Ping

Learning English Conversations

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Language Learning, Education

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🗓️ 7 August 2018

⏱️ 3 minutes

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When does the word 'ping' not make a sound? Find out in this programme.

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0:00.0	This is a download from BBC Learning English.
0:03.0	To find out more, visit our website.
0:06.0	The English We Speak
0:09.0	From BBC learning English.
0:12.0	com Welcome to the English we speak.
0:15.0	I'm Fay Faye.
0:16.0	And hello I'm Rob.
0:18.0	Hey Faye listen to this.
0:20.0	Okay, interesting. Has your ready meal finished cooking in the microwave?
0:27.0	Well yes actually, but I wanted you to name that sound.
0:31.0	Um, well, it's a ping sound, obves. So what's that got to do with today's piece of authentic English?
0:39.5	Well, we can use the word ping to describe something else.
0:43.8	I know that Rob.
0:45.8	Ping is a short sharp sound like a microwave makes to alert you that the food in it is cooked. But the word ping is also an informal way of describing
0:56.7	sending an email or a text message. So if I ping you an email, I basically send you an email.
1:04.1	Exactly, and...
1:06.1	Oh, someone's pinging me a text message.
1:09.0	It says, let's have some examples Rob.
1:13.0	That was me Rob. Come on then.
1:15.0	I need to know the details of the contract.
1:21.0	Could you ping them over to me as soon as possible, please?
1:24.0	My friends just pinged me to say she can't go out tonight,
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