https://video.pavel-english.ru/videos/watch/1f21bc09-443c-4c5f-8e7a-4b181dce0b99 Why do we keep, and love, pets? Neil and Georgie discuss this and teach you some useful vocabulary. 👇👇👇 ❓❓❓ What percent of dogs and cats in the UK do you think have their own social media profile? a) 7%? b) 17%? or c) 70%? [Cover: Getty Images] You can download the audio and a free programme transcript here 👉 https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-240104 Vocabulary: ✔️pet - animal that you keep in your home as a companion and treat kindly ✔️a (cat) person - someone who likes or prefers (cats) ✔️living standards - level of material comfort in which people live ✔️disposable income - money left over to spend on things you want after paying taxes and living expenses ✔️loyalty - quality of being strong and unchanging in friendship and support ✔️fit the bill - be suitable for a particular purpose More 6 Minute English episodes: ⭐ Social media and teenage health 👉 https://youtu.be/g8q-Nq-ajx8 ⭐ Elephant-proof farming 👉 https://youtu.be/XMfNMnH8KyQ ⭐ Should we farm octopus? 👉 https://youtu.be/WaQWL1Qr9i8 ⭐ Ways to live for 100 years 👉 https://youtu.be/tieXTqc15rE ⭐ How green is your money? 👉 https://youtu.be/c5Ppkvg7xHI ⭐ Mushrooms: Medicine or myth? 👉 https://youtu.be/fWzD45xDQDo ⭐ Saving dead languages 👉 https://youtu.be/eoXv4JgwjeM ⭐ Sounds that make you want to scream 👉 https://youtu.be/fKg0nLaQzn4 ⭐ How fans talk about their passions 👉 https://youtu.be/rCh9MQibJ3c 🤩🤩🤩 SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more English videos and podcast English to help you improve your English 👉 http://tinyurl.com/ps3hplv ✔️ Visit our website 👉 https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish ✔️ Follow us on Instagram 👉 https://www.instagram.com/bbclearningenglish ✔️ Find us on Facebook 👉 https://www.facebook.com/bbclearningenglish.multimedia ✔️ Join us on TikTok 👉 https://www.tiktok.com/@bbclearningenglish We like receiving and reading your comments - please use English when you comment 😊 #learnenglish #bbclearningenglish #6minuteenglish Thu, 09 Jul 2026 04:35:33 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://video.pavel-english.ru https://video.pavel-english.ru/client/assets/images/icons/icon-96x96.png https://video.pavel-english.ru/videos/watch/1f21bc09-443c-4c5f-8e7a-4b181dce0b99 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://video.pavel-english.ru/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.