable
✔️ traditional - something that has been going on in the same way for a long time
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English Rewind is a collection of programmes from the BBC Learning English archive. This episode of London Life was first published on the BBC Learning English website in August 2006.
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Polite Vs rude – give me a lift to work! #shorts
🤔 Do you know the difference between polite English and rude English? Well, 👿 ‘rude Tim’ and 😇 ‘polite Tim’ are here to show you the difference! Try ✍️ writing a comment asking us for something – politely 🙏 !
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Office English episode 1: Work emails
Do you struggle to write the perfect English email at work? How formal or friendly should you be when you are writing to a colleague, your boss, or somebody at another company? Can you use 'Hi' in an email - and how do you end your email so that someone will reply? In the first episode of Office English, Pippa and Phil talk about their email habits and suggest some useful phrases for different work-related situations.
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To download a free pdf transcript and the audio for this episode, visit our website 👉 https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish//features/office-english/240129
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1. Molly passed her exam because of she worked hard.
2. Molly passed her exam because she worked hard.
👀 Look at the grammar of these two sentences. Which one is correct? 🤔
🤓 Click on the link in our bio to learn the difference between 'because' and 'because of'!
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4 meanings of ‘pick up’ #shorts
The phrasal verb ‘pick up’ can have many meanings, and sometimes it can be 🫤 hard to understand which one is being used. But have no fear, 👨🏫 Andrew is here to explain 4 of them! Can you 🤔 think of any more meanings of ‘pick up’?
🗣️ Tell us – Are you trying to pick up any new skills at the moment?
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🤔 How many English phrasal verbs do you know? Extend your collection with this group of 5 phrasal verbs with ‘take’ – and then 🗣️ tell us if you know any more!
If you find phrasal verbs 🫤 confusing, Dan has three useful and important points to remember. 🤩 Click the link in our bio to find out what they are!
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🤩 GRAMMAR CHALLENGE: Do you know how to use ‘used to’? ✍️ Tell us what fills the gap – and we’ll 🗣️ tell you the answer later!
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🪑 Do you know how to ask if a seat is free in English? And do you know how to 🗣️ respond if someone asks you?! Sian and Tim are here with 3 different ways you can ask this question and the 6 different ways you can respond and say that a seat is free 😊 – or not free! 😔
Which is your 😍 favourite?
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English Rewind - 6 Minute English: Does punctuation matter?
📻 How many new English words are created every year? Alice and Rob find out. Find out more while you improve your English vocabulary knowledge AND practise your English listening with this archive episode of 6 Minute English. What new English words are you using this year? Join the conversation in the comments 👇👇👇
Useful vocabulary:
✔️ stuffy - formal
✔️ stickler - somebody who insists on a certain way of doing a particular thing
✔️ rhetoric - the art of persuasive speaking
✔️ clause - grammatical unit containing a subject and a verb
✔️ sloppy - careless
✔️ irony - using words to mean something that is the opposite of its most usual meaning
✔️ literal - the usual meaning of a word or phrase
✔️ emoticons - facial expressions made out of keyboard characters
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Office English episode 2: Meetings
Meetings at work can be stressful spaces to speak. Do you struggle to talk about your ideas in English during meetings? Do you know how to interrupt your boss or colleague politely? In this episode of Office English, Pippa and Phil talk about some useful English phrases you can use to speak in meetings in a friendly and professional way. (Cover image: Getty)
To download a free pdf transcript and the audio for this episode, visit our website 👉 https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/office-english/240130
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🏠 1 house, 2 houses. 🐁 1 mouse, 2 mice… Wait, what?! 🤓 You'd be forgiven for thinking you just add a 's' onto the word 'mouse' to make it's plural, but in English there are some irregular plurals you have to learn. 🤔 Which were new for you?
😊 Click the link in our bio to find out the three most common mistakes learners make with plurals.
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‘Just’ VS ‘already’ VS ‘yet’– what’s the difference 🤔 ? #shorts
🤔 ‘just’ ‘already’ and ‘yet’ are all used with the present perfect - do you know when to use each one? 👋 Sian is here with a quick explanation and some useful examples to help you! 👀 Watch the video and then try writing your own sentence using the three words!
QUIZ
Fill in the gaps with the best option below:
Sian: Have you finished your homework _____?
George: No, I’ve ______ started it now.
Sian: I’ve _____ finished mine!
a) just / already / yet
b) already / yet / just
c) yet / just / already
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Talking at the table ⏲️ 6 Minute English
Is it OK to ask awkward questions at the dinner table? Beth and Neil discuss chatting at meal times and teach you some useful vocabulary.👇👇👇
❓❓❓ In 2016, a couple from Germany won the world record for the fastest time to set a dinner table. But, how long did it take them?
a) 25 seconds
b) 1 minute 5 seconds
c) 2 minutes 5 seconds
Listen to the programme to hear the answer. [Cover: Getty Images]
You can download the audio and a free programme transcript here 👉
https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-240502
Vocabulary:
✔️open up - speak more easily than usual, particularly about worries and problems
✔️the … one e.g. the funny one, the wise one - a label for a person describing a particular prominent characteristic they have
✔️a pinch of salt - don't believe everything you're told
✔️children should be seen and not heard - an old-fashioned phrase meaning children should be quiet and behave well
✔️a...
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Healthy living and DNA: BBC News Review
Your DNA can influence how long you live, but it’s still worth leading a healthy life, according to new research. In the first study of its kind, scientists explored whether the negative impact of genetics on life expectancy could be reduced by a healthy lifestyle. Habits to extend life include regular exercise, a healthy diet, no smoking and getting enough sleep.
Key words and phrases
prolong - extend the duration
🔎 We’ve got lots to do today, so let’s not prolong this meeting unnecessarily.
🔎 He’s hopeful that the surgery will prolong his life, not shorten it.
offset - do something good to reduce the effect of something bad
🔎 Planting trees helps offset carbon emissions by absorbing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.
🔎 Eating a balanced diet can offset the negative effects of stress on the body.
tweaks - a small adjustment
🔎 After a few tweaks to the recipe, it was perfect.
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Use this expression when you want to say that two people are equally responsible for a (usually 👎 bad) situation’! ✍️ Write your answer in the comments and don’t forget to give this post a like!
🤓 Click on the link in our bio to learn this expression in more detail with our The English We Speak series.
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🤔 Do you know the difference between polite English and rude English? Well, 👿 ‘rude Tim’ and 😇 ‘polite Tim’ are here to show you the difference! Try ✍️ writing a comment asking us for something – politely 🙏 !
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Are you feeling 🤤 hungry for some new words? Is 🍱 food a big part of your life? Then this 🍲 ‘food’ vocabulary challenge is for you! 🤓 Swipe through the images and test yourself with these food-related words, collocations and spellings. If you’re still feeling peckish after the quiz, ✍️ let us know of some more ‘food’ words you know in the comments.
MORE: For the 👩🍳 cooks among us, click the link in our bio to 👀 watch Dylan’s MEGA-class on ‘kitchen and cooking’ where you can learn 28 new words and expressions in under 30 minutes!
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Do you know how to 🗣️ talk about the symbols we use in written English? 😃 Save this handy guide to remember some of the most common ones - or share it with a friend! Do you know any more?
Click on the link in our bio for a ⏱️ 6 Minute English episode on punctuation!
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The phrasal verb ‘pick up’ can have many meanings, and sometimes it can be 🫤 hard to understand which one is being used. But have no fear, 👨🏫 Andrew is here to explain 4 of them! Can you 🤔 think of any more meanings of ‘pick up’?
🗣️ Tell us – Are you trying to pick up any new skills at the moment?
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Eating for two ⏲️ 6 Minute English
Mums-to-be often feel guilty about the food they crave in pregnancy. Georgie and Phil discuss this and teach you some useful vocabulary.👇👇👇
❓❓❓ According to NHS recommendations, which of these foods should pregnant women NOT eat?
a) chips
b) oily fish
c) smoked salmon
[Cover: Getty Images]
You can download audio and a free programme transcript here 👉
https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-240425
Vocabulary:
✔️(to be) eating for two - (idiom) to be pregnant
✔️go haywire - stop working properly
✔️could count (something) on one hand - used to emphasise that something does not happen very often, or that there are only a few such things
✔️binge - occasion when you do something to excess, for example eat, drink, or spend money
✔️cat-o’-nine-tails - (in the past) a whip made of nine strings used to punish prisoners;
(now) means by which someone criticises themselves as a form of self-punishment or because...
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