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Hello and welcome to the English we speak.

I'm Faye Faye.

And I'm Roy.

10, 9, 8. 7. What are you doing and why you dressed like an astronaut?

I'm practicing my countdown for when we head to the moon.

Six, five, four, three, two, one,

we have LIF-Off!

Please stop.

In this program we're teaching the expression,

Moonshot, which refers to an ambitious project carried out without any expectation of short-term profitability.

It does not mean we're going to the moon.

Where did you get that space suit from? I found it in my garden. That definition of

moonshot makes more sense. Now I understand why people have been talking about a moonshot vaccine.

Exactly, an experimental vaccine to fight COVID-19. You're really learning.

Well, while I take this space suit off, let's have some examples.

We're investing in a moonshot vaccine to help fight the virus.

I'm not sure if their new driverless EV will ever come to market.

It's a bit of a moonshot.

The project is a moonshot. It might not help the company in the short term.

This is the English we speak from BBC Learning English and we're talking about the expression

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