Clickbait

Learning English Conversations

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Language Learning, Education

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2016

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Learn a word that describes tempting online links

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0:00.0	This is a download from BBC Learning English.
0:03.0	To find out more, visit our website.
0:06.0	The English we speak.
0:09.0	From BBC learning English.
0:11.0	com.
0:21.0	Hello and welcome to this beautiful riverside for this edition of the English we speak. We're going to teach you a new word connected to the internet. I'm
0:24.8	Neil and with me is Fay Faye. Hi there. Nothing beats a bit of fishing for
0:29.2	relaxation does it, Faye Faye. Can you pass me the bait bait that's the stuff you use to attract the fish
0:36.6	worms are often used okay Neil but where is the bait don't say we forgot to bring it.
0:44.7	OK.
0:45.6	Well, let's just have a look on my smartphone
0:48.0	for places nearby we can buy some.
0:50.6	Oh, look at this, Fay Faye, how to earn a million pounds a year working from home.
0:55.6	Don't follow that link, Neil.
0:58.0	It's just click bait.
1:00.0	It'll be some nonsense.
1:02.0	Click bait.
1:03.0	As we said, bait is something used to attract fish when you're trying to catch them.
1:08.0	Click bait is a link on a website that's trying to attract you, to make you click on it.
1:13.3	It's a word made up of two words,
1:15.7	click and bait.
1:17.5	Click bait.
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