【周更】6 Minute English-2019-02-28

wbt10 · 发表于 2019-3-1 17:59:56

Introduction

From goods in shops to political conversations - it seems that unicorns are back on trend. Rob and Neil discuss the reason for it an teach you related vocabulary.

This week's question

What do we call the study of legendary creatures like the Loch Ness Monster, Big Foot and unicorns? Is it:

a) Cryptozoology,

b) Protozoology,

c) Paleozoology?

Listen to the programme to find out the answer.

Vocabulary

enchanted
with a magical atmosphere

a feat
a difficult task, something that is hard to achieve

a panacea
a cure

potent
strong and powerful

to deploy
to use something for a particular purpose
e.g. the army were deployed to help protect the refugees

pressing
a pressing matter or issue is an important one that needs to be sorted urgently
e.g. finding a solution to climate change is a pressing matter

Transcript

Note: This is not a word for word transcript

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