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6 New English from BBClearningenglish.com Hello and welcome to Six Minute English,
the programme where we bring you an interesting topic and six items of vocabulary.
I'm Neil.
And I'm Catherine.
Now, this programme is six minutes long.
Yes, it's a six minute English.
And we have a challenge for everyone.
Can you stay focused for the full six minutes?
Sounds easy, maybe not.
Because today we're talking about our attention spans.
Are they shrinking?
That's right, so we're asking today,
is the length of time we can focus on something?
That's our attention span, actually getting shorter.
Now, one study says yes.
In fact, they're claimed the human attention span is now shorter than that of a goldfish.
Can that be true?
Smartphones, the internet, social media.