Can of worms
Learning English Conversations
BBC
4.6 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 26 August 2013
⏱️ 4 minutes
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Summary
In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. This week's programme looks at the phrase 'a can of worms'.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is a feature from BBC learning English. |
| 0:03.0 | For more information and our terms of use go to BBCworldservice.com |
| 0:09.0 | forward slash podcasts |
| 0:11.0 | The English We Speak |
| 0:15.0 | From BBC Learning English. |
| 0:20.0 | Hello and |
| 0:21.0 | and welcome to the English we speak. |
| 0:25.0 | I'm Finn. |
| 0:26.0 | And I'm Faye Faye. |
| 0:27.0 | Worms are great. |
| 0:30.0 | Don't you think they're really interesting? Um, yeah, kind of, but what's today's phrase? |
| 0:38.0 | Yeah, yeah, yeah, we'll come to that in a minute. |
| 0:41.0 | But did you know earthworms the kind you normally find in the |
| 0:45.9 | soil are both male and female in one body that is quite. And if you cut a worm in half, only one part of the worm |
| 0:58.0 | will die. Yes, the part with the fat little bump on it will survive. |
| 1:04.0 | I knew that. |
| 1:05.0 | It's fascinating isn't it and earthworms can be really short |
| 1:10.0 | from only one millimeter to a massive three meters. |
| 1:15.0 | Oh, and another one. |
| 1:17.0 | Wirms can also... |
| 1:18.0 | Finn, fin, hang on a second. |
| 1:20.0 | Why are we talking about worms so much? |
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