Whizz-kid

[00:11.96] Hello and welcome to The English We Speak. I'm Feifei.

[00:18.01] And I'm Rob.

[00:19.27] Hey Rob, have you ever wondered what you'd be doing if you weren't here?

[00:23.54] Hmmm. Lying on the sofa, watching TV I expect.

[00:28.01] No Rob. I mean in your career - if you weren't a talented presenter like you are?

[00:34.26] I'd be a financial whizz-kid: investing in the stock market, making loads of money.

[00:41.48] A whizz-kid? You mean someone young, very clever and successful at doing something?

[00:47.74] Yes, that's a whizz-kid! I don't know why I didn't do it.

[00:51.49] Do you want me to tell you?

[00:53.27] No. Let's just hear about some other whizz-kids who are young, intelligent and successful, just like me.

[01:00.28] Examples:My nephew is a computer whizz-kid: he earns a fortune fixing people's laptops!

[01:08.30] Our new financial whizz-kid has come straight from university and he's doing really well.

[01:13.79] She was a whizz-kid at university, so it's no wonder she's now a partner at one of the top legal firms.

[01:21.29] So they are whizz-kids - clever, successful or skilful people - and most of all, they are young, like kids!

[01:34.58] And there's the problem Rob.

[01:37.05] A problem?

[01:38.04] Yes, you're not young anymore.

[01:40.79] OK, clever then!

[01:42.51] Hmm, I'm not so sure about that.

[01:45.51] Alright, successful - one out of three isn't bad.

[01:48.53] Well, erm, errr.

[01:50.50] OK. Perhaps I'd never be a financial whizz-kid.

[01:55.26] Maybe I'll stick to my other plan.

[01:57.48] Which is?

[01:58.27] Sitting on the sofa, watching TV. I'm off to do it now. Bye.

[02:02.75] Hmm, not a whizz-kid then, just a lazy man. Bye.