The joke is on you

笑话开在你身上

Learning English Conversations

2019-04-02

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  • This is a download from BBC Learning English.

  • To find out more, visit our website.

  • The English we speak from bbclearningenglish.com hello, and welcome to the English We Speak.

  • I'm Fei Fei and joining me is Rob.

  • Hello.

  • Hey, Fei Fei.

  • Have you heard the news?

  • Gossip, you mean?

  • No, no, no, it's true.

  • We've been given the day off.

  • So sorry, I'm not going to hang around.

  • I'm off to the beach.

  • Hold on.

  • Who says?

  • Er, Neil.

  • He said the boss told him that we've all worked so hard we don't have to work today.

  • Hmm.

  • It sounds like a wind up to me.

  • A wind up is another way of saying a trick or joke.

  • I'm sure Neil was joking.