Meaning of BEST CASE SCENARIO and WORST CASE SCENARIO - A Short English Lesson with Subtitles

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So in English, a best case scenario
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is when you expect the best possible outcome
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in a situation.
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Let's imagine that you are driving to work
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and you are in a traffic jam.
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The best case scenario is that you'll probably be
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in the traffic jam for an hour,
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and you'll probably be about one hour late for work.
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So the best case scenario
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is what you think is the most positive outcome
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you can think of in a situation that you are in.
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So the best case scenario if you are in a traffic jam
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is you might be a little bit late for work.
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Maybe you'll be an hour late for work,
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but you will still get to work.
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So the best case scenario is that you will get to work.
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So a scenario is like an example
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or a situation that you are imagining.
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So if I imagine I'm in a traffic jam,
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the best case scenario is that I will be maybe an hour late
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for work.
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And we have the opposite, as well.
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We have the worst case scenario.
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So in this situation, if I was in a traffic jam,
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the worst case scenario would be
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that the traffic jam lasts for a very, very long time
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and I don't make it to work at all that day.
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So whenever you look at a possible future situation,
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there's usually a best case scenario,
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sorry, it's really windy out here today.
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That's why I'm standing in the barn.
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And there is a worst case scenario.
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So usually, we're hoping for the best case scenario
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in any situation.
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Anyways, Bob the Canadian, here.
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It's Friday.
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I hope you have a good weekend
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and I'll see you on Monday in the next video.
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