Subtitles section Play video Print subtitles Feifei: Hello and welcome to The English We Speak. I'm Feifei. Rob: And I'm Rob. Feifei: Hey Rob, have you ever wondered what you'd be doing if you weren't here? Rob: Hmmm... Lying on the sofa, watching TV I expect. Feifei: No Rob. I mean in your career - if you weren't a talented presenter like you are? Rob: I'd be a financial whizz-kid: investing in the stock market, making loads of money. Feifei: A whizz-kid? You mean someone young, very clever and successful at doing something? Rob: Yes, that's a whizz-kid! I don't know why I didn't do it. Feifei: Do you want me to tell you? Rob: No. Let's just hear about some other whizz-kids who are young, intelligent and successful, just like me... Examples: My nephew is a computer whizz-kid: he earns a fortune fixing people's laptops! Our new financial whizz-kid has come straight from university and he's doing really well. She was a whizz-kid at university, so it's no wonder she's now a partner at one of the top legal firms. Feifei: So they are whizz-kids - clever, successful or skilful people - and most of all, they are young, like kids! And there's the problem Rob. Rob: A problem? Feifei: Yes, you're not young anymore. Rob: OK, clever then! Feifei: Hmm, I'm not so sure about that. Rob: Alright, successful - one out of three isn't bad. Feifei: Well, erm, errr... Rob: OK. Perhaps I'd never be a financial whizz-kid. Maybe I'll stick to my other plan. Feifei: Which is? Rob: Sitting on the sofa, watching TV. I'm off to do it now. Bye. Feifei: Hmm, not a whizz-kid then, just a lazy man. Bye.
A2 US feifei rob kid successful financial clever Whizz-kid: The English We Speak 302 10 martin posted on 2018/02/21 More Share Save Report Video vocabulary