| [00:01.20] | Hi and welcome to another edition of The English We Speak. Today I'm joined by Neil, who seems to be a bit agitated. |
| [00:10.70] | Ah, sorry Li. I'm really, really excited. |
| [00:13.99] | Actually, I haven't even got a script for the programme. I don't need a script. I don't need anything! I'm rich beyond my wildest dreams. |
| [00:23.26] | Oh, that's nice. How come that you've got rich all of a sudden? |
| [00:27.98] | A Mercedes Benz and a Porsche. And then a boat, then a yacht. A big one! |
| [00:34.53] | Neil, what happened? You are going bananas. |
| [00:38.49] | Bananas? No cheap old fruit for me any more, caviar, champagne, lobster and… |
| [00:47.60] | I'm not offering you bananas. You are not listening. I'm saying that you have gone bananas! |
| [00:53.44] | Sorry Li. I'm very excited because I won the lottery. |
| [00:59.79] | You know, this week they've got this big jackpot to offer and I got all the numbers right. |
| [01:06.84] | Good on you. |
| [01:09.23] | "To go bananas" has nothing to do with food, as you know. |
| [01:13.41] | It's an expression in English we use when we are so excited that we act almost out of control. |
| [01:19.88] | It is a very odd expression. We'd better let people know how it is used. |
| [01:25.00] | Good idea. |
| [01:26.35] | Let me write my shopping list while we listen to some examples of the use of this expression that has nothing to do with the actual fruit. |
| [01:34.92] | Here they are. |
| [01:36.17] | I'm so happy that I finally got my promotion. Yesterday I went bananas. |
| [01:41.13] | I ended up running around the office, hugging and kissing my boss and every single co-worker. |
| [01:47.13] | They probably thought I was mad. |
| [01:49.40] | After the team scored its fourth goal in the final the fans went bananas and started to shout and jump up and down. |
| [01:57.79] | So "to go bananas" is not an expression about food but about behaviour. |
| [02:03.14] | It means to behave in a very over-enthusiastic way, like you've gone crazy, an explosion of happiness. |
| [02:10.77] | That's true. All this excitement has made me want to go out shopping too. |
| [02:16.26] | I'll get myself a toy boat to play with in my bathtub and down the park, in the lake. |
| [02:24.64] | And then I'm going to the zoo. |
| [02:26.69] | The zoo? Why the zoo? |
| [02:28.33] | Because All this conversation about bananas made me keen to watch the monkeys. |
| [02:33.55] | I might give them some very big, shiny and tasty bananas, bright yellow, the colour of gold. |
| [02:40.24] | The colour of gold. The most beautiful colour there is. Golden bananas, the monkeys might even think that they've won the jackpot too. |
| [02:54.79] | Goodbye. |
| [02:55.78] | Goodbye. |
| [00:01.20] | Hi and welcome to another edition of The English We Speak. Today I' m joined by Neil, who seems to be a bit agitated. |
| [00:10.70] | Ah, sorry Li. I' m really, really excited. |
| [00:13.99] | Actually, I haven' t even got a script for the programme. I don' t need a script. I don' t need anything! I' m rich beyond my wildest dreams. |
| [00:23.26] | Oh, that' s nice. How come that you' ve got rich all of a sudden? |
| [00:27.98] | A Mercedes Benz and a Porsche. And then a boat, then a yacht. A big one! |
| [00:34.53] | Neil, what happened? You are going bananas. |
| [00:38.49] | Bananas? No cheap old fruit for me any more, caviar, champagne, lobster and |
| [00:47.60] | I' m not offering you bananas. You are not listening. I' m saying that you have gone bananas! |
| [00:53.44] | Sorry Li. I' m very excited because I won the lottery. |
| [00:59.79] | You know, this week they' ve got this big jackpot to offer and I got all the numbers right. |
| [01:06.84] | Good on you. |
| [01:09.23] | " To go bananas" has nothing to do with food, as you know. |
| [01:13.41] | It' s an expression in English we use when we are so excited that we act almost out of control. |
| [01:19.88] | It is a very odd expression. We' d better let people know how it is used. |
| [01:25.00] | Good idea. |
| [01:26.35] | Let me write my shopping list while we listen to some examples of the use of this expression that has nothing to do with the actual fruit. |
| [01:34.92] | Here they are. |
| [01:36.17] | I' m so happy that I finally got my promotion. Yesterday I went bananas. |
| [01:41.13] | I ended up running around the office, hugging and kissing my boss and every single coworker. |
| [01:47.13] | They probably thought I was mad. |
| [01:49.40] | After the team scored its fourth goal in the final the fans went bananas and started to shout and jump up and down. |
| [01:57.79] | So " to go bananas" is not an expression about food but about behaviour. |
| [02:03.14] | It means to behave in a very overenthusiastic way, like you' ve gone crazy, an explosion of happiness. |
| [02:10.77] | That' s true. All this excitement has made me want to go out shopping too. |
| [02:16.26] | I' ll get myself a toy boat to play with in my bathtub and down the park, in the lake. |
| [02:24.64] | And then I' m going to the zoo. |
| [02:26.69] | The zoo? Why the zoo? |
| [02:28.33] | Because All this conversation about bananas made me keen to watch the monkeys. |
| [02:33.55] | I might give them some very big, shiny and tasty bananas, bright yellow, the colour of gold. |
| [02:40.24] | The colour of gold. The most beautiful colour there is. Golden bananas, the monkeys might even think that they' ve won the jackpot too. |
| [02:54.79] | Goodbye. |
| [02:55.78] | Goodbye. |
| [00:01.20] | Hi and welcome to another edition of The English We Speak. Today I' m joined by Neil, who seems to be a bit agitated. |
| [00:10.70] | Ah, sorry Li. I' m really, really excited. |
| [00:13.99] | Actually, I haven' t even got a script for the programme. I don' t need a script. I don' t need anything! I' m rich beyond my wildest dreams. |
| [00:23.26] | Oh, that' s nice. How come that you' ve got rich all of a sudden? |
| [00:27.98] | A Mercedes Benz and a Porsche. And then a boat, then a yacht. A big one! |
| [00:34.53] | Neil, what happened? You are going bananas. |
| [00:38.49] | Bananas? No cheap old fruit for me any more, caviar, champagne, lobster and |
| [00:47.60] | I' m not offering you bananas. You are not listening. I' m saying that you have gone bananas! |
| [00:53.44] | Sorry Li. I' m very excited because I won the lottery. |
| [00:59.79] | You know, this week they' ve got this big jackpot to offer and I got all the numbers right. |
| [01:06.84] | Good on you. |
| [01:09.23] | " To go bananas" has nothing to do with food, as you know. |
| [01:13.41] | It' s an expression in English we use when we are so excited that we act almost out of control. |
| [01:19.88] | It is a very odd expression. We' d better let people know how it is used. |
| [01:25.00] | Good idea. |
| [01:26.35] | Let me write my shopping list while we listen to some examples of the use of this expression that has nothing to do with the actual fruit. |
| [01:34.92] | Here they are. |
| [01:36.17] | I' m so happy that I finally got my promotion. Yesterday I went bananas. |
| [01:41.13] | I ended up running around the office, hugging and kissing my boss and every single coworker. |
| [01:47.13] | They probably thought I was mad. |
| [01:49.40] | After the team scored its fourth goal in the final the fans went bananas and started to shout and jump up and down. |
| [01:57.79] | So " to go bananas" is not an expression about food but about behaviour. |
| [02:03.14] | It means to behave in a very overenthusiastic way, like you' ve gone crazy, an explosion of happiness. |
| [02:10.77] | That' s true. All this excitement has made me want to go out shopping too. |
| [02:16.26] | I' ll get myself a toy boat to play with in my bathtub and down the park, in the lake. |
| [02:24.64] | And then I' m going to the zoo. |
| [02:26.69] | The zoo? Why the zoo? |
| [02:28.33] | Because All this conversation about bananas made me keen to watch the monkeys. |
| [02:33.55] | I might give them some very big, shiny and tasty bananas, bright yellow, the colour of gold. |
| [02:40.24] | The colour of gold. The most beautiful colour there is. Golden bananas, the monkeys might even think that they' ve won the jackpot too. |
| [02:54.79] | Goodbye. |
| [02:55.78] | Goodbye. |
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