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This is not the future we were promised.
Like, how about that for a tagline for the show?
From the BBC, this is The Interface,
the show that explores how tech is rewiring your week and your world.
This isn't about quarterly earnings or about tech reviews.
It's about what technology is actually doing to your work and your politics, your everyday life.
and all the bizarre ways people are using the internet.
Listen on BBC.com or wherever you get your podcasts.
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This is grass.
Let's learn four phrases with grass.
Grass roots describes the basic things that are at the bottom of a structure.
or organization.
Grass root sport is important to me, so I help run a local football team.
People think the grass is always greener on the other side when they think that someone else has something better.
Usually it isn't true.
I wanted my boss's job, but now I've got it.
I hate it.
The grass is always greener on the other side.