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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! Feifei, is 3pm
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OK for your appointment
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with the doctor?
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What? No, I don't need a
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doctor – I feel fine!
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What are you on about?
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Well, I heard you showed
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your listicle to Neil and
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he was worried.
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No, Roy, a listicle isn't
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a medical condition – it's
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a piece of writing. It's an article
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that is in a list format.
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It's like a list, but the
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points have more explanation.
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Oh, that makes more sense.
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But why was Neil
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worried about your listicle?
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I have no idea. It's only a
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listicle about the things
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that he must do to improve
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my life!
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Don't worry, I haven't
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forgotten you
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in the listicle.
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You mean that you want
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to improve my life
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as well?
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No, Roy! I've written
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a listicle highlighting
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things you need to do!
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I'll let you know what
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my demands are right
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after these examples.
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Have you read the new
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listicle I've written
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about the greatest
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video games of all time!
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Don't read that listicle.
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It's just clickbait!
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That listicle has an
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impressive title, but
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it doesn't really expand
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on the points it
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makes. It's more like a list.
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This is The English We
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Speak from BBC Learning
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English and we’re talking
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about listicles.
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A listicle is an article
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that is in a list format,
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but the points are
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expanded more than
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a normal list, making it
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closer to an article.
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And here is the listicle
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I wrote for you, Roy.
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What? You can't be
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serious! You've written
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here that you want me
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to burn all of my T-shirts
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and buy some other clothes?
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Well, that's not
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going to happen!
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I just want you to look
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smart, Roy. That T-shirt
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with a picture of a dog
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staring at a flower
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on it is not appropriate
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for a person to wear.
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It's top quality! And you've
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also gone on in your listicle
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about how I should stop playing
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video games. I actually write
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listicles about games!
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Here, I wrote one for you.
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This isn't a listicle! All it says
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is 'you work too hard Roy – you
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should go home'.
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Oh, OK – thanks for the
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advice – I will!
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No, I was just reading
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what you wrote!
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Bye, Feifei!
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Bye.
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