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Youth are the mirror image of humanity. You might ask why? What is so special about this period of a person’s life that sets it apart from any other? Youth reflect the stage of development of humanity as a whole. The years of adolescence are characterised...

The author of Babel No More explains what it takes to become super-multilingual. When God put the kibosh on the Tower of Babel, 72 languages were said to have been created from the one that unified those hubristic humans. In his new book, Babel No More,...

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and learning a language is quite a trip! If you put your first foot wrong, it may seriously slow you down. I honestly believe that the most important part of learning a language isn’t the grammar,...

I'd like to start, if I may, with the story of the Paisley snail. On the evening of the 26th of August, 1928, May Donoghue took a train from Glasgow to the town of Paisley, seven miles east of the city, and there at the Wellmeadow Café, she had a Scots...

Esta Soler has guided Futures Without Violence to become one of the world’s most effective advocacy organizations in the effort to recognize and prevent gender-based violence. The agency she founded 30 years ago provides education, policy development...

Stephen Cave is a writer and philosopher who is obsessed with our obsession with immortality. In 2012 he published Immortality: The Quest to Live Forever and How It Drives Civilization , an inquiry into humanity's rather irrational resistance to the inevitability...

For ten years (1969-1979), Diana Nyad was known as the greatest long-distance swimmer in the world. In 1979, she stroked the then-longest swim in history, making the 102.5-mile journey from the island of Bimini (Bahamas) to Florida. She also broke numerous...

William: Hello, and welcome to How to… The BBC Learning English phrase book for everyday situations… William: My name’s William Kremer. Now, it’s often said that we English people hate making complaints – but, just for you, I’m going to make a programme...

Narrator: Hello, it’s a chilly start to the day at Tip Top Trading. Anna: Hi Denise! Denise: Good morning Anna. Anna: Brrr… it’s so cold in here. Denise: The window was left open overnight. Anna: My papers have been blown everywhere. Denise: Mine too!...

Jackie: Hello, welcome to BBC Learning English dot com. I’m Jackie Dalton. Today’s programme is all about giving and understanding directions. Our reporter Helen is new to London and has been out asking people for directions to various different places....

Narrator: Hello, Anna’s just arrived at her desk to start the day at Tip Top Trading. Paul is walking towards her, eating a biscuit, he looks a bit bothered. Paul: Anna? Anna: Yes, Paul. Paul: Come and have a biscuit in my office. Now Anna, about Mr Lime....

Jackie: Hello this is BBC Learning English dot com, with me, Jackie Dalton. This programme is about asking permission – which means asking someone if you’re allowed to do something. We’re going to hear examples from around the office. Listen to this first...

Narrator: Welcome to the offices of Tip Top Trading… (ongoing sound of annoying mobile phone ringtone) Tom: Anna, are you going to answer that? Anna: Er, well, no. It’s stopped now anyway. Narrator: …where Anna is behaving strangely. (ringing starts again)...

Narrator: Hello! You’re joining us again after Anna’s call from Mr Lime – he asked her to lunch, remember. Now Anna and Denise are flapping. Denise: …and before you know it, he’ll be asking you to marry him! Trust me Anna, this has happened to me dozens...

Learn English as you read and listen to a weekly show with VOA American Short Stories by famous American authors. Adaptations are written at the intermediate and upper-beginner level and are read one-third slower than regular VOA English. IM TEDDER: Now,...

Anna: (answering the phone) Yes? Denise: Stop! That’s all wrong. I’m going to call you again. This time… Narrator: Hello. Here we are in the middle of a telephone training session with Denise and Anna. What fun! Denise: …this time, you don’t say ‘yes’...

Narrator: Hello. We’re back at Tip Top Trading. Anna is very busy dealing with Mr Lime’s big order for Imperial Lemons. (phone rings) Anna: Yes?… Who?… I can’t hear you. Mr what? What? Mr Who? I don’t know, you tell me. Oh, you are Mr Hu… H-U: Hu. Er…...