Why smells make us feel at home
6 Minute English
BBC
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đď¸ 6 February 2025
âąď¸ 7 minutes
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How can smells make you feel at home?
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| 0:00.0 | 6 Minute English from BBC LearningEnglish.com |
| 0:05.4 | Hello, this is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Phil. |
| 0:12.1 | And I'm Beth. Phil, what makes home special for you? Maybe it's sleeping in your own bed, |
| 0:18.5 | the view from the window or a loved family pet. |
| 0:22.5 | What makes you feel like your home, Phil? |
| 0:25.3 | You know what? I think it's just relaxing on my sofa in my living room. |
| 0:29.5 | Very nice. |
| 0:31.1 | Well, you might not realise it, but for your brain, one of the strongest identifiers of home is smell. |
| 0:40.0 | Listen, as BBC presenters Marnie Chesterton and Tristan Arton describe the smells which give them the feeling of home. |
| 0:46.1 | My granddad's house smelt of pine and damp and musty books. I know my mom's perfume, my dad's |
| 0:53.6 | preferred soap. |
| 0:54.7 | In this program, we'll be finding out why our sense of smell is so important to feeling at |
| 1:00.7 | home, even when we don't notice it. |
| 1:03.6 | As always, we'll be introducing some useful new vocabulary. |
| 1:07.6 | And if you head over to our website, BBClearningEnglish.com, you'll find a transcript of the programme to read along with as you listen. |
| 1:15.8 | And there's a free worksheet too. |
| 1:17.7 | Good idea, Beth. But now it's time for my question. |
| 1:21.7 | The sense of smell is incredibly powerful, but not everyone has it. |
| 1:26.6 | A small amount of the population is anozmic, meaning they can't smell. |
| 1:32.3 | So, according to research at the University of Reading, what percentage of people have no sense of smell? |
| 1:39.9 | Is it A, 2%, B, 5%, or C, 7%. |
| 1:47.4 | Oh, I'm going to say B, 5%. |
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