Scientists have discovered how vampire bats can survive on a blood-only diet. Neil and Catherine teach you the language the world’s media is using to discuss this story.
Find out more and test your understanding here :http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/newsreview/unit-1/session-26
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Vocabulary:
bloodthirsty
keen to enjoy violence
iron guts
the ability to eat or drink anything without vomiting
live off
depend on something or someone for money or food
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Excellent explaination by DAN. Good efforts by both
You are a vampire, I am an umpire. You are a bat, I am a (baseball) bat.
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when i was a kid i was watching horror movie then suddenly coming vampire in movie and that was a bloodthirsty and i saw iron guts man as well who was eating human flash that was shocking for me because i had never seen that kind of stuff before
I love drama movies, but i dont like horor movies because of those are bloodthiesty.
When I travel to any country that have foods I don't know before, I am not afraid since I have an iron guts that does not affected by any type of good.
I live off my salary.
I am a Dutcher . I have today a English listing key and my mother said look at English films
Those videos are amazing!!
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thanks BBC , I hope one day you will make videos for English poem
Neil and Cathrein are great as usual
Absolutely, I found words which is needed. Now I can tell my friend that he has iron guts😂 and I don't like watching horror films cause most of them at really bloodthirsty and my last sentence: I like being independent that's why when I grow up I don't want to live off my parents
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I love this show.
Hello Neil
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Thanks a lot .I want to know it's correct to say: am living on my work.
The second phrase :am living off my job
Thank you
We also have it in Arabic. We say: Blood never becomes water.
I can't help saying it ; predatory wars are created bloodthirsty criminals !
Thanks BBC learning English for this useful episode !
Thanks a lot
Thank you for new video, but I don't understand your complaining sometimes. Of course that is the reason for improve my speaking.