Are you following your dreams? ⏲️ 6 Minute English

In this programme, Neil and Beth talk about dreams. You'll hear from two people who dared to follow their dreams and are happy to have done so. You'll also learn some related English vocabulary along the way.

This week's question
In 2012, Australian nurse, Bronnie Ware, wrote her bestselling book, The Top Five Regrets of the Dying, after interviewing terminally ill patients about their life regrets. So, what do you think their top regret was?

a) I wish I hadn’t worked so hard.
b) I wish I had followed my dreams.
c) I wish I’d made more money.

Listen to the programme to find out the answer.

Vocabulary
✔️ utopia - perfect, ideal society where everyone is happy and gets along with each other
✔️ struggle with (something) - find it difficult to accept or even think about (something)
✔️ outlandish - strange, unusual and difficult to like
✔️ conquer - control something by force
✔️ humble - not proud or arrogant
✔️ a grain of sand - small and insignificant, yet at the same time important, part of a whole

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VOCABULARY IN THIS VIDEO

1. Dared: to be brave enough to do something that is risky or that you are afraid to do – used especially in questions or negative sentences
→ dare (to) do something
→ dare somebody to do something
2. Come true: if wishes, dreams etc come true, they happen in the way that someone has said or hoped that they would
→ be a dream come true
3. Terminally = finally
4. Arrogant = proud: behaving in an unpleasant or rude way because you think you are more important than other people
5. Utopia: perfect, ideal society where everyone is happy and gets along with each other
6. Struggle with (something): find it difficult to accept or even think about (something)
7. Outlandish: strange, unusual and difficult to like
8. Conquer: control something by force
9. Humble: not proud or arrogant
10. A grain of sand: small and insignificant, yet at the same time important, part of a whole
SENTENCES
11. But at the same time
12. Gets along with each other

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When we were young, we often had big dreams. Unfortunately, as we grow up, these childhood dreams often get lost in the adult world of jobs, money, families and careers. However, not everyone decides to give up and they continue to follow their dreams since they want the world to be a utopia where people could enjoy and get along with each other.
Therefore, in this program, we’ll be listening to those making their dreams come true, not by changing the world but by changing themselves.

According to Daisy, the first dreamer, she believes in the sharing of resources in Riverside where people get the same amount no matter how hard they work. That is a belief that people from the outside world often struggle with and find it outlandish.

Turning to the Zapps, a family, Herman Zapps has become so humble after meeting countless people and listening to their stories. Somehow he turned to the one who was conquered by the world and realized he was just a grain of sand, small but still important.

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1. utopia – a perfect world where everyone is happy.
2. If you’re struggle with an idea, you find it difficult to accept.
3. The adjective ‘outlandish’ means strange and unusual.
4. ‘to conquer’ something means to control it by force
5. Someone who is humble is not proud or arrogant.
6. the phrase ‘a grain of sand’ describes something which is both insignificant yet somehow important.

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This video reminds us that dreams can come true. So let's chase our dreams.

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I'm also trying to follow my dream and I wish found all them come true and begin a humble life and make something I never made it before when my dream come true
Yes the person who doesn't have a dream is useless man and at the end he'll find his way so much struggle more than he's been imagined
So please guys puts a clear dream if you wanna be an awesome guys
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Conquering your dream is not easy assignment, it requires your effort and passion. Hopefully everyone could find the most comfortable way to achieve your dream 😊

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