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Feifei: Hello and welcome to The English
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We Speak. I’m Feifei.
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Neil: And I’m Neil. So how was your
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holiday, Feifei? Got any photos?
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Feifei: Yeah! Aren't they cool?
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Neil: Well, I haven't seen them.
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Feifei: Haven't seen them? Well check out
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my social media feeds.
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Neil: Erm… well, I'll have to wait till I get
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to my computer. I can't see anything on
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this dumbphone.
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Feifei: Dumbphone?!
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Neil: Yeah, I was getting addicted to my
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smartphone – I couldn't stop checking it
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every five seconds - so I got rid of it and
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now I have this dumbphone! It's brilliant –
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it does absolutely nothing apart from
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phone and text!
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Feifei: Oh I see. The opposite of 'smart' is
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'dumb', so the opposite of a smartphone
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is a 'dumbphone'.
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Neil: You've got it! It's very fashionable,
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you know. Eddie Redmayne uses one!
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Feifei: Hmm, not sure about that… But
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let's hear some examples.
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Man 1: Argh my arm is killing me from
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playing around with my phone so much.
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Woman 1: Get yourself a dumbphone, like
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me. There's nothing to check!
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My sleep has improved so much since I
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got rid of my smartphone. There's no
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temptation to stare at this dumbphone in bed!
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I'm sick of being bullied by my smartphone.
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I'm going to join the dumbphone revolution!
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Feifei: This is The English We Speak
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from BBC Learning English.
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We're learning the word 'dumbphone'.
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A dumbphone is a simple, old-fashioned
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style mobile phone
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which can only make calls and send text
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messages. 'Dumb' is the opposite
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of 'smart'.
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Some people are choosing to use
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them because they think smartphones
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distract them too much.
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Neil: It's a word that's only appeared over
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the last couple of years, so you probably
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won't find it in a dictionary – but it's been
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used a lot in the media. So Feifei, how am
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I going to see these holiday snaps of yours?
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Feifei: Neil, just get a new smartphone.
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Neil: No way. The past is the future!
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Feifei: What next? Are you going to start
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coming to work on a horse?
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Neil: Now that is a great idea! Maybe
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I could swap my computer for a
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typewriter. And who really needs
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electricity when you can have a nice gas lamp…
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Feifei: Good bye!
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Neil: Bye.
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