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 In 1948 the United Nations signed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which set out the 30 'inalienable' rights that all humans on Earth should get at birth.But where did this come from? How effectively does it actually work?And what comes next for human rights?In today's episode we cover:The Universal Declaration of Human RightsThe 'first' human rightsHuman rights vs. Natural rightsThe French Revolution & United States Declaration of IndependenceSlavery & human rightsHuman rights & the lawIgnoring human rightsThe countries that didn't vote for human rightsHuman rights as a western inventionEnvironmental human rightsThe future of human rightsFull transcript and key vocabulary available on the website: www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/human-rights ---You might like:? Unlock bonus episodes, interactive transcripts, subtitles & vocabulary lists?‍? Demystifying Business English Course? A look inside Leonardo English membership⚡️  How To Use Podcasts Like A Boss To Learn English ? Join the weekly newsletter✍️ Free English Grammar Checker---Keywords: Learn English, vocabulary, lessons, idioms, aprende inglés, idiomas, aprender inglês, apprendre l'anglais, imparare l’inglese, ingilizce öğren,英語を習う, تعلم الإنجليزية

 There are 7,000 languages spoken across the world.Yet 80% of the population speaks just 1.1% of the languages, and 43% of the languages are endangered.What happens when they die out?In today's episode we cover:How people feel differently when speaking different languagesThe 12 'dominant' world languagesWhy have certain languages dominated?Why do languages die out?When the last two speakers of a language hate each otherDying languages in the UKHawaiian - a revival success storyReviving a dead languageWritten vs. oral languagesShould we save languages?Why language is a part of cultureFull transcript and key vocabulary available on the website www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/dying-languages ---You might like:? Unlock bonus episodes, interactive transcripts, subtitles & vocabulary lists?‍? Demystifying Business English Course? A look inside Leonardo English membership⚡️  How To Use Podcasts Like A Boss To Learn English ? Join the weekly newsletter✍️ Free English Grammar Checker---Keywords: Learn English, vocabulary, lessons, idioms, aprende inglés, idiomas, aprender inglês, apprendre l'anglais, imparare l’inglese, ingilizce öğren,英語を習う, تعلم الإنجليزية

 Discover the amazing story of how a young woman from France befriended the royal family, escaped the guillotine, made death masks of revolutionaries, and then created the world's most successful waxworks museum. The story of Madame Tussauds has a lot more to it than meets the eye.In today's episode we cover:What is wax-working?Going to Paris to seek fortuneTeaching art to King Louis XVI’s sisterThe arrival of the revolutionDeath masksThe trip to LondonThe UK tourWhy Brits loved itMadame Tussauds in modern timesFull transcript and key vocabulary available on the website www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/madame-tussauds ---You might like:? Unlock bonus episodes, interactive transcripts, subtitles & vocabulary lists?‍? Demystifying Business English Course? A look inside Leonardo English membership⚡️  How To Use Podcasts Like A Boss To Learn English ? Join the weekly newsletter✍️ Free English Grammar Checker---Keywords: Learn English, vocabulary, lessons, idioms, aprende inglés, idiomas, aprender inglês, apprendre l'anglais, imparare l’inglese, ingilizce öğren,英語を習う, تعلم الإنجليزية