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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. Have I told you
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about the competition
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that I've entered, Feifei?
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Feifei: No, Rob. What is it?
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Rob: It's a singing competition!
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You have to perform a popular song
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from your favourite band -
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and I'm going to win!
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Feifei: You? Are going to win?
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No offence, Rob, but I've heard your
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singing voice, and, well, I'm not sure...
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Rob: What are you trying to say, Feifei?
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Feifei: All I'm saying is that
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there is a fat chance
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of you winning the competition!
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Rob: Right! So first you make fun
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of my singing and now
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you're calling me fat! How cheeky!
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Feifei: No Rob, no. I'm not calling you
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fat - I'm saying that the likelihood of
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you winning the competition is very small.
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Rob: Oh right, yes. 'Fat chance' is an English
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phrase to say something is not very
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likely - I remember now.
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Feifei: Right, well while you calm down,
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let's hear some other
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examples of this phrase.
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A: I bought a lottery ticket for tonight's
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draw - and these are my lucky numbers!
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I'm definitely going to win!
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B: Fat chance!
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A: I hope it's warm this weekend -
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I want to go fishing.
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B: Well, fat chance of that.
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It's the middle of November!
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I auditioned for a role in a movie, but there
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is fat chance of me getting the role - I saw
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loads of famous actors auditioning too.
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Feifei: This is The English We Speak
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from BBC Learning English and we're
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talking about the phrase 'fat chance'.
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This is a noun phrase that means
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a small chance, or possibility,
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of something happening.
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It can be used in a full sentence,
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and also as a standalone phrase.
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For example, when Rob said
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he was going to win the competition,
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I could have just said 'fat chance'!
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Rob: Hey! I think I've got
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a really good chance!
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I've been practising hard and
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I've even taken a few lessons!
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Feifei: OK, Rob. Well... good luck?
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I suppose...
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Rob: Well, Feifei, when I win
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the £5000 prize money,
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there's fat chance of you getting any of it.
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Feifei: Wait, £5000? Rob, hold on!
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I didn't mean it!
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Thanks for joining us - I've got to go and
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apologise to Rob. Hopefully he'll
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share his winnings! Bye!
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