Kate:Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English. I'm Kate Colin and today were talking about home swapping. Jackie:Hi Kate, yes our topic today is about the growing trend of exchanging your house or apartment with someone in a different country for a lim...
Workaholism 工作狂 Kate: Hello, Im Kate Colin and this is 6 Minute English. Today I'm here with Jackie and were talking about people who work too much. Jackie: Hi Kate, yes most of us spend the majority of our lives at work and our working patterns...
Fighting poor sanitation 反抗恶劣的卫生条件 NB: This is not an accurate word-for-word transcriptDima:Hi, welcome to this edition of 6 Minute English with me, Dima Kostenko. In this programme: With all the scientific and technological progress around...
Spring cleaning 大扫除 Kate: Hello, Im Kate Colin and this is 6 minute English and today I'm joined as usual by Jackie Dalton. Well now we're well into the month of May and spring is well under way so today were talking about the modern attitude to...
Disappearing words 消失的文字 Kate: Hello, I'm Kate Colin and this is '6 Minute English' - and thanks to Jackie Dalton for joining me today. Good Morrow Jackie! Jackie: Ehpardon? Kate: Good Morrow! I beseech thee, whence comest thou? Jackie: ErmmKat...
Keep in touch 保持联络 Kate:Hello, Im Kate Colin and this is 6 minute English. Today I'm joined by Jackie Dalton and we'll be talking about keeping in touch the old-fashioned way. Hi Jackie, a quick question for you to begin with.I'd like to know wh...
In the UK, we are traditionally allowed to play jokes on people until what time in the day? 在英国，我们允许跟别人开玩笑，除了哪个时间段？ Is it: a) midnight b) midday c) 4 o'clock April Fool's Day Kate:Hello, Im Kate Colin and this is 6 minute Engl...
Kate: Hello, this is 6 Minute English. I'm Kate Colin and today I'm joined by Jackie Dalton. Hello again Jackie. Jackie: Hi Kate. Kate: Today is the 23rd of April and is St George's Day. Saint George is the patron saint of England and all over the c...
As we get older, does our sense of smell get better or worse? 随着年龄的增长，我们的嗅觉会变得越来越好还是越来越差呢？ Smells and memories 嗅觉与记忆 Kate:Hello, Im Kate Colin and welcome to 6 Minute English. Today I'm joined again by Jackie Dalton...
What's the world record for the most number of kisses ever given in one minute? 世界上一分钟吻的次数最多的纪录是多少次？ a) 94 b) 904 c) 1004 Destined to be a writer Yvonne: Hi - I'm Yvonne Archer and this is 6 Minute English. And joining me today i...
What age was the world's oldest student when she got a college degree in the United States? 世界上年龄最大的学生多大年龄拿到大学学位 a) 91 b) 95 c) 101 Yvonne: This is 6 Minute English, I'm Yvonne Archer and thanks to William Kremer for joining me a...
Obama inauguration part In 1881, Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, went to the White House to find something for President James Garfield. Was it: Listen to the programmeObama inauguration party a) gold b) hidden bottles of wine...
The world's very first Child Protection Agency was created in 1894 in the United States. What inspired it? 世界儿童保护组织 1894 年在美国成立，是什么促使此建立的呢？ Private Fostering Yvonne: Hi, I'm Yvonne Archer, this is '6 Minute English' and Cal...
Do you work somewhere where you can behave in a relaxed way around colleagues, or do you have to be very polite and a bit distant? Is there a dress code? Do you have to ask permission to leave the room? 你的工作环境很轻松吗？你需要很有礼节并在有些事...
When Barbie first went on sale in 1959, around 350,000 were sold in the first year. How many dolls sell today? 1959 年芭比上市，第一年大概有 35 万左右的销售额，如今是什么情况呢？ Is it: a) 3 per hour b) 3 per second c) 3 per minute Kate:Hello this i...
