New normal

Learning English Conversations

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🗓️ 28 July 2020

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Learn a new expression that describes our new way of life.

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0:00.0	This is a download from BBC Learning English. To find out more, visit our website.
0:06.0	Hello everyone, this is the English we speak with me, Fay Faye.
0:10.0	And me, Rob. Hey Faye Fay, this is all a bit weird, isn't it?
0:15.5	A bit weird, what do you mean?
0:18.3	Well, us not being in the same studio, you not being able to make me a cup of tea us not going out for lunch. It's not...
0:26.0	It's not normal. It's certainly different, Rob. But it's good to have some time apart, isn't it?
0:33.0	Oh, I don't know.
0:35.0	It's not like it used to be.
0:36.0	Things have changed.
0:38.0	Well, Rob, this is the new normal.
0:41.0	It's a new English expression that describes the way people will live their lives
0:46.3	during and after the coronavirus outbreak.
0:49.2	Oh right. Does that mean I get some new examples as well?
0:54.3	It does and here they are.
0:59.3	After lockdown things won't be the same. We'll have to get used to a new normal.
1:05.0	Getting up at 6 a.m. and going for a run every day is my new normal and it feels good.
1:12.0	The new normal means working from home or not going into the office.
1:17.0	This is the English we speak from BBC Learning English and in this program we're learning about the
1:25.0	expression new normal which describes the way people will live their lives
1:29.8	during and after the coronavirus outbreak.
1:33.0	Rob, I'm sure we'll get used to the new normal.
1:37.0	Sometimes it's good to change our routine.
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