Recycling supermarket packaging

BBC Learning English Weekender Recycling supermarket packaging Yvonne:Hello, youre listening to Weekender from bbclearningenglish.com! Can you guess what were talking about in todays programme? Ben Bradshaw, Environment Minister There was no instruc

Carbon Footprints

BBC Learning English Weekender Carbon Footprints Jackie: Do you throw your bottles in the bin, drive a big heavy car, or leave the lights switched on when you go out? Im Jackie Dalton and, as part of National Science Week in Britain, we are going to

Management speak

BBC Learning English Weekender Management speak Callum:Hello, I'm Callum Robertson and this is Weekender. Blue-sky thinking, getting your ducks in a row, thinking out of the box and reading from the same page. What are these strange phrases? Well th

Handy hints for redundancy

BBC Learning English Weekender Handy hints for redundancy Jackie: Hello, you're listening to Weekender, with me, Jackie Dalton. This week, we're talking about what happens when you're made redundant. To be 'made redundant' means to lose your job bec

Easter ceremonies

BBC Learning English Weekender Easter ceremonies [STING] William:Hello and welcome to Weekender Im William Kremer. Now for over a billion people across the world, this weekend is very special. It's Easter weekend, the time that Christians remember t

Courtney Love on ‘Dirty Blonde’

BBC Learning English Weekender Courtney Love on Dirty Blonde Amber:Hello, I'm Amber, and youre listening to bbclearningenglish.com. In Weekender today, we listen to an interview with the singer and actress Courtney Love whos been called the most con

Later language learning

BBC Learning English Weekender Later language learning Callum:Hello, I'm Callum Robertson and this is Weekender. If you're listening to this programme then more than likely you are either trying to learn English or perhaps teaching English. So let m

Affluenza

BBC Learning English Weekender Affluenza Jackie: Hello, welcome to Weekender. I'm Jackie Dalton and today we're going to talk about 'affluenza' that's a word you've probably not heard before but don't worry, that's because it's only just been invent

Body image survey results

BBC Learning English Weekender Body image survey results Amber:Hello, I'm Amber, and youre listening to bbclearningenglish.com. In Weekender today, we listen to a report about a BBC survey of 25,000 young British people, asking about their body imag

The abolition of the slave trade

BBC Learning English Weekender The abolition of the slave trade William:Hello and welcome to Weekender Im William Kremer. Lets start by going back to 1807. At that time, Britain was an extremely powerful country with a large empire. Britain made its

My Job Special

BBC Learning English Weekender My Job Special Yvonne:Hello, Im Yvonne Archer and this is Weekender from bbclearningenglish.com! In todays programme, a My Job special as we hear about the work of a young woman named Sarah Niles. As you listen, try to

Individuals in the news

BBC Learning English Weekender Individuals in the news Callum:Hello, I'm Callum Robertson. When you look around the news websites today or read newspapers there are many global stories. Often these stories are about conflict, disaster and tragedy an

Young Nigerian’s powerful new novel

BBC Learning English Weekender Young Nigerians powerful new novel Amber:Hello, I'm Amber, and youre listening to bbclearningenglish.com. Today, we listen to an interview with the young Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, about her powerful new

Poles in the media

BBC Learning English Weekender Poles in the media Callum:Hello, I'm Callum Robertson and this is Weekender. One of the largest groups of new migrants to Britain are Poles. In 2004 Poland entered the European Union which gave Polish people much great

Shappi Korsandi – Stand up

BBC Learning English Weekender Shappi Korsandi Stand up Callum:Hello, I'm Callum Robertson and this is Weekender. The Edinburgh International festival is a month-long arts and cultural festival held in August in Scotland's capital city, Edinburgh. A

Ethical Travel

BBC Learning English Weekender Ethical Travel Yvonne:This weekend, thousands and thousands of people will travel to countries across the world.And in Britain alone, about 60 million people take a holiday abroad each year!But forget the tourists and

Humour part 2 – men

BBC Learning English Weekender Humour part 2 men women Jackie: Hello, I'm Jackie Dalton, this is BBC Learning English dot com. Last week, we looked at humour and why it's important. It can be used to help you cope with an embarrassing situation, or

Wimbledon Line Judge

BBC Learning English Weekender Wimbledon Line Judge Callum:Hello, I'm Callum Robertson and this is Weekender. This weekend, as well as the World Cup football there is another big sporting event that I'll be watching, and that's Wimbledon. Wimbledon

Behaving badly

BBC Learning English Weekender Behaving badly Jackie:Hello, welcome to Weekender! Today we'll look an issue which is getting a lot of attention in the British media at the moment. It's something which the media and government call 'anti- social beha

Greek Easter

BBC Learning English Weekender Greek Easter Jackie: Hello, I'm Jackie Dalton, welcome to weekender. Now most of us in Britain celebrated Easter last weekend the 15th and 16th of April. We had bank holidays when most people didn't go to work. Many ga