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Learning Easy English
Real Easy English: Talking about work

Yeah, me too. When we have lots of projects as well, like when we have a lot of things going on, it can be stressful to kind of juggle different tasks. And when we need to publish a new podcast or a new video series, there can be a lot of pressure to get things done. So would you say that you're someone who gets stressed easily at work? Because you seem to be

Learning Easy English
Real Easy English: Talking about work

quite calm all the time. Yeah, no I don't actually get too stressed very often. Even when there's a bit of pressure at work, I tend to stay quite calm. I always just think there's no point in worrying. Worrying doesn't actually fix the issues. And you can only do what you can do. So yeah, I tend to stay quite relaxed. What about you? Do you get quite stressed or...

Learning Easy English
Real Easy English: Talking about work

on a page that you can see and you can kind of know where you are in your week, which is really helpful. What happens when things go wrong at work? How do you deal with these situations?

Learning Easy English
Real Easy English: Talking about work

Okay, let's recap the language we heard during the conversation, starting with stress. Now stress is a feeling of worry, usually caused by a particular situation. And you can describe a person as being stressed, and that is the feeling of having stress. And we can also say stressful, which describes the situation.

Learning Easy English
Real Easy English: Talking about work

And we heard supportive. And if someone is supportive, they help other people. That's it for this episode of Real Easy English. We'll be back next week with another Easy English conversation. And if you want more Easy English, head to our website to try some of our other Easy series. For example, the London Letter Challenge. Go to our website, bbclearningenglish.com. Goodbye for now. Bye.

6 Minute English
Dreaming of being a chef

This isn't about quarterly earnings or about tech reviews.

6 Minute English
Dreaming of being a chef

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6 Minute English
Dreaming of being a chef

And I'm Becca.

6 Minute English
Dreaming of being a chef

Do you enjoy cooking, Neil?

6 Minute English
Dreaming of being a chef

I enjoy cooking when I'm feeding other people.

6 Minute English
Dreaming of being a chef

But usually after a busy day at work, I don't enjoy cooking for myself.

6 Minute English
Dreaming of being a chef

Being a top chef requires passion, dedication and hard work.

6 Minute English
Dreaming of being a chef

Many chefs work 15 hours a day, six days a week, and busy kitchens cooking expensive food are very stressful places to work.

6 Minute English
Dreaming of being a chef

But first, I have a question for you now.

6 Minute English
Dreaming of being a chef

The top prize for any professional chef are Michelin stars, awards given to restaurants offering outstanding cooking.

6 Minute English
Dreaming of being a chef

But who is the winner of the most Michelin stars ever?

6 Minute English
Dreaming of being a chef

OK, we'll find out the answer later in this episode.

6 Minute English
Dreaming of being a chef

Born in South Africa, chef Chantal D'Artnol started her culinary career at a three Michelin star restaurant in the exclusive Mayfair area of London.

6 Minute English
Dreaming of being a chef

Here, she tells Ruth Alexander, presenter of BBC World Service programme The Food Chain, how it all got started.