Hello, this is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Beth.

And I'm Neil.

I have a confession to make, Neil. I love the hot weather. It's a chance to get outside,

maybe get a suntan, but sometimes it gets too hot, even for me.

Just depending where in the world you live, you've probably noticed that it's getting

hotter year after year. 2023 is the hottest year on record, with heat waves in many countries

around the world, even Britain.

When it gets too hot, the human body knows how to cool down. It sweats, passing salty water

called sweat through the skin to lose heat. But unlike the body, houses don't know how

to keep cool. And in hot parts of the world where air conditioning is unavailable or unaffordable,

this is a real problem.

In this programme, we'll be hearing about an innovative new idea for keeping houses cool

in one of the hottest countries on earth, India. And as usual, we'll be learning some useful

new vocabulary as well.

But before we hear more about this sweaty subjects, I have a question for you, Neil. Living

in cities where summer temperatures regularly exceed 45 degrees Celsius, Indians have been

finding clever ways to keep their houses cool for over 5,000 years. One of them is called

Jali, but what exactly is it? Is Jali a tall house designed to reduce sunlight,

be a honeycomb pattern used in windows, or see a system for spraying cool water?

Well, I guess Jali is B, a honeycomb window pattern.

Okay, Neil. We'll find out the answer later in the programme.

In May 2022, the temperature in Uttar Pradesh, the largest state in North India, reached 49.2

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