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Neil: Hello, I'm Neil...
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Feifei: ...and hello, I'm Feifei and welcome
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to The English We Speak.
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Neil: Now Feifei, here's a question for you.
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If you had some news what would do?
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Feifei: Hmm, I would tell someone of course.
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Neil: Yes but some good news, some amazing,
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incredible news about yourself -
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like for example, I'm having a baby.
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Feifei: Are you really?
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Neil: Of course not - but if you had exciting news
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like that, how would you tell people?
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Feifei: I'd use social media... tell all my friends...
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tell everyone in the office...
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I would shout about it - but not literally.
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Neil: Exactly! Which is why, in English, we say
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we would 'shout it from the rooftops'
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which means we would share some information
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publicly so everyone knows.
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Feifei: I guess this is how people shared important news
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before TV, radio and the internet had been invented.
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Neil: Exactly. They would climb up somewhere high
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and shout it out! Let's hear some examples...
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Examples: Congratulations for getting a first in your
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degree, you should go and shout it from the rooftops!
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I know you won the lottery but don't shout it from the
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rooftops; otherwise everyone will be after your money!
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We all know Ming is in love with JiYuen,
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he's been shouting it from the rooftops!
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Feifei: So to shout something from the rooftops
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means to tell everyone your good news.
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Hold on a minute Neil, I do have some good news...
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I am getting a pay rise!
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Neil: Sorry, what did you say?
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Feifei: I am getting a pay rise!
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Neil: OK, no need to shout. Feifei, be careful,
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there are some things you don't want to shout
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from the rooftops - that news will just upset people.
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Feifei: Like who?
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Neil: Like me. I didn't get one.
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But congratulations anyway.
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Both: Bye.
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