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200 You’ve arranged to do the following: – Saturday – watch TV – Sunday – a café You’ve arranged to do the following: – tomorrow – revise for the test – Sunday – the zoo II. Tapescript BBC Learning English 6 Minute English Speak Any Language Instantly Neil: Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English: the programme in which we talk about a story in the news and learn some vocabulary while we’re doing it. I’m Neil and joining me today is Jen. Hi there, Jen. Jen: Hi Neil. Neil: Now, this sounds like every struggling language student’s dream... Jen: A piece of technology which could put an end to hours and hours of study… Neil: It sounds like something from science fiction… Jen: A machine which allows you to speak any language in the world… instantly! Neil: OK, well not quite, but we are talking about an app – a piece of software common on smartphones – developed in Japan. This app allows you to have conversations with another person speaking in a different language translated in real time – in other words, instantly. Jen: This could put us out of a job, Neil! Now come on, it must be time for a language-related quiz. Neil: Yes, that’s exactly what we’ll do now. I want to know, how many languages are there in the world? Is it: a) about 100 b) about 1,000 c) about 6,000 Jen: Well, I think there are a lot but maybe not 6,000, so I’ll go for b) about 1,000. Neil: OK, well we will find out, as ever, at the end of the programme. Back now to our app.