Take for a ride

Learning English Conversations

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🗓️ 21 October 2014

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Li wants to invest in a car moved by air. Is she going to lose her money?

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0:00.0	This is a download from BBC Learning English.
0:03.0	To find out more, visit our website.
0:05.6	From BBC Learning English.
0:11.6	The English we speak.
0:14.0	Hello Lee.
0:18.0	Oh what a nice handbag. Is it new?
0:21.0	Thank you Rob.
0:22.0	Yes, I bought it in a designer shop. It was very expensive, but it doesn't matter.
0:29.0	Soon I will be able to afford 10 like this one.
0:32.0	What do you mean?
0:34.0	This afternoon I'm going to meet a financial advisor.
0:37.0	He has promised to make me rich.
0:40.0	And how is he going to do that?
0:42.0	He said there's this new company which is very high tech and they are developing a car which uses only fresh air for fuel.
0:50.0	Air? Yes, isn't that brilliant?
0:53.0	Lee, do you know this guy very well?
0:56.0	No, but he has also advised my neighbor to buy shares in this company.
1:01.0	Lee, this guy is taking you and your neighbor for a ride. I hope so, a ride in this
1:08.1	wonderful car powered by air. No, no, no, I don't mean that. In English, when we say someone is taking you for a ride, we mean he is deceiving you.
1:18.8	This company might not even exist, and I'm sure the car is just a fantasy.
1:25.4	Oh, he's just after my money?
1:28.6	Hmm, I'm afraid so.
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