Comfort zone

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🗓️ 9 April 2012

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Learn a phrase that has less to do with sofas and more to do with feelings in this week's The English We Speak.

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0:00.0	This is a download from the BBC.
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0:11.0	The English we speak.
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0:18.0	Okay Helen, yeah,
0:22.0	sounds interesting. I'll be right over. Bye.
0:26.0	Helen has something really interesting to show me so I'm off to see it now.
0:31.0	Uh, hi Helen.
0:36.0	Hello Rob.
0:37.0	Welcome to my comfort zone.
0:40.0	Your what?
0:41.0	My comfort zone.
0:42.0	I've made it a very comfortable area for relaxing in.
0:45.7	Don't you think it's relaxing, Rob? Well yes, nice cushions of very cozy sofa and soft lighting but Helen why do you want to show me
0:55.5	this relaxing and comfortable room are you up to something? No you said we were doing
1:00.6	a program about comfort zones so I decided to make one.
1:05.0	Ah I see. Well I suppose we could describe this room as our comfort zone but usually
1:11.2	the term refers to how someone feels.
1:13.0	Oh, so it's not just a place, but a state of mind.
1:18.0	Yes, if someone is in their comfort zone, they feel secure and comfortable they might even feel in
1:24.4	control maybe these examples will help to explain more.
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