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Hello, this is Six Minute English from BBC Learning English.
I'm Neil.
And I'm Sam.
In this program, we'll be looking at an unusual food called microalgae,
and asking whether eating algae might be better for our health and the health of the planet.
And of course, we'll be looking at some of the related vocabulary along the way.
Yuck.
I'm not sure about eating algae, Neil.
I mean, what's the strangest thing you've ever eaten?
Well, I once tried fried stick insect in Thailand, and I've had ants as well that were from Colombia.
Uh, okay, yeah, both fairly strange for us here in the UK, but what about pond scum, Neil?
pond scum is the slang name for microalgae.
Green plant organisms such as spirulina,
which grow in water, like ponds, and look a bit slimy or scummy before being dried.
Here, we're talking about edible algae, meaning it's okay to eat.
More than okay.
In fact, these types of food algae are actually good for your body.
Microalgae like spirulina and chlorella are packed full of proteins,