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Hello and welcome to The English We Speak with me, Feifei
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and me, Roy.
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We may sound a little different – that’s
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because we are not able to record in our normal
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studios during the coronavirus outbreak. In this
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programme, we have a phrase that means
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to keep talking about something - usually
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in a boring or annoying way. You kept talking
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about some band this morning.
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What were you banging on about?
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What do you mean ‘banging on’? I wasn’t
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hitting anything this morning with a pan!
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I was just talking about music with Neil.
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Exactly! You were talking about it so much,
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and I was trying to work.
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‘Banging on about something’ isn’t literal,
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and why would you mention a pan?!
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It means you were talking about something to
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a level that it became annoying.
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Ahhh, the way in which you kept talking about
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that film ‘Unicorns Eat Bananas in the Stars’!
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You banged on about it so much last week that
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people left the room.
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That film is amazing.
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Feifei, you kept giving people spoilers, and
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nobody went to see the film in the end because
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you kept banging on about everything that happened.
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Well, that’s your opinion, Roy.
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Anyway, let’s listen to these examples…
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My friend keeps banging on about where he’s
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going to go when he buys his new car.
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It’s really frustrating.
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That person on the bus was really annoying.
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She kept banging on about how the prices had gone up.
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Will you please stop banging on about my project!?
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If you think you could do a better job,
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you can do my work for me.
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This is The English We Speak from BBC Learning
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English and we’re talking about the expression
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‘bang on about something’, which is used
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to say that someone is talking about something
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so much that it is annoying or irritating.
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Sorry, Feifei. I didn’t mean to say you
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were banging on about that film. Everyone
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did love your enthusiasm about it.
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I’m sorry too, Roy. I just wanted to know
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more about the band you were talking about,
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so I found it annoying that I didn’t understand.
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Well, next I’ll tell you more about it.
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That’s OK. I think I’ve heard enough about
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your taste in music for one lifetime,
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but thanks anyway. Bye, Roy.
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Bye.
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