https://video.pavel-english.ru/videos/watch/d1d6eca8-3468-4e9d-9150-f05d972d921d Improve your English vocabulary and listening in just six minutes! Some people are always on time but others are always late - they never allow enough time to get somewhere. Lateness can also sometimes be attributed to an underlying fear of being early. Neil and Catherine talk about different people's attitude to being on time. This week's question: How many years would an atomic clock at the UK's National Physical Laboratory take, approximately, to lose or gain a second? Is it... a) 138 years b) 138,000 years c) 138 million years Watch the video to find out the answer. Vocabulary punctuality the fact of doing something at an agreed time and being on time timekeeping ability to achieve things on time time benders people who are always late because they don’t allow enough time to be somewhere resistance being against something deadlines fixed times when things must be completed by conspicuous easily noticed awkward uncomfortable or nervous [Cover: Getty Images] To download the audio and a transcript, go to: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english/ep-201119 More 6 Minute English episodes: The smell of coffee https://youtu.be/5R3WdBE1-JM Can we trust a smart speaker? https://youtu.be/Z2xcl93o7F0 Are dating apps effective? https://youtu.be/s94XlBnJwZU Is there a future without bees? https://youtu.be/gJ0BSnuX1GA Is the recycling system broken? https://youtu.be/iOao1dfGP2s #bbclearningenglish #learnenglish #lateness #punctuality #time Thu, 09 Jul 2026 06:00:25 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/d1d6eca8-3468-4e9d-9150-f05d972d921d 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.