Podcasts 188 - B2 The Harmonica Players (part 1)

 

The Harmonica Players 1

Expressions for the story

Story starts at: 12:27

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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