6 Minute English

  • Autore: Vários
  • Narratore: Vários
  • Editore: Podcast
  • Durata: 27:45:56
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Learn and practise useful English language for everyday situations with the BBC. Your weekly instruction manual for saying or doing something in English is published every Wednesday. Each programme is six minutes long and contains examples and explanations to help you improve your knowledge of the English language across a wide range of topics.

Episodi

  • Covid: One year on

    25/02/2021 Durata: 06min

    Over a year on since the first outbreak, what have we learnt? We talk about the pandemic.

  • Singing in tune

    18/02/2021 Durata: 06min

    Neil and Georgina discuss singing and teach you related vocabulary along the way.

  • Working for yourself

    11/02/2021 Durata: 06min

    Rob and Georgina talk about the advantages and disadvantages of freelancing.

  • How much heat do you lose from your head?

    04/02/2021 Durata: 06min

    Rob and Georgina talk about percentages and teach you some English vocabulary.

  • The woman whose cells never die

    28/01/2021 Durata: 06min

    Rob and Georgina discuss medical research and teach you related vocabulary.

  • What makes a good story?

    21/01/2021 Durata: 06min

    Hear about storytelling and how it helps us to connect and communicate.

  • For the love of foreign languages

    14/01/2021 Durata: 06min

    Is learning languages good for head, heart and soul?

  • Why can't we resist comfort food?

    07/01/2021 Durata: 06min

    Neil and Rob talk about comfort food and what actually makes us eat it.

  • What is fat-shaming?

    31/12/2020 Durata: 06min

    We discuss where the attitudes behind fat-shaming come from.

  • Coronavirus vs other pandemics

    24/12/2020 Durata: 06min

    Hear about coronavirus and how it isn’t that bad compared to historical pandemics

  • Are trees intelligent?

    17/12/2020 Durata: 06min

    We talk about trees and how they can communicate and help each other.

  • Can jellyfish help us solve our problems?

    10/12/2020 Durata: 06min

    We discuss how these sea creatures could help us solve the problem of plastic pollution.

  • Why do we choose to text instead of talk?

    03/12/2020 Durata: 06min

    Communicating by text has become more and more popular. Neil and Georgina talk about it.

  • Loneliness

    26/11/2020 Durata: 06min

    Neil and Rob talk about loneliness and how some people prefer their own company.

  • Is punctuality important?

    19/11/2020 Durata: 06min

    We discuss people's attitude to being on time and why some people are always late.

  • Could you be a victim of online fraud?

    12/11/2020 Durata: 06min

    We talk about online fraud and teach you some useful vocabulary along the way.

  • Melting ice sheet: Is it too late?

    05/11/2020 Durata: 06min

    Many scientists are wondering whether it’s now too late to stop global warming.

  • Walkman: the music player revolution

    29/10/2020 Durata: 06min

    Neil and Georgina take a nostalgic look back at the 1980s and the birth of the Walkman.

  • Could humans live in underwater cities?

    22/10/2020 Durata: 06min

    Hear about projects to create liveable underwater habitats and learn new vocabulary.

  • Hacking help for US elections

    15/10/2020 Durata: 06min

    Rob and Sam discuss plans in the US to reduce the risk of cyber-attacks on election day.

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