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Feifei: Hello and welcome to The English
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We Speak. I'm Feifei.
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Neil: And I'm Neil. Hey thanks for
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joining me today, Feifei.
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Feifei: No problem, Neil. I wanted
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to give you my support for your
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first run in the park.
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Neil: Well, this run in the park is only
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five kilometres.
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Feifei: I know, but you're not particularly
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fit and you haven't done much training.
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Neil: Oh don't worry about that -
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this will be a walk in the park!
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Feifei: Err Neil - I hope you're not thinking
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of walking around the park - this is a run,
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a run in the park!
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Neil: I have no intention of walking -
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it's just an expression that means it's easy
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to do, especially compared
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to other activities.
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Feifei: I'm glad to hear that because it's
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just about to start - let's hope
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you really do find it easy!
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Neil: Don't worry, I will have finished by
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the time you hear these examples...
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I've been studying for so long, this exam
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should be a walk in the park.
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Oh don't worry about me, I've trekked in
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the Himalayas, this hill will be a walk
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in the park!
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The job at the bank will be a walk in the
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park - you studied economics
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at university!
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Feifei: You're listening to The English We
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Speak from BBC Learning English - and
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Neil has been using the phrase 'a walk in
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the park' to explain that a run in the park
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is easy, especially when compared
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to other activities - like running a full
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marathon, for example.
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But where is Neil now?
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Neil: ...here I am. Oh, that was hard.
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Feifei: So that run wasn't a walk in
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the park then? That's a shame.
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Neil: Why's that?
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Feifei: Well, I thought that if running in the
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park was too easy, you could train for next
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year's London Marathon. It's over
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42 kilometres - that would be
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no walk in the park.
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Neil: Err, could we just park that idea,
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please?! I'm going to do another activity
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to keep fit and healthy.
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Feifei: Oh yes, what's that?
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Neil: Walking. In the park!
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Feifei: Good idea. Bye!
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Neil: Bye.
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