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  • Eating 50-year-old stew

    Would you eat a stew that's been in a pot for 50 years?

    Find a full transcript and worksheet for this episode to help you with your English at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2025/ep-250109

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  • Are you drinking enough water?

    How much water do you drink every day? Is it enough?

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    7 min
  • Embarrassed to go to the doctor?

    What are the consequences of medical embarrassment?

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    7 min
  • Call centres: Are you talking to AI?

    Could AI make call centre queues less painful?

    Find a full transcript and worksheet for this episode to help you with your English at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-241219

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    7 min
  • Making 'mum friends'

    Is making new ‘mum friends’ the positive experience it’s often described as?

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    7 min
  • Can you trust ancestry DNA kits?

    Are DNA ancestry tests a reliable way to trace your ancestry? Neil and Beth discuss this and teach you some new vocabulary. (Image: Getty)

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    7 min
  • How babies learn to talk

    What do babies need to learn to do to be able to talk?

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    Find a full transcript and worksheet for this episode to help you with your English at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-241128

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    7 min
  • The secrets to a healthy old age

    How can we stay healthy in old age? Beth and Phil discuss this and teach you some new vocabulary.

    TRANSCRIPT

    Find a full transcript and worksheet for this episode to help you with your English at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-241121

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    7 min
  • The bond between sisters

    A relationship between sisters can be one of the closest there is. Neil and Georgie tune in to a BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour special about sisterhood and teach you some useful vocabulary.

    TRANSCRIPT

    Find a full transcript and worksheet for this episode to help you with your English at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-241114

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    7 min
  • Having acne

    Acne affects people of all ages, but especially teenagers. Neil and Beth listen to a skin doctor talking about the condition and teach you some useful vocabulary.

    TRANSCRIPT

    Find a full transcript and worksheet for this episode to help you with your English at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-241107

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    7 min

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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!

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