Pull the plug

Learning English Conversations

BBC

Education, Language Learning

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2014

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Rob is having serious problems with a project. Li wants to help him. But how? Listen to the programme to find out.

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0:00.0	This is a feature from BBC learning English.
0:03.0	For more information and our terms of use go to BBCworldservice.com
0:09.0	forward slash podcasts.
0:11.0	The English We Speak broadcasts. Good morning Rob. Oh, hi Lee.
0:23.0	I wish the morning was good, but it's not.
0:26.0	Oh, why not?
0:28.0	Well, I came to the office very early today to write a program about art.
0:33.0	Interesting.
0:34.0	Yeah, but it's giving me a headache because I don't really understand art.
0:39.0	I think I'm going to pull the plug on this idea.
0:42.0	Pull the plug?
0:44.0	Yes, if I pull the plug on this one, I'll be more relaxed and inspired to write a program about technology.
0:51.0	They're the ones I like the best. I love new gadgets. No problem. I can do it for you.
0:58.3	Oh, my computer's been switched off. What's happened? Here's the plug. I've just pulled it out. You can be more relaxed
1:07.0	now. There you go. Oh Lee, I didn't literally mean pull the plug out. In English, when we tell someone we're going to pull the
1:16.4	plug on something, we mean we're going to stop spending time or money on it.
1:21.7	Let's listen to some examples.
1:24.0	Research on the new product was becoming very expensive
1:31.0	so the company pulled the plug on the project.
1:35.0	The play got really bad reviews and almost no one came to see it.
1:40.0	But the theatre owner said he wouldn't pull the plug on it.
1:46.0	Okay, so you don't want to spend time on a program you don't enjoy writing?
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