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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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![Food for new mums]()
Food for new mums
15/02/2024 Durata: 06minWhat do mothers eat after giving birth? Does it depend on which country you are from?
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![Fighting loneliness with soup]()
Fighting loneliness with soup
08/02/2024 Durata: 06minNeil and Beth discuss a project in the Netherlands for helping lonely people.
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![What is the future of work?]()
What is the future of work?
01/02/2024 Durata: 06minShould we be worried about our jobs disappearing? Or is the future positive?
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![How the language of menus matters]()
How the language of menus matters
25/01/2024 Durata: 06minCould french menu terms be going out of fashion?
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![The psychology of greed]()
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![Addicted to sugar]()
Addicted to sugar
11/01/2024 Durata: 06minHow has sugar become such an important part of our diets? Neil and Georgie discuss.
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![Our love of pets]()
Our love of pets
04/01/2024 Durata: 06minWhy do we keep, and love, pets? Neil and Georgie discuss this and teach new vocabulary.
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![Sexism: Female farmers fighting back]()
Sexism: Female farmers fighting back
28/12/2023 Durata: 06minFemale farmers in many countries face sexism. Some are finding ways to be fairly treated.
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![Learning lessons from the Moon]()
Learning lessons from the Moon
21/12/2023 Durata: 06minSummer 2023 saw two missions to the Moon. Why are scientists so keen to get there?
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![Could we live without plastic?]()
Could we live without plastic?
14/12/2023 Durata: 06minIs it time to start living without plastic? Beth and Neil discuss this.
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![Invasive species: Why dont we eat them?]()
Invasive species: Why don't we eat them?
07/12/2023 Durata: 06minInvasive species are causing problems for nature around the world, so why not eat them?
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![What and where is Little Italy?]()
What and where is Little Italy?
30/11/2023 Durata: 06minHow did Italian food become famous throughout the world? Find out with Neil and Georgie
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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.
