Hello. Catherine here from BBC Learning English. Just so you know, this programme is from the BBC Learning English Archive. It was originally最初 broadcast广播 in November 2006 on our website. We hope you enjoy it. Hello. I'm Callum Robertson and this is London Life. In the programme today we take a brief简短的 look at rhyming slang, an interesting form of vocabulary where an expression which rhymes with the word you mean is used. For example, the phrase 'boat race'. The boat race is a famous sporting event held in London, but the phrase 'boat race' is also rhyming slang for 'face'.
Race rhymes with face. One of the features of rhyming slang is that often the word that rhymes is not actually实际上 said. So, for example, 'boat race' is shortened to just 'boat'.
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