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Is it time to start living without plastic? Neil and Beth discuss this and teach you some useful vocabulary. 👇👇👇 ❓❓❓ This week's question: Which items did plastic first replace? a) Snooker balls b) Shopping bags c) Hairbrushes [Cover: Getty Images] You can download audio and a free programme transcript here 👉 Vocabulary: ✔️single-use plastic - plastic products which are designed to be used just once before being thrown away ✔️microbeads - tiny plastic particles found in personal care products like toothpastes and body scrubs ✔️synthetic - non-natural; made by combining artificial man-made chemicals ✔️biodegrade - decay naturally, in a way that is not harmful ✔️few and far between - very rare; not happening very often ✔️unsightly - ugly; unattractive; unpleasant to look at More 6 Minute English episodes: ⭐ Social media and teenage health 👉 ⭐ Elephant-proof farming 👉 ⭐ Should we farm octopus? 👉 ⭐ Ways to live for 100 years 👉 ⭐ How green is your money? 👉 ⭐ Mushrooms: Medicine or myth? 👉 ⭐ Saving dead languages 👉 ⭐ Sounds that make you want to scream 👉 ⭐ How fans talk about their passions 👉 🤩🤩🤩 SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more English videos and podcast English to help you improve your English 👉 ✔️ Visit our website 👉 ✔️ Follow us on Instagram 👉 ✔️ Find us on Facebook 👉 ✔️ Join us on TikTok 👉 @bbclearningenglish We like receiving and reading your comments - please use English when you comment 😊 #learnenglish #bbclearningenglish #6minuteenglish
