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balancing
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The phrase “balancing act,” in this podcast, means when one is trying to do two opposite things at the same time, or trying to please two people with different interests at the same time: “Buying a house is a balancing act between how much you want to spend and how big of a house you’d like to have.” The phrase “work-life balance” means how well a person divides his or her time between working, family, friends, and other interests: “Having a good work-life balance is very important to me, so I don’t want to work more than 40 hours per week.” The phrase “to catch/throw (someone) off-balance” means to surprise someone by asking or doing something that wasn’t expected: “He was thrown off-balance when the three-year-old girl asked him where babies come from.” to go far In this podcast, the phrase “to go far” means to succeed and do well in life: “Sahel went far because he always took every opportunity.” The phrase “to get as far as doing (something)” means to get to a certain point in something before having to stop: “They made it as far as buying weddings rings before they realized that they didn’t want to marry each other.” The phrase “to go too far” means to go to an extreme, or to do something so much that it becomes a problem: “Felipe is funny, but he went too far when he started making jokes about the people he works with.” Finally, the phrase “so far so good” means that everything is okay, but things haven’t finished yet: “How are you doing?” “So far so good, but I have a big test this afternoon.” 3 these materials on another website or distributing them in any way is prohibited. English as a Second Language Podcast www.eslpod.com ESL Podcast 416 – Finding a Niche in Business
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اپیزود مرتبط با این کلمه: «Finding a Niche in Business». دو دقیقه اول را همینجا گوش کن و متن همگام را دنبال کن. برای ادامه کامل، از دکمه پایین استفاده کن.
Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 416: Finding a Niche in Business.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 416. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.
Our website is eslpod.com. Go there and download a Learning Guide for this episode that will help you improve your English even faster.
This episode is called “Finding a Niche in Business.” It’s going to be the words of someone who is talking to a college class, a businessman, about finding your particular area or specialization in the business world. Let’s get started.
[start of speech]
Hello, business students. I’m here today at your professor’s request to talk to you about the importance of finding your own niche in business. Conventional wisdom says that people in business need to diversify their skill sets so that they can be the most flexible in whatever field they decide to enter. While there is some truth to this,
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