Talking at the table ⏲️ 6 Minute English

[@bbclearningenglish]

What do you talk about at the table?

[@raheel-y4l]

Discuss next day plans as well

[@Samantha-sh1zw]

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

[@lucianaaragao9125]

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

[@muslimayuldasheva6688]

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

[@cingheinuomzo1787]

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

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[@nami10301]

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.

[@eithadarmon8807]

Thank you bbc since I was a childhood and adulthood I have never think that to seat gathering with our family. But now I realized it Talking at a table is really significant and we can share our feeling or our problems

[@natalijapavlova6491]

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

[@bbclearningenglish]

Thanks for sharing :)

[@ngocthachtruong9889]

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.

[@Hani-cq1xp]

Same😔

[@mehmet.albyrk]

Sorry for you

[@MD.MonoarHossain-mh9dt]

Really, this video is very effective for learning how to make a healthy family as well as taught us how to communicate one another also.Dinning table is one of the suitable way of learning manner,politeness,modesty etc.Any one can learn these virtue by practising on each other.

[@NaNa-iu3hi]

The most fascinating moment for me is gossiping with my family during meal times. Because it not only connects the relationships between family members but also serves as a good way to relieve stress.

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[@thutun8122]

Thank you, BBC. We, our family members don't usually gather together at the table because we are together almost everytime😁. And we have food when we are hungry. There is no setting time to eat. So we have food at different times. Nevertheless, we gather together to talk at other time. As for me, I used to be open up, but now I don't talk everything that I feel. And sometimes, when my elder brother said me that he was the wise one and I was the funny, I just took that with a pinch of salt. Now I am preparing to study abroad. So I'm sure to get a culture shock there.Thanks for your attention!

[@bbclearningenglish]

Thanks for sharing your story! We like your use of the idiom 'take that with a pinch of salt'.

[@carolina-1540]

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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[@FSGoood]

Studying abroad is a mixed bag, I would say. Culture shock is the first issue, and do not believe others' words because they are a pinch of salt. However, international students can open up with other peers who are trustworthy.

[@manuelgordillo520]

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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I am also from Myanmar

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[@Vanilyalimutfak]

We are a family with two teenager.l set a dinner table every evening and we talked about school or job and also we decide weekly read plan. It is important for us.

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So usefull thanks😊

[@shamsyjadidy6635]

Meal time is really a good time to chat, it is the time that the whole family gets together. Of course, kids can discuss about their activities. All family members should turn off their phones and listen to others carefully. At meal time we shouldn't say something that may bother others and try to have a happy time.

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What a lovely feeling you get while sitting at the dinner table. ❤❤❤

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What topics do you talk about?

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[@NgaHoang-fy4gg]

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

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🥰🥰🥰

[@RamzanAly-iq8yl]

Very good conversation

[@vikashbabu3321]

Thank you

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[@Oligarchs-si1gj]

Good for learners

[@品嫻-w6x]

I like to share my thoughts and feelings at the table.

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That's fantastic

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[@benjaminestrada8788]

We always talk about our holliday in Can Cun . 😊

[@MayHtet-h9q]

What a lovely topic ❤

[@bbclearningenglish]

Yes! Eating and talking are great topics :)

[@lilianatria2877]

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

[@alekschizhma3433]

Awesome , thank you, very usefully

[@ashankarunathilaka]

Very helpful video for me.

[@tammytsang3487]

I had culture shock when I first immigrated to Canada several decades ago. Back then it was hard for me to understand the news in English.

[@Tage-in-Weimar]

Thank you for the real-life topics and the pleasantly pleasant pronunciation.

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[@jackototo2260]

I like talking something funny only !

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I like it😊

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Thank you very much I think this video will be very useful for all students

[@zkarlit0z]

I grew up thinking that talking while you are eating was considered bad manners, that's why I prefer a quiet meal 😅

[@ravishekhar254]

It’s true dear friend

[@BriantheBrick]

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.

[@chimak8332]

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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Great video as usual❤

[@76raghavkumar39]

Nice

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Nice one

[@Serene2024]

Listen to 0:35. Did you "eats" However it is very correctly written in subtitles

[@wWx_Ali.xp06]

My future plans and discuss my problems

[@khalidsaifullahbhuiyan4298]

Talking in table a very common in bd but we used to sit on the bed.

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Wow!

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[@user-yh3bb4ib4f]

Thanks. I am in CHIAN

[@jackototo2260]

Et enfant seuls les grands pouvaient parler !!! When was child only older could talking !!!

[@mahasiswaaktivitas]

Meet the love of my life in a dinner blind date? I'd love that 😂

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May your dreams come true! 😂😂

[@陳珈惠-v5j]

Excuse me.What the sentense mean in Chinese?

[@xianbai-nr9jt]

@@陳珈惠-v5j 在相亲晚餐中遇到一生挚爱。“blind date” means a romantic social meeting between two people who have never met each other.在这里可以译为相亲

[@EnglishAAB]

I heard American pronunciation too for the word "ask"

[@IELTS_UK]

I see what you mean. My accent is northern and we say assssk with a strong S and K ! Everyone always points it out.

[@ceciliamoresco2555]

Here in argentina,family meetings lost ..becouse young people have 2 or 3 works,i dont know how we make about these but its own problem

[@AmalRamadan-t5u]

I 'd learn how to link words in speech ?

[@baharehgolpour5674]

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

[@1malken]

I can make mistake but I listened about idiom "pinch of salt" in another one podcast of 6 minutes. Is it possible?

[@YadanarSoe-vk2om]

how people behaviors at the tables

[@Salah_-_Uddin]

Should it be "the BBC Learning English" or "BBC Learning English?"

[@bbclearningenglish]

It may depend on the context, but generally we don't use 'the' before BBC Learning English.

[@binhminhnguyen3630]

Open up Pinch of salt A mixed bah

[@khucanhhung.player]

bye for now, thanks

[@ilyin.konstantin]

I prefer silence when i eat at the table

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[@Cmd803]

Add subtitles