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Feifei: Hello and welcome to The English
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We Speak. You are Neil...
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Neil: ... and hello, you are Feifei.
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Feifei: Neil, a question - if you looked into
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my purse, what would you find?
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Neil: Not much! Probably lots of small
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coins that aren't worth much.
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Feifei: Well I'm not rich, Neil - but yes, you
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would find small change. A collection
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of coins with little value.
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Neil: OK - is this the phrase for this
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programme?
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Feifei: Not exactly. The phrase is 'small
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change' but it's not about money.
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Something that is insignificant or trivial,
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meaning not important,
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can also be described as 'small change'.
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Neil: Like getting a seat on the train
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during the rush hour is 'small change' for
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me.
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Feifei: And getting chocolate sprinkles on
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top of my cappuccino is
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'small change' for me.
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Neil: Really? That's 'big change' for me!
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Let's hear some examples that are far
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from being small change!
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I've only got a cold so my health problems
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are small change compared with your
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broken leg.
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Eating out every night is small change to
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Molly - she can afford it with the huge
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salary she's on.
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Where I sit on the plane is small change
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to me, as long as we arrive on time.
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Feifei: This is The English We Speak from
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BBC Learning English and we're talking
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about the phrase 'small change' which
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describes something insignificant
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or trivial, meaning not important.
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Neil: We can also describe someone as
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being 'small change' - so they are not
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important. Feifei, do you think I'm small
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change in this programme?
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Feifei: Of course not, Neil. You are very
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important to this programme - and
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besides, we couldn't afford the other
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presenter!
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Neil: Ha ha. Very funny. So now we've
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explained 'small change' - can you
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lend me some?
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Feifei: You mean money? How much do
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you want?
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Neil: Ten pounds!
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Feifei: Neil, that's NOT small change - and
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your request is not 'small change' either.
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The answer is 'no'!
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Neil: Well it was worth a try. See ya.
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Feifei: Bye.
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