Feifei Hello and welcome to The English We Speak with me, Feifei…
Rob … and me… Rob.
Feifei Rob, could we have your attention please?
Rob Sorry, I’m just snacking.
Feifei You know you can’t eat in the studio.
Rob I’m not eating anything – I’m snacking on some funny cat videos – sorry, they’re really short, I won’t be long….. What, Feifei? Why the angry face?
Feifei Because we are here to talk about an authentic English phrase.
Rob OK, OK, well here is one for you – snackable. It describes short online articles, videos and other content that are quick and easy to read or watch. Just like these cat videos.
Feifei And you are demonstrating it very well, Rob! I guess it’s like eating a snack – quick and easy?
Rob Yes – very snackable. Just like these examples…
Examples Because my free time is short, it’s good to find some snackable videos I can watch on my smartphone while I wait for the bus.
The short city guides I found on the internet are very snackable and great for planning my trip around Africa.
These days videos are often less than a minute long so that they’re snackable and appeal to a younger audience.
Feifei You’re listening to The English We Speak from BBC Learning English, and we’re talking about the word ‘snackable’, which is a term used to describe short online content that is easy and quick to watch or read.
Rob …and the great thing about snackable content, Feifei, is you can do it whilst doing other things – like presenting this programme.
Feifei You mean you can multitask – that means do more than one thing at a time. Well I can do that too! Now where’s my smartphone?
Rob Err Feifei, what are you doing?
Feifei Reading a short but interesting article about working with annoying presenters.
Rob You’re not snacking on that, you’re feasting on it! Now come on and help me finish the programme.
Feifei OK. Thanks for joining us, we hope you found this programme snackable.
Rob Bye. Now do you want to see these kittens doing really funny tricks?