Coronavirus: Oktoberfest cancelled: BBC News Review reviews

June 27, 2022



Oktoberfest in Munich has been cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic. With people in lockdown due to Covid-19, the biggest beer festival in the world isn’t happening. Neil and Catherine look at the vocabulary in the news around this story.

Please note: We have decided to activate YouTube’s automatic subtitles on this video. The BBC is not responsible for the accuracy of YouTube automatic subtitles.

The story

You can perhaps understand why the authorities have made this call. If you’ve been to Oktoberfest, you’ll know that people pack into huge decorated tents. They sit side by side at trestle tables drinking beer and eating German food while listening to German brass bands. The authorities have simply taken the view that it would be far too great a risk to public health to let it continue.

Vocabulary

iconic
very famous; represents a particular idea
•The Eiffel Tower is Paris’s most iconic landmark.
•Most people agree The Beatles were the most iconic band from the 1960s.

bitter pill
unpleasant but necessary
•The coronavirus lockdown is a bitter pill.
•Tax increases may help the economy but they are a bitter pill to swallow.

scrapped
not continued; cancelled
•The new law was so unpopular it was eventually scrapped.
•I scrapped my plans to throw Katka a surprise birthday party when she said she hated surprises.

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48 Comments
  1. Oktoberfest Community hold together 🍺💯🍺💯2021

  2. Reply
    Lathifa Fitri Anizar June 27, 2022 at 6:06 pm

    Then, What is the difference between "Bitter Pill" and "Bite The Bullet" ?

  3. iconic world monument; Eiffel tower ????

  4. Reply
    kandukuri vishnuraj June 27, 2022 at 6:06 pm

    Catherine your voice is too low to hear

  5. 6:35… pill neol? If you guys use some auto-generated subtitles and put them on your BBC videos as NOT auto-generated, please don't… They're rubbish/

  6. 5:43 savoUry… not savory… (savory= American spelling). 5:58 etc. flavour. What is wrong with the American subtitles!?. They are not auto-generated so someone messed them up quite a bit.

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    Aigulya Zholdasbek June 27, 2022 at 6:06 pm

    Even if majority of people all over the world have scrapped their plans over fears of virus, watching your lessons are even better plan during this bitter pill days

  8. If Neil opens cat English class, do count me in. I've got two cats.

  9. Reply
    ただすけ#001TADASUKE June 27, 2022 at 6:06 pm

    Iconic: The Tokyo Sky Tree replaces The Tokyo tower as an iconic landmark of Tokyo
    Bitter Pill: The exercise is pleasant activity and good for the health but it is a bitter pill for those who do not like it.
    Scrapped: One of my guitar amps was scrapped because it often stop sounding, though a Martial one has never stopped working.

  10. Reply
    Василий Пупкин June 27, 2022 at 6:06 pm

    The content is magnificent, the quality of sound is terrible. Guys, please make BBC buy you new microphones.

  11. Neil uncle!😀 id like to see Neil!

  12. Neil's face at 6:12 We always can understand them with those good examples…

    Nice teachers and of couse Catherine too!

    Greetings from Colombia!

  13. Reply
    Brigitte saint-pé June 27, 2022 at 6:06 pm

    Hello to both of you
    The Bayonne festivities in France, which take place at the end of July in the South-West of France, and the San Fermin festivities which take place at the beginning of July in Spain, Navarre, will also be scrapped . In Bayonne, this has never happened since the Second World War. The Covid may kill us in another way. It won't affect our lungs but our need to be alive. 2020 : if you add 20+ 20, the total is 40…quarantine…Obviously a chance…but…what a coincidence

  14. My grammar is excelent.
    I have improved my listening skills.
    But i have a big problem with my speaking. Coz there nobody speaks in English in my country..
    What should I do…?

  15. Why is there no pill for that stupid virus

  16. Neil,you well down your bitter face

  17. i hope th coronavirus will no more be iconic

  18. Biscuit is probably iconic for Rob. 😂

  19. Reply
    The Guds Production June 27, 2022 at 6:06 pm

    1. Prambanan Temple is Yogyakarta's most iconic landmark.
    2. The rules of banning people to go back to hometown during Ramadan in Indonesia is a bitter pill. It will prevent the spreading of Coronavirus in Indonesia.
    3. I scrapped my holiday plan to Kuala Lumpur last year. Hopefully, I can go there this year.

  20. I’m curious.what do you do to focus on your work at home? I think it take lots of perseverance.🤔any tips can share with us?

  21. Miss Neil!!!

  22. Oh great finally we got subtitles

  23. Oh great finally we got subtitles

  24. Many thanks

  25. i scrapped all my tasks in order to follow this channel, i am mere pleasant that i found it.

  26. Reply
    Battogtokh Battur June 27, 2022 at 6:06 pm

    The iconic channel is BBC Learning English. I had a nice birthday party plan but it is scrapped by COVID-19 which is a bitter pill situation

  27. It was a bitter pill for me to come abroad, but some iconic people have quoted that when it comes to education you do not need to scrap your heat with fingers, just enlighten yourself.

  28. Reply
    Julia Sevastsyanova June 27, 2022 at 6:06 pm

    I like this format!!!

  29. I will watch the English for cats

  30. Reply
    Alexander Arteaga June 27, 2022 at 6:06 pm

    My mother is iconic person for me, she did her best, with all she had , she bitter pill a lot job to got my food, when I was a child, with her love I scrapped my difficiltuies and today I keep moving forward by my self. ( my gratitude for correct it)

  31. Reply
    BBC Learning English June 27, 2022 at 6:06 pm

    We hope you enjoyed this video. Check out this video about climate change that we mentioned: https://youtu.be/H1DxgSg91Fk

  32. This is a very prominent festival.. we are struggling to fight with the corona virus and I believe that everything will be fine soon. Stay safe you guys!

  33. 1.The Taj Mahal monument is India's most iconic landmark.
    2.Although it is bitter pill work for me, but I have to do this.
    3.I scrapped my plan to go to maternal uncle's home due to lockdown.

  34. Reply
    Василий Упоров June 27, 2022 at 6:06 pm

    Hello Catherine and Neil! Thank you for your positive and very useful videos! I scrapped to avoid English while having quarantine isolation.

  35. Hi, folks!!!

    Honestly, I don't have any intention of scrapping to watch both of you every single week.

    Stay safe!!!

  36. Reply
    Hafiz Mohammed mumen Wadmumen June 27, 2022 at 6:06 pm

    i do salute you for bringing us all these interesting vocabulary 👍

  37. Reply
    Vignesh Ragupathi June 27, 2022 at 6:06 pm

    😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

  38. Some diet will be bitter pill for me😂 because I don't need that actually, but I want to wear some clothes that suit on me!

  39. BBC LEARNING ENGLISH IS ICONIC IN TEACHING ENGLISH IN YOUTUBE

  40. Hi 🙋🏼‍♀️
    Awesome as always , thanks a lot
    Actually the lockdown is a bitter pill to sallow 😑
    BBC is an iconic channel
    Well what’s the meaning of SOUR GRAPES ? 🤔

  41. Reply
    Mohamed Lemine Heyine June 27, 2022 at 6:06 pm

    Thanks, stay safe.

  42. Thank you for these lessons and for the useful vocabulary. It always makes a lot of fun to watch your videos. Greetings from Germany

  43. Excellent! Neil and Katherine make a magnificent duo… I love them… I love BBC Learning English and I'm on cloud nine each time a new video is released. Thanks.

  44. During lockdown staying home is betterpill
    Because of lockdown, our plan is scrapped

    thank you soo much guys

  45. Reply
    Mariafernandapereyra pereyra June 27, 2022 at 6:06 pm

    thaks for your lessons!!, you are going to be an icon this year!

  46. Hello from Greece! The most iconic momument in Greece is doubtlessly the Parthenon. It would be a bitter pill if tourists won't be able to visit it next summer. I hope visitors don't have to scrap their plans. Thanks for your great job. (Please correct my errors)

  47. i love to watch BBC.

  48. Nobody would have complained if these classes were scrapped but thanks to this iconic English teaching team, we are actually learning a lot during the bitter pill days of quarantine.

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