Wow, 95 is a pretty high percentage! My husband didn’t agree to be present by the process. He might have fainted, if he would see it. I have to confess, that he wasn’t so keen on having a child, but he went along, because it was my biggest wish. But now he is hands-on, totally involved in work with our daughter. He helps me and loves her very much, his little princess.

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@bbclearningenglish

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Terra de Minas Pr. We are glad you find our videos useful. We have more videos of this series on our website: www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english

@rmilani.milani2959

5 жыл бұрын

@@bbclearningenglish thanks a lot... I'll do it.

@SM-ht1hq

3 жыл бұрын

I am too

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The baby's wearing a shirt with the colors of Brazil lol

Je vous remercier pour votre bon travaille.Thank you ☺

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This is wonderful ! It's not enough to be a dad, you must attend.

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I really enjoy listening to 6 min eng. Especially i like neil and katerine there my favourite hosts.

Who agreed with me Catherine voice is exciting

Thanks a lot 😍

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A very nice video. This topic is complex and we could speak about it for a long time. As a young father I appreciated a lot this little space reserved for that.

Thank you so much..

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@bbclearningenglish

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Nayoung kym. We are glad you find our videos useful.

Awesome...

The program is so interesting. I'm a 24 yeas old boy in vietnam and i also want to be a father in the future too, thank you so much

@emlakieu1431

9 ай бұрын

Làm bố chưa bạn

Really, you are the best

Thanks, BBC. I'm a man, and I do love my three children much too ^^

@bbclearningenglish

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Thanh Thai. Thank you for your comment. Visit our website for more videos, guides and quizzes to help you improve your English (and you might like to teach your children too 😉 ): www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/

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5 жыл бұрын

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4 жыл бұрын

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Жыл бұрын

Hi Selma I'm looking for a speaking partner to practice and improve my English speaking I wonder if you are interested in?

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5 жыл бұрын

Marea Omar hello iam dr majd from syria would you like to be friends iam also learning English

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5 жыл бұрын

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Fascinating to look at this from the male perspective. Wow! That is a very high percentage!!!

@user-jn6hu3gd5o

5 жыл бұрын

Ok

Thanks/

Amazing program. Thanks BBC team.

@bbclearningenglish

5 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, Mohamad Sabbagh. Visit our website for more videos, guides and quizzes to help you improve your English: www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/

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5 жыл бұрын

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5 жыл бұрын

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Hi from spain. I have a daughter 20 months old with blue eyes and blondie. I am totally crazy. She changues my whole life

@allaouimeriem6026

Жыл бұрын

Congratulations 🤩🤩

I'm a 15 year old boy and I've wanted to be a father my whole life hopefully this wish will come true!!!!!!🌟😂🍀🤞🌠

@inukaiser

4 жыл бұрын

good for you,but better wait until you are ready and mature enough.

My own father never stuck around. I only met him months after I turned 21. T’was a first meeting for me, but a 2nd meeting for him, as he surprisingly still has a photo of him holding me as an infant. I didn’t think about life as a father til 19, I’m 22 now and just about every day I daydream about what my life would be like as a husband and father... That, and because of having no real father during my childhood, I vowed that I would stay with the woman who would bear my child(ren), that I’d never leave her days after its birth like my father done, that I’d have the knot tied before even thinking about trying to conceive with the girl I love (given she’s keen on the idea of being a mother). Way I see it, ladies and gentlemen, you have kids with your man/woman, that’s tying the knot right there.

But thank you so so much

This is program it's very beautiful im not married and but ilove children so much them our life happy

Hi. My name is Aya, from Indonesia. It is a funny and usefull content. Always firm and not as gentle as mother, but for me father is a hero in my real life. He always give me a helping hand when im falls. Ini fact, my father is my first love, he also being a teacher in everything. He always have answered in all of my questions. The most important, my father always teachs me how to deal with every problem that is being faced. And for me, why men want to be father? It because being a father is a noble and is his own happiness. Thank you.

8 Aug, Father's Day !

Vocabulary of the video please

I love you

i want to improve my english.can you practise with me

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Hi folks from bbc six minutes I'd appreciate if you could do the transcript in the screen like a text

@bbclearningenglish

5 жыл бұрын

You can see the subtitles at the bottom by switching them on in the bottom right of the screen. For a full transcript to download, go to our website www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english/ep-180816

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please write all

@bbclearningenglish

5 жыл бұрын

Hi 2020 wale. This video has subtitles. Please click on the subtitles button in the bottom-right hand corner of the player. And you'll find a transcript here: www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english/ep-180816

I've always wanted to be a father, finding a life partner is far more difficult

@Dumphy100

3 жыл бұрын

Hi, have you met your dream yet? You mentioned this a couple of years ago Oliver. Nowadays I think it is even harder meet a partner let alone find one. I too would still like to be a father, approaching 50 as I do 💪

Hi I am from India here i only for improve my English

I'm going to be an absent dad, cuz the work i'm going to do obliges me on working 4 weeks on by 4 weeks off, that's just sad And if I had my wife's birth or a funeral in the weeks i'm working, I won't be able to join them because of the work's policies 😔.

BBC learning english it better than engbreaking

Please add subtitle to the vidio

@bbclearningenglish

5 жыл бұрын

Hi! This video has subtitles. Please click on the subtitles button in the bottom-right hand corner of the player.

Hi. I think different people have different thoughts about it. Some men wants to be fathers because it was their wishes. However some people who fell in love someone wants a child from them, perhaps it's the main reason

That man is gonna brake the child's neck, I could not pay attention to the conversation bc of it.

@melisecemuzun5811

Жыл бұрын

Haha that's a good one, but you are definitely right. 😂

Nice shirt the baby wears. Brazilian football squad shirt Lol.

You are speaking so clearly. I can understand you. Thank you so much. But my speaking skills is not good. Please help me to improve my English. 😮

Catherine Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English, I'm Catherine. Neil And I'm Neil. Catherine Now, Neil, you're a dad, aren't you? Neil I am a dad. How did you know? Is it the grey hair in my beard? Is it the wrinkles around the eyes? Catherine I thought that was just your age. Neil Well, yes, maybe.In today's programme we're going to be talking about fathers and how being a father has changed over the years. But before we hear more about this topic, our question for the day. According to recent research in the UK, what percentage of men are present when their children are born? Is it… a) 55% b) 75% c) 95% What do you think? Catherine I think a lot of men these days like to see their children born. It's not culturally inappropriate so I'm going to go for 95%. Neil Well, we'll find out if you're right at the end of the programme. Now, Dr Anna Machin is an evolutionary anthropologist. She studies, among other things, how human behaviour has changed and is changing. She's written a book called The Life of Dad. She's been studying new fathers and spoke about her research on the BBC's Woman's Hour programme. She asked why men want to become fathers. She starts by saying that there are lots of reasons but how many does she mention in her answer? Dr Anna Machin There's lots of different reasons why men want to be fathers ... for some of them it's just a stage in life they've reached. They've got the house, they've got the job, now it's time to have a family. Sometimes they admit that actually they're not that keen, but their partner wants a baby, so they're kinda going along with it. And a reasonable number actually say they do it because they want to undo what their father did to them, so rewrite history in relation to fathers and the experience of fathering, to be a better father than their father was. Neil How many reasons does she mention? Catherine She mentioned three reasons. The first was that it was that time in life - the guys had a home and a job and having children was the thing to do next. Neil Another reason was that it was what their partners wanted, even if they weren't that keen themselves. If you're not keen on something it means you are 'not enthusiastic about it', it's not really something you want to do, but because it's what their partner wants they agree to it, or as Dr Machin said, they're going along with it. Catherine Yes, going along with something, is a phrase that means 'agreeing to do' something even though you don't really want to do it. It's interesting that Dr Machin said that some men admit to this. To admit to something is to 'say or agree that something is true even if you're perhaps ashamed of it or you don't want it to be true'. Neil There was one more reason she mentioned and that was that some men become parents because they want to be a better father than their own father had been. Let’s listen again. Dr Anna Machin There's lots of different reasons why men want to be fathers ... for some of them it's just a stage in life they've reached. They've got the house, they've got the job, now it's time to have a family. Sometimes they admit that actually they're not that keen, but their partner wants a baby, so they're kinda going along with it. And a reasonable number actually say they do it because they want to undo what their father did to them, so rewrite history in relation to fathers and the experience of fathering, to be a better father than their father was. Neil So what is it about some father's own dads that they didn't like? Here's Dr Machin again. Dr Anna Machin Well, in some cases, you know, the father would be neglectful, some fathers were absent and others they just felt they were a very, I suppose, we'd say a 1950s father so distant, disciplinarian not actually involved in their children's daily life and certainly not involved in their care. So today's generation fathers, even in the 10 years that I've been studying dads we've seen a massive evolution in how hands-on fathers are. Neil She talks there about some negative characteristics associated with dads in the past. She suggests that some fathers didn't have a very close relationship with their sons, they were absent which means they weren't at home a lot and 'didn't spend time' with their children. Catherine Yes, and some fathers were seen as a disciplinarian. That describes someone whose main communication with their children was to give them strict rules and tell them off or punish them if they did something wrong. Neil These days, according to Dr Machin, fathers are much more hands-on. This phrase means they are 'much more involved' with their children and share bringing up their children with their partners. Catherine And talking of sharing, Neil, come on - it's time to know the answer to today's question. Neil Yes, indeed. According to recent research in the UK, what is the percentage of fathers who are there when their children are born? Was it 55%, 75% or 95%? Catherine And I said a very optimistic 95%. Neil Being optimistic is good obviously because you are correct. Catherine That's fantastic! Neil And now, for something else fantastic, our review of today's vocabulary… Catherine We started off with admit to for when you say something is true, even if it might make you look a little bit bad. And before we go on I have to admit, Neil, that it was me who ate your biscuit. Neil Which one? Catherine The one that you left on the desk. Neil That's all right. I wasn't really keen on it anyway. It had been on the floor. Catherine What? Yuck! Neil Yeah, well, it serves you right! And to be keen on something is our next phrase, meaning 'being very interested in and enthusiastic about' something. Catherine Then we had to go along with something. This is when you agree to do something even if you are not keen on it. Neil An absent father is one who is not at home to spend time with his children. Catherine And some fathers are disciplinarians. They 'have strict rules and they give out punishments' but these days more fathers are hands-on which means they are 'very much involved' in looking after and bringing up their children. Neil Well, that's all we have time for today. Join us again next time and remember you can find us on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, KZread and of course our website bbclearningenglish.com. See you soon. Goodbye! Catherine Bye!

@rana8440

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much

I WANT TO BE A GREAT GRAND FATHER

can you guys explain why using the singular form after "their"? such as: their father, their partner but not their fathers/partners

@KhaiNguyen-qz1mk

5 жыл бұрын

each person has just one father and one partner

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Hey Hi Hello ;-):-):-):-):-D. Thanks.

To make a mark in life.

Grey hair in beard and wrinkles around the eyes. Wow. How true. Neil, you are genius! Ha-Ha!

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I'm 27 from China, I don't want to be a father, cuz I don't think I can offer my child a good future!

Provide some political video

People who didn't marriage but interested in when see the topic😂

95 not true Certainly not true

Where is the subtitle ?

@bbclearningenglish

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Murad Alemdar. This video has subtitles. Please click on the subtitles button in the bottom-right hand corner of the player. And you'll find a transcript here: www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english/ep-180816

@muradalemdar3127

5 жыл бұрын

@@bbclearningenglish Many thanks !!!!!!

I don't want to be a father. I don't mean that I'll never get marry but even if I got married I don't have a plan to have a baby

I want to be a mom but first of all I have to find the father and marry him

Why do men want to be fathers? 6 Minute English 🙂🙂

No man in the world want to be father

Who want to become a father ?. Haha

Because men cannot be mother

@melisecemuzun5811

Жыл бұрын

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