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Hello and welcome to The English We Speak.
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I'm Feifei.
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And I'm Roy. Did you watch the latest
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episode of the hit soap, A Duck Between
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a Rock and a Hard Place?
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No, I haven't watched the latest episode yet.
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It was epic - spoiler alert - it turns out
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that Martin wasn't really a duck but actually
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Bob, the evil twin brother of the magnificent
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unicorn, Flimflam.
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What! I can't believe you ruined the story for
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me with that spoiler. I've been watching them
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and now you have told me the big ending for
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the story.
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But I did say 'spoiler alert' before I told you
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and don't worry, there's going to be another
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episode tonight because - spoiler alert -
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the evil unicorn, Bob, didn't die at the end.
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Roy, that's another thing you've told me. Just
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because you say 'spoiler alert' doesn't mean
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you can tell me everything that happens.
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Sorry Feifei, I promise I won't tell you any
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other spoilers. Let's listen to these examples.
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Martina told me a massive secret that
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happens in the book and she forgot to say
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'spoiler alert'. I'm so annoyed with her.
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Next time you give me a spoiler make sure
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you say 'spoiler alert' beforehand.
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I hate spoilers - they ruin films for me but
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when I watch a video on social media and I
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hear someone say 'spoiler alert', I turn it
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straight off.
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This is The English We Speak from BBC
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Learning English and we're talking about the
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expression 'spoiler alert'. We say this as a
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warning when we're going to reveal part of
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the story of a film, book or TV series. I hate
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when people give me spoilers.
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Yeah, spoilers can ruin the story for
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someone.
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I'm sorry Feifei, I shouldn't have given you any
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spoilers. Well after you say 'spoiler alert',
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you need to give me more time before you
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tell me what happened.
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Sorry, I will do. Well, I suppose we're even
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now for all the times you've told us secrets
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about films and series. You never even say
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'spoiler alert'. Well Roy, did you get the email
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from me earlier? No. Why, what did it say?
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Spoiler alert! You have to work the weekend
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because I'm going to the spa.
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What? Not again. Bye Feifei.
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Bye.
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