Do you have eco anxiety 6 Minute English

A growing number of people around the world are experiencing something psychiatrists are calling ecoanxiety, an overwhelming sense of hopeless and doom due to the current climate situation. Neil and Beth discuss this and teach you some useful vocabulary. This week s question In Australia, an animal thought to be extinct has been spotted for the first time in over fifty years. But is the animal: a) a shark b) a lizard or, c) a parrot Listen to the programme to hear the answer. Cover: Getty Images You can download audio and text here Vocabulary: compassion strong feeling of sympathy for someone and the wish for them not to suffer what a something phrase used to intensify the thing you are talking about; e. g. What a mess What a nice surprise bal