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ESL Podcast 440 – Being a Self-Made Man/Woman
ESL Podcast 440 – Being a Self-Made Man/Woman
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Daily Life
Audio Index:
Slow dialogue: 1:25
Explanations: 3:30
Fast dialogue: 15:43
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Edgar: What a crock!
Ann: What is it?
Edgar: I’m reading an article about successful
business people who were self-made
men and women. I don’t believe a word of it.
Ann: What don’t you believe?
Edgar: These people didn’t pull
themselves
up by their bootstraps. They were all
born with silver spoons in their
mouths.
Ann: Not all successful people were born
into
money and privilege.
Edgar: That’s true, but it gets me riled
up when people who grew up at the
country club claim to have had
humble beginnings.
Ann: Just because some people were born
with
a leg up doesn’t mean they didn’t
work
hard to get where they are.
Edgar: Where would that hard work have
gotten
them if they didn’t have backers with
deep pockets, or if they didn’t know
people in high places? I know plenty
of
hard-working people who aren’t
hobnobbing with the rich and
famous.
Ann: That’s true enough. Who needs the rich
and
famous? I’ll take my hard-working man over
any
of them any day.
Edgar: That’s why I married you – a woman
with
beauty and brains!
Script by Dr. Lucy Tse
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