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Feifei: Welcome to The English We Speak,

I'm Feifei.

Rob: And I'm Rob!

Feifei: A very messy and scruffy Rob, |||||desleixado| |||||지저분한| |||disordinato||trasandato| |||||desaliñado|

if I may say so. Did you not have se posso dirlo. Non hai avuto

time to brush your hair today? tempo per pettinarti oggi?

Rob: Feifei, things are a bit difficult Rob: Feifei, le cose sono un po' difficili

at the moment. I'm having

some work done on my house.

Feifei: And has your hairbrush ||||cepillo |Und(1)||| ||||spazzola per capelli ||||escova de cabelo

gone missing? |scomparso scomparso? зникли безвісти?

Rob: No, no. I'm not living at home Rob: No, no. Non vivo a casa

at the moment - I'm sleeping where in questo momento - sto dormendo dove

anyone has a spare sofa. |||di riserva| qualcuno ha un divano di riserva.

It was Neil's house on Monday, Paul's ||||||de Paulo Era la casa di Neil lunedì, di Paul

on Tuesday, Sam's on Wednesday... martedì, di Sam mercoledì...

Feifei: I get it. You are couch surfing. ||||||divano| Feifei: Ho capito. Stai facendo couch surfing.

Rob: Yes - even though I don't own |||anche se||| |||aunque||| Rob: Sì - anche se non possiedo Роб: Так, хоча я не є власником

a surfboard! But I am moving from |uma prancha de surf||||| |una tavola da surf|||sto|| |tabla de surf||||| una tavola da surf! Ma mi sto trasferendo da дошку для серфінгу! Але я переїжджаю з

one couch - or sofa - to один диван - або кушетка - до

another, which is a bit like surfing! ще один, який трохи схожий на серфінг!

Feifei: Yes, when someone is

couch surfing it means they temporarily |||||temporaneamente il couch surfing significa che loro temporaneamente

stay in other people's houses soggiornano nelle case di altre persone

for free - often sleeping on the sofa gratuitamente - spesso dormendo sul divano

or couch - because they don't have their

own home. But no surfboard needed! ||||tavola da surf|

Rob: No, not unless you want to use one |||a meno che||||| Роб: Нет, если только вы не хотите использовать один

as a bed! Let's hear как кровать! Давайте послушаем

some more examples...

Since I left university, I haven't been able

to find a job so I've been couch surfing at

my friends' to try and save money.

I've been couch surfing around the world. ||sofá||||

It's a great way to meet other people and

it makes travelling affordable.

I've had an argument with my girlfriend, |||discussione||| Я поссорился со своей девушкой,

so I'm moving out. Do you mind так что я съезжаю. Ты не против

if I couch surf якщо я займуся каучсерфінгом

with you guys for a few weeks? Please! з вами на кілька тижнів? Будь ласка!

Feifei: This is The English We Speak

from BBC Learning English

and we're talking about

the phrase 'couch surfing'. This describes

temporarily staying at different people's temporaneamente||||

homes for free because you haven't got

your own home to stay in.

It's not great if you

haven't got your own place to live in

but luckily for you, Rob,

the work on your house

is temporary, and you'll be back |temporária|||| |temporaneo|||| |temporal||||

living at home soon.

Rob: Well, maybe not.

Feifei: Oh! Why's that?

Rob: Well, the builder has found |||costruttore|| |||o construtor|| Rob: Nun, der Bauherr hat eine Роб: Ну, строитель нашел

a lot of the woodwork to be rotten ||||legno|||marcio ||||madeira||| molto del legno è marcio многие деревянные конструкции прогнили.

and it needs replacing - and that |||sostituzione|| |||substituição|| e deve essere sostituito - e questo и она нуждается в замене - и это

could takes weeks. So I was wondering... potrebbe richiedere settimane. Quindi mi chiedevo...

Feifei: You want to couch surf |||||fare surf sul divano

at my house? The answer is no!

I don't want you carrying ||||portare Ich will nicht, dass Sie die Non voglio che tu porti Я не хочу, чтобы вы носили

out the other meaning of couch surfing. die andere Bedeutung von Couch-Surfen. l'altro significato di couch surfing. узнайте о другом значении каучсерфинга.

Rob: And what's that? Rob||| Rob: E qual è?

Feifei: Couch surfing can sometimes |surfing sul divano|||

mean just lying on the sofa ||sdraiato|||

watching TV or browsing

the internet on your laptop.

Rob: Yeah. But I'd do the washing up. |||io farei|||lavare i piatti| Роб: Да. Но я бы помыл посуду.

Feifei: The answer is still no! Bye, Rob.

Rob: Bye everyone.