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Hello and welcome to the English we.
Speak with me, Fei Fei and me, Roy.
Rob sounds very stressed today.
I think he's worried about his magic trick.
What magic trick?
I know he has a lot of work on this week.
When I spoke to him on the phone, he said he had a lot of plates spinning.
No, Roy.
If someone says they have a lot of plates spinning,
it means that they have a number of different tasks to do at the same time and can't just focus on one.
Ah, so he was talking about work.
Now I understand why he put the phone down when I started telling him
about how many times I tried to find rabbits in my hats.
Right, let's listen to these examples.
As a single parent, I always have a lot of things to do at the same time.
I always have a lot of plates spinning.
He's always busy.
He's got so many hobbies and activities.