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Neil: Hello, I'm Neil… but where is Feifei?
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Feifei:… sorry I'm late! Is it time for
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The English We Speak?
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Neil: It is Feifei – but catch your breath
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and have a seat. Are you ok? You look a
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bit of a… mess!
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Feifei: Me? A mess! You would be a mess
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if you had been where I have been.
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Neil: OK calm down… and what's that
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smell?
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Feifei: So you think I smell now! I've been
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to the rubbish dump!
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Neil: The rubbish dump?! Why did you go
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there?
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Feifei: Because I was looking for Rob
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earlier and
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someone said he was down in the dumps.
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Neil: Feifei, that is the last place you will
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find someone who is down in the dumps.
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It's just a saying that describes someone
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who is unhappy, fed up and sometimes
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feels there is no hope.
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Feifei: Oh I get it! Being depressed or
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unhappy is a miserable feeling – a bit like
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being at a rubbish dump, actually.
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Neil: Exactly. Let's hear some examples…
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Examples:
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Don't be so down in the dumps, you're
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going on holiday tomorrow!
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Oh it's Monday again, no wonder I feel so
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down in the dumps.
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Reshma has been so down in the dumps
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since her boyfriend left her.
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Feifei: So that's being 'down in the dumps'
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- feeling unhappy and miserable. So I've
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had a wasted trip – but I wonder why Rob
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is 'down in the dumps'?
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Neil: It could be because his football team
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lost... again.
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Feifei: No, he’s used to that happening. It
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must be something more serious than
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that.
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Neil: I know – he's feeling sad because
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he's not presenting this wonderful
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programme with you – it's such a great
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script isn't it!
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Feifei: There's only one place for this
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script Neil – in the dump!
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Neil: Ha ha, very funny!
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Both: Bye.
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