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Hello, and welcome to The English
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We Speak. I'm Feifei.
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And I'm Roy!
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What are you doing? There are keys
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everywhere! What is that noise?
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Sorry, I was just cutting some keys!
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It turns out that I've been doing my job
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wrong all these years!
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Ah! I know what happened. Neil called
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you to say you're not a key worker, right?
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Exactly! All this time at the BBC and
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I hadn't cut a single key! I'm lucky Neil
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was so forgiving. He had no idea what
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to say when I told him I'd start cutting keys.
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I'm not surprised he didn't know
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what to say! A key worker is someone
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who provides an essential service,
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like a doctor or nurse.
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Yep, that's more logical. I get
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confused sometimes.
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You do. Let's listen to these
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examples while you get rid
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of those keys.
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My friends Jorge and Zdenka
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are both key workers! They do
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the amazing job of teaching kids.
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Michiko is a key worker, but her
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class is closed at the moment
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due to the outbreak of the virus.
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Key workers need to have easy
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access to their places of work
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during the coronavirus crisis.
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This is The English We Speak from
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BBC Learning English and we're
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talking about the expression 'key worker'.
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This refers to a person who is seen
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to give an essential service or have
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an important role such as a teacher,
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doctor or nurse.
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That's right! 'Key' in this expression
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relates to 'vital' or 'important'.
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Not to keys that open locks.
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Correct. And it's been quite a
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common expression during the
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coronavirus pandemic. People have
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been talking about the importance of
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key workers being able to do their
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jobs during a world crisis.
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That's right. In fact, I could say
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it's been a key point of discussion.
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I really respect the amazing jobs that
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people like doctors, nurses, emergency
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service staff and teachers do.
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Yes, me too. One thing though,
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Roy... How much did you spend on
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that key-cutting machine?
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Enough to say 'please don't
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tell my wife - she'll be really
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angry'. Do you want me
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to cut you a new key?
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No. I don't want to
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encourage you! Bye, Roy.
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Bye!
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