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Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English, I'm Rob.
And I'm Neil, hello.
I'd like to start by asking,
how did you get up here to the studio on the sixth floor this morning?
Well, by Lyft, of course.
Ah, I thought so.
That's what we're going to talk about in this programme,
lifts or elevators, as Americans call them.
Lifts?
Well, that's not very exciting, is it?
Um, what is there to say about lifts, Rob?
I mean, they take you up and down and that's it, really.
Well, you're in for a surprise, Neil.
But first, let's see if you can answer this question.
Which country has the most lifts?
Is it A, the USA, B, Italy or C, China?
Um, well, it seems obvious to me,
because of the massive expansion in its construction industry,