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Hello and welcome to The English
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We Speak. I'm Feifei...
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And hello, I'm Rob.
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It's very hot today, Rob.
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What a good idea to present this
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programme outside in the lovely
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sunny weather!
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Yes it is - and what a great suggestion
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that I buy you an ice cream!
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Thanks, Rob!
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So, come on then, what flavour
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do you want - chocolate,
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strawberry, salted caramel...?
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Vanilla for me, please. It's my favourite
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flavour of ice cream.
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Vanilla! Oh, Feifei, that's a bit boring...
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a bit ordinary!
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It's just ice cream, Rob - but
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the word 'vanilla' can be used
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to describe something this is
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basic or bland. So, vanilla ice cream
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is very popular because it is delicious,
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but your
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taste in clothes is just...
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...vanilla? Thanks! I think
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we should hear some examples...
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I thought his performance in the movie
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was very vanilla - he's normally amazing.
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I'm just looking to buy a vanilla car -
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nothing fancy, no extras - just
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something to drive
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to the shops in.
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I wanted to go sky diving with my friend,
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but he's so vanilla - he'd never do anything
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risky!
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This is The English We Speak
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from BBC Learning English
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and we're talking about the word 'vanilla'
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which can be used to describe something
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that is basic, ordinary or boring.
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So come on then,
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Rob. If my vanilla ice cream is so 'vanilla',
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what flavour are you going for?
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It's got to be salted caramel.
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That's so vanilla! Everyone is eating salted
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caramel-flavoured things these days.
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Well, luckily for you, I've forgotten to bring
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any money ... so no ice cream for either of us.
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Oh well, back to work then.
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That's vanilla too ... it's such
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a lovely day, shall we stay in the park
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a little longer?
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Yeah, good idea! See you, everyone.
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Bye.