https://video.pavel-english.ru/videos/watch/67f7af46-1e9b-4ebb-b30a-57e41c6e3ed4 Improve your English vocabulary and listening in just six minutes! How do us humans compare with other animals when it comes to keeping ourselves and our environment clean? In this programme, we’ll be asking whether humans as a species are naturally clean and tidy. Neil and Sam talk about the topic and teach you related vocabulary along the way. This week's question: In Victorian times the population of London boomed and so did all the pee and poo being thrown into the River Thames. It got so bad that by the 1850s the awful smell had its own name – but what? A) The Great Stench B) The Great Stink C) The Great Smell Watch the video to find out the answer. Vocabulary out of sight, out of mind said to emphasise that it is easier to forget something when you cannot see it go to great lengths try very hard to achieve something territorial markers smells secreted by animals into their dung or urine to mark their territory disgust strong feeling of dislike or repulsion nausea the feeling that you are going to vomit or be sick raise make a stink about something make a strong public complaint [Cover: Getty Images] To download the audio and a transcript, go to: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english/ep-210729 EPISODE EXCLUSIVE TO OUR WEBSITE: The loneliest man in history https://bbc.in/3x5pDTE 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​ #learningenglish #bbclearningenglish #species #hygiene #toilethabits Thu, 09 Jul 2026 04:38:00 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/67f7af46-1e9b-4ebb-b30a-57e41c6e3ed4 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.