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6 Minute English From BBClearningenglish.com Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English.
I'm Catherine.
And I'm Neil.
Do you know, Catherine?
Someone actually talked to me on the underground this morning.
No, really.
Yeah.
I should perhaps point out that talking to someone you don't know on the tube is quite unusual behaviour in London.
So, Neil, what did they say?
Well, they said what a lovely day it was.
Great to see the sun shining in London.
Something along those lines.
But it was actually nice to chat instead of sitting there with a frown on my face,
fiddling with my phone.
Which is what you probably always do to pass the time on public transport, Neil.
Yes, it is, me and thousands of others.
But it got me thinking.
If it makes me feel better to talk to people on the way to work,