Talking at the table ⏲️ 6 Minute English

Is it OK to ask awkward questions at the dinner table? Beth and Neil discuss chatting at meal times and teach you some useful vocabulary.👇👇👇
❓❓❓ In 2016, a couple from Germany won the world record for the fastest time to set a dinner table. But, how long did it take them?
a) 25 seconds
b) 1 minute 5 seconds
c) 2 minutes 5 seconds
Listen to the programme to hear the answer. [Cover: Getty Images]
You can download the audio and a free programme transcript here 👉
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Vocabulary:
✔️open up - speak more easily than usual, particularly about worries and problems
✔️the … one e.g. the funny one, the wise one - a label for a person describing a particular prominent characteristic they have
✔️a pinch of salt - don't believe everything you're told
✔️children should be seen and not heard - an old-fashioned phrase meaning children should be quiet and behave well
✔️a mixed bag - something that has good and bad aspects
✔️culture shock - an uncertain feeling when in a new and different environment
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What do you talk about at the table?

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Discuss next day plans as well

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We always talk about something's that happened in day and plans for next day

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We usually talk about our day, what have happened. It's a rewarding time with family😊

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We talk about our past events. Especially about happy days in the past

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Sometimes we talk about the experiences and funny things that we have experienced within a day

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I was raised by my grandparents. They always said to me that gathering and talking at the dinner table are very important. Family gathering and eating delicious food made me happy , and I came to love my grandparents more and more. I learned how I ask and talk someone , listen to other's words while eating. I want to enjoy meal times from now on, too.

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I grew up with this ritual, to say the least. Talking at the table when i have a dinner with my family its kind like we did everyday at dinner time. Dinner is the best time to gather with family and we can talking about anything especially what happened on that day. In this time it is a good time to created a strong bond

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I have been told, that talking at the table in the meantime we are having the dinner is unhealthy because fo you don't chew well, your stomach is to fill of instestinal gases, the more you talk the more gases you will intake. grandmother's proverbs. I cross my heart that is is true.

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In our country Vietnam, chikdren are free to talk and encouraged to speak and choose food they like😊😊

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Thanks BBC Learning English! As usual, it was useful and informative! ❤ When I was a child we used to have a traditional lunch at weekends with my nuclear family (my parents and 3 brothers). It was like a family ritual. Mom would cook lunch, dad and kids would set the table opening up about a mixed bag of life. My mom was the wise one, dad - the strict one. Whilst dad was talking children should be seen and not heard. But after he stopped talking, we were talking at once interrupting each other. Our lunches were so loud and noisy that when someone from our extended family joined us they had a culture shock of our family get togethers. ❤Thanks for your attention

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I grew up witnessing lots of arguments between my father and mother. They just happened right on the eating table which caused us a huge of anxiety. I was so obssessed with it and never dared to open up my mouth not to mention talking nonsense or gossiping. I felt like I was assigned a role in my family that I was a kid with no power and just shut up my mouth in any situation. I always believed that I had been raised with a line of demarcation between adults and kids. I never took that as a pinch of salt, just carried with me that mindset until the present moment. There hasn't been anything comforting talking and sharing with my parents. I always feel like there's an invisible gap between us which makes me feel anxious and nervous whenever I talk with them, especially my dad.

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When I am at the table with my family I usually talk about my work, although I tend to avoid talking about it too much but it can happen. Another topic is utility bills and the cost of living. They are not appropriate topics for a dinner or a lunch maybe

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George had a culture shock when he discovered that penguins in Antarctica didn't eat tuna and cucumber sandwiches. The penguins liked to eat raw tuna without bread or cucumbers. George opened up to the penguins and asked them their recipe. George had to take what the wise one (the only penguin that spoke English) said with a pinch of salt because the wise one spoke English funnily, because it didn't watch BBC Learning English, and were taught that children should be seen and not heard, so he never had a chance to practice their conversation English skills. The recipe was a mixed bag, but George decided to try it. George was supposed to shake the salt water off and then eat it raw. George still didn't like it, so he returned to London and had a proper tuna and cucumber sandwich.

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I remember when I was about 10 years old. I asked my mum where I was coming from. My mum said to me stop asking this stupid question.

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Dinner time is a mixed bag. We get to hang out , but an arguement may arise at any given moment.

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I heard American pronunciation too for the word "ask"

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Me and my wife talked about our baby’s growing last night.

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