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Hello and welcome to The English We Speak
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with me, Feifei…
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..and me, Roy.
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In this programme, we have an
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expression which
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describes when someone has read the message
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you’ve sent them, but hasn’t replied.
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That reminds me, Roy - did you get my
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message yesterday?
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Oh… yes, I did. I read it and then
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totally forgot to answer you. Was it
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something important?
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I can’t believe it! You completely ignored
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my message. I got left on read!
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What’s the colour ‘red’ got to do with
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the fact I forgot to reply? Red is actually
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my favourite colour.
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Not red the colour, but ‘read’ as in the
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past of ‘read’.
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Ahhh, got you. Sorry, I didn’t mean to leave
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you on read. It’s just I was in the middle
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of something … and then I got distracted
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….and then…
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OK. Roy. I understand! What was so important
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that you couldn’t reply?
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I was eating a really nice banana, and
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then I just forgot… sorry.
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That’s a terrible excuse – it’s
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a good thing we’re friends or I might think
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you were ignoring me. Anyway, let’s listen
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to these examples…
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I can’t believe I was left on read. I sent
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him a message and I can see he’s looked
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at it, but he hasn’t replied!
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My partner always leaves me on read. They get
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really distracted and then don't message
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me back.
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You shouldn’t assume the worst if you get
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left on read. If someone reads your message
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and doesn’t reply, they might be really
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busy and planning to respond later.
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This is The English We Speak from BBC Learning
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English and we’re talking about the expression
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‘left on read’. We use this when someone
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has read a message, but hasn’t replied.
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So, were you really eating a banana and that’s
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why you left me on read?
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Yeah, sorry. Well, I was also playing video
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games which might have been the main reason.
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Haha – I knew it! Well the next time I want
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to offer you free tickets to the ‘Rob’s
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Rolling Biscuit’ rock concert, hopefully
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you’ll reply and not just leave me on read!
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What!?! Free tickets?! Let me read the message
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again! Can I still have the tickets?
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Sorry, it’s too late now. I gave them to
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Neil. He didn’t leave me on read. Bye, Roy.
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Bye.
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