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Feifei: Hi Neil. Good weekend?
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Do anything nice?
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Neil: Hi Feifei! Actually, I stayed in and
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watched TV.
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Feifei: Football?
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Neil: No, I watched this marvellous
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programme from Norway.
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Feifei: Oh, one of those police dramas?
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They’re great!
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Neil: Actually, believe it or not, the entire
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film was just the view from the front of a
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train, all the way from one city to another.
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It was seven hours long.
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Feifei: Seven hours?! And that’s all that
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happened? No people? No police? No nothing?
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Neil: Just the view from the train. It was
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such a relaxing journey. They call it 'slow TV'.
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Feifei: Ahh, yes. I’ve heard of that. Wasn’t
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there one on a boat too? Isn’t it a bit boring?
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Neil: Well, it’s not for everyone. But my life
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is so busy, I just like to slow down now
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and again.
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Feifei: I’m still not convinced. Anyway,
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let’s hear some more examples about this
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slow TV. It’s our phrase today on
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The English We Speak.
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Michala's company specialises in making
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slow TV. She says business is great right now!
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I recently discovered slow TV. My friends
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think it’s really dull, but I find it helps
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clear my head after a stressful day.
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A: What are you watching? It looks just
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like a fireplace with a big piece of wood
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burning.
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B: It is! Isn’t slow TV fantastic? It takes
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about four hours for the wood to burn
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completely.
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Feifei: You're listening to The English We
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Speak from BBC Learning English. The
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expression we're looking at in this
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programme is 'slow TV'.
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So Neil, is this what you’ll be doing with
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you free time from now on? Watching
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slow TV?
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Neil: No, I’ve got an even better idea for
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this weekend. You know that oak tree I
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planted?
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Feifei: Err, yes.
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Neil: I’m going to film it. And make my
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very own slow TV! Then you can watch
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my tree grow, any time you like.
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Feifei: Honestly, Neil. I don’t think so.
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Neil: Maybe this will be the next big thing
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in slow TV. I could call it… slow tree-V. Get it?
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Feifei: I think what you need is to take a
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long, slow walk outside. Then you can
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admire all the trees you like!
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Neil: Just you wait, Feifei! This will be the
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slowest TV ever – oak trees take around
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30 years to grow.
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Feifei: Good luck, Neil. See you in 30
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years. I’ll stick to police dramas in the
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meantime.
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Neil and Feifei: Bye.
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