
Podcast 188 The Harmonica Players (Part 1) B1, B2 story
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The Harmonica Players. The story of two people who are very different from each other, yet there is something that unites them.
Words and expressions discussed in the podcast:
bedsit - accommodation, which is very basic, and is usually just one room.
meter - a machine you put money into which controls the amount of electricity is consumed.
- Somehow, he couldn’t face starting his day without a hot shower
- All of a sudden, the ceiling light, television, fridge and electric heater all came on* at once.
- work as a musician had been difficult to get hold of
- From time to time, he gave harmonica lessons online…
- Martin always kept his eye out for a job that he could do.
- Every once in a while, he’d found work doing what he really loved
- a chance of a lifetime
- he dropped out of college
- struggling to make ends meet
- Jeffrey had a strong dislike of mobile phones
- They should be behind bars.
- [She] gazed out of the window at the daffodils in the snow
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