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So, for example, a juicy fruit like a strawberry, when you bite into it, juice will come out of it.

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I agree. I think that maybe life does exist beyond our planet, but maybe not as we see in alien movies. Well, in this episode we'll be learning from science and space experts about whether the conditions for life exist on a planet 40 light years away. Yes, and as usual you can find a transcript for this episode along with all the vocabulary and a worksheet on our website bbclearningenglish.com.

If something has potential, it already has the qualities or abilities to do something. The adjective potential has a similar meaning, but refers to future capability. Exactly. We could say the data has potential in that it shows signs of helping the research. But when we talk about potential data, we're referring to data that could help us with future research.

If something is dominated by something else, it is controlled by it or is the most significant element of it. Trappist-1e is full of nitrogen, which is exciting, because nitrogen is a sign of life and habitability.

Caroline guesses that scientists will focus on the planet's temperature and whether it could support life. She uses the expression fingers crossed to express hope for a positive outcome. Yes, we often make the physical gesture of crossing our fingers for good luck.

Ah, well, that's still longer than my lifetime. Now let's have a recap of the language we've learnt in this episode, starting with habitable, which describes a place or habitat that is suitable for something to live. A zone is an area with a particular feature. Potential describes having possible qualities or abilities to do something. The phrasal verb rule out means to dismiss the possibility or idea of something.

Hi, Becca. How are you? Yeah, I'm really good. Thanks, Neil. How about yourself? I'm very well, thank you. Your teeth are looking very bright today. Oh, well, thank you. I recently went to the dentist and I had a very good clean at the dentist. Wow.

Well, we're talking about the dentist today. Oh, really? We are, yes. Do you like going to the dentist? Does anyone like going to the dentist? It can be a bit scary sometimes. How do you feel about the dentist? Well, I haven't been to the dentist for a long time. When was the last time that you had a check-up at the dentist? A check-up is when you have your teeth looked at by the dentist.

I have, yes. So when I was 13, I had braces put on my teeth. And so braces are kind of like a wire that go across your teeth. And you have them done because they help to straighten your teeth.

A straight smile as well with lovely straight white teeth. Lots of people don't really like the dentist because they have to go in for a filling. What's a filling? A filling? I've never had one. But a filling is when a dentist will fill a hole in your teeth with some kind of material. And usually that hole can get bigger over time if you, for example, have too much sugar.

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I'm Becca. And I'm Georgie. You can find a video version of this podcast with subtitles to help you learn on our website.

very well. But when it comes to tasks or things that I have to do for myself, I must write them down or I will forget them. I won't remember them. I'm a very forgetful person. Yes, everyone knows me to leave things in the house that I needed to bring or when I, for example, an umbrella, if I take that out, it will get lost 100%. So I have a terrible memory.

I went to a concert. And I went to this concert with my dad, my best friend and her dad. And it was outside, a summer's day. It was kind of sunset time. We were both on our dad's shoulders, singing, dancing. And she has the exact same memory, so I know that it's

It's really lovely to be able to remember especially the good things from the past. How about you? I like to reminisce. Reminisce means that we talk about things from the past, about memories with happiness. That's really fun to do, especially with childhood friends. When I meet up with friends from school, it's a lot of fun to kind of

ajatella hyviä aikoja koulussa ja puhua ihmisistä, joita olimme aiemmin tunneet. Kyllä, se on hauska tehtävä. Kyllä, minä tykkään siitä myös. Voimme puhua aiemmista asioista, mutta jotkut ihmiset tykkäävät myös pysyä asioista, saada asioita aiemmin. Mementoja, niitä kutsutaan. Tykkäätkö pysyä mementoja? Tykkään pysyä mementoja. Mikälaisia asioita?

Hello, Becca. How are you? I'm really well, thank you, Georgie. How about yourself? Yes, I'm good, thank you. Are you having a busy week? It has been a little bit busy, but also quite fun. How about yours? Me too. I've had a busy week, but it's going well. And Becca, today we're talking about work. We're going to talk about what we're good at at work, and also what we do when things go wrong. Ooh, okay. So...