The Rosetta Stone - 6 Minute English

In this programme, Rob and Sam talk about one of the most famous museum objects in the world, and how it helped us to get to know the writing system used by ancient Egyptians. You'll learn a bit of history, and some useful English vocabulary along the way.

This week's question
The writing on the Rosetta Stone is a tax agreement between the priests and which Egyptian pharaoh?
a) Cleopatra
b) Ptolemy
c) Ramesses

Listen to the programme to find out the answer.

Vocabulary
hieroglyphs
pictures or symbol that represents words and sounds and were used in ancient Egypt

decipher
discover the meaning of a piece of writing, even though it is difficult to read or understand

pearls of wisdom
wise words, sayings or advice

prodigy
a young person with a great natural ability or talent for doing something

get the bug
suddenly develop a strong enthusiasm for something

there is no holding (somebody) back
(idiom) when someone is doing something so enthusiastically they cannot be stopped

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[universal]

It can be used for “one that gives a clue to understanding”. Ex: I didn’t understand anything about Roman mythology before I read this book. It became my Rosetta Stone.

[SherifIbrahim]

Much love from Egypt to BBC learning English 👋🏽❤️❤️🇪🇬

[ivanmontiel]

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[ehafizhasanmustofa]

Thanks BBC Learning English this video helpend me to the learning English subtitle

[jomeshvarghese]

I eagerly wait for this podcast every week. You are not just teaching English but giving new ideas. Excellent job 👌

[hendkarki]

Very nice topics by BBC, I really enjoy listening to BBC while driving

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[letsplayroblox]

Wow it's so interesting to know about history. The Rosetta stone was written like a letter if i am not mistaken. The history of Egypt is big. It would be good to discover it at all. I think we can explore more if we try. People at that time were clever in my opinion. They have their symbols like alphabet. It shows that they have whole civilization. The Rosetta stone is the precious thing we should keep away. Thanks, BBC😊👍

[BenitaAzad]

hello.
i am in love with egypt too.
and I got the quiz question right

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Download links would make you look at your tube downloader wondering " What am I supposed to (do) download with this then?".
Thanks for this educational video!

[naharvlog]

It was amusing to listen.moreover it was nice and informative. I really enjoyed.thank you

[thatchoirgirl]

Very interesting. 😍I really enjoyed listening and learning something new!

[HaroldoTajra]

Great show! Very interesting! congratulations!

[ieoieo]

If you just add amoving clips with the podcasts to break the rutien and boredom ❤️❤️

[yumigo]

Can I suggest my opinion to the BBC 6minute English team? Did each presenter record their voices in each other's place separately and then combined them? it's because their conversation doesn't flow naturally as much as they are talking to each other, instead, they look like just read their script separately unlike other audios in terms of their speed of talking, the timing of speech, and so on. If you can't do recording work in the same place because of the pandemic, can you please do it just like conversation on the phone rather than recording separately like this audio? I want to learn from conversations between people like what your program has done so far, not from just reading scripts like news announcements. Thanks always.

[JeroenMarsh]

so this is what 'prodigy' means. I heard about such a musical group

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The football prodigy was transferred to Turkey. Then he became trash in there because of there was nothing about educating footballers.

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