is english really english 6 minute english
many of the english words we use today like beer, hand, mother and love have all survived from old english. neil and georgina discuss where the english language we use today really comes from.
this week's question:
the year 1066 is remembered for a famous battle when the french-speaking norman king, william the conqueror, invaded england – but what is the name of the famous battle? is it...
a) the battle of waterloo?
b) the battle of hastings?
c) the battle of trafalgar?
listen to the programme to find out the answer.
vocabulary
invasion
when an army of country uses force to enter and take control of another country
suffix
letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to make a new word
in common parlance
using the words that most people use in ordinary conversation
building blocks
the basic parts that are put together to make something
through someone’s eyes
from someone else’s point of view; how someone else would experience something
at heart
used to say what something is really like
[cover: getty images]
to download the audio and a transcript, go to:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish...
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many of the english words we use today like beer, hand, mother and love have all survived from old english. neil and georgina discuss where the english language we use today really comes from.this week's question:the year 1066 is remembered for a famous battle when the french-speaking norman king, william the conqueror, invaded england – but what is the name of the famous battle? is it...a) the battle of waterloo?b) the battle of hastings?c) the battle of trafalgar?listen to the programme to find out the answer.vocabulary invasionwhen an army of country uses force to enter and take control of another countrysuffixletter or group of letters added to the end of a word to make a new wordin common parlanceusing the words that most people use in ordinary conversationbuilding blocksthe basic parts that are put together to make somethingthrough someone’s eyesfrom someone else’s point of view; how someone else would experience somethingat heartused to say what something is really like[cover: getty images]to download the audio and a transcript, go to:https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish... more 6 minute english episodes:the woman whose cells never diehttps://youtu.be/xv5i11wmpqmgrandma therapy in zimbabwehttps://youtu.be/lxw2xdwqks0food made in spacehttps://youtu.be/_q8geby3vpalow emission zones https://youtu.be/orhvmbfy1syhow to disagree betterhttps://youtu.be/rwhgkgs7zscthe decline of the apostrophehttps://youtu.be/bq9u_3exolo#bbclearningenglish #learnenglish #englishlanguage #history #language #english food superstitions 6 minute english the rosetta stone 6 minute english hermits 6 minute english compassion fatigue 6 minute english when males are not needed 6 minute english mermaids 6 minute english a quieter world 6 minute english us and china vs climate change 6 minute english the language of biscuits 6 minute english is english really english 6 minute english what is the key to happiness 6 minute english looking for utopia 6 minute english covid one year on 6 minute 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needed 6 minute english mermaids 6 minute english a quieter world 6 minute english us and china vs climate change 6 minute english the language of biscuits 6 minute english is english really english 6 minute english what is the key to happiness 6 minute english looking for utopia 6 minute english covid one year on 6 minute english singing in tune 6 minute english how much heat do you lose from your head 6 minute english the woman whose cells never die 6 minute english what makes a good story 6 minute english for the love of foreign languages 6 minute english comfort food 6 minute english coronavirus vs other pandemics 6 minute english are trees intelligent 6 minute english can jellyfish help us solve our problems 6 minute english why do we choose to text instead of talk 6 minute english loneliness 6 minute english is punctuality important 6 minute english the circular economy 6 minute english could you be a victim of online fraud 6 minute english melting ice sheet is it too late 6 minute english walkman the music player revolution 6 minute english could humans live in underwater cities 6 minute english makeup hacks for beginners and pros beauty hacks that actually work confusing english here or there you are learn english the word render learn english the word poor learn english the word kill learn english i don t know what this is learn english the word forever learn english confusing for or to me learn english words ending in gry learn english tongue twisters f words learn english pronunciation the schwa learn english the word fly learn english the words access excess learn english the word find learn english the word clumsy learn english the word chop learn english cat idiom british english idiom learn english dog idioms british english idiom learn english the sounds people make learn english the sounds animals make learn english the word wish learn english the word watch learn english the word pen learn english the word small learn english the word snail learn english the words high and tall learn english the word bird learn english the word pair learn english the preposition off learn english the glottal stop learn english food superstitions 6 minute english the rosetta stone 6 minute english hermits 6 minute english compassion fatigue 6 minute english when males are not needed 6 minute english mermaids 6 minute english a quieter world 6 minute english us and china vs climate change 6 minute english the language of biscuits 6 minute english is english really english 6 minute english what is the key to happiness 6 minute english looking for utopia 6 minute english covid one year on 6 minute english singing in tune 6 minute english how much heat do you lose from your head 6 minute english the woman whose cells never die 6 minute english what makes a good story 6 minute english for the love of foreign languages 6 minute english comfort food 6 minute english coronavirus vs other pandemics 6 minute english are trees intelligent 6 minute english can jellyfish help us solve our problems 6 minute english why do we choose to text instead of talk 6 minute english loneliness 6 minute english is punctuality important 6 minute english the circular economy 6 minute english could you be a victim of online fraud 6 minute english melting ice sheet is it too late 6 minute english walkman the music player revolution 6 minute english could humans live in underwater cities 6 minute english makeup hacks for beginners and pros beauty hacks that actually work confusing english here or there you are learn english the word render learn english the word poor learn english the word kill learn english i don t know what this is learn english the word forever learn english confusing for or to me learn english words ending in gry learn english tongue twisters f words learn english pronunciation the schwa learn english the word fly learn english the words access excess learn english the word find learn english the word clumsy learn english the word chop learn english cat idiom british english idiom learn english dog idioms british english idiom learn english the sounds people make learn english the sounds animals make learn english the word wish learn english the word watch learn english the word pen learn english the word small learn english the word snail learn english the words high and tall learn english the word bird learn english the word pair learn english the preposition off learn english the glottal stop learn english many of the english words we use today like beer, hand, mother and love have all survived from old english. neil and georgina discuss where the english language we use today really comes from.
this week's question:
the year 1066 is remembered for a famous battle when the french-speaking norman king, william the conqueror, invaded england – but what is the name of the famous battle? is it...
a) the battle of waterloo?
b) the battle of hastings?
c) the battle of trafalgar?
listen to the programme to find out the answer.
vocabulary
invasion
when an army of country uses force to enter and take control of another country
suffix
letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to make a new word
in common parlance
using the words that most people use in ordinary conversation
building blocks
the basic parts that are put together to make something
through someone’s eyes
from someone else’s point of view; how someone else would experience something
at heart
used to say what something is really like
[cover: getty images]
to download the audio and a transcript, go to:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish...
more 6 minute english episodes:
the woman whose cells never die
https://youtu.be/xv5i11wmpqm
grandma therapy in zimbabwe
https://youtu.be/lxw2xdwqks0
food made in space
https://youtu.be/_q8geby3vpa
low emission zones
https://youtu.be/orhvmbfy1sy
how to disagree better
https://youtu.be/rwhgkgs7zsc
the decline of the apostrophe
https://youtu.be/bq9u_3exolo
#bbclearningenglish #learnenglish #englishlanguage #history #language #english