6 Minute English

  • Author: Vários
  • Narrator: Vários
  • Publisher: Podcast
  • Duration: 26:14:44
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Synopsis

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.

Episodes

  • Why we forget the things we learn

    18/11/2021 Duration: 06min

    Georgina and Rob talk about memory and teach you vocabulary along the way.

  • Why is Super Mario so popular?

    11/11/2021 Duration: 06min

    We talk about a famous video game character from the 80s.

  • Should fast food sponsor sport?

    04/11/2021 Duration: 06min

    Is it right for companies selling unhealthy products to sponsor sporting events?

  • Grime: Music from architecture

    28/10/2021 Duration: 06min

    We talk about the music of Wiley and Stormy, and teach you related vocabulary.

  • Where do your tips go?

    21/10/2021 Duration: 06min

    We talk about tipping: the act of giving extra money to someone that has served you well.

  • Angela Merkel

    14/10/2021 Duration: 06min

    Sam and Neil talk about the influential German leader and teach you related vocabulary.

  • Smart tech and climate change

    07/10/2021 Duration: 06min

    Could AI be used to help fight against climate change?

  • Going through the menopause

    30/09/2021 Duration: 06min

    Why don't people talk more about this aspect of women's lives?

  • Bitcoin's energy cost

    27/09/2021 Duration: 06min

    Bitcoin: is it an investment option for ordinary people?

  • I love my language!

    23/09/2021 Duration: 06min

    Neil and Sam talk about a woman's effort to keep her language alive.

  • Why are people collecting NFTs?

    20/09/2021 Duration: 06min

    What are 'non-fungible tokens'? That's what Neil and Sam talk about in this programme.

  • Robot Artists

    16/09/2021 Duration: 06min

    Will Robots ever be able to think or dream? Could they fall in love or create art?

  • Bats: Friend or foe?

    13/09/2021 Duration: 06min

    Learn more about these furry flying mammals with Neil and Sam.

  • Is the planet warming up faster?

    09/09/2021 Duration: 06min

    Some extreme weather events are puzzling scientists.

  • Is technology harmful to youngsters?

    06/09/2021 Duration: 06min

    Can spending hours online affect the new generation's mental health?

  • Is chimp politics like ours?

    02/09/2021 Duration: 06min

    Just like humans, chimps live in social groups, have leaders and a desire for power.

  • Making sense of the census

    26/08/2021 Duration: 06min

    What's behind counting people in a country? Neil and Sam talk about the census.

  • The fear of numbers

    23/08/2021 Duration: 06min

    Are you afraid of maths? Neil and Sam talk about numbers and teach you vocabulary.

  • A future without doctors?

    19/08/2021 Duration: 06min

    We discuss if artificial intelligence could replace human doctors and nurses.

  • Lights! Camera! Kiss! - Intimacy on screen

    16/08/2021 Duration: 06min

    How actors are made to feel more comfortable when filming intimate scenes.

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