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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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![Social media and teenage health]()
Social media and teenage health
23/11/2023 Durata: 06minWhat are the risks of social media to teenage health and what can be done about them?
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![Mystery flying objects]()
Mystery flying objects
16/11/2023 Durata: 06minWhat exactly did navy pilots see in 2004? The US investigates these UFOs now, in 2023.
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![Elephant-proof farming]()
Elephant-proof farming
14/11/2023 Durata: 06minWhat happens when an elephant wants to eat your crops? How can you stop it?
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![Should we farm octopus?]()
Should we farm octopus?
02/11/2023 Durata: 06minIs it OK to eat animals that can feel emotion? Learn vocabulary on this topic.
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![Ways to live for 100 years]()
Ways to live for 100 years
26/10/2023 Durata: 06minMore and more people are living to 100, but what is the secret of a long life?
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![How green is your money?]()
How green is your money?
19/10/2023 Durata: 06minShould climate change make us think where to invest our money? Learn useful vocabulary.
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![Mushrooms: Medicine or myth?]()
Mushrooms: Medicine or myth?
12/10/2023 Durata: 06minToday the medicinal mushroom industry is big business. But are there actually benefits?
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![Saving dead languages]()
Saving dead languages
05/10/2023 Durata: 06minSome Australian languages have been saved from extinction. We discuss Barngala's revival.
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![Sounds that make you want to scream]()
Sounds that make you want to scream
28/09/2023 Durata: 06minSome sounds cause some people huge distress. Learn about 'misophonia' here.
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![How fans talk about their passions]()
How fans talk about their passions
21/09/2023 Durata: 06minFandom is more than simply being a fan, and now it is developing its own language.
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![Making male friends]()
Making male friends
14/09/2023 Durata: 06minDo men find it harder than women to make close friendships? Neil and Beth discuss.
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![Space-saving solar hacks]()
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![The stories behind our names]()
The stories behind our names
31/08/2023 Durata: 06minWhat can names tell us about our culture and history?
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![Heatwaves - can we adapt?]()
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![Are you unhappy at work?]()
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![Do you have eco-anxiety?]()
Do you have eco-anxiety?
10/08/2023 Durata: 06minA growing number around the world are experiencing something called 'eco-anxiety'.
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![Can we stop natural disasters?]()
Can we stop natural disasters?
04/08/2023 Durata: 06minIs there any way we can stop natural disasters being so damaging?
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![The right way to say sorry]()
The right way to say sorry
27/07/2023 Durata: 06minNeil and Beth talk about different ways of apologising.
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![Could you live on wild food?]()
Could you live on wild food?
20/07/2023 Durata: 06minWe hear about a new foraging project and the health benefits of eating wild food.
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![Plants fighting pollution]()
Plants fighting pollution
13/07/2023 Durata: 06minWe talk about whether plants can clean up our mess.
