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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.