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
June 14th, 2008 at 4:05 am
hey guys thanks a lot for these lessons they help me interact with the language which is great.
Keep on the hard work guys.
P.S. hey if you ask me i think people are able to make their own fate, they are what they choose to be.
August 29th, 2008 at 10:20 am
Hello guys! Or my teachers! How u doing? Today is the third day of my english lessons with you! And it so cool, to listen native Americans language. Day by day my vocab is growing, u know what I mean, each day new words. I am always trying to improve my english & u of course help me to do this! Also I want tell u, that u r doign GREAT JOB! Thank’s a lot for ur lessons!!!!!!!!!!!!!
September 2nd, 2008 at 12:03 am
Hi Addison & Andrew,
Really thanks for what you all have been doing for us. I have learnt a lot from your podcasts compare to others.
It is so practical that i can apply what i have learnt to my daily life.
You asked me do i believe in luck & fate?
Previously not, but after listening to this podcasts, i may change my beliefs, …haha..
Anyway, i believe some of our life aspects are depends of luck & fate.
but, one’s destiny still can be changed by one’s attitudes & mindsets
September 28th, 2008 at 10:08 pm
hi
think we can fate
but it is necessa ry god like us
thank you
bye
March 7th, 2009 at 10:23 pm
Hi guys,
I just want to tell you my opinion about what you said in the last moments of this podcast about fate and luck or anything like that.
Of course there is …Why someone born in the worst part of world and someone born in the best one’s? What do you call that? isn’t the baby luck/unluck?
I remember some episode of LOST series…I mean HARLY’s story
Let’s me thank you for these interesting podcasts
March 8th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
That’s what is called when you get a great oportunity “you were at the right place in de right moment”, sometimes in real life it happens. The other day I got off my work and took a wrong bus, then when I realized about it, quickly got off the bus and walk a few streets to get the train,It was so late, as I was walking, someone into a truck pulled up and asked me for the adress of an Hotel, they were just arriving from another city and lost,they didn’t know my city, turns out that the hotel they were looking for was two blocks from my home, so I got a ride and the lady in the truck said “God send you, because we were lost”
March 25th, 2009 at 9:43 am
Hey! I\’m really lucky to discover your website! It\’s so cool, and you two have done a great job!
May 4th, 2009 at 10:14 am
Nagyon sokat segit az angol tanulasban, ez a Website!!!
Nagyon jo fejek vagytok!!
Mar sok ismerosomnek ajanlottam!!!
This is hungarian!!!!:-)
September 7th, 2009 at 6:41 pm
hiiii guys
hope u r doing fine… i like ur spirit and the way u r presenting ur subject… About luck i guess i believe in it… but I think it is 1-2% of opportunities r considered as a luck and the rest u r the one to make …
well done so far and goooooo on ^^
October 11th, 2009 at 6:16 pm
Hi guys I realy missed you and your marvelous lessons. nowadays I’m realy busy and when I want to recharge my batteries I log on this fantastic w-s
Dear Andy and Add,take care of yourself and keep on doing this job
best of luck to you!…
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