6 Minutes Vocabulary.

From BBC Learning English.

Hello and welcome to 6 Minute vocabulary.

I'm Catherine.

And I'm Rob.

In today's show, we're going to look at a very important part of spoken and written vocabulary, silent letters.

Yes, silent letters. We'll look at what they are, where they appear and how to say them.

There'll be a quiz.

And we'll leave you with a top tip for learning vocabulary.

But first, let's listen to Nick.

He's the doctors, and it's not good news.

No, it's not.

While you listen, try and answer this question.

What treatment does the doctor suggest for Nick?

Take a seat.

What seems to be the problem?

It's my wrist.

It really hurts. Let's see if we can work out what's wrong. Do you have a pain anywhere else? What about your elbows and knees? No, they're fine, but I can't move my thumb and I don't know why. Well, have you done anything physically demanding recently?

I did play tennis yesterday. You've probably just got a pulled muscle then. You'll just have to rest

your wrist. No playing tennis for a while, I'm afraid. So we asked you, what treatment did the doctor suggest for Nick?

And the answer is he told Nick to rest his wrist.

He did. Well done if you got that right.

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