Talking at the table ⏲️ 6 Minute English

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Is it OK to ask awkward questions at the dinner table? Beth and Neil discuss chatting at meal times and teach you some useful vocabulary.👇👇👇
❓❓❓ In 2016, a couple from Germany won the world record for the fastest time to set a dinner table. But, how long did it take them?
a) 25 seconds
b) 1 minute 5 seconds
c) 2 minutes 5 seconds
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:
✔️open up - speak more easily than usual, particularly about worries and problems
✔️the … one e.g. the funny one, the wise one - a label for a person describing a particular prominent characteristic they have
✔️a pinch of salt - don't believe everything you're told
✔️children should be seen and not heard - an old-fashioned phrase meaning children should be quiet and behave well
✔️a mixed bag - something that has good and bad aspects
✔️culture shock - an uncertain feeling when in a new and different environment
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@bbclearningenglish 15 күн бұрын

What do you talk about at the table?

@user-mt1cm6lm1c 15 күн бұрын

Discuss next day plans as well

@Samantha-sh1zw 10 күн бұрын

We always talk about something's that happened in day and plans for next day

@lucianaaragao9125 10 күн бұрын

We usually talk about our day, what have happened. It's a rewarding time with family😊

@muslimayuldasheva6688 9 күн бұрын

We talk about our past events. Especially about happy days in the past

@cingheinuomzo1787 Күн бұрын

Sometimes we talk about the experiences and funny things that we have experienced within a day

@hsgsgshsgsy3005 Күн бұрын

Thank you BBC

@nami10301 4 күн бұрын

I was raised by my grandparents. They always said to me that gathering and talking at the dinner table are very important. Family gathering and eating delicious food made me happy , and I came to love my grandparents more and more. I learned how I ask and talk someone , listen to other's words while eating. I want to enjoy meal times from now on, too.

@alifiacitraa 14 күн бұрын

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@Cristina-bp5vh 14 күн бұрын

Thank you for the shared lessons!❤❤❤

@huong9282 15 күн бұрын

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@IELTS_UK 15 күн бұрын

They are indeed!❤

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@newstream1 5 күн бұрын

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@mariac.b-rivoir5790 14 күн бұрын

Love to hear your dear voices, Neil and Beth. Thank you so much always….

@bbclearningenglish 14 күн бұрын

Thanks for listening too! 😊

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@alekschizhma3433 12 күн бұрын

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@English5DaysVocabulary 14 күн бұрын

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@natalijapavlova6491 15 күн бұрын

Thanks BBC Learning English! As usual, it was useful and informative! ❤ When I was a child we used to have a traditional lunch at weekends with my nuclear family (my parents and 3 brothers). It was like a family ritual. Mom would cook lunch, dad and kids would set the table opening up about a mixed bag of life. My mom was the wise one, dad - the strict one. Whilst dad was talking children should be seen and not heard. But after he stopped talking, we were talking at once interrupting each other. Our lunches were so loud and noisy that when someone from our extended family joined us they had a culture shock of our family get togethers. ❤Thanks for your attention

@bbclearningenglish 14 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing :)

@eftitasusarani5865 14 күн бұрын

Wow ..sounds fun❤

@carolina-1540 9 күн бұрын

I grew up with this ritual, to say the least. Talking at the table when i have a dinner with my family its kind like we did everyday at dinner time. Dinner is the best time to gather with family and we can talking about anything especially what happened on that day. In this time it is a good time to created a strong bond

@RamzanAly-iq8yl 14 күн бұрын

Very good conversation

@hanifmia9001 15 күн бұрын

That's fantastic

@MayThuLynn-ni6ht 15 күн бұрын

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@psahm4915 10 күн бұрын

I am also from Myanmar

@Tage-in-Weimar 14 күн бұрын

Thank you for the real-life topics and the pleasantly pleasant pronunciation.

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@manuelgordillo520 14 күн бұрын

I have been told, that talking at the table in the meantime we are having the dinner is unhealthy because fo you don't chew well, your stomach is to fill of instestinal gases, the more you talk the more gases you will intake. grandmother's proverbs. I cross my heart that is is true.

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@janakaashan6591 8 күн бұрын

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@renatasimoni4818 9 күн бұрын

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@NgaHoang-fy4gg 4 күн бұрын

In our country Vietnam, chikdren are free to talk and encouraged to speak and choose food they like😊😊

@ngocthachtruong9889 12 күн бұрын

I grew up witnessing lots of arguments between my father and mother. They just happened right on the eating table which caused us a huge of anxiety. I was so obssessed with it and never dared to open up my mouth not to mention talking nonsense or gossiping. I felt like I was assigned a role in my family that I was a kid with no power and just shut up my mouth in any situation. I always believed that I had been raised with a line of demarcation between adults and kids. I never took that as a pinch of salt, just carried with me that mindset until the present moment. There hasn't been anything comforting talking and sharing with my parents. I always feel like there's an invisible gap between us which makes me feel anxious and nervous whenever I talk with them, especially my dad.

@Hani-cq1xp 12 күн бұрын

Same😔

@explorewithnayem 13 күн бұрын

Wow!

@zkarlit0z 11 күн бұрын

I grew up thinking that talking while you are eating was considered bad manners, that's why I prefer a quiet meal 😅

@benjaminestrada8788 14 күн бұрын

We always talk about our holliday in Can Cun . 😊

@zaksdodo 14 күн бұрын

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@user-vp3wx2jc7y 14 күн бұрын

What a lovely topic ❤

@bbclearningenglish 14 күн бұрын

Yes! Eating and talking are great topics :)

@zaynababbas99 15 күн бұрын

I like it, thank you for your efforts 💙

@bbclearningenglish 15 күн бұрын

You're welcome!

@IELTS_UK 15 күн бұрын

They are so good!❤

@soniaawasthi6748 15 күн бұрын

Nice one

@amiraratkovic2619 15 күн бұрын

What a lovely feeling you get while sitting at the dinner table. ❤❤❤

@bbclearningenglish 14 күн бұрын

What topics do you talk about?

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@user-kq6tu5qu9c 6 күн бұрын

I like to share my thoughts and feelings at the table.

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@BriantheBrick 13 күн бұрын

George had a culture shock when he discovered that penguins in Antarctica didn't eat tuna and cucumber sandwiches. The penguins liked to eat raw tuna without bread or cucumbers. George opened up to the penguins and asked them their recipe. George had to take what the wise one (the only penguin that spoke English) said with a pinch of salt because the wise one spoke English funnily, because it didn't watch BBC Learning English, and were taught that children should be seen and not heard, so he never had a chance to practice their conversation English skills. The recipe was a mixed bag, but George decided to try it. George was supposed to shake the salt water off and then eat it raw. George still didn't like it, so he returned to London and had a proper tuna and cucumber sandwich.

@NanMinny 12 күн бұрын

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@Englishfairystories1 15 күн бұрын

My Dream is to Travel to London for living a good life for ever😢

@bbclearningenglish 15 күн бұрын

Good luck with achieving your dream :)

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@lilianatria2877 13 күн бұрын

When I am at the table with my family I usually talk about my work, although I tend to avoid talking about it too much but it can happen. Another topic is utility bills and the cost of living. They are not appropriate topics for a dinner or a lunch maybe

@iftitamaharani6665 15 күн бұрын

Meet the love of my life in a dinner blind date? I'd love that 😂

@IELTS_UK 15 күн бұрын

May your dreams come true! 😂😂

@user-qs6we8lj3l 14 күн бұрын

Excuse me.What the sentense mean in Chinese?

@xianbai-nr9jt 11 күн бұрын

@@user-qs6we8lj3l 在相亲晚餐中遇到一生挚爱。“blind date” means a romantic social meeting between two people who have never met each other.在这里可以译为相亲

@user-yh3bb4ib4f 14 күн бұрын

Thanks. I am in CHIAN

@user-cd1wu2hy3v 12 күн бұрын

Thank you very much I think this video will be very useful for all students

@chimak8332 15 күн бұрын

I remember when I was about 10 years old. I asked my mum where I was coming from. My mum said to me stop asking this stupid question.

@Gaoluubi 14 күн бұрын

Studying abroad is a mixed bag, I would say. Culture shock is the first issue, and do not believe others' words because they are a pinch of salt. However, international students can open up with other peers who are trustworthy.

@wWx_Ali.xp06 10 күн бұрын

My future plans and discuss my problems

@praveenagautam3981 12 күн бұрын

Listen to 0:35. Did you "eats" However it is very correctly written in subtitles

@sakura_n1 7 күн бұрын

Hi I'm from Uzbekistan and I'm learning english since 5th class now l'm 7th class I chosen english! It that english is widespread in the world and help to my career😊I hope I text all right😅 Mmm... Can u help me to study better? We use book "Distination b1"❤

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@IELTS_UK 15 күн бұрын

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@baharehgolpour5674 9 күн бұрын

Dinner time is a mixed bag. We get to hang out , but an arguement may arise at any given moment.

@hungkhuc6586 14 күн бұрын

bye for now, thanks

@EnglishAAB 15 күн бұрын

I heard American pronunciation too for the word "ask"

@IELTS_UK 15 күн бұрын

I see what you mean. My accent is northern and we say assssk with a strong S and K ! Everyone always points it out.

@ceciliamoresco2555 11 күн бұрын

Here in argentina,family meetings lost ..becouse young people have 2 or 3 works,i dont know how we make about these but its own problem

@brendamartinez6955 14 күн бұрын

👏👏💯

@Gfshkd175 15 күн бұрын

Add subtitles

@hoabinh3333 9 күн бұрын

Why i cannot listen any programmes of BBC in Sportify app 😢😢

@kseniyapls4542 9 сағат бұрын

@ilyinkonstantin 15 күн бұрын

I prefer silence when i eat at the table

@cristianandreslachemelo5939 14 күн бұрын

Only italian

@Mimosa1986 4 күн бұрын

Is it an intermediate or difficult level? I don't understand anything 😢

@Trabelll 5 күн бұрын

Me and my wife talked about our baby’s growing last night.

@Ottaw.canada 14 күн бұрын

As helpful as my channel 😂😂❤

@lavitascott239 15 күн бұрын

Between the adult table and the kid table = demarcation

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Hi are you help me

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@adiatkhan9649 13 күн бұрын

So this is what London looks like right now?

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