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Hello, everyone.
This is the English we speak with.
Me, Fei Fei and me, Rob.
Hey, Fei Fei.
This is all a bit weird, isn't it?
A bit weird?
What do you mean?
Well, us not being in the same studio, you not being able to make me a cup of tea, us not going out for lunch.
It's not.
It's not normal.
It's certainly different, Rob.
But it's good to have some time apart, isn't it?
Oh, I don't know.
It's not like it used to be.
Things have changed.
Well, Rob, this is the new normal.
It's a new English expression that describes the way people will live their lives during
and after the coronavirus outbreak.