| Finn: | Welcome to the slang-tastic programme, The English We Speak. |
| Wang Fei: | Hello I'm Wang Fei. |
| Finn: | This is our word-tastic programme where you learn the latest English-tastic phrases. |
| Wang Fei: | Yes ... erm ... |
| Finn: | We hope you have a learning-tastic time with us today ... |
| Wang Fei: | Finn, sorry for interrupting you, but why do you keep adding 'tastic' to all these words? |
| Finn: | Sorry Wang Fei, I should have said. Tastic is our new word, or should I say, new suffix, for the day. |
| Wang Fei: | A suffix is something you add onto the end of another word to change the meaning. |
| Finn: | That's right. |
| Wang Fei: | So when we add tastic, what does that mean? |
| Finn: | Well, it's kind of related to the word fantastic. When you add tastic to a word, for example slang, it means 'fantastic in terms of slang'. So English-tastic means 'fantastic in terms of English'. |
| Wang Fei: | And learning-tastic means fantastic in terms of learning? |
| Finn: | It does, absolutely. Let's hear a couple more examples. |
| Wang Fei: | Wow, very good examples. So can I say example-tastic? |
| Finn: | Example-tastic, you can! Now, this way of making new words is very informal—it comes from pop culture—so you probably wouldn't see it in a business letter. |
| Wang Fei: | So, it's not business-tastic?! |
| Finn: | It's not business-tastic. Not really, unless you work in an industry like fashion or pop music. Anyway, I think it's time to tell our listeners about our website. |
| Wang Fei: | Yes, and our web-tastic site is www.bbclearningenglish.com! You can learn English for free, and even download programmes to your mp3 player. |
| Finn: | Yes, it's download-tastic! Time to go, now. Bye! |
| Wang Fei: | Bye! |
