A busman's holiday

公交车司机的假期

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2017-06-27

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Going on holiday to do your job? What's it got to do with driving a bus?
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  • The English we speak from bbclearningenglish.com hello, I'm Rob.

  • And I'm Fei Fei.

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  • So it should have been Neil presenting with you today, but he's gone on holiday, so you've got me instead.

  • Yes, I know.

  • Neil's on holiday for two whole weeks.

  • Ah, lucky Neil.

  • Two weeks doing nothing.

  • Sitting on the beach in the sun, eating ice cream.

  • Wonderful.

  • Oh, Neil won't be sitting on any beaches.

  • He's going to help teach English at a school in Spain.

  • What?

  • He's gone to Spain to do the same work he does here.

  • That's a bit of a busman's holiday, isn't it?

  • But his job isn't driving buses, Rob.

  • No, Fei Fei, A busman's holiday is a holiday where you do the same thing you do at work instead of just having a rest.

  • I see.