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Feifei: So this is it, Neil - the cafe
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I wanted to try for breakfast.
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Neil: Looks lovely, Feifei! Let's get a table.
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Feifei: How about this one by the window?
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Neil: Great.
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Feifei: Nah, bit too bright.
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How about this one in the corner?
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Neil: Looks good.
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Feifei: Bit too dark. And this one is close
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to the coffee machine...
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No, too noisy. Erm, what about...?
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Neil: Feifei. Are you going to keep
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Goldilocksing all day? Or can we actually
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order some breakfast?!
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Feifei: Goldilocksing?
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You mean like Goldilocks?
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Oh, I see what you mean! Sorry, Neil.
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Neil: Yes, let's just sit right here while
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I explain. The phrase comes from
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a fairy tale about a little girl called
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Goldilocks. One day she finds
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an empty house in the forest.
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In the kitchen there are three bowls
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of porridge. She tries them one by one.
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The first one is too hot, the second one
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is too cold, and the third one is just right.
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Feifei: She takes a long time to decide
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which one she likes.
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Oh, and then she chooses a
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chair to sit on, doesn't she?
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Neil: Yes, and that takes a long time too.
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And finally she sees
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three beds... and takes
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a long time to choose which one to sleep in!
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Feifei: So, you're saying I'm like Goldilocks
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- slowly deciding which table
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to sit at, trying
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to find the perfect one?
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Neil: Exactly. And I'm hungry.
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And you know what happens
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to Goldilocks?
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Feifei: Yes. The house belongs
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to three bears, and they come home
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while she's asleep. OK, let's play some
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examples, while we start looking
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at the menu. It might take... a long time.
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Ling, can you stop Goldilocksing
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and just decide what to drink?
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Happy hour is almost finished!
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Juan took a Goldilocks approach
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to decorating his apartment - everything
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had to be just right.
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They say our planet is in the
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Goldilocks zone - it's not too hot and
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not too cold to support life.
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It's just the right temperature.
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Feifei: You're listening to The English
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We Speak from BBC Learning English.
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Our word is 'Goldilocks'.
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So, in those examples we heard
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Goldilocksing as a verb:
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Ling was Goldilocksing.
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Neil: And as an adjective:
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a Goldilocks approach,
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the Goldilocks zone.
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Feifei: Anyway, Neil, have you
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decided what to eat?
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Neil: Er, actually... not yet!
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Feifei: Now who's the Goldilocks?!
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Let me order for both of us.
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Two bowls of porridge please!
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Neil: And not too hot!
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Feifei: Bye.
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Neil: Bye.
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