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Hello and welcome to The
English We Speak with me, Feifei
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and me, Roy.
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We may sound a little different – that’s
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because we are not able to record in our normal
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studios during the coronavirus outbreak. In this
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programme we have an expression that means
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‘you enjoy something more
than anything else you do'.
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Roy, you love video games, don’t you?
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Yes, I love them! I play them all the time!
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I know! You live for video games!
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No, I’m an English Teacher.
Teaching English is my job.
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I don’t play video games for a living!
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Roy, I said live for video games, which means
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you enjoy them more than anything else. Some
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people live for art, or they live for sports.
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Ahhh got you. I understand – and what do
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you live for Feifei?
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I live for music. That’s why I always listen
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to my MP3 player when you’re speaking!
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Now, let’s have a look at these examples.
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Martin loves art so much. He lives for painting.
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Have you seen his new collection?
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Cassandra adores doing sports.
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She lives for football.
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Denzel loves playing and looking after his
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kids. He lives for his children. He’s an
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amazing stay-at-home dad.
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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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‘to live for something’ which means you
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'really enjoy something'. A lot of people also
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use it to say how excited
they are for a specific event.
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Yes, for example you might say ‘I’m living
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for the weekend’, or ‘I’m living for a party’.
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Oh, did Neil invite you to his party?
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I’m living for it!
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I thought we couldn’t have parties!? We
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all have to stay at home at the moment.
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Don’t be silly Roy. It’s a virtual party.
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All the cool people are doing it. Maybe that’s
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why you didn’t get invited. I’ll let you
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come to the virtual party as long as you don’t
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do anything silly like last time!
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That wasn’t my fault! I misunderstood the invite.
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I thought it was a fancy-dress party.
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It was Piotr’s wedding!
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You came dressed like Frankenstein’s monster!
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Oh well, at least I looked cool. Some people
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said I was more interesting to look at than
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the bride!
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You looked ridiculous – no wonder people
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couldn’t stop staring at you!
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Well, I am living for our chat on Friday at
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the virtual party, Feifei!
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Well, I might not hear you speaking, because
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I’ll be listening to my MP3 player! Bye, Roy.
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Bye.
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