Greed - the desire to accumulate ‘stuff’ for yourself. Neil and Beth discuss this and teach you some useful vocabulary. 👇👇👇
❓❓❓ This week’s question: Which one of history’s greatest leaders said this quote? ’The world has enough for everyone’s need, but not everyone’s greed’.
a) The Dalai Lama
b) Mahatma Gandhi
c) Martin Luther King
[Cover: Getty Images]
You can download audio and a free programme transcript here 👉
Vocabulary:
✔️stuff - (informal) material objects and possessions
✔️take credit (for something) - accept praise and recognition given for doing something good, whether or not you deserve it
✔️the flip of a coin - something based on luck or random chance, such as when flipping a coin into the air to see whether it lands heads-side or tails-side up
✔️pull yourself up by your bootstraps - improve your situation through your own efforts, without help from anyone else
✔️well-off - rich enough to be able to have most of what you want
✔️empathy - ability to experience someone else’s feelings by imagining what it would be like to be in their situation
More 6 Minute English episodes:
⭐ Can we live without plastic? 👉
⭐ Invasive species: Why not eat them? 👉
⭐ What and where is Little Italy? 👉
⭐ Social media and teenage health 👉
⭐ Elephant-proof farming 👉
⭐ Should we farm octopus? 👉
⭐ Ways to live for 100 years 👉
⭐ How green is your money? 👉
⭐ Mushrooms: Medicine or myth? 👉
🤩🤩🤩 SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more English videos and podcast English to help you improve your English 👉
✔️ Visit our website 👉
✔️ Follow us on Instagram 👉
✔️ Find us on Facebook 👉
✔️ Join us on TikTok 👉 @bbclearningenglish
We like receiving and reading your comments - please use English when you comment 😊
#learnenglish #bbclearningenglish #greed
1 view
0
0
1 month ago 00:00:32 1
…but the people are retarded
2 months ago 00:01:14 1
Don’t Be Afraid 2 - Official Launch Trailer
2 months ago 00:01:04 1
Steam Scream 3: Official Trailer
2 months ago 09:16:52 1
Healing The Inner Child | Free Yourself From Trauma | Release Old Wounds | 417 Hz Music Therapy
2 months ago 00:32:50 6
Enchantress ASMR / Inaudible Whispers / Page Flipping / Writing / Crystals / Listen While Study
2 months ago 00:56:47 3
Penn Badgley, Are We Confusing YOU w/ Real Love? TV Fantasies vs. True Bond w/ Dr. Nura | Soul Boom
2 months ago 00:01:09 1
Ash - Official Teaser Trailer (2025) Aaron Paul, Eiza González, Iko Uwais
2 months ago 00:03:19 1
Israel’s secret trips to British cyber warfare base exposed | IDF leak latest
2 months ago 00:10:46 1
навести порядок в голове
2 months ago 00:08:55 1
привычки против кризиса
2 months ago 00:08:03 1
психология пессимизма
2 months ago 00:02:11 1
Lara Svetlova :my ABSTRACT for the degree of candidate of psychological sciences 2002
2 months ago 00:10:01 1
Vietnam War Booby Traps: How do they work?
2 months ago 00:45:23 1
Похитители Трупов - [История Медицины]
2 months ago 00:01:00 1
Как изменить МУЖЧИНУ? ПОБОЧНЫЕ ЭФФЕКТЫ| Сатья Дас #Сатья #сатьядас #сатья #семья #психология #веды
2 months ago 00:00:21 1
😻Cat and dog are best friends! #funnycat #dog #best #cat #friends #short
2 months ago 00:02:43 1
Espionage Chronicles: A Glimpse into the World of Spies
2 months ago 00:20:05 1
Devastating Tropical Storm TRAMI Leaves MILLION Homeless in Philippines!
2 months ago 00:01:45 1
Love Eternal - Official Trailer | The Indie Horror Showcase 2024
2 months ago 00:00:59 1
Dreamed Away - Official Trailer | The Indie Horror Showcase 2024
2 months ago 00:04:14 1
Nature’s Fury UNLEASHED: Worst Storm Ever?
2 months ago 00:08:26 1
The Forgotten Basement; of Souls
2 months ago 00:05:24 1
Is Elon Musk Becoming a Muslim? | Message to Muslims!
2 months ago 02:27:43 1
TOP DOG: PROSPECT 20, Москва | Русский Богатырь VS Психолог, Торнадо VS Нухов