Dancing for the brain ⏲️ 6 Minute English

Not a dancer? You might change your mind once you hear the benefits! Beth and Neil discuss this and teach you some useful vocabulary.👇👇👇
❓❓❓ What is the name of a traditional English folk dance where performers wear black hats and colourful waistcoats and hit sticks together while moving in patterns?
a) The Highland fling
b) Flamenco
c) Morris dancing
Listen to the programme to hear the answer. [Cover: Getty Images]
You can download the audio and a free programme transcript here 👉
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Vocabulary:
✔️boogie / strut your stuff / throw shapes / hit the dance floor
(modern idioms) to dance
✔️like nobody's business - (idiom) very well, or very quickly, or in very large amounts
✔️a release - a process of freeing emotions, feelings or tension from the body
✔️at all costs - whatever happens; used to emphasise that something must (not) be done, even if this requires a lot of effort, time, money etc.
✔️sit on the fence - (idiom) delay making a decision; avoid deciding in favour of one action over another
✔️twitch - sudden small jerky movement or spasm in a part of your body
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  • @bbclearningenglish
    @bbclearningenglish16 күн бұрын

    💃 Do you enjoy dancing? Watch this video to find out what the people of London said about dancing! kzread.info/dash/bejne/k6thtpp8p9aZhrg.html

  • @artikboyevadildora

    @artikboyevadildora

    13 күн бұрын

    yes of course

  • @Brian-fo6ew
    @Brian-fo6ew16 күн бұрын

    Sophie doesn't like hitting the dance floor, so she avoids throwing shapes at all costs. However, Miles, Sophie's friend, boogies like nobody's business and always tries to encourage Sophie to strut her stuff. Miles keeps telling Sophie that dancing is a release and can also help her brain. For a few weeks, Sophie has sat on the fence, deciding whether to dance. Finally, she felt a twitch when listening to pop music and started dancing. From then on, she has been boogieing ever since.

  • @uyennhi2706
    @uyennhi270616 күн бұрын

    My story: My grandmother ‘s going to reach her 80 next month, but she’s always full of vitality. She freaking love hitting the dance floor, she’s an significant inspiration to me to reach out of my comfort zone.Boogieing is also an effective way to me to release all my stress or anger.whenever my grandmother’s dancing , i couldn’t help laughing , how’s cute . I just try to suppress a smile , but my grandma still see the corner of my mouth twitch.especially , whenever i was sitting on the fence , my grandma always give me an advise that”just do what you to do” .

  • @eugenemitrophanov4478
    @eugenemitrophanov447816 күн бұрын

    Thank you Neil and Beth for an amazing dancing topic ❤

  • @benjaminestrada8788
    @benjaminestrada878816 күн бұрын

    Thanks a lot BBC. Greetings from Mexico.

  • @user-rz3ej9cq5l
    @user-rz3ej9cq5l16 күн бұрын

    Thanks a lot BBC. Greetings from Taiwan.

  • @Mahadi0710
    @Mahadi071016 күн бұрын

    thank you BBC

  • @MuhammadRamzan-iz1sl
    @MuhammadRamzan-iz1sl16 күн бұрын

    Hello panel! Im well-known and it's been extremely fascinating about knowing dance that certainly eversingle individual prefer " dancing" but in regular occasions each of us only think about it but when somebody else feel leisure and having unwind he should be prefer a dancing due to its releasing a sadness and certain displeasing upfront so when we stuck with an unhappy situation trying to get some breath out of us and go for a walk when we feel distressful condition eventually 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @user-ug2yy3ut5g
    @user-ug2yy3ut5g16 күн бұрын

    Very much the new words, thanks!

  • @veronicanorambuena3263
    @veronicanorambuena326315 күн бұрын

    It's been years since I last danced. When I was younger, around in my 20s, I used to go to discos to dance to different kinds of music, and remember having relished those moments. I stil do, but when I (try to) dance it feels weird because I seem to have forgotten how to move at all 🙃. So I prefer to play "Just Dance" and follow dance routines; for now it's eaiser than moving my body on my own 😂.

  • @najatarabia741
    @najatarabia74116 күн бұрын

    New phrases to learn, thanks

  • @fogy_misty
    @fogy_misty16 күн бұрын

    I appreciate that a lot.

  • @vitakost1137
    @vitakost113716 күн бұрын

    Thank a lot for knowledge

  • @querich
    @querich16 күн бұрын

    thank you so much

  • @jimmyyiu5406
    @jimmyyiu540611 күн бұрын

    Hope my English can be better by watching these videos !

  • @wilsonfernandorestrepoflor3852
    @wilsonfernandorestrepoflor385212 күн бұрын

    Thank you for the six minute in english

  • @saiostar
    @saiostar6 күн бұрын

    I lay on the bed, closed my eyes and listen to my favorite music,then I fell asleep very fast。

  • @gauravadhikari3312
    @gauravadhikari331216 күн бұрын

    Appreciation from Nepalgunj Nepal 🇳🇵

  • @abubakeralajmi7428
    @abubakeralajmi74289 күн бұрын

    Thank you so much for making this precious videos , I have fostered my English language because of you ❤ you are my lifesaver ❤

  • @bbclearningenglish

    @bbclearningenglish

    9 күн бұрын

    🥰 We're glad to hear that!

  • @KhadijaIsulaiman
    @KhadijaIsulaiman14 күн бұрын

    Really appreciation 😊

  • @kikoyo
    @kikoyo13 күн бұрын

    Thank you, Neil and Bath.

  • @patriciaramirez1116
    @patriciaramirez11163 күн бұрын

    Very useful . Thanks❤

  • @bbclearningenglish

    @bbclearningenglish

    3 күн бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

  • @HarjitSingh-bc2wb
    @HarjitSingh-bc2wb16 күн бұрын

    Watching it to improve my listening and speaking skills 🎉😢

  • @ximuoidethuong
    @ximuoidethuong10 күн бұрын

    Thanks a lot

  • @yasinr9847
    @yasinr984716 күн бұрын

    amazing

  • @user-bo2lv8mg9l
    @user-bo2lv8mg9l7 күн бұрын

    I love ❤dancing💃💃💃💃💃💃💃, I can't live without, when I dance I ✈️fly❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @KhwabonKiAwaz
    @KhwabonKiAwaz9 күн бұрын

    BBC is getting better and better each day. Really helpful 👍👍👍👍👍👍😍

  • @amiraratkovic2619
    @amiraratkovic261916 күн бұрын

    I enjoyed watching this video and listening to you. I do love dancing a lot.🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤

  • @Hello_Nadia
    @Hello_Nadia6 күн бұрын

    I will try from today 😁

  • @borjagonzalez-anta2426
    @borjagonzalez-anta242616 күн бұрын

    I usually sit on the fence when my wife asks me to go to dance because she does it like nobody’s business but I’m all fingers and thumbs 😂

  • @AtaBro107
    @AtaBro1076 күн бұрын

    Hey, Neel,, love You Bro

  • @BriantheBrick
    @BriantheBrick16 күн бұрын

    You don't like hitting the dance floor, but you do like singing, don't you, Neil?

  • @bbclearningenglish

    @bbclearningenglish

    16 күн бұрын

    Have you ever heard Neil sing?

  • @BriantheBrick

    @BriantheBrick

    16 күн бұрын

    @@bbclearningenglish Yes, I have! He sang in the episode of The English We Speak which talked about ‘eating your heart out’, and in a Facebook story, promoting the News Review episode about music improving maths! Also, I watched the Christmas carol video like 100 times last Christmas! However, you can’t hear Neil clearly in that one.

  • @bbclearningenglish

    @bbclearningenglish

    16 күн бұрын

    You have an incredibly good memory 😆 !

  • @yakamoz1108
    @yakamoz110816 күн бұрын

    Oh, you can dance, you can jive Having the time of your life Ooh, see that girl, watch that scene Digging the dancing queen...

  • @Moon_Queen_8

    @Moon_Queen_8

    13 күн бұрын

    Dancing queen ...

  • @FlashKart-km2hc
    @FlashKart-km2hc16 күн бұрын

    Good video!

  • @bbclearningenglish

    @bbclearningenglish

    16 күн бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it

  • @aysegocer96
    @aysegocer965 күн бұрын

    Boggieing is a way to show your emotions. When i am dancing i release my stucked feelings. End of the i find my way, i get rid of my doubts. So if i am sit on the fence i just listen to a music and feel the rhythm. I slightly twitch my legs and danceee

  • @1996HaithamGamal
    @1996HaithamGamal16 күн бұрын

    I love dancing like Alvis

  • @bbclearningenglish

    @bbclearningenglish

    16 күн бұрын

    Do you mean Elvis?

  • @1996HaithamGamal

    @1996HaithamGamal

    16 күн бұрын

    @@bbclearningenglish Yeah Elvis ,I love his Dance it's amazing and exciting 🔥🔥🔥

  • @ammini999
    @ammini9994 күн бұрын

    I love to dance, in the secondary School our music prof. Forced us to dance, he put some music and we had to dance all together just for some minutes, this Helped us to remove shyness or fear to do it. I never understood what that was for. I guess that this depend also from your culture and the family root, if yor parents use to dance you feel it like a norma thing to do, but the ability to feel the music in our body and move it accordigly with its rythm it is something you cannot learn, it is innate.

  • @SusanChaulagain-px2ih
    @SusanChaulagain-px2ih16 күн бұрын

    ❤️❤️

  • @eccharastiffaniaudiya
    @eccharastiffaniaudiya4 күн бұрын

    love dance

  • @Leeki-qn8rz
    @Leeki-qn8rz16 күн бұрын

    Although Dr. Lovatt said " the very first thing to do, I would suggest, is to lay on your bed with your eyes closed.." I think 'lie' is correct verb but not lay, isn't it?

  • @bbclearningenglish

    @bbclearningenglish

    16 күн бұрын

    Yes, grammatically 'lie' is correct here but 'lay' is often used by native speakers nowadays!

  • @Leeki-qn8rz

    @Leeki-qn8rz

    16 күн бұрын

    @@bbclearningenglish thanks a lot

  • @dungphamhuong774
    @dungphamhuong7746 күн бұрын

    a dance away keeps the doctor away :))) nice quote

  • @user-xv6el2ec5o
    @user-xv6el2ec5o16 күн бұрын

    I used to hate dancing because I thought that I've got two left feet, and many people said that whenever I danced, it looked like I was doing a dad dance, (or mom dance ?). After I listen to this episode, I'm going to take some dancing courses.

  • @bbclearningenglish

    @bbclearningenglish

    16 күн бұрын

    Enjoy! And don't worry about what other people think! 💃 🕺

  • @user-hw5zd7fn9w
    @user-hw5zd7fn9w16 күн бұрын

    I can't wait you till the next Thursday it's agony 😢😢

  • @bbclearningenglish

    @bbclearningenglish

    16 күн бұрын

    Why don't you check out our English for Work podcast in the meantime 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/office-english

  • @trangdieu.18c
    @trangdieu.18c16 күн бұрын

    VOCABULARY FROM VIDEO “Dancing for the brain ⏲ 6 Minute English” 1. Boogie / strut your stuff / throw shapes / hit the dance floor: (modern idioms) to dance 2. Like nobody's business : (idiom) very well, or very quickly, or in very large amounts 3. A release : a process of freeing emotions, feelings or tension from the body 4. At all costs : whatever happens; used to emphasise that something must (not) be done, even if this requires a lot of effort, time, money etc. 5. Sit on the fence : (idiom) delay making a decision; avoid deciding in favour of one action over another 6. Twitch : sudden small jerky movement or spasm in a part of your body 19.4.2024 VIETNAM ALL THE BEST FOR YOU ^^

  • @ayam6850

    @ayam6850

    15 күн бұрын

    🥹❤️I was searching for your comment thanks a lot

  • @trangdieu.18c

    @trangdieu.18c

    15 күн бұрын

    @@ayam6850💙💙💙

  • @orsolyaszatmari3983
    @orsolyaszatmari398310 күн бұрын

    I like dancing. I danced until 15 year.

  • @minegarden
    @minegarden16 күн бұрын

    In my case, any chance I get I'll dance. I have felt the twitch through my whole life, maybe because I am from Latin-America

  • @lilianatria2877
    @lilianatria287713 күн бұрын

    I don't like dancing, it helps you unwind maybe, but, if you are shy, its effect is the opposite, you feel ridiculous and harmless, in front of other people who look at you

  • @hunghoang6369

    @hunghoang6369

    12 күн бұрын

    Just dance !!! And dont care about them

  • @sesesnezih26

    @sesesnezih26

    11 күн бұрын

    I dont like dancing too. But it is because of being unskillful. Not shy. Btw i play guitar and it needs a rhytym too maybe alternative the dancing

  • @jimmyyiu5406

    @jimmyyiu5406

    11 күн бұрын

    Ignore others !

  • @KamranJafarli

    @KamranJafarli

    9 күн бұрын

    Same here. But sometimes I think if I was a good dancer I might be more confident to dance in front of others.

  • @_Sweetgirl_

    @_Sweetgirl_

    6 күн бұрын

    I didn't like it before and i was shy too,but trust me dancing is amazing if you try don't think about others.

  • @mst.eshakhatun7403
    @mst.eshakhatun740314 күн бұрын

    When I was young I also dance.In the school program, I got a first prize.But nowadays I don't do that.Because I'm not able to do that.😢

  • @tammytsang3487
    @tammytsang348716 күн бұрын

    I am determined to fight my deadly illness at all costs.

  • @patriciaramirez1116
    @patriciaramirez11163 күн бұрын

    We Say "Mover el esqueleto" Mexico😂

  • @RaquelPerez-pr6fn
    @RaquelPerez-pr6fn16 күн бұрын

    👍👍👌👌👏👏👏😸

  • @user-sx1rl7eh5s
    @user-sx1rl7eh5s8 күн бұрын

    divergent reckon involuntary jerky spasm

  • @ishaqwakily
    @ishaqwakily16 күн бұрын

    I need a partner who helps me in speaking English

  • @bashirahmad6179

    @bashirahmad6179

    16 күн бұрын

    Where are from

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    @user-bx6ez7bc9u

    16 күн бұрын

    Me to.please send me your what's up number or your email

  • @osheshdebnath2080

    @osheshdebnath2080

    15 күн бұрын

    We can start

  • @the0dd1out_on_yt

    @the0dd1out_on_yt

    15 күн бұрын

    @ishaqwakily hi I'm here brother 👋

  • @mohammadanwarkhan181
    @mohammadanwarkhan18113 күн бұрын

    UN chief should send a letter to Benjamin Netanyahu asking dance for brain health that he might feel a ceasefire in Gaza what very crucial right now.

  • @dr.aljameel8953
    @dr.aljameel895316 күн бұрын

    I need an IELTS partner

  • @Ariandistrict6

    @Ariandistrict6

    16 күн бұрын

    I need too

  • @doctor9063

    @doctor9063

    16 күн бұрын

    Me too

  • @sarojdas8883

    @sarojdas8883

    16 күн бұрын

    You from​@@doctor9063

  • @sarojdas8883

    @sarojdas8883

    16 күн бұрын

    Where are you from

  • @doctor9063

    @doctor9063

    16 күн бұрын

    From Uzbekistan

  • @storozhukua
    @storozhukua16 күн бұрын

    Is it b2 lvl?

  • @tadzhton5302

    @tadzhton5302

    16 күн бұрын

    I think it is b1

  • @Win36317
    @Win363175 күн бұрын

    I am sitting on the fence 😅

  • @albertozandamela8730
    @albertozandamela873011 күн бұрын

    The dance knows me 😢

  • @SarahAmir-hz3lm
    @SarahAmir-hz3lm6 күн бұрын

    I do not understand what Julia said she has British accent

  • @ferdousijannat2944
    @ferdousijannat29449 күн бұрын

    In islam ,,,danceing is haram

  • @cesargarcia1266
    @cesargarcia12669 күн бұрын

    Change your mind instead of be afraid dancing, peoplw who dance live longer than who don't.