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The English We Speak

From BBC Learning English.

Hello and welcome to The English We speak. I'm William Kramer.

And I'm Yang Lee.

So this Sunday is Father's Day here in the UK and in many countries around the world.

William, I know you are married, but you are not a father yet, right?

Yes, that's right.

Well, in that case, I don't think you are well qualified to talk about this topic William.

Well I disagree. All that matters is that we can speak English. So today I thought

we could look at a couple of very common phrases relating to fatherhood.

Let's listen to this clip of a woman talking to her friend about her son.

Try and hear a phrase relating to fatherhood. And how's Jonathan? Good

question. I'd like to know the answer. He's ever so quiet and I never know

what he's thinking.

Oh yeah.

Mind you, his dad's exactly the same.

Like father, like son.

Like father, like son.

So that means that the son is just like the father. Is that right?

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