It is often though that men are much worse than women and making and keeping friends. How true is this? Neil and Beth discuss this and teach you some useful vocabulary.
❓❓❓This week's question:
According to Oxford University's Institute of Cognitive Anthropology, how many close friends do we need for our mental wellbeing?
Is it:
a) five?
b) ten? or,
c) twenty?
Listen to the programme to hear the answer.
[Cover: Getty Images]
You can download audio and text here ????
https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2023/ep-230914
Vocabulary:
✔️times are tough - periods of trouble, unhappiness or financial difficulty in life
✔️get through - (phrasal verb) manage to live through a difficult situation
✔️drift away - gradually move further and further apart from someone until your relationship with them is broken
✔️Billy No-Mates - (slang) a person with no friends
✔️double-edged sword - something that has unfavourable as well as favourable consequences
✔️outgoing - very friendly; enjoys meeting and talking to people
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❓❓❓This week's question:
According to Oxford University's Institute of Cognitive Anthropology, how many close friends do we need for our mental wellbeing?
Is it:
a) five?
b) ten? or,
c) twenty?
Listen to the programme to hear the answer.
[Cover: Getty Images]
You can download audio and text here ????
https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2023/ep-230914
Vocabulary:
✔️times are tough - periods of trouble, unhappiness or financial difficulty in life
✔️get through - (phrasal verb) manage to live through a difficult situation
✔️drift away - gradually move further and further apart from someone until your relationship with them is broken
✔️Billy No-Mates - (slang) a person with no friends
✔️double-edged sword - something that has unfavourable as well as favourable consequences
✔️outgoing - very friendly; enjoys meeting and talking to people
More 6 Minute English episodes:
⭐ Space-saving solar hacks ???? https://youtu.be/xf2RF9vx-G4
⭐ The stories behind our names ???? https://youtu.be/kglKCEGytsk
⭐ Heatwaves: can we adapt ???? https://youtu.be/ACG6qr4waWU
⭐ Are you unhappy at work? ???? https://youtu.be/V2eW5jGQe8I
⭐ Do you have eco-anxiety? ???? https://youtu.be/VkLIUXjNwYc
⭐ Can you stop a disaster? ???? https://youtu.be/UEH3oRSgVXQ
⭐ The right way to say sorry ???? https://youtu.be/Ag7-U4ga9mA
⭐ Foraging for wild food ???? https://youtu.be/hGzKWfQOKeQ
• Plants fighting pollution ⏲️ 6 Minute...
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#learnenglish #bbclearningenglish #friendship #malefriendship #bromance
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