6 Minute English Podcast
Learn and practise useful English with clips from programmes around the BBC.
Find more at bbclearninenglish.com
Learn and practise useful English with clips from programmes around the BBC.
Each week, we talk about an interesting topic and learn helpful words and phrases used in natural spoken English - all in 6 minutes!
Practise your listening and hear natural spoken English.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish
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Episodes to download
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The medicine of coronavirus
Thu 30 Jul 2020
Neil and Georgina talk about Covid-19 and teach you related vocabulary.
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Food made in space
Thu 23 Jul 2020
Find out how growing plants in space might help develop better crops.
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Sport against poverty
Thu 16 Jul 2020
Neil and Sam discuss how sport is giving hope to young people leading the toughest lives.
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Covid-19: The office after lockdown
Thu 9 Jul 2020
Companies are rushing to install technology to make offices safer. Neil and Sam discuss.
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Should we wear a face mask?
Thu 2 Jul 2020
Can wearing masks in public help prevent the spread of coronavirus? Rob and Sam discuss.
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Millennials and business
Thu 25 Jun 2020
Rob and Sam discuss the new generation's desire to make the world a better place.
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Is being thrifty a virtue?
Thu 18 Jun 2020
Neil and Sam talk about being a saver in a consumer culture and teach you vocabulary.
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The food delivery revolution
Thu 11 Jun 2020
Takeaway apps are changing food culture. We talk about it and teach you vocabulary.
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What difference has #MeToo made?
Thu 4 Jun 2020
Sam and Georgina talk about the movement and teach you related vocabulary.
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Is the recycling system broken?
Thu 28 May 2020
We talk about the over-reliance on recycling rather than reducing the use of plastics
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The soothing power of books
Thu 21 May 2020
How can books help us relax and feel more alive during troubled times?
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Shocking facts about electricity
Thu 14 May 2020
Neil and Georgina talk about how electrical systems differ from country to country.
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Internet - good or bad?
Thu 26 Apr 2018
Rob and Neil discuss some of the advantages and drawbacks of going online
