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Feifei: Hello, this The English We Speak. I'm Feifei.
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Rob: And hello, I’m Rob.
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Feifei: Hey, Rob. You know we've got a
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'bright spark' in our office?
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Rob: A bright spark? Oh yes – by that you
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mean someone intelligent…
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Feifei: Well…
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Rob: Someone full of energy…
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Feifei: I didn't exactly…
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Rob: Someone with clever ideas. Feifei,
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there's no need to waste everyone's time.
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Just say my name! Rob is the bright spark
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in the office.
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Feifei: Ermm... Rob, that is just one
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definition of 'a bright spark'. A bright
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spark can describe someone who is
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clever, intelligent with lots of energy. But
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this isn't the definition that applies to you Rob!
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Rob: So come on, Feifei. When else would
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you describe someone as 'a bright spark?
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Feifei: Well, it can be used sarcastically
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and humorously to describe someone
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who thinks they are intelligent
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but actually does something stupid. A bit
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like this…
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Which bright spark suggested we go for a
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walk on the wettest day of the year?!
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Come on, own up – who's the bright spark
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who turned the power off and caused
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everything in the freezer to melt?
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Are you the bright spark who told the
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other team our game plan? I think you
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owe us an apology.
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Feifei: This is The English We Speak from
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BBC Learning English. And we've
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discovered that 'a bright spark' can either
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be a very smart person or someone who
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has done something stupid. So I'm sorry
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to say, Rob, you are the second kind of
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bright spark!
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Rob: Oh really. Why is that?
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Feifei: You left the window open last night
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and this morning I found all my
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documents and scripts blown all over the floor.
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Rob: Are you sure? A bright spark like me
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would never do something like that.
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Feifei: Rob, it's exactly what a bright spark
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like you might do – and it means I've lost
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the last page of this script.
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Rob: Oh really! I think I can remember
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what it said. Something like - 'Sorry, Rob.
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You are wise and clever and the brightest
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spark I have ever known'.
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Feifei: I don't think so, Rob. Which bright
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spark would write something as cringey
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as that?
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Rob: Err... Time to go I think.
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Feifei: Good idea. Bye.
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Rob: Bye.
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