The Flatmates are two! Yes, today, the 31 July is the 2nd anniversary of the launch of our weekly soap opera for English learners.

In this special programme we go backstage at a (fictional) ceremony to see if the Flatmates can win a prestigious award and we also try to catch a word or two with the writer, Nuala O'Sullivan. What dark secret does she reveal about herself and the flatmates?

Listen
	Flatmates celebrate

Vocabulary from the programme

I'm speechless!
I very surprised, I don't know what to say but I will probably try to say something anyway

through thick and thin
through the good times and the bad times

to have ups and downs
to have good experiences as well as negative ones

overwhelmed
very emotional

ecstatic
very happy

the opportunity fell into my lap
a chance to do something came to me unexpectedly

to get chatting to someone
to begin talking to someone you've just met

to get up to
to do

Example
What are you going to get up to at the weekend?

two-dimensional
with no depth, thin or flat

a megalomaniac
a person who enjoys having power over other people and always wants more

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Extras
Programme script (pdf - 22 k)
Download this programme (mp3 - 1.8 mb)
The Flatmates