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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
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Covid: One year on
25/02/2021 Durata: 06minOver a year on since the first outbreak, what have we learnt? We talk about the pandemic.
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Singing in tune
18/02/2021 Durata: 06minNeil and Georgina discuss singing and teach you related vocabulary along the way.
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Working for yourself
11/02/2021 Durata: 06minRob and Georgina talk about the advantages and disadvantages of freelancing.
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How much heat do you lose from your head?
04/02/2021 Durata: 06minRob and Georgina talk about percentages and teach you some English vocabulary.
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The woman whose cells never die
28/01/2021 Durata: 06minRob and Georgina discuss medical research and teach you related vocabulary.
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What makes a good story?
21/01/2021 Durata: 06minHear about storytelling and how it helps us to connect and communicate.
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For the love of foreign languages
14/01/2021 Durata: 06minIs learning languages good for head, heart and soul?
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Why can't we resist comfort food?
07/01/2021 Durata: 06minNeil and Rob talk about comfort food and what actually makes us eat it.
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What is fat-shaming?
31/12/2020 Durata: 06minWe discuss where the attitudes behind fat-shaming come from.
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Coronavirus vs other pandemics
24/12/2020 Durata: 06minHear about coronavirus and how it isn’t that bad compared to historical pandemics
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Are trees intelligent?
17/12/2020 Durata: 06minWe talk about trees and how they can communicate and help each other.
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Can jellyfish help us solve our problems?
10/12/2020 Durata: 06minWe discuss how these sea creatures could help us solve the problem of plastic pollution.
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Why do we choose to text instead of talk?
03/12/2020 Durata: 06minCommunicating by text has become more and more popular. Neil and Georgina talk about it.
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Loneliness
26/11/2020 Durata: 06minNeil and Rob talk about loneliness and how some people prefer their own company.
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Is punctuality important?
19/11/2020 Durata: 06minWe discuss people's attitude to being on time and why some people are always late.
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Could you be a victim of online fraud?
12/11/2020 Durata: 06minWe talk about online fraud and teach you some useful vocabulary along the way.
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Melting ice sheet: Is it too late?
05/11/2020 Durata: 06minMany scientists are wondering whether it’s now too late to stop global warming.
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Walkman: the music player revolution
29/10/2020 Durata: 06minNeil and Georgina take a nostalgic look back at the 1980s and the birth of the Walkman.
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Could humans live in underwater cities?
22/10/2020 Durata: 06minHear about projects to create liveable underwater habitats and learn new vocabulary.
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Hacking help for US elections
15/10/2020 Durata: 06minRob and Sam discuss plans in the US to reduce the risk of cyber-attacks on election day.