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Are you following your dreams? ⏲️ 6 Minute English

Video Overview & Insights

In this programme, Neil and Beth talk about dreams. You'll hear from two people who dared to follow their dreams and are happy to have done so. You'll also learn some related English vocabulary along the way.

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We hope you enjoyed that video! Here's some useful language for talking about regrets 👉https://youtu.be/CV5i4U9srrs

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This week's question

In 2012, Australian nurse, Bronnie Ware, wrote her bestselling book, The Top Five Regrets of the Dying, after interviewing terminally ill patients about their life regrets. So, what do you think their top regret was?

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I am from Bangladesh 🇧🇩

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a) I wish I hadn’t worked so hard.

b) I wish I had followed my dreams.

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c) I wish I’d made more money.

Listen to the programme to find out the answer.

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Vocabulary

✔️ utopia - perfect, ideal society where everyone is happy and gets along with each other

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Following your dreams can be tough, but not following them can leave you regretting all the things you wanted to do, but did nont.

— @YukmulaiYuk

✔️ struggle with (something) - find it difficult to accept or even think about (something)

✔️ outlandish - strange, unusual and difficult to like

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Dreams can make us happy, following them can make us wise ❤❤❤

— @fleurblanche7642

✔️ conquer - control something by force

✔️ humble - not proud or arrogant

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I dont understand some words

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✔️ a grain of sand - small and insignificant, yet at the same time important, part of a whole

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😊 How to talk about regrets 👉 https://youtu.be/CV5i4U9srrs

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