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english listening podcast georgina hello. this is 6 minute english, i'm georgina. rob and i'm rob. georgina what do you do when you’re tired, rob? rob mm, i go to bed. bbc learning english 6 minute english yawning this is not a word - for - word transcript road podcast d on ’ t stop learning, even when you are on the roa d georgina before that? rob erm, i clean my teeth? georgina tired? rob right, well these days i just kind of fall asleep in front of the tv. georgina yes, but, ok – what am i doing now? rob oh yes, hang on – yes, you’ve set me off - yawning, yes yawning is a sign that we are tired! or bored! georgina are you tired or bored now? rob no, not particularly. georgina so, why did you just yawn? rob well, because you did! that’s the …

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might yawn when its owner does? rob dogs! dogs can catch a yawn from their owners. georgina yes, yawning is a very contagious behaviour. the use of the word behaviour here is interesting. normally it is an uncountable noun to describe the way we act – either in a good or a bad way. we talk about, for example, dogs’ or children’s behaviour being good or bad. rob but it’s also used as an uncountable noun when we are talking about a particular action that, for example, an animal makes in particular situations. these behaviours are often not conscious, but are an automatic response to a situation. georgina and the researchers were looking to see if there was a cognitive side to the behaviour. which means they are looking at the mental process – what is happening in the mind to make us yawn, particularly when someone else yawns. let’s …

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e feel close to, and belong in, the same group as the person who exhibits the behaviour – the person who does the yawning – we are likely to yawn too. rob so, you are less likely to yawn if a stranger yawns than if someone in your close family or circle of friends yawns. georgina let’s listen again. john drury so, the more that you identify with the ingroup target, the more likely you are to copy their behaviour. what we do when we see a behaviour is that at some level, we are making a judgement about whether the person exhibiting that behaviour, whether it’s an emotion, or a scratching behaviour, or anything, is relevant. does their behaviour indicate to us how we should behave? georgina right, before we review the vocabulary, let’s have the answer to our quiz. why do we yawn? is it: a: to take …

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gious can be spread from one person to another a behaviour an action, often automatic, in response to a particular situation cognitive connected to mental processes and the way our minds work to identify with (a group) to feel close to and have a sense of belonging to (a group) exhibit (a behaviour) do, show (a behaviour) https://t.me/road_podcast https://t.me/road_podcast

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english listening podcast georgina hello. this is 6 minute english, i'm georgina. rob and i'm rob. georgina what do you do when you’re tired, rob? rob mm, i go to bed. bbc learning english 6 minute english yawning this is not a word - for - word transcript road podcast d on ’ t stop learning, even when you are on the roa d georgina before that? rob erm, i clean my teeth? georgina tired? rob right, well these days i just kind of fall asleep in front of the tv. georgina yes, but, ok – what am i doing now? rob oh yes, hang on – yes, you’ve set me off - yawning, yes yawning is a sign that …

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