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Feifei: This is The English We Speak, with
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you Neil…
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Neil: … and you, Feifei. Hello everyone.
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Feifei: Ah Neil, it sounds like you're in a
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good mood.
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Neil: You'll never find me in a bad mood
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Feifei. Why?
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Feifei: Well I wanted to ask you a favour.
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Neil: Oh yes?
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Feifei: I need to leave early today and
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wondered if you could finish this
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programme on your own
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and then start writing another script?
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Neil: Are you joking? If you think I'm going
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to do all my work and yours, then you are
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living in cloud cuckoo land!
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Feifei:Where is that exactly? I can assure
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you I live in London.
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Neil: Yes I know that. What I mean is that
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you are silly to think the impossible is
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possible.That's living in cloud cuckoo
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land. Basically, you are misguided to think
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I can do my work AND your work. OK?
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Feifei: OK Neil, if you say so. Neil thinks
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I'm silly to believe he can do his work and
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mine – but we'll see!
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Neil: Let's hear some examples shall we,
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while you visit cloud cuckoo land!
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If my teacher thinks I can do my grammar
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homework and learn all my new
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vocabulary tonight, then he's living in
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cloud cuckoo land!
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If you think we're going to win this match
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with only ten players, then you're living
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in cloud cuckoo land!
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He's clearly living in cloud cuckoo land –
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how can we ever afford to buy a house
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with the little money we earn?
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Feifei: So living in cloud cuckoo land
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describes a situation where someone
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thinks doing something
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impossible is possible. So it's about
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someone being unrealistic?
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Neil: Exactly. Like you wanting to go home
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early and me doing all your work.
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Ridiculous!
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Feifei: Well Neil, if you think I'm going to
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sit here and miss out on front row seats
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at the theatre, then YOU are living in cloud
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cuckoo land.
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Neil: Oh, so you're off to the theatre,
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leaving me to finish the programme!
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Feifei: I am Neil. See ya.
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Neil: Oh. Well everyone, today's
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programme is about the phrase 'living in
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cloud cuckoo land' and
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it appears I am in it! Bye for now.
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