Are you drinking enough water?

6 Minute English

BBC

Language Learning, Education

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

How much water do you drink every day? Is it enough?

Find a full transcript and worksheet for this episode to help you with your English at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2025/ep-250102

SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER: ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/newsletters

FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow us ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus

LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including: ✔️ Learning English for Work ✔️ Learning English from the News ✔️ Learning English Stories

They're all available by searching in your podcast app.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	6 Minute English from BBC LearningEnglish.com
0:07.0	Hello, this is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Phil.
0:12.5	And I'm Beth. Nowadays, I often see people carrying water bottles with them to make sure they drink enough.
0:19.8	How much water do you drink a day, Phil?
0:22.4	I don't know.
0:24.5	Maybe about a litre.
0:26.5	Okay.
0:27.3	And do you know how much water you should drink a day?
0:30.8	I think it's probably about two litres.
0:34.2	Ah, well, the number many people have heard is two litres a day. Of course, everyone needs to
0:41.2	drink some water. Over half the human body is made up of it. But exactly how much water do we need
0:48.3	to stay healthy? That's what we'll be discussing in this program, along with some useful new vocabulary as well.
0:55.2	And speaking of vocabulary, remember you can download all the new words and phrases from this program,
1:00.8	plus worksheet exercises to help you learn them on our website, BBClearningEnglish.com.
1:07.4	Great, but first I have a question for you, Phil.
1:11.2	I mentioned that over half the human body consists of water,
1:15.7	but there's an even higher percentage of water in our blood.
1:19.8	But how much?
1:20.9	Is our blood A, around 80% water,
1:25.3	B, around 90% water, or C, 100% water?
1:31.0	I think it's around 80% water.
1:34.4	Okay, I will reveal the correct answer later in the program.
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in -84 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from BBC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of BBC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.