Eating for two ⏲️ 6 Minute English
Mums-to-be often feel guilty about the food they crave in pregnancy. Georgie and Phil discuss this and teach you some useful vocabulary.👇👇👇
❓❓❓ According to NHS recommendations, which of these foods should pregnant women NOT eat?
a) chips
b) oily fish
c) smoked salmon
[Cover: Getty Images]
You can download audio and a free programme transcript here 👉
https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-240425
Vocabulary:
✔️(to be) eating for two - (idiom) to be pregnant
✔️go haywire - stop working properly
✔️could count (something) on one hand - used to emphasise that something does not happen very often, or that there are only a few such things
✔️binge - occasion when you do something to excess, for example eat, drink, or spend money
✔️cat-o’-nine-tails - (in the past) a whip made of nine strings used to punish prisoners;
(now) means by which someone criticises themselves as a form of self-punishment or because they feel guilty
✔️give (yourself) a hard time - treat (yourself) badly by criticising or blaming yourself
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Видео Eating for two ⏲️ 6 Minute English канала BBC Learning English
❓❓❓ According to NHS recommendations, which of these foods should pregnant women NOT eat?
a) chips
b) oily fish
c) smoked salmon
[Cover: Getty Images]
You can download audio and a free programme transcript here 👉
https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-240425
Vocabulary:
✔️(to be) eating for two - (idiom) to be pregnant
✔️go haywire - stop working properly
✔️could count (something) on one hand - used to emphasise that something does not happen very often, or that there are only a few such things
✔️binge - occasion when you do something to excess, for example eat, drink, or spend money
✔️cat-o’-nine-tails - (in the past) a whip made of nine strings used to punish prisoners;
(now) means by which someone criticises themselves as a form of self-punishment or because they feel guilty
✔️give (yourself) a hard time - treat (yourself) badly by criticising or blaming yourself
More 6 Minute English episodes:
⭐ Disability in music and theatre 👉 https://youtu.be/HKfDfWrCwEA
⭐ What makes a great library? 👉 https://youtu.be/tD-6xHAHrQ4
⭐ Plastic waste eaten by enzymes 👉 https://youtu.be/bRzP7hwIGWE
⭐ Sewing to fight period poverty 👉 https://youtu.be/7jB8j9Yx18g
⭐ Feed your brain 👉 https://youtu.be/FZDImEiPgMk
⭐ Food for new mums 👉 https://youtu.be/w4BvAaL1S3g
⭐ Fighting loneliness with soup 👉 https://youtu.be/fgZl4Mp0Y_w
⭐ What is the future of work 👉 https://youtu.be/s1HxJVusR2w
⭐ How the language of menus matters 👉 https://youtu.be/luh9xTJ7ExM
⭐ The psychology of greed 👉 https://youtu.be/wgO7yK7NZpg
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#learnenglish #bbclearningenglish #pregnancy #pregnant #mumtobe
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