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6M English from bbclearningenglish.com Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English, I'm Alice.
And I'm Rob.
Did I see you arriving in a huge red pickup truck this morning?
Oh yes, it's great, isn't it?
It's very big and red.
But Rob, aren't you a supporter of the movement to preserve the environment?
Er, yes.
A gas-guzzling car for an environmentalist, Rob.
Isn't that a contradiction?
Aren't you being a hypocrite?
Well, it's very fuel-efficient, Alice.
It's quite eco-friendly, actually.
Mm, that's ridiculous, and you know it.
Hypocrisy is the subject of today's show.
And maybe we should start by exploring the meaning of hypocrite.
Can you tell me what did the ancient Greek word hypocrite originally mean?
Was it A, actor, B, politician, or C, horse?
OK, that's easy, I think it's B, politician.