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Are you following your dreams? ⏲️ 6 Minute English

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3.2M views 2 years ago ⏲️ 6 Minute English - Vocabulary & listening
In this programme, Neil and Beth talk about dreams. You'll hear from two people who dared to follow their dreams and are happy to have done so. You'll also learn some related English vocabulary along the way. This week's question In 2012, Australian nurse, Bronnie Ware, wrote her bestselling book, The Top Five Regrets of the Dying, after interviewing terminally ill patients about their life regrets. So, what do you think their top regret was? a) I wish I hadn’t worked so hard. b) I wish I had followed my dreams. c) I wish I’d made more money. Listen to the programme to find out the answer. Vocabulary ✔️ utopia - perfect, ideal society where everyone is happy and gets along with each other ✔️ struggle with (something) - find it difficult to accept or even think about (something) ✔️ outlandish - strange, unusual and difficult to like ✔️ conquer - control something by force ✔️ humble - not proud or arrogant ✔️ a grain of sand - small …...more
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Are you following your dreams? ⏲️ 6 Minute English
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2022Sep 8
In this programme, Neil and Beth talk about dreams. You'll hear from two people who dared to follow their dreams and are happy to have done so. You'll also learn some related English vocabulary along the way. This week's question In 2012, Australian nurse, Bronnie Ware, wrote her bestselling book, The Top Five Regrets of the Dying, after interviewing terminally ill patients about their life regrets. So, what do you think their top regret was? a) I wish I hadn’t worked so hard. b) I wish I had followed my dreams. c) I wish I’d made more money. Listen to the programme to find out the answer. Vocabulary ✔️ utopia - perfect, ideal society where everyone is happy and gets along with each other ✔️ struggle with (something) - find it difficult to accept or even think about (something) ✔️ outlandish - strange, unusual and difficult to like ✔️ conquer - control something by force ✔️ humble - not proud or arrogant ✔️ a grain of sand - small and insignificant, yet at the same time important, part of a whole [Cover: Getty Images] You can download audio and text here 👉https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish... 😊 How to talk about regrets 👉    • Regret +  ing or + to - English In A ...   More 6 Minute English episodes: 😊 Do emojis make language better? 👉    • Do emojis make language better? - 6 M...   😊 People who can taste words 👉    • People who can taste words - 6 Minute...   😊 Finding your way in space 👉    • Finding your way in space - 6 Minute ...   😊 Britain's love affair with coffee 👉    • Britain's love affair with coffee - 6...   😊 Intimacy on screen 👉    • Intimacy on screen - 6 Minute English   😊 Personalised diets 👉    • Personalised diets - 6 Minute English   😊 How green is nuclear energy? 👉    • How green is nuclear energy? - 6 Minu...   😊 Why we forget the things we learn 👉    • Why we forget the things we learn - 6...   🤩🤩🤩 SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more English videos and podcast English to help you improve your English 👉 http://tinyurl.com/ps3hplv ✔️ Visit our website 👉 https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish ✔️ Follow us on Instagram 👉   / bbclearningenglish   ✔️ Find us on Facebook 👉   / bbclearningenglish.multimedia   ✔️ Join us on TikTok 👉   / bbclearningenglish   We like receiving and reading your comments - please use English when you comment 😊 #learnenglish #followyourdreams #englishvocabulary #bbclearningenglish
⏲️ 6 Minute English - Vocabulary & listening
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