Are you lonely in a crowd? - 6 Minute English

How do you feel in the middle of a crowd? Sam and Neil hear experts talking about the role of crowds in modern life, and the different reactions it evokes in people. And, as usual, they teach you vocabulary along the way.

❓❓❓This week's question
The biggest crowd in history happened in 2019 when over 200 million people gathered in the northern Indian city of Allahabad. But what did so many people come together for?
a) a cricket match
b) a religious festival
c) an election
Listen to the programme to find out the answer.

Vocabulary
✔️crowd
a large group of people who gather together for a shared purpose, such as to see a music concert, or a sports event

✔️regress
return to a less advanced, more primitive way of thinking or behaving

✔️gullible
easily tricked or deceived; willing to believe everything other people say

✔️mob mentality
tendency of people in a group to behave in ways that conform with others in the group rather than as individuals

✔️correlation
a connection, relationship or link between two or more things

✔️flip side
the opposite, less good or less pleasant aspects of something

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