This week Kate and Neil discuss diaries - why we write them and why we find the prospect of reading someone else's so appealing.
This week's question: The Diary of Anne Frank is one of the world's best known diaries. How many people have read it since it was published in 1947?
Is it:
a) 10 million
b) 17 million
c) 31 million
Listen out for the answer in the programme!
Listen to the programme:
Dear diary...
Vocabulary
- reassure
to comfort someone and stop them from worrying about something in particular
- to rush
to go past very quickly
- to pin down
to focus on something - if you pin something down, you are able to see it clearly
- traumatic
when something causes emotion shock and is upsetting
- missed opportunities
a phrase we used to talk about situations in the past when we had the possibility of doing something but never did it. There is often a feeling of regret when people talk about missed opportunities
- time capsule
a type of container which is filled with objects considered to be typical of the present period in history and then buried so they can be dug up and studied at some point in the future
- domestic details
all things related to the home
Related links
The 成人快手 is not responsible for the content of external internet sites
