0518 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—a longshot (long-shot, long shot)

Daily Easy English Expression Podcast

Shane Peterson

Self-improvement, Language Learning, Education

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🗓️ 28 October 2015

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Today’s expression and dialog: a longshot (also “long shot” AND long-shot) Do you think Shane will become a Hollywood movie star? It’s a longshot! Really? I think he’s SO talented. Yeah, but he’s bald! And old! Did you ever play basketball? If you have, which is easier:A. Making a basket from 2 metersB. Making a basket from 4 metersC. Making a basket from 10 metersWell, the answer is A! The closer we are to the "hoop", the easier it is to throw the ball into the "hoop". The farther we are, or the LONGER we are, the more difficult it is to "make the shot" or "to put the ball into the hoop". I just gave you the BACKGROUND to Today's Expression! In the podcast, I tell you Today's Expression is "one word", which it is, but it looks like most people spell it as two words--you can use a hyphen, too! Too many choices^^Have a SUPER day,Coach Shane Please subscribe on iTunes and get this podcast EVERY DAY! Support Coach Shane by giving $1 a month! On PayPal: Send to parmyproductions@gmail.com Or you can go here: www.patreon.com/coachshane Our sponsors: www.letsmasterenglish.com Click on JOIN CLASSES and get ALL the information! www.audibletrial.com/lme (Get a free AUDIO BOOK!) Our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/DailyEasyEnglish Today's Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST is UP and READY for YOU!! #LME #LearnEnglish #ESL #Twinglish

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0:00.0	Hello everybody, my name is Coach Shane and welcome to easy English expressions.
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0:30.8	Welcome back to Daily Easy English Expression, the podcast.
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1:06.9	This one, of course, and Let's Master English.
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1:13.1	Okay, today's expression is a long shot. Something is a long shot. That's one word. L-O-N-G-S-H-O-T. listen to the pronunciation, long shot.
1:29.0	Those O's actually have different pronunciations.
1:33.1	The first O is an A-W, A-Law, Long-Shot.
1:39.3	And the second O is an A, a short-O pronunciation, ah shot a long shot so not only is the pronunciation
1:51.4	so not only is the pronunciation a little bit confusing what does this word mean if something is a long
1:57.7	shot that means it is unlikely to happen. It probably will not happen. So, for example,
2:09.1	do you think Coach Shane will lose all his hair? Well, the answer is, it's a long shot. Probably not. The hair on his head? Yes, he will probably
2:25.2	lose that hair. But like by his eyes, you know, my eyebrows and my eyelashes and, you know,
2:33.1	my mustache below my nose.
2:35.5	My nose hair.
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