English Rewind - Weekender: Mothering Sunday ????????????

???? Where does Mother's day come from - and why is it celebrated on different days in different countries? Find out while you improve your English vocabulary knowledge AND practise your English listening with this archive episode of the BBC Learning English programme Weekender. When is Mother's day celebrated in your country - and what do people do? Tell us in the comments ????????????

Useful vocabulary:
✔️ Lent - the six-week period before the Christian period of Easter
✔️ to be in service - to live and work as a servant in the house of a wealthy person
✔️ clergy - religious leaders
✔️ diocese - in the Christian church an area for which the religious post of Bishop has responsibility
✔️ apprentices - people who were learning a trade or profession
✔️ revival - the making something popular that had been popular in the past
✔️ devotion to - strong love for
✔️ to be well connected - to have friends who are important in business or politics

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English Rewind is a collection of programmes from the BBC Learning English archive. This episode of Weekender was first published on the BBC Learning English website in March 2006.

More programmes:
???? Mother's Day: The things mums say! ???? https://youtu.be/hxNGM7vPJ98
???? ???? Mum's the word - Learn English vocabulary & idioms with 'Shakespeare Speaks' ???? https://youtu.be/HterFanzFDE
???? Family idioms - Learners' Questions ???? https://youtu.be/JGjwVv5vFDk

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