Podcast 188 The Harmonica Players (Part 1) B1, B2 story

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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