The English We Speak: Mind-boggling

Learning English Conversations

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Education, Language Learning

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2011

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. This week's programme looks at the word 'mind-boggling'.

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0:00.0	This is a download from the BBC.
0:03.0	For more information and our terms of use, go to BBCworldservice.com
0:08.0	forward slash podcasts.
0:11.0	The English We Speak.
0:13.0	We Speak.
0:15.0	From BBC Learning English.
0:19.0	Hello and welcome to the English We Speak.
0:21.0	My name is Fay Fay. And I'm William. William, how much do you
0:26.1	know about China? Not much. Why are you asking? Well I was flicking through the papers and I came across this quiz.
0:35.4	Oh, no, no, not quizzes. I'm rubbish at them. Oh, well, let's see. Here's the first one.
0:42.1	Name the capital city of China.
0:44.0	Oh, well that's easy.
0:45.0	Beijing.
0:46.0	Yes.
0:47.0	And which province is famous for its hot and spicy cuisine?
0:51.0	Um, I think seshuan food is quite spicy. Yes see you're doing well how about this one roughly how
0:58.4	many characters are there in the Chinese language? Oh, loads. 5,000? No, try again. 7,000? Well, actually roughly 42,000. Wow, that's amazing. I didn't know it was that many. How can people possibly learn
1:17.4	them all? It's totally mind-boggling. What is mind-boggling? Mind-boggling describes something overwhelming and amazing, like
1:28.6	really impressive numbers or facts. It's made up of two words mind and to boggle. Let's hear an example.
1:37.0	I took my son to the Science Museum on Sunday. Did you go to the space
1:42.2	mission area? Oh yes, there were rockets,
1:45.9	spacesuits, even parts from a satellite. So many mind-boggling things to see. I
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