https://video.pavel-english.ru/videos/watch/92e779df-813d-40d4-8513-908187f4df12 Improve your English vocabulary and listening in just six minutes! Loneliness can affect all people at different times in their lives, but is it a new idea or something humans have always experienced? Neil and Rob talk about loneliness and how some people prefer their own company. This week's question: Mauro Morandi lived alone on Budelli Island in Italy for many years, but for how many years exactly? Was it... a) 6 years b) 31 years c) 44 years Listen to the programme to find out the answer. Vocabulary keep someone company spend time with someone so they don’t get lonely social change shift in how people behave and think significant other partner solitude being alone pinch points times in your life where there are difficulties and things slow down or change chronic long lasting (health condition) [Cover: Getty Images] To download the audio and a transcript, go to: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish... More 6 Minute English episodes: Fake or real: What’s the best tree to have at Christmas? https://youtu.be/NFZH67BgO5c Women's football World Cup https://youtu.be/uziFF8NSxaQ The circular economy https://youtu.be/vezrsZv5UcE Can death metal bring you joy? https://youtu.be/x4qC_ed3dRg Could you be a victim of online fraud? https://youtu.be/kU65ZNNOPc4 #bbclearningenglish #learnenglish #loneliness #solitude Thu, 09 Jul 2026 05:47:43 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/92e779df-813d-40d4-8513-908187f4df12 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.