Whizz-kid: The English We Speak

Feifei: Hello and welcome to The English We Speak.

I'm Feifei.

Rob: And I'm Rob.

Feifei: Hey Rob, have you ever wondered

what you'd be doing if you weren't here?

Rob: Hmmm... Lying on the sofa,

watching TV I expect.

Feifei: No Rob. I mean in your career -

if you weren't a talented presenter like you are?

Rob: I'd be a financial whizz-kid:

investing in the stock market, making loads of money.

Feifei: A whizz-kid? You mean someone young,

very clever and successful at doing something?

Rob: Yes, that's a whizz-kid!

I don't know why I didn't do it.

Feifei: Do you want me to tell you?

Rob: No. Let's just hear about some other whizz-kids

who are young, intelligent and successful, just like me...

Examples: My nephew is a computer whizz-kid:

he earns a fortune fixing people's laptops!

Our new financial whizz-kid has come straight

from university and he's doing really well.

She was a whizz-kid at university,

so it's no wonder she's now a partner

at one of the top legal firms.

Feifei: So they are whizz-kids - clever, successful

or skilful people - and most of all,

they are young, like kids!

And there's the problem Rob.

Rob: A problem?

Feifei: Yes, you're not young anymore.

Rob: OK, clever then!

Feifei: Hmm, I'm not so sure about that.

Rob: Alright, successful -

one out of three isn't bad.

Feifei: Well, erm, errr...

Rob: OK. Perhaps I'd never be a financial whizz-kid.

Maybe I'll stick to my other plan.

Feifei: Which is?

Rob: Sitting on the sofa, watching TV.

I'm off to do it now. Bye.

Feifei: Hmm, not a whizz-kid then,

just a lazy man. Bye.