What did the ancient Romans ever do for students of English?

You may not know it, but the Romans occupied Britain for hundreds of years, and their language has left an important legacy on the English language.

Join Feifei and Diarmuid as they explain the meaning of the phrase pros and cons and explain some other commonly used Latin expressions in English.

You may be surprised to find that you know more Latin phrases than you think.

So let’s find out if you know your status quo from your quid pro quo.

If you have a question about English, email our team at questions.chinaelt@bbc.co.uk. We may answer it on this programme.

Glossary

ancient Romans 古羅馬人

occupied 占領(lǐng)了

legacy 遺產(chǎn)

Latin 拉丁文

status quo 現(xiàn)狀

quid pro quo 公平交易