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mission
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The word “mission,” in this podcast, means a task that one is told to accomplish, or the purpose of one’s actions or activities: “The soldiers are on a mission to protect civilians during the bombing campaign.” A “mission” is also what an organization is trying to do, or why an organization exists: “The mission of our company is to make money while helping people.” When talking about religion, a “mission trip” is when a “missionary” goes to another place to talk about that religion and try to get others to believe in the same thing: “The students studying theology go on a mission trip during the summer between their third and fourth year of schooling.” Finally, the phrase “mission accomplished” is used when one has finished something: “The garage is finally organized! Mission accomplished.” high hopes In this podcast, the phrase “high hopes” means high expectations, with a lot of anticipation about how good or beneficial something will be: “Mindy had high hopes for the new job, but unfortunately, it wasn’t as challenging as she had expected.” The phrase “to raise (someone’s) hopes” means to make someone think that something they’ve been waiting for is finally going to happen: “Donglin got a great score on the college entrance exam, which raised her hopes of getting into a good business school.” The phrase “to shatter (someone’s) hopes” has the opposite meaning: “Getting seriously ill shattered Heather’s hopes of having a baby.” Finally, the phrase “to be (one’s) last hope” means to be one’s last opportunity of getting what he or she wants: “Asking Jake’s parents for a loan is our last hope in buying a house now.” 3 these materials on another website or distributing them in any way is prohibited. www.easytalk.ir English as a Second Language Podcast www.eslpod.com ESL Podcast 948 – Listening to Motivational Speakers
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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 948 – Listening to Motivational Speakers.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 948. I'm your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.
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This episode is an episode about listening to motivational speakers – people who try to motivate you or to get you to do something that perhaps you don't want to do, like listening to motivational speakers. Let’s get started.
Jamal: I really dread these annual management meetings. We usually have to sit through the most boring motivational speakers giving us pep talks.
Cindy: I think you’ll be surprised by the person they’ve hired to kick off our meeting. She’s supposed to
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