News habits

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Hello! You're listening to Real Easy English from BBC Learning English. I'm Beth.

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And I'm Neil. This is the podcast where we have

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So, Beth, how are you this week?

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I'm very good, thank you. How are you, Neil?

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I'm very well, thank you.

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What are we talking about today?

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We are talking about how much we follow the news.

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Ah, the news! OK, so what do we mean by follow the news?

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So, when we say 'follow the news',

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it means that you are 'interested in the news'.

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So you might read it on your phone,

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listen to it on the radio or watch it on TV quite regularly.

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Yes, and you can also follow sports, can't you?

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So if you like a particular, for example, football team,