Question & Answer Repeat-After-Me English Speaking Practice
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welcome back English practicer we're going to
do some repeat after me now this is question
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and answer time in the last lesson we did
a story about Tom and losing his job do you
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remember it was a blessing in disguise in this
lesson we're going to answer questions now it's
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a little difficult to answer these questions maybe
if it is then you can just repeat after repeat the
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question after after me just do a repeat after
me lesson or if you're more advanced try to
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answer the questions all right here's the first
one what was the main setback Tom faced in the
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story repeat after me the main
setback Tom faced was losing his
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job the main setback Tom faced was losing his job
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why did Tom feel upset at the beginning of the
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story Tom felt upset because
he was laid off from his
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job all right did you catch
it repeat after me one more
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time Tom felt upset because
he was laid off from his job
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that's right Tom felt upset why
because he was laid off laid
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off from where from his job Tom felt
upset because he was laid off from his
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job What was Tom's initial reaction his first
reaction when he found out about his job loss
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[Music]
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Tom was in
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disbelief Tom was in disbelief when he
found out that his position had been
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eliminated Tom was in disbelief when he found
out that his position had been eliminated
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what did Tom begin to explore after losing his
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job Tom began exploring different
career paths that interested
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him that's right Tom began exploring
different career paths that interested him
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Tom began exploring different
career paths that interested
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him how did losing his job turn out
to be a blessing in disguise for
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Tom losing his job turned out to be a blessing
and dis eyes because it led him to a better
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career it led him to a better career
that was more aligned with his
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interests losing his job turned out to
be a blessing in disguise because it led
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him to a better career career that was
more aligned with his interests you try
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it
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good what did Tom discover about
his true passion after being laid
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off after being laid off Tom discovered that his
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true passion was in a different
field that he had never pursued
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before that's right after being laid
off Tom discovered that his true
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passion was in a different field
that he had never pursued before
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after being laid off Tom discovered that his true
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passion was in a different field that
he had never pursued before you try
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it got it okay how did Tom feel about
his old job after finding his new passion
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Tom realized he wasn't passionate about his old
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job that's it Tom realized he
wasn't passionate about his old
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job Tom realized he wasn't
passionate about his old
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job what did Tom decide to do
to celebrate getting his new
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job Tom decided to celebrate getting
his new job by taking a trip to
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Japan Tom decided to celebrate his
new job by taking a trip to Japan
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Tom decided to celebrate getting
his new job by taking a trip to
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Japan how did Tom's new job compare to
his previous one in terms of satisfaction
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Tom found greater satisfaction in his
new job than he ever did in his previous
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one again try to repeat Tom
found greater satisfaction in
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his new job than he ever did in his previous one
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Tom found greater satisfaction in his
new job than he ever did in his previous
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one what does the phrase a blessing in
disguise mean in the context of Tom's
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story so in the context of this story
that we just did Tom's story in the
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last video what just tell me what what does
a blessing in disguise mean can can you tell
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me that's a difficult one to explain
isn't it yes I would struggle myself
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here's let's just look at this in the context
of Tom's story a blessing in disguise means
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that losing his job which initially
seemed bad ended up being beneficial
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because it led him to a more fulfilling career
that's why it was a blessing in disguise because
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losing his job which initially at first
seemed like a bad thing ended up being in
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the end it ended up being beneficial good for
him because it led him to a more fulfilling
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career all right that's our lesson for today
I hope that was some good English speaking
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practice keep moving forward one step at
a time and I'll see you in the next step
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