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Feifei: Hello and welcome back to
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The English We Speak. I'm Feifei.
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Rob: And I'm Rob. Now, Feifei, do I have
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a story for you!
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Feifei: Oh? Do tell!
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Rob: Well, I was out shopping
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at the weekend when I ran into Neil!
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Feifei: OK...
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Rob: Well, we decided to get
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some lunch together, when who
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should we run into but Dan!
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Feifei: Dan from the office? No way!
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Rob: It gets weirder! Dan joined us
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for a bite to eat and then we saw
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Sam and Sian getting lunch together
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as well! It was a bit, unplanned
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BBC Learning English meet up!
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Feifei: That's unbelievable - it's
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a small world, isn't it?
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Rob: Feifei, what are you talking about?
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It's a massive world:
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Over 190 countries, more
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than 7.5 billion people - it's enormous!
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Feifei: Rob, I'm not talking about the size
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of the world. I'm saying that it was quite
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a coincidence that you all met up!
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Rob: I know! What are the chances
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that five of us would all meet up
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at the same time!
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Feifei: Indeed! Let's take a look at some
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other examples of this phrase.
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Your brother works in the same office
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as my girlfriend! It's a small world!
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I can't believe you went to the same high
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school as me! What a small world!
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A: We haven't seen or spoken
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to each other for twenty years and
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now you've moved into
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the house next to mine! Unbelievable!
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B: It's a small world after all!
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Feifei: This is The English We Speak
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from BBC Learning English and
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we're talking about the phrase
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'it's a small world'. It's used
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when we want to say that
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a surprising coincidence has occurred.
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It's used particularly when two people
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meet unexpectedly, or have a mutual
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friend or connection. Rob told us how
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he met four of our colleagues on
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the same day in the same place.
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Rob: That's right. And now if
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we're finished, I'd like to go off and
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do some shopping.
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Feifei: Oh yeah, what are you
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going to buy?
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Rob: A globe! All this talk of
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small worlds has reminded me
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I need to get one for my son.
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And there's a globe shop just
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round the corner.
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Feifei: Well, it really is a small world.
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Rob: In this case, yes! Bye.
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Feifei: Bye bye.
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