Dancing for the brain ⏲️ 6 Minute English

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Not a dancer? You might change your mind once you hear the benefits! Beth and Neil discuss this and teach you some useful vocabulary.👇👇👇
❓❓❓ What is the name of a traditional English folk dance where performers wear black hats and colourful waistcoats and hit sticks together while moving in patterns?
a) The Highland fling
b) Flamenco
c) Morris dancing
Listen to the programme to hear the answer. [Cover: Getty Images]
You can download the audio and a free programme transcript here 👉
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Vocabulary:
✔️boogie / strut your stuff / throw shapes / hit the dance floor
(modern idioms) to dance
✔️like nobody's business - (idiom) very well, or very quickly, or in very large amounts
✔️a release - a process of freeing emotions, feelings or tension from the body
✔️at all costs - whatever happens; used to emphasise that something must (not) be done, even if this requires a lot of effort, time, money etc.
✔️sit on the fence - (idiom) delay making a decision; avoid deciding in favour of one action over another
✔️twitch - sudden small jerky movement or spasm in a part of your body
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@bbclearningenglish Ай бұрын

💃 Do you enjoy dancing? Watch this video to find out what the people of London said about dancing! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l91dh5t03NmXhok.html

@artikboyevadildora Ай бұрын

yes of course

@neyzi_07 16 күн бұрын

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@user-gr1gb8mz7d Ай бұрын

I’m 45 yo and in my life BBC learning English has been a blessing I live being grateful to what BBC has done for me ❤

@Brian-fo6ew Ай бұрын

Sophie doesn't like hitting the dance floor, so she avoids throwing shapes at all costs. However, Miles, Sophie's friend, boogies like nobody's business and always tries to encourage Sophie to strut her stuff. Miles keeps telling Sophie that dancing is a release and can also help her brain. For a few weeks, Sophie has sat on the fence, deciding whether to dance. Finally, she felt a twitch when listening to pop music and started dancing. From then on, she has been boogieing ever since.

@eugenemitrophanov4478 Ай бұрын

Thank you Neil and Beth for an amazing dancing topic ❤

@benjaminestrada8788 Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot BBC. Greetings from Mexico.

@user-rz3ej9cq5l Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot BBC. Greetings from Taiwan.

@uyennhi2706 Ай бұрын

My story: My grandmother ‘s going to reach her 80 next month, but she’s always full of vitality. She freaking love hitting the dance floor, she’s an significant inspiration to me to reach out of my comfort zone.Boogieing is also an effective way to me to release all my stress or anger.whenever my grandmother’s dancing , i couldn’t help laughing , how’s cute . I just try to suppress a smile , but my grandma still see the corner of my mouth twitch.especially , whenever i was sitting on the fence , my grandma always give me an advise that”just do what you to do” .

@KrutoiDisk 14 күн бұрын

Happy birthday you grandmother 🎉🎉🎉

@Mahadi0710 Ай бұрын

thank you BBC

@KhwabonKiAwaz Ай бұрын

BBC is getting better and better each day. Really helpful 👍👍👍👍👍👍😍

@thaothu3525 Ай бұрын

After giving birth, I spend most of my time taking care of my kids and my whole family, I haven't had much time to relax and care of myself, which leads me to suffer from stress. Last night, when I passed the park next to my house, I saw many people throwing shapes, laughing so loud and talking with each other. My friend told me that was Mrs Huong's dance class. It was so interesting, I guessed they had lots of fun to get together and strutted their stuffs. Then I told my friend that I wanted to attend that class with them, but I didn't have time. I meant I still sat on the fence about giving the dance class a go. My friend told me A dance a day kept a doctor away afterwards. Finally I decided to enroll for that class. At first, movements were quite hard for me. After few weeks, I did it like nobody's business. I felt like it was a release for me to get out of stress and it also helped me to promote divergent thinking, led to a happier and creative brain. I have still joined the dance class at all costs. I go to the class at around 5 o'clock and at night, before going to bed, I open a random piece of music as usual, close my eyes, feel a twitch inside my body and just dance.

@Life_story236 Ай бұрын

Very much the new words, thanks!

@jimmyyiu5406 Ай бұрын

Hope my English can be better by watching these videos !

@najatarabia741 Ай бұрын

New phrases to learn, thanks

@querich Ай бұрын

thank you so much

@vitakost1137 Ай бұрын

Thank a lot for knowledge

@sandrajansen4398 12 күн бұрын

Thanks BBC @bbclearningenglish ! Greetings from Brazil.

@fogy_misty Ай бұрын

I appreciate that a lot.

@saboxatdaliyeva2297 6 күн бұрын

Thanks for podcasts It's really help to me improove my IELTS listening Test

@saboxatdaliyeva2297 6 күн бұрын

I'm 15 years old I want to take IELTS certificate and now my correct answers in listening test is from 20 to 27

@MuhammadRamzan-iz1sl Ай бұрын

Hello panel! Im well-known and it's been extremely fascinating about knowing dance that certainly eversingle individual prefer " dancing" but in regular occasions each of us only think about it but when somebody else feel leisure and having unwind he should be prefer a dancing due to its releasing a sadness and certain displeasing upfront so when we stuck with an unhappy situation trying to get some breath out of us and go for a walk when we feel distressful condition eventually 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤❤

@wilsonfernandorestrepoflor3852 Ай бұрын

Thank you for the six minute in english

@abubakeralajmi7428 Ай бұрын

Thank you so much for making this precious videos , I have fostered my English language because of you ❤ you are my lifesaver ❤

@bbclearningenglish Ай бұрын

🥰 We're glad to hear that!

@kikoyo Ай бұрын

Thank you, Neil and Bath.

@ximuoidethuong Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot

@borjagonzalez-anta2426 Ай бұрын

I usually sit on the fence when my wife asks me to go to dance because she does it like nobody’s business but I’m all fingers and thumbs 😂

@Haggu20 14 күн бұрын

Nice ❤

@KhadijaIsulaiman Ай бұрын

Really appreciation 😊

@HarjitSingh-bc2wb Ай бұрын

Watching it to improve my listening and speaking skills 🎉😢

@veronicanorambuena3263 Ай бұрын

It's been years since I last danced. When I was younger, around in my 20s, I used to go to discos to dance to different kinds of music, and remember having relished those moments. I stil do, but when I (try to) dance it feels weird because I seem to have forgotten how to move at all 🙃. So I prefer to play "Just Dance" and follow dance routines; for now it's eaiser than moving my body on my own 😂.

@yasinr9847 Ай бұрын

amazing

@gauravadhikari3312 Ай бұрын

Appreciation from Nepalgunj Nepal 🇳🇵

@saiostar Ай бұрын

I lay on the bed, closed my eyes and listen to my favorite music，then I fell asleep very fast。

@AtaBro107 Ай бұрын

Hey, Neel,, love You Bro

@user-fk8ro9zj6y 20 күн бұрын

Too good🎉

@user-bo2lv8mg9l Ай бұрын

I love ❤dancing💃💃💃💃💃💃💃, I can't live without, when I dance I ✈️fly❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@patriciaramirez1116 Ай бұрын

Very useful . Thanks❤

@bbclearningenglish Ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@Hello_Nadia Ай бұрын

I will try from today 😁

@amiraratkovic2619 Ай бұрын

I enjoyed watching this video and listening to you. I do love dancing a lot.🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤

@FlashKart-km2hc Ай бұрын

Good video!

@bbclearningenglish Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@BriantheBrick Ай бұрын

You don't like hitting the dance floor, but you do like singing, don't you, Neil?

@bbclearningenglish Ай бұрын

Have you ever heard Neil sing?

@BriantheBrick Ай бұрын

@@bbclearningenglish Yes, I have! He sang in the episode of The English We Speak which talked about ‘eating your heart out’, and in a Facebook story, promoting the News Review episode about music improving maths! Also, I watched the Christmas carol video like 100 times last Christmas! However, you can’t hear Neil clearly in that one.

@bbclearningenglish Ай бұрын

You have an incredibly good memory 😆 !

@dungphamhuong774 Ай бұрын

a dance away keeps the doctor away :))) nice quote

@eccharastiffaniaudiya Ай бұрын

love dance

@user-hr1jt3zs7q 29 күн бұрын

Life is movement.Movement is dancing.

@1996HaithamGamal Ай бұрын

I love dancing like Alvis

@bbclearningenglish Ай бұрын

Do you mean Elvis?

@1996HaithamGamal Ай бұрын

@@bbclearningenglish Yeah Elvis ,I love his Dance it's amazing and exciting 🔥🔥🔥

@mariedurant205 25 күн бұрын

I love dance

@bbclearningenglish 24 күн бұрын

Great 💃 - we'd say "I love dancing" though :)

@yakamoz1108 Ай бұрын

Oh, you can dance, you can jive Having the time of your life Ooh, see that girl, watch that scene Digging the dancing queen...

@Moon_Queen_8 Ай бұрын

Dancing queen ...

@SusanChaulagain-px2ih Ай бұрын

❤️❤️

@user-wn2bg7qh6l 21 күн бұрын

Actually I really love dancing Because it gives me confidence

@user-wn2bg7qh6l 21 күн бұрын

Hello

@aysegocer96 Ай бұрын

Boggieing is a way to show your emotions. When i am dancing i release my stucked feelings. End of the i find my way, i get rid of my doubts. So if i am sit on the fence i just listen to a music and feel the rhythm. I slightly twitch my legs and danceee

@muntahasarfraz155 21 күн бұрын

Dance lets spontaneous movement

@ilyinkonstantin Ай бұрын

Thanks for the video! Unfortunately I also avoid the dance floor. I'm feeling embarrassed. I can understand Neil.

@orsolyaszatmari3983 Ай бұрын

I like dancing. I danced until 15 year.

@muntahasarfraz155 21 күн бұрын

I usually sit on the fence when someone asks me to go to market for shopping.

@Leeki-qn8rz Ай бұрын

Although Dr. Lovatt said " the very first thing to do, I would suggest, is to lay on your bed with your eyes closed.." I think 'lie' is correct verb but not lay, isn't it?

@bbclearningenglish Ай бұрын

Yes, grammatically 'lie' is correct here but 'lay' is often used by native speakers nowadays!

@Leeki-qn8rz Ай бұрын

@@bbclearningenglish thanks a lot

@ammini999 Ай бұрын

I love to dance, in the secondary School our music prof. Forced us to dance, he put some music and we had to dance all together just for some minutes, this Helped us to remove shyness or fear to do it. I never understood what that was for. I guess that this depend also from your culture and the family root, if yor parents use to dance you feel it like a norma thing to do, but the ability to feel the music in our body and move it accordigly with its rythm it is something you cannot learn, it is innate.

@user-xv6el2ec5o Ай бұрын

I used to hate dancing because I thought that I've got two left feet, and many people said that whenever I danced, it looked like I was doing a dad dance, (or mom dance ?). After I listen to this episode, I'm going to take some dancing courses.

@bbclearningenglish Ай бұрын

Enjoy! And don't worry about what other people think! 💃 🕺

@user-hw5zd7fn9w Ай бұрын

I can't wait you till the next Thursday it's agony 😢😢

@bbclearningenglish Ай бұрын

Why don't you check out our English for Work podcast in the meantime 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/office-english

@minegarden Ай бұрын

In my case, any chance I get I'll dance. I have felt the twitch through my whole life, maybe because I am from Latin-America

@tammytsang3487 Ай бұрын

I am determined to fight my deadly illness at all costs.

@trangdieu.18c Ай бұрын

VOCABULARY FROM VIDEO “Dancing for the brain ⏲ 6 Minute English” 1. Boogie / strut your stuff / throw shapes / hit the dance floor: (modern idioms) to dance 2. Like nobody's business : (idiom) very well, or very quickly, or in very large amounts 3. A release : a process of freeing emotions, feelings or tension from the body 4. At all costs : whatever happens; used to emphasise that something must (not) be done, even if this requires a lot of effort, time, money etc. 5. Sit on the fence : (idiom) delay making a decision; avoid deciding in favour of one action over another 6. Twitch : sudden small jerky movement or spasm in a part of your body 19.4.2024 VIETNAM ALL THE BEST FOR YOU ^^

@ayam6850 Ай бұрын

🥹❤️I was searching for your comment thanks a lot

@trangdieu.18c Ай бұрын

@@ayam6850💙💙💙

@lilianatria2877 Ай бұрын

I don't like dancing, it helps you unwind maybe, but, if you are shy, its effect is the opposite, you feel ridiculous and harmless, in front of other people who look at you

@hunghoang6369 Ай бұрын

Just dance !!! And dont care about them

@sesesnezih26 Ай бұрын

I dont like dancing too. But it is because of being unskillful. Not shy. Btw i play guitar and it needs a rhytym too maybe alternative the dancing

@jimmyyiu5406 Ай бұрын

Ignore others !

@KamranJafarli Ай бұрын

Same here. But sometimes I think if I was a good dancer I might be more confident to dance in front of others.

@_Sweetgirl_ Ай бұрын

I didn't like it before and i was shy too,but trust me dancing is amazing if you try don't think about others.

@mst.eshakhatun7403 Ай бұрын

When I was young I also dance.In the school program, I got a first prize.But nowadays I don't do that.Because I'm not able to do that.😢

@RaquelPerez-pr6fn Ай бұрын

👍👍👌👌👏👏👏😸

@user-rj5rj3fo8l 25 күн бұрын

I tend to dance when I have a party at home or school. It is awesome but nowadays, I am shy and I dont like it

@muntahasarfraz155 21 күн бұрын

I usually sit on the fence when someone asks me for dacing, bcz I feel shy as everyone around is looking at me, it makes me feel ridiculous.

@patriciaramirez1116 Ай бұрын

We Say "Mover el esqueleto" Mexico😂

@amiraelsamadony9860 9 күн бұрын

I like dancing too much ,maybe it makes me more comfortable and happier. but to be honest if I have to danece infront pf my family or strangers I feel shy and embrassed .sometimes I am stressed and get negative feelings beacuse of this I ask myself why dont I go to any dancing classe to release my negative feeling.? Unfortuntley the same proplem is still thet I am shy

@user-sx1rl7eh5s Ай бұрын

divergent reckon involuntary jerky spasm

@albertozandamela8730 Ай бұрын

The dance knows me 😢

@ishaqwakily Ай бұрын

I need a partner who helps me in speaking English

@bashirahmad6179 Ай бұрын

Where are from

@user-bx6ez7bc9u Ай бұрын

Me to.please send me your what's up number or your email

@osheshdebnath2080 Ай бұрын

We can start

@the0dd1out_on_yt Ай бұрын

@ishaqwakily hi I'm here brother 👋

@storozhukua Ай бұрын

Is it b2 lvl?

@tadzhton5302 Ай бұрын

I think it is b1

@mohammadanwarkhan181 Ай бұрын

UN chief should send a letter to Benjamin Netanyahu asking dance for brain health that he might feel a ceasefire in Gaza what very crucial right now.

@dr.aljameel8953 Ай бұрын

I need an IELTS partner

@Ariandistrict6 Ай бұрын

I need too

@doctor9063 Ай бұрын

Me too

@sarojdas8883 Ай бұрын

You from@@doctor9063

@sarojdas8883 Ай бұрын

Where are you from

@doctor9063 Ай бұрын

From Uzbekistan

@Win36317 Ай бұрын

I am sitting on the fence 😅

@VanHa-cr9rz 26 күн бұрын

@newdimension5072 Ай бұрын

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