Eating for two ⏲️ 6 Minute English

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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 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/fgZ

Published 2024-04-25 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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