6 Minute English

  • Autor: Vários
  • Narrador: Vários
  • Editor: Podcast
  • Duración: 25:41:55
  • Mas informaciones

Informações:

Sinopsis

Learn and practise useful English language for everyday situations with the BBC. A weekly instruction manual for saying or doing something in English is published every Thursday.

Episodios

  • What is the future of work?

    01/02/2024 Duración: 06min

    Should we be worried about our jobs disappearing? Or is the future positive?

  • How the language of menus matters

    25/01/2024 Duración: 06min

    Could french menu terms be going out of fashion?

  • The psychology of greed

    18/01/2024 Duración: 06min

    Is it ever OK to be greedy?

  • Addicted to sugar

    11/01/2024 Duración: 06min

    How has sugar become such an important part of our diets? Neil and Georgie discuss.

  • Our love of pets

    04/01/2024 Duración: 06min

    Why do we keep, and love, pets? Neil and Georgie discuss this and teach new vocabulary.

  • Sexism: Female farmers fighting back

    28/12/2023 Duración: 06min

    Female farmers in many countries face sexism. Some are finding ways to be fairly treated.

  • Learning lessons from the Moon

    21/12/2023 Duración: 06min

    Summer 2023 saw two missions to the Moon. Why are scientists so keen to get there?

  • Could we live without plastic?

    14/12/2023 Duración: 06min

    Is it time to start living without plastic? Beth and Neil discuss this.

  • Invasive species: Why don't we eat them?

    07/12/2023 Duración: 06min

    Invasive species are causing problems for nature around the world, so why not eat them?

  • What and where is Little Italy?

    30/11/2023 Duración: 06min

    How did Italian food become famous throughout the world? Find out with Neil and Georgie

  • Social media and teenage health

    23/11/2023 Duración: 06min

    What are the risks of social media to teenage health and what can be done about them?

  • Mystery flying objects

    16/11/2023 Duración: 06min

    What exactly did navy pilots see in 2004? The US investigates these UFOs now, in 2023.

  • Elephant-proof farming

    14/11/2023 Duración: 06min

    What happens when an elephant wants to eat your crops? How can you stop it?

  • Should we farm octopus?

    02/11/2023 Duración: 06min

    Is it OK to eat animals that can feel emotion? Learn vocabulary on this topic.

  • Ways to live for 100 years

    26/10/2023 Duración: 06min

    More and more people are living to 100, but what is the secret of a long life?

  • How green is your money?

    19/10/2023 Duración: 06min

    Should climate change make us think where to invest our money? Learn useful vocabulary.

  • Mushrooms: Medicine or myth?

    12/10/2023 Duración: 06min

    Today the medicinal mushroom industry is big business. But are there actually benefits?

  • Saving dead languages

    05/10/2023 Duración: 06min

    Some Australian languages have been saved from extinction. We discuss Barngala's revival.

  • Sounds that make you want to scream

    28/09/2023 Duración: 06min

    Some sounds cause some people huge distress. Learn about 'misophonia' here.

  • How fans talk about their passions

    21/09/2023 Duración: 06min

    Fandom is more than simply being a fan, and now it is developing its own language.

página 3 de 13