Talking about pets - Real Easy English
BBC Learning English
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0:00
Hello
and
welcome
to
Real
Easy
English
from
BBC
Learning
English.
I'm
Neil.
0:06
And
I'm
Georgie.
In
this
podcast
we
have
real
conversations
in
0:10
easy
English
about
a
different
topic
each
week.
0:14
And
you
can
read
along
with
the
podcast
using
the
script
on
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website:
0:18
BBC
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English
dot
com.
0:27
Hi,
Neil.
How
are
things?
0:30
Very
good,
thank
you.
How
are
you,
Georgie?
0:32
Yes,
I'm
pretty
good,
thank
you,
as
well.
0:34
So,
Neil,
what
are
we
talking
about
today?
0:37
We
are
talking
about
animals.
We'll
be
talking
about
pets.
0:43
OK,
Neil.
So
do
you
have
any
pets?
0:46
No,
I
don't
have
any
pets,
but
I
know
you
do,
Georgie.
0:50
Yes,
I
do.
I
have
a
black
dog
called
Rafi.
0:53
—
Rafi?
—
Yeah.
0:55
Did
you
choose
the
name?
0:56
Partly,
but
it
was
a
decision
we
made
as
a
family.
1:01
Mm.
Did
you
have
pets
as
a
child?
1:04
Yes,
I
did.
1:05
We
used
to
have
cats,
actually,
we
started
with
cats
1:09
and
then
we
got
a
dog
and
then
we
also
had
hamsters.
1:14
What
about
you,
Neil?
Did
you
have
pets?
1:16
No,
we
didn't
have
pets
when
I
was
young.
1:19
Oh,
I
did
have
a
goldfish
called
Gilbert.
1:23
But
then,
later
on,
when
I
was
a
teenager,
my
parents
got
a
cat
and
a
dog.
1:30
—
Wow.
—
Mm.
1:31
Did
you
have
a
good
relationship
with
Gilbert?
1:34
I
don't
remember
Gilbert,
sadly.
1:37
But
we
had
a
cat
that
I
liked
very
much
1:41
and
I've
never
really
liked
dogs,
I'm
afraid.
1:44
So,
Neil,
you
don't
have
any
pets
now
1:47
and
you
said
you
don't
like
dogs,
but
will
you
ever
get
one?
1:53
No,
Georgie,
I
don't
think
so.
1:55
I
will
never
get
a
dog.
1:56
That's
OK.
I
mean,
they're
not
for
everyone.
What
was
your
cat
like?
2:01
The
cat
made
me
feel
very
calm,
because
she
sat
on
my
lap
and
purred.
2:08
You
just
used
the
word
purr.
Can
you
explain
what
that
is?
2:12
Yeah.
'Purring'
is
'the
noise
that
cats
make'.
2:17
Not
miaow.
Miaow
is...
2:20
Purring
is...
2:23
And
the
cat
made
that
noise
and
made
me
feel
calm.
2:27
Neil,
that
was
a
really
good
purr
sound.
I
would
say
it
was
purr-fect!
2:33
So,
Georgie,
what
was
your
first
dog
like?
2:36
My
first
dog
was
really
lovely.
2:40
I
actually
used
to
say
that
she
was
my
best
friend.
2:44
And
we
actually
have
a
common
expression
to
describe
dogs,
2:47
which
is
man's
best
friend.
2:49
'Man'
here
means
'human',
so
human's
best
friend.
2:53
That's
because
dogs
are
usually
quite
loyal.
2:58
OK,
so,
Georgie,
we've
talked
about
dogs
and
cats,
those
kind
of
pets,
3:05
and
hamsters
and
goldfish.
3:07
But
have
you
ever
thought
about
getting
an
exotic
pet
like
a
snake?
3:15
Erm,
no,
not
really.
3:18
When
I
think
of
pets,
I
think
of
fluffy
animals
with
fur.
3:23
But
I
do
have
a
friend
that
got
a
scorpion
recently,
which
I
really
don't
understand.
3:30
Would
you
ever
get
an
exotic
pet?
3:32
No,
absolutely
not.
I
think
I
would
be
scared
of
an
exotic
pet,
3:40
—
to
be
honest.
—
Yes.
Yeah.
3:42
—
They
just
seem
dangerous.
—
Mm.
3:50
Let's
recap
the
vocabulary
we
learned
during
the
conversation.
3:55
We
had
'ever',
which
means
'at
any
time'.
4:00
And
you
asked
me
Georgie,
will
I
ever
get
a
dog?
4:04
We've
had
'never',
which
means
'not
at
any
time'.
4:08
So,
Neil,
you
said
you
will
never
get
a
dog.
4:11
We
heard
'man's
best
friend',
which
is
'a
common
expression
to
describe
dogs'.
4:18
And
'purring',
'the
noise
a
cat
makes
when
it's
happy'.
4:24
That's
it
for
this
episode
of
Real
Easy
English.
You
can
find
4:35
See
you
then,
goodbye.
4:36
Bye!
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