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We can describe something like a job as 'important to' us. For example, I said that a nice team at work is important to me.

What's your dream job? 🤩🧑‍🚒🧑‍🚀 Real Easy English

Coffee has been consumed for at least 1,500 years and some say its impact is so great that it helped fuel the Enlightenment, which gave rise to some of the big ideas that underpin the world as we know it.

Coffee and what it does to your body - BBC World Service

Philosophers like Kant and Voltaire - who is said to have drunk as many as 72 cups a day - started to question the Catholic Church’s interpretation of the world.

Coffee and what it does to your body - BBC World Service

This so-called Age of Enlightenment radically changed the world as we knew it.

Coffee and what it does to your body - BBC World Service

So, I have a story as well.

How to talk about your brain 🧠🤓💆 Real Easy English

Well, my brain, as I said at the beginning, works better in the morning.

How to talk about your brain 🧠🤓💆 Real Easy English

Is reading from screens harmless, or could it be damaging us in some way, such as reducing our attention span – the length of time that someone can keep concentrated on what they are doing?

Why read books, not screens? ⏲️ 6 Minute English

Whether you prefer paper or screens, as humans we're now reading more words than ever before.

Why read books, not screens? ⏲️ 6 Minute English

All of these advantages and benefits happen as a result of literacy.

Why read books, not screens? ⏲️ 6 Minute English

YOU THINK I'D CRUMBLE ♪ ♪ YOU THINK I'D LAY DOWN AND DIE ♪ ♪ OH NO, NOT I, I WILL SURVIVE ♪ ♪ OH, AS LONG AS I KNOW HOW TO LOVE, I KNOW I'LL STAY ALIVE ♪ ♪ I'VE GOT ALL MY LIFE TO LIVE ♪ ♪ AND I'VE GOT ALL MY LOVE TO GIVE AND I'LL SURVIVE ♪ ♪ I WILL SURVIVE, HEY, HEY ♪ (UPBEAT MUSIC) ♪ IT TOOK ALL THE STRENGTH I HAD NOT TO FALL APART ♪ ♪

Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive

OH NO, NOT I, I WILL SURVIVE ♪ ♪ OH, AS LONG AS I KNOW HOW TO LOVE, I KNOW I'LL STAY ALIVE ♪ ♪ I'VE GOT ALL MY LIFE TO LIVE ♪ ♪ AND I'VE GOT ALL MY LOVE TO GIVE AND I'LL SURVIVE ♪ ♪ I WILL SURVIVE ♪ ♪ OH ♪ ♪ GO ON NOW, GO, WALK OUT THE DOOR ♪ ♪ JUST TURN AROUND NOW ♪ ♪ 'CAUSE YOU''RE NOT WELCOME ANYMORE ♪ ♪

Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive

WEREN'T YOU THE ONE WHO TRIED TO BREAK ME WITH GOODBYE ♪ ♪ YOU THINK I'D CRUMBLE ♪ ♪ YOU THINK I'D LAY DOWN AND DIE ♪ ♪ OH NO, NOT I, I WILL SURVIVE ♪ ♪ OH, AS LONG AS I KNOW HOW TO LOVE, I KNOW I'LL STAY ALIVE ♪ ♪ I'VE GOT ALL MY LIFE TO LIVE ♪ ♪ AND I'VE GOT ALL MY LOVE TO GIVE AND I'LL SURVIVE ♪ ♪ I WILL SURVIVE ♪ ♪ I WILL SURVIVE ♪

Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive

Yes. This year, sales of bicycles, or bikes as they're usually called, are up in Britain.

Should we cycle more? ⏲️ 6 Minute English

And as usual, we'll be learning some useful new words and phrases.

Should we cycle more? ⏲️ 6 Minute English

But first, Neil, I have a question about a country that's world famous for its bikes: the Netherlands, also often referred to as Holland.

Should we cycle more? ⏲️ 6 Minute English

We think of language as natural and reading is written language, so it must be natural. But it isn't.

How reading changes the way your brain works - BBC World Service

Evidence suggests that it's already changing as a result of new technologies.

How reading changes the way your brain works - BBC World Service

Our correspondent in Kyiv, Jessica Parker, has the latest on those overnight attacks. Yeah, it does seem to have been quite a significant attack, as you say, overnight.

Seven dead in major Russian attack on Ukraine | BBC News

Yeah, it does seem to have been quite a significant attack, as you say, overnight.

Seven dead in major Russian attack on Ukraine | BBC News

Here in Kyiv, in fact, we did hear some sirens roughly 3:00 a.m. at night, but as you were saying, the city of Dnipro appears to have been the hardest hit in terms of these attacks.

Seven dead in major Russian attack on Ukraine | BBC News