Sheeple

Learning English Conversations

BBC

Language Learning, Education

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2020

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Follow the crowd and learn a new English expression!

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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	Hello and... See Learning English.
0:14.0	Hello and welcome to the English we speak with me, Faye, and me Neil.
0:19.0	Nice bubble hat Neil.
0:21.0	Oh thanks.
0:22.0	But not very practical. Wearing a hat indoors must be
0:26.1	quite hot. It's the fashion Fay Faye Faye. Some of us have to keep up with the
0:30.4	trends. Right. Maybe that explains the waistcoat you're wearing as well. To be fashionable?
0:36.7	Oh you wouldn't understand Fay Faye Faye. I understand very clearly. You are a sheeple.
0:43.0	What are you bleating on about?
0:45.0	Sheeple.
0:46.0	It describes people who just follow the crowd without much thought.
0:51.0	Basically you're easily led, like a sheep. But you're not the only one.
0:56.8	Listen to these examples.
0:58.4	I can't believe all these sheeple who've paid lots of money for the latest smartphone.
1:07.0	They'll be half price in a few months time.
1:10.0	My brothers, one of those sheeple, who has to follow the latest fashions.
1:16.3	He's now wearing ripped jeans, but so is everyone else at his college.
1:21.7	Although nearly everyone in my class has one of those smart watches, I'm not going to be one of those
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