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Advanced Listening, Episode 2, Life Challenges.
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Advanced Listening, Episode 2, Life Challenges.
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Rakesh!
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Rakesh, I haven't seen you for ages.
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How are you doing?
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Oh, hi, Carla.
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Not that great, actually.
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Oh, what's up, if you don't mind me asking?
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Well, this is probably going to sound really stupid to you,
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but I seem to have lost my sense of smell.
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And I know it sounds really trivial,
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but it's driving me crazy.
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For one thing, I can't really taste things anymore.
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And you know how I love my food.
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I thought you said you'd lost your sense of smell, not taste.
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Yeah, but apparently about 80% of the taste of food comes from the smell.
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Your taste buds can only detect a few flavours.
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My girlfriend's getting fed up with me complaining about it,
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but she doesn't understand.
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Eating's just a function for me now,
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and it should be one of life's great pleasures.
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No, I totally get it.
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My uncle had the same thing after he had a stroke.
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We all thought he'd recovered apart from having a slight limp.
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He seemed to cut himself off from the rest of the family
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and when mum spoke to him he said that was the reason.
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He still finds it really frustrating not being able to experience things everyone else can,
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like the smell of flowers or food cooking on the barbecue.
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Yeah, you just take all these things for granted before it happens to you.
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And it can be dangerous too.
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I hope you've checked all your smoke alarms.
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Yes, my doctor gave me a brochure about all the precautions I need to take,
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like installing a gas detector and remembering to look at all the used-by dates on food,
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because I have no other way of knowing if it's gone off.
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What a pain!
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So what caused it?
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You haven't had a head injury, have you?
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Don't worry, it isn't anything that serious.
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My doctor isn't sure, but I'm due to see a specialist at the hospital next week,
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and hopefully he'll be able to diagnose the underlying cause.
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Apparently there are two basic possibilities.
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Either something is stopping the odours from reaching the top of my nose,
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or something is interfering with the nerve signals between the brain and the nose.
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Well, I hope he gets to the bottom of it for you.
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Thanks.
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And one good thing to come out of it is
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that I'm going to start eating more healthily and lose a few kilos.
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I know it hasn't caused this problem,
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but if I can't even enjoy all the fried food,
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it's probably in my interest to stop eating it.
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That's great.
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Good luck with that.
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Did you see that thing on the news last night about the Twister in Sussex? In Sussex?
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You're kidding.
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No, really.
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I couldn't believe it either.
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But apparently England is particularly prone to them, they said.
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They're something like 35 a year.
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But most of the time they happen in really remote,
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cut-off areas, so nobody really gets affected by them.
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Really?
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I thought they only happened in Tennessee and places like that.
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So was it bad?
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Yeah, pretty bad.
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It only lasted a few minutes,
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but it caused a lot of damage.
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It ripped through a residential area and some houses had their roofs blown off.
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A few garden sheds were blown to pieces.
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Lots of windows got blown out.
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God, was anyone killed?
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No, but a few people ended up in hospital with cuts and bruises from all the flying debris.
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Oh, and there was a cow involved as well.
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It got sucked up and dumped about a mile away in a supermarket car park.
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Oh, I bet that made a right mess.
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I'm glad it wasn't me that had to clean that up.
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Thank you.
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Two.
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Hiya.
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Did you have a good Christmas?
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Yeah, it was great, thanks.
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We only got back last night, actually.
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Oh, right.
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Where was it you went again?
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It was Asia somewhere, wasn't it?
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Yeah, we were in Nias in Indonesia.
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It's this island off the south coast of Sumatra.
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It's a big surfing place.
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The waves there are amazing.
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Wasn't that one of the places that got hit by that tidal wave the other year?
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Yeah, it was.
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I think something like a thousand people died there and half the villages were wiped out.
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We were staying right on one of the beaches that got hit by it.
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It was a pretty sobering experience, really.
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I mean, they've done a lot of reconstruction work and everything,
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but there were still bits that haven't really managed to rebuild yet,
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and almost everyone we met had been affected by it all in some way or another.
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Yeah, I bet.
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The guy who ran the hostel place we were staying in actually lost his brother and was left homeless for weeks afterwards.
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It was just incredible how upbeat he seemed, given the circumstances.
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Well, people are pretty resilient, I guess.
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You just have to pick up the pieces and move on.
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Get on with rebuilding your life after something like that happens.
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No, I know, I know.
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The people there just seemed very pragmatic and realistic about things.
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But some people still seemed a bit angry about aid not always getting through.
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Oh, really?
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How come?
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It's hard to know, really,
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but I think some people felt some of it might have vanished along the route, you know?
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Yeah.
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I suppose there's always the risk of that happening.
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3. A huge earthquake has hit south-eastern Iran.
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At least 15,000 people are feared dead,
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and the death toll is expected to rise in the days ahead.
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The quake had its epicentre near the ancient city of Bam,
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and many of its buildings have been totally flattened.
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Many people are believed to be buried under the rubble,
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and President Khatami has spoken of a national tragedy and has urged all Iranians to help the victims.
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A big relief operation is underway,
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with many foreign countries sending supplies and rescue workers to Iran.
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The quake occurred at 5.28am local time,
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and it is thought that many people were crushed as they slept.
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There have been scenes of intense grief in the city,
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with survivors weeping next to corpses wrapped in blankets.
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Emergency centres set up in makeshift buildings are now trying to care for the tens of thousands who have been injured.
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The Red Crescent is setting up tents to house those left homeless by the quake.
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A telephone hotline for donations is being launched today.
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More details will follow.
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And next on the line we have Carl from Brentford.
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How can I help you, Carl?
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Oh, hi Zoe.
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Thanks for taking my call.
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I have the most dreadful insomnia.
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I just can't seem to get to sleep at night.
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Then I end up feeling really tired during the day.
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It's so frustrating.
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Oh dear, Carl.
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I'm sorry to hear that.
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Have you tried reading?
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I've tried everything, Zoe.
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Reading, having a bath and a cup of warm milk before bed,
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but none of it works.
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Well, what do you think is stopping you from sleeping?
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Are you worried about anything?
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Nothing especially, but when I try to go to sleep I start thinking about things at work,
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in my life and so on,
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and that makes me feel awake.
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Okay, here's what I suggest.
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Seeing as none of the things you've tried seem to work,
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next time you're lying there thinking about things and can't sleep,
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I want you to get up.
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Get up? But why?
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Well, my thinking is that you're getting too caught up in your thoughts.
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Get up and do something.
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Maybe go for a short walk,
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pay a bill or something.
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It's a distraction technique.
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Doing something else will take your mind off the fact you can't sleep.
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OK.
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Thanks, Zoe.
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I'll give it a try.
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Two.
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I can't understand it.
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The warehouse dispatched that order last Tuesday,
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so they'll definitely have received it by last Friday as promised.
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Yes, well they should have, but they haven't.
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It's now Monday and we've got no idea where it is.
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I've had our main client on the phone this morning and they're not happy.
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Since this isn't the first time this has happened,
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I think we need to seriously consider changing distributor,
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especially as we've got that big order coming up in a couple of weeks.
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The problem is, though, we get a really good deal with that distributor,
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in that they give us an extra 10% off orders over 50,000.
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Yes, but at the risk of stating the obvious,
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it doesn't matter how cheap they are if they don't deliver the product.
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I don't think we should stick with a bad supplier for fear of losing a few quid in the short term.
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Well, what exactly would the cost be if we switched supplier?
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We need to know all the facts here.
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Ah, always with the facts, Fatima.
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Ha!
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Indeed!
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Well, I couldn't say off the top of my head,
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but I can get Marsha to run up some figures.
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That sounds like a good idea to me.
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Fatima's right.
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As we don't know all the facts yet,
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let's wait until we do before we make the final decision.
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Agreed.
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Good idea.
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I've just realised that I've now sent out nearly 50 job applications.
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Really?
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Any luck?
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Not a sausage.
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I just don't know what I'm doing wrong Well, maybe nothing.
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These things just take time Well,
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I sent most of them out weeks ago,
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so I'd expect to have heard something by now Why do you think I'm not hearing anything?
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Well, maybe it's not the right area for you Maybe you
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just need to look at the bigger picture Take stock
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and think about whether this is what you really want to do I mean,
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why do you want to work in retail?
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Because it's what I've always done.
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I guess I haven't tried anything new for fear of failing at that too.
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I mean, I don't love retail.
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So why not try something else?
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Think about what it is you really want to do.
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Then think about going back to college, retraining or something.
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What if you end up doing something you really enjoy?
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Gotta be better than going round in circles like this.
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Hmm, maybe you're right.
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I'll give it some thought.
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You know those kitchen hacks that pop up online all the time, Ashley?
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What, like those videos of recipe cheats and stuff?
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Yeah, those.
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Well, I'm a bit obsessed by them.
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I don't go looking out for them,
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but they seem to find me.
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And once I start watching them, I can't stop.
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I know what you mean.
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It's not as if I cook that much but somehow those videos suck me in.
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Have you ever actually tried any?
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What?
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Of course not, Ethan.
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I don't have time for that.
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Eh?
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But you have time to watch videos about them.
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Oh yeah.
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But no, I've never even thought about trying them to be honest.
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I just like watching them well i gave some of them a go this weekend oh
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and i did five all in all i cut an avocado in half had one half for my lunch
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and poured lemon juice on the other half before sticking it back in the fridge why
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so it wouldn't go brown oh right and did it go brown i mean it It did actually, yeah.
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Great hack.
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Then I got a caramel sweet and fried it in a pan so it'd melt into a flat circle.
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A kind of caramel wheel that I could stick in a bowl of ice cream.
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A gorgeous looking caramel wheel,
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if the video was anything to go by.
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Well, I burnt that and it looked like something that got stuck on the bottom of my shoe.
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I'm starting to get the picture now.
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Then I tried to make a mug pizza.
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Well, that doesn't sound like something that would ever work out.
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Yes, you'd think I'd know better,
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but in my defence, the video made it look really easy to make.
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Anyway, I shoved all the dough ingredients into the mug and then microwaved them to make the base.
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Then I added in my chopped tomatoes,
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grated cheese and a few other toppings and microwaved it again.
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Sounds quick and delicious.
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It couldn't have been faster.
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Shame it looked and tasted like a dog's dinner.
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The dough was soggy and,
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well, still pretty raw And the topping just looked like sludge Oh,
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sounds gross Why did you eat it?
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I thought it might taste better than it looked I was
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wrong I chucked most of it away I did eat all of the microwave risotto I made,
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though The rice was moist but not underdone
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And the flavours were good Something I've never managed when doing it the usual way It only took ten minutes to...
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Oh, one win then.
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Yeah, I was also hopeful that the cake topping made from strawberry ice cream would work,
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but it just wouldn't whip up.
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I mean, I whipped it a lot.
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So all these things we're watching are total rubbish then?
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I wouldn't go as far as to say that.
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I may have just picked the wrong ones,
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but I'm certainly more sceptical of them now.
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I don't understand.
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What's the point of making beautifully shot videos
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that probably aren't cheap to make and take ages to put together if the hacks are fake.
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Are you sure it wasn't just you and you were doing it wrong?
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Well, maybe, but I'm pretty proficient in the kitchen.
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So, in all honesty, I think it's about the clicks.
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Ah, you mean clickbait.
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Yeah.
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Sites are under a lot of pressure to get people clicking onto them since it translates into advertising revenue,
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and that's how most sites make money.
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So they have to keep producing enticing videos with new ideas to get people watching,
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but I guess there are only so many new ideas.
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So, you're going to stop watching them?
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Err, I'd like to say yes,
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but… I doubt I will.
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There's something mesmerising about them.
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After a long, hard day in the office,
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they're kind of a good way to switch off.
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Mmm, I know what you mean.
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Although I suspect my kitchen disasters will take some of the shine off these videos for us.
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Thank you.
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在本节课程中,学习者将通过听取与生活挑战有关的对话来提高英语听力技能。通过跟随对话内容,您将能够深化对日常生活中常见话题的理解,并提高自己的英语发音能力。该对话描绘了失去嗅觉对日常生活的影响,以及如何应对这一挑战。在练习过程中,您不仅能提高英语听力,还能更好地理解语境,增强口语表达。
关键词汇与短语
- Sense of smell(嗅觉)
- Drive me crazy(让我发疯)
- Taste buds(味蕾)
- Food going off(食物变质)
- Diagnose(诊断)
- Underlying cause(根本原因)
- Healthily(健康地)
- Smoke alarms(烟雾报警器)
练习技巧
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