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  • Hello and welcome to The English We Speak

  • with me, Feifei

  • ..and me, Neil.

  • Nice bobble hat, Neil!

  • Thanks.

  • But not very practical - wearing a hat

  • indoors must be quite hot.

  • It’s the fashion, Feifei. Some of us have

  • to keep up with the trends.

  • Right! Maybe that explains the waistcoat youre

  • wearing as wellto be fashionable?

  • Oh you wouldn’t understand, Feifei!

  • I understand very clearlyyou are a sheeple.

  • What are you bleating on about?

  • SheepleIt describes people who just follow

  • the crowd, without much thought.

  • Basically, you are easily ledlike a sheep! But youre

  • not the only onelisten to these examples

  • I can’t believe all these sheeple whove

  • paid lots of money for the latest smartphone -

  • theyll be half price in a few monthstime!

  • My brother’s one of those sheeple who

  • has to follow the latest fashions

  • he’s now wearing ripped jeans, but so is

  • everyone else at his college!

  • Although nearly everyone in my class has

  • one of those smartwatches, I’m not going

  • to be one of those sheeple – I’m going to

  • stick with the old watch my grandmother

  • gave me instead!

  • This is The English We Speak from BBC

  • Learning English and were talking about

  • the wordsheeple’. It’s a mix of the

  • English wordssheepandpeople’. It

  • describes people, who just like sheep,

  • follow what other people do or things that

  • are trending.

  • So youre saying I’m trending?

  • No, I’m saying you are just following the

  • trendyou can’t think for yourself.

  • Like a sheep!

  • I don’t think solook I’m wearing

  • sandals and socks. That’s not fashionable

  • but very comfortable.

  • Hmmm, that reminds me sheep

  • as wellstupid!

  • Charming! I’d watch out, Feifei. I might

  • be a wolf in sheep’s clothing!

  • Bye, Neil.

  • Bye.

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