English Podcasts

#6MinuteEnglish The food delivery revolution Takeaway apps are changing food culture - if in the past, food delivery meant having a pizza or a curry when you didn't feel like cooking. Now you can find dishes cooked by chefs at 'virtual' restaurants. Neil and Georgina talk about 'dark kitchens' and teach you tasty vocabulary. @bbcpod

We will learn the following VOCABULARY in this podcast 1️⃣ disposable: designed to be thrown away after a short time 2️⃣ reusable: designed to be used many times 3️⃣ rolling out: gradually introducing something new to a business 4️⃣ infrastructure: buildings or structures that are needed for something to work. 5️⃣ a nudge: a gentle push 6️⃣ to fight (something) tooth and nail: to make a strong effort against something

#6MinuteEnglish Coffee cups: Do you use your own? Most takeaway coffee cups are not recyclable because they're lined with plastic. One big coffee shop chain has introduced a 5p levy for using a disposable cup to encourage people to bring their own; another one pledged to recycle as many disposable coffee cups as they produce by 2020. Neil and Rob discuss if this is enough to encourage coffee drinkers to behave in a more environmentally-friendly way. And they teach you related vocabulary. @bbcpod

#Discovery The Zedonk Problem The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry @bbcpod

#6MinuteEnglish Why do we choose to text instead of talk? @bbcpod

#EnglishatUniversity Episode 11: Study skills Mary attends Professor Not's study skills workshop but it sounds like she knows more about studying than him! @bbcpod

#TheListeningProject The Listening Project Episode: 29 November 2020 @bbcpod

#TheEnglishWeSpeak Sharenting Don't share too many photos of your children! @bbcpod

We will learn the following VOCABULARY in this podcast 1️⃣ keep someone company: spend time with someone so they don’t get lonely 2️⃣ social change: shift in how people behave and think 3️⃣ significant other: partner 4️⃣ solitude: being alone 5️⃣ pinch points: times in your life where there are difficulties and things slow down or change 6️⃣ chronic: long lasting (health condition)

#6MinuteEnglish Loneliness Hear about how loneliness can affect everyone @bbcpod

#6MinuteEnglish Is punctuality important? Hear about different people's attitude to being on time @bbcpod