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Hi, I'm Peter.

And I'm Catherine.

Welcome to six-minute vocabulary, and today we're talking about acronyms.

Examples of acronyms are the name FIFA, that's the International Federation of Association Football and BBC.

We'll talk about where these names come from, and we'll tell you how we say and write them.

There will be a quiz, of course, and we'll also bring you a top tip for remembering these words.

Let's start by listening to James. He's giving a lecture about the United Nations.

And while you're listening, can you guess where the name UNESCO comes from?

The United Nations aims to encourage international cooperation and preserve world peace.

A number of different organisations are part of it.

One of the most well-known is UNESCO.

That's the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation.

But you may also have heard of the WHO, the IMF and the WBG, for example. Do you know what they are?

The UN performs most of its work through these different organisations.

So, we asked you, can you guess where the name UNESCO comes from?

And the answer is that it comes from the first letters of the organisation's full name,

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation.

UNESCO.

Now, with acronyms like UNESCO, we say them as if they are a word, UNESCO.

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