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Hello, welcome to the English We Speak.
I'm Jiayin.
And hello, I'm Neil.
Hey, Neil, have you heard what Roy has planned for our Christmas party this year?
Oh, no, not axe throwing again.
Maybe not.
We did it last year.
This year we're doing karaoke at a Christmas party.
Roy is already practicing singing some songs by Ariana Grande.
I do not like the sound of that.
What's wrong?
Do you not like the sound of Roy singing?
No.
I mean, I don't like the idea of doing karaoke.
When you don't like the sound of something, it means you don't like something you've been told or read about.
I've got it.
Well, hopefully, Neil, you'll like the sound of these examples.
We've been told to start work an hour earlier.