Are You an Optimist? Vocabulary for Wishful Thinking
6/15/202620 min
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 10:00
This is an All Ears English Podcast, episode 2634, Are You an Optimist? Vocabulary for Wishful Thinking. [upbeat music] Welcome to the All Ears English Podcast, downloaded more than 200 million times. Are you feeling stuck with your English? We'll show you how to become fearless and fluent by focusing on connection, not perfection, with your American hosts, Michelle Kaplan, the New York radio girl, and Aubrey Carter, the IELTS wiz, coming to you from Arizona and New York City, USA. And to get your transcripts delivered by email every week, go to allearsenglish.com/subscribe.
Aubrey Carter· Host0:49
[upbeat music] Have you ever burst someone's bubble? Today, we share phrases for wishful thinking that are great for connecting about your hopes for the future, and why you should avoid bursting bubbles to keep connections strong.
Speaker 11:07
[upbeat music] English is part of how you're evaluated, whether you like it or not, in meetings, in interviews, in negotiations. The question isn't whether your English is okay or good enough, it's whether it's working for you. Is it getting you the promotions and the salary raises that you deserve?