6 Minute English
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. Find more at https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglishFollow us at https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus
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Climate change and extreme weather
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How do we describe smells?
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Sharing the road with driverless cars
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Who does the housework?
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How do climate scientists make predictions?
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The Enhanced Games
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Children in warzones
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What's in a footballer's brain?
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Should we cycle more?
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Rude emails
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Stress-free family meals
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Limiting screen time for children
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How advertisers make us spend money
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The power of poetry
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Living with debt
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Making cities feel quieter
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How reading shapes your brain
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Searching for life on another planet
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Should we eat ultra-processed food?
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Why are we all so stressed?
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Love the foods you hate
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The future of food
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Are saunas good for you?
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Weight loss drugs
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How do we adapt to the cold?
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Should we pay more for chocolate?
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Why are some animals black and white?
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The power of pepper
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Dreaming of being a chef
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Artistic swimming
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Rethinking dyslexia
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Why are billionaires building bunkers?
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Scared to speak English?
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What English phrases really mean
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Is social media dead?
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Is it OK to disagree?
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Was Christmas better in the past?
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Finding and eating wild food
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How are horses helping to heal humans?
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What’s your favourite flavour of crisp?
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How are influencers affecting politics?
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Do you have good dining etiquette?
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How important is play?
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Do you like garlic?
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Is breakfast the most important meal of the day?
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Did a civilisation exist on Earth before humans?
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Are we too fixated on protein?
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What makes a good citizen?
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Have you ever seen a whale?
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The criminal trade in ancient objects
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