https://video.pavel-english.ru/videos/watch/c026be16-e8d4-4397-b0c6-36b37715bcaf Compared to historical pandemics like the Spanish flu and economic crises like the Great Depression, coronavirus isn’t apparently so bad. Neil and Georgina discuss a historian’s view of coronavirus versus other pandemics. This week's question Where exactly did the Silk Roads run? Was it... a) From South America to Europe b) From Africa to Asia? c) From Asia to Europe Listen to the programme to find out the answer. Vocabulary the bigger picture the long-term, overall view of a complex situation lethal causing death; extremely dangerous high-density having people living together in buildings close to one another peripheral happening at the edge, not centre, of something flight routes air routes and connections followed by airplanes dose (informal) something unpleasant to experience [Cover: Getty Images] To download the audio and a transcript, go to: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish... More 6 Minute English episodes: Why do we choose to text instead of talk? https://youtu.be/PL90RepTkhk Melting ice sheet: Is it too late? https://youtu.be/3fBxa1IEb74 Will Covid-19 change cities? https://youtu.be/jO8d0wwXyk8 The soothing power of books https://youtu.be/oviVRMuVgAs Shocking facts about electricity https://youtu.be/xg7OWeR7tr4 #bbclearningenglish #learnenglish #coronavirus #covid19 #pandemic #spanishflu Thu, 09 Jul 2026 04:22:25 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/c026be16-e8d4-4397-b0c6-36b37715bcaf 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.