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Hi, and welcome to the English We Speak.
I'm Jennifer and with me today is Fei.
Fei.
Hi there.
Why do you have that big bag with you?
Oh, this?
Well, I'm going to the gym after work.
Again?
But you went yesterday and the day before that.
I need to push myself.
I want to get fit.
Oh, you're such a fitness freak.
Hey, that's not very nice.
What do you mean I'm a fitness freak?
You're calling me some kind of strange monster.
I'm not calling you a monster.
That's not what the word freak means in this context.
In English, you can use the word freak with a noun to say that someone is obsessed by something which you think is stupid.
So when you call me a fitness freak, you're saying I'm obsessed by sport and fitness?