https://video.pavel-english.ru/videos/watch/6eb81514-1d98-483f-a289-e0d66e6a727a What is the chance of the human race surviving the 21st century? There are many dangers – climate change for example, or nuclear war, or a pandemic, or planet Earth being hit by a giant asteroid. Sam and Neil discuss our future and whether we need to start panicing but not before they teach you some useful vocabulary. QUESTION: The species was hunted so much that within a century, every single bird had died out. But do you know which island the dodo was from? Was it: a) The Galapagos b) Mauritius c) Fiji [The answer is at the end of the programme.] VOCABULARY: existential risks dangers that threaten the continuation of human life on Earth the historical record the collection of all written and recorded past events concerning the human race wipes out completely destroys leaving nothing remaining plague infectious, epidemic disease Doomsday final day of the world’s existence; apocalypse false alarm warning given incorrectly so that people wrongly believe something dangerous is about to happen To download an audio version and a transcript, go to our website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english/ep-200312 For more English videos and English lessons to help you learn English: www.bbclearningenglish.com We like receiving and reading your comments - please use English when you comment. #bbclearningenglish #usefulvocabulary #englishpodcast #6minuteenglish Thu, 09 Jul 2026 05:52:54 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/6eb81514-1d98-483f-a289-e0d66e6a727a 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.