covid one year on 6 minute english
covid-19 has been responsible for more than two million deaths globally. over a year on since the first outbreak, what have we learnt? neil and georgina look back over the situation and see how our knowledge has changed.
this week's question:
do you know approximately, how many people were infected by it?
a) 5 million
b) 50 million
c) 500 million
listen to the programme to find out the answer.
vocabulary
pandemic
disease that affects many people around the world
take hold
become stronger and is difficult to stop
wimpy
feeble or not very strong
sheer
great or significant
kicks in
starts to happen
genome
the full amount of genetic information of something.
[cover: getty images]
to download the audio and a transcript, go to:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english/ep-210225
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covid-19 has been responsible for more than two million deaths globally. over a year on since the first outbreak, what have we learnt? neil and georgina look back over the situation and see how our knowledge has changed.this week's question:do you know approximately, how many people were infected by it?a) 5 millionb) 50 millionc) 500 millionlisten to the programme to find out the answer. vocabulary pandemicdisease that affects many people around the worldtake holdbecome stronger and is difficult to stopwimpyfeeble or not very strongsheergreat or significantkicks in starts to happengenomethe full amount of genetic information of something.[cover: getty images]to download the audio and a transcript, go to:https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english/ep-210225more 6 minute english episodes:how to disagree betterhttps://youtu.be/rwhgkgs7zscmeditation and your brainhttps://youtu.be/sm6etqg-hxwno more bosseshttps://youtu.be/ktgdxnml2uihow can we make the web a 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bird learn english the word pair learn english the preposition off learn english the glottal stop learn english the word meat learn english the word bubble learn english the word bloody learn english covid-19 has been responsible for more than two million deaths globally. over a year on since the first outbreak, what have we learnt? neil and georgina look back over the situation and see how our knowledge has changed.
this week's question:
do you know approximately, how many people were infected by it?
a) 5 million
b) 50 million
c) 500 million
listen to the programme to find out the answer.
vocabulary
pandemic
disease that affects many people around the world
take hold
become stronger and is difficult to stop
wimpy
feeble or not very strong
sheer
great or significant
kicks in
starts to happen
genome
the full amount of genetic information of something.
[cover: getty images]
to download the audio and a transcript, go to:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english/ep-210225
more 6 minute english episodes:
how to disagree better
https://youtu.be/rwhgkgs7zsc
meditation and your brain
https://youtu.be/sm6etqg-hxw
no more bosses
https://youtu.be/ktgdxnml2ui
how can we make the web a better place?
https://youtu.be/wmqjmpvgor8
learn to talk about broken hearts in 6 minutes!
https://youtu.be/wbluy_yu-zw
coronavirus vs other pandemics
https://youtu.be/kjvd228s-yq
#bbclearningenglish #learnenglish #covid19 #vaccine #scientists #coronavirus