What's your superpower

6 Minute English

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2017-01-12

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  • 6 New English From BBCLearningEnglish.com Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English, I'm Neil.

  • And I'm Alice.

  • So Neil, the subject of today's show is Super Heroes.

  • Who's your favourite?

  • Spider-Man.

  • He's cool and funny, and he can spin webs and jump off skyscrapers.

  • Well, my favourite superhero is Ms.

  • Marvel.

  • I've never heard of her, and I'm a bit of an expert on comic book superheroes.

  • Well, a growing number of people from ethnic backgrounds are getting bored of all these white male superheroes they can't relate to, and they're hungry for characters a little

  • closer to home, or relevant to their own lives.

  • So what's Ms.

  • Marvel's superpower?

  • She's a shape shifter, which means she can change shape and become anything she wants,

  • but she's also just Kamala Khan, an average teenager from New Jersey who happens to be Asian and a Muslim.

  • It sounds good, but I think it must be time for today's quiz question, Alice.

  • OK, here it is.

  • What is the name of the new character that replaces Tony Stark as Iron Man?