https://video.pavel-english.ru/videos/watch/d5d27b01-87d0-4cea-ab01-f7ea7e86e283 Beijing is preparing to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, but the games will look different this time. Neil and Sam give you an update and teach you some related vocabulary so you can talk about it too. This week's question The Winter Olympics have not been around as long as the Summer Olympics, so do you know when the first Winter event took place? a) 1904 b) 1924 c) 1934 Listen to the programme to find out the answer. Vocabulary controversy disagreement or argument about something people have strong feelings about in full swing at its highest level or activity headache something that causes you a lot of problems mountain (metaphor) large amount of something dynamic continually changing and developing the clock is ticking time is running out to prepare for or complete something To download the audio and a transcript, go to our webpage at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english/ep-220127 [Cover: Getty Images] More 6 Minute English episodes: Personalised diets https://youtu.be/dJZ9CSbGueU Inventing languages https://youtu.be/tnmgIUxfFE4 Do trees have memories? https://youtu.be/fGeQH4_lH3Q How green is nuclear energy? https://youtu.be/naB_3XYRtew Why we forget the things we learn https://youtu.be/1iHeeMlOsyc Should fast food sponsor sport? https://youtu.be/BvNNuSz-EFw #learnenglish #vocabulary #winterolympics #beijingolympics #sports #wintersports Thu, 09 Jul 2026 05:52:04 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/d5d27b01-87d0-4cea-ab01-f7ea7e86e283 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.