https://video.pavel-english.ru/videos/watch/1fdfb0b8-3a4c-432d-8b9f-ba31cd22f1ac Improve your English vocabulary and listening in just six minutes! Episodes of extreme weather seem to be more frequent and some scientists suspect this might be caused by human-induced climate change. Climatologist Geert Jan van Oldenborgh talks about a heatwave that surprised climate modellers because it exceeded even the worst expectations. Neil and Sam discuss the topic and teach you related vocabulary. This week's question On 1st July 2021 Canada saw the temperature break records in Lytton. But just how hot did it get? a) 39 point 6 degrees Celsius b) 49 point 6 degrees Celsius c) 59 point 6 degrees Celsius Watch the video to find out the answer. Vocabulary wildfire a fire that is burning strongly and out of control in the countryside wake-up call shocking event which should make people realise that we need to take to change a situation heatwave short period of time, such as few weeks, when the weather is much hotter than usual jump a sudden increase gradual happening slowly over a long period of time shake someone’s confidence make someone doubt something that they were certain was true To download the audio and a transcript, go to: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english/ep-210909 [Cover: Getty Images] More 6 Minute English episodes: How to disagree better https://youtu.be/rWHGKGS7zSc​​ Meditation and your brain https://youtu.be/sm6EtQg-hxw​​ No more bosses https://youtu.be/ktgDXNML2uI​​ How can we make the web a better place? https://youtu.be/wMQjmpVgor8​​ Learn to talk about broken hearts in 6 minutes! https://youtu.be/WBLuy_YU-Zw​​ Coronavirus vs other pandemics https://youtu.be/kjVd228S-yQ​​ #learnenglish #globalwarming #climatechange #extremeweather #climateemergency Thu, 09 Jul 2026 04:37:07 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/1fdfb0b8-3a4c-432d-8b9f-ba31cd22f1ac 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.