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6METING ENGLISH From bbclearningenglish.com Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English, I'm Neil.
And I'm Alice.
My chair feels uncomfortable today.
How does yours feel?
Mine's fine, very comfortable, thank you.
Well, it would be nice if you offered to give me your chair, Neil.
What?
No chance.
Well, I would be uncomfortable then, wouldn't I?
You should give me your seat, Neil.
Should I?
Well, now might be a good time to mention that chivalry is the subject of today's show.
Chivalry, these days, means polite behaviour usually by men towards women.
Though, in the past, it referred to a code of behaviour followed by knights in the Middle Ages.
It was all about honour and courage in battle.
And only later on about being polite to the ladies.
Well, we aren't living in the Middle Ages anymore, are we?
No comment.