Just My Luck | ESL Podcast
Background: This esl podcast is about randomly meeting someone that helps you out. Isn’t it great when you aren’t feeling well and then you have a lucky day and everything changes in a hurry? Let’s hear what happens.
Just My Luck
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Addison
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I’m not really the kind of person that believes in luck or fate, or anything like that but what happened to me the other day might make me re-think my beliefs. I was waiting for my friend at the corner of 5th and Columbus when someone tapped me on the shoulder. I turned around and it was a woman that wanted to know directions. It turned out that she wanted to go to exactly where my friend and I were headed so I offered her a ride. My friend was running a little late so she and I got to talking and I found out that she was a recruiter for fresh graduates at one of the largest international banks. I just graduated with a degree in economics and had desperately been looking for a good job. I told her my situation and she offered me a job on the spot. |
Key vocabulary and phrases that are discussed in the podcast:
luck – good or bad things happen to you by chance. Ex. He has very good luck. Also, we can say that this person is “lucky”.
fate – the idea of your life not being controlled by you and that it is already predetermined or decided.
re-think – to think about something or consider it again.
corner of “ “ and “ “- intersection or cross-street of
tapped – touch lightly and briefly.
It turned out – the result or outcome of a situation
Headed – going towards a place or going in the direction.
running a little late – “running” here means how things are going or “running”. We can also things are running smoothly for example.
Degree – university graduation certificate
desperately – putting your best efforts towards something of urgency or necessity
on the spot – making a decision or doing something immediately without wait
Source:china232.com
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