How to talk about conspiracy theories - 6 Minute English https://video.pavel-english.ru/videos/watch/8e5018db-3fec-437b-bd7c-1efabb437d1a Conspiracy theories are not a new phenomenon - some people still don't believe that man has ever been to the Moon. But with the coronavirus pandemic has come a huge wave of novel online misinformation, including some outlandish ideas, and some panicky people are buying into them. Neil and Sam discuss what to do when you are confronted with someone who spreads falsehoods. They teach you vocabulary along the way. To download the audio and a transcript, go to our website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english/ep-200903 More 6 Minute English episodes: Should we wear face masks? https://youtu.be/7ZJxdmEKn0Q COVID-19: The office after lockdown https://youtu.be/glK2V-7DJD8. Sport against poverty https://youtu.be/atPNphv-NEI Food made in space https://youtu.be/_q8geBY3vPA The medicine of coronavirus https://youtu.be/gu_GfdJpdsA Is this the era of distrust? https://youtu.be/AhoslePC6yI Vocabulary down the rabbit hole enter a situation which seems interesting and uncomplicated at first but ends up becoming strange, confusing and hard to escape from pretext pretend reason for doing something that is used to hide the real reason bonkers silly, stupid or crazy (informal) disdain disliking something because you feel it does not deserve your attention or respect get to the bottom of (something) discover the real but sometimes hidden reason why something happens sweeping something spoken or written about that is too general and does not carefully consider all the relevant facts [Cover: Getty Images] #bbclearningenglish #learnenglish #conspiracytheories Thu, 09 Jul 2026 04:24:03 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://video.pavel-english.ru How to talk about conspiracy theories - 6 Minute English https://video.pavel-english.ru/client/assets/images/icons/icon-96x96.png https://video.pavel-english.ru/videos/watch/8e5018db-3fec-437b-bd7c-1efabb437d1a 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.