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Hello and welcome to the English we speak.

I'm Fayfei, and I'm Neil.

Neil, I just want to say thanks for my present.

It was exactly what I needed.

Well I know you love tea and I heard that you smashed your favorite teapot.

So what better present than a BBC Learning English

teapot? Exactly. A teapot is the gift that keeps on giving.

What? Keep on giving gifts? I'm sorry Fay Fay Faye I can only afford one gift for you this year I can't

keep giving you gifts how rich do you think I am no I said the gift that keeps on giving.

We use the expression, the gift that keeps on giving to talk about a thing or situation which

has benefits that are repeated over a long period of time. So in the case of the

teapot, it's something really useful that I can keep on using. Ah, that makes sense,

and it's not just for presents, right? For example, that silly video of Roy singing

always makes me laughed. It's the gift that keeps on giving.

What silly video? We can talk more about this video while we're listening to these examples. video streaming sites you gave me is the gift that keeps on giving.

That marketing campaign went viral and people are still watching the video 10 years later.

It's the gift that keeps on giving. My investment in shares is the gift

that keeps on giving. I get dividends every month.

This is the English. month.

This is the English we speak from BBC Learning English. We're learning about the expression The gift that keeps on giving, which means a present or situation which has benefits that are repeated

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