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Are you following your dreams?

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Hello.
This is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning _______.
Im Neil. (man)
And Im Beth. (woman)
When I ___ a boy, I wanted to be a fireman when _ grew up.
How about you, Beth?
Did you have ___ childhood dreams?
I wanted to be an astronaut and ___ to the Moon…
When were young most of us ____ big dreams and plans for the future.
Unfortunately, as __ grow up these childhood dreams often get lost in ___ adult world of
jobs, money, families, and careers. But ___ for everyone…
Daisy, from New Zealand, and, Herman, from _________ are two people who decided to
follow their childhood ______. They wanted the world to become a utopia - _ perfect, ideal
society where everyone is happy and gets _____ with each other. In this program, well be
hearing ___ Daisy and Herman made their dreams come true - ___ by changing the world,
but by changing themselves. And, __ usual, well be learning some new vocabulary too.
But ______ that I have a question for you, Beth. Following ____ dreams can be tough, but
not following them can _____ you regretting all the things you wanted to do ___ didn’t. In
2012, Australian nurse, Bronnie Ware, wrote her ___________ book, The Top Five Regrets
of the Dying, after ____________ terminally ill patients about their life regrets. So, what __
you think their top regret was? Was it:
a) I wish I hadnt worked so hard?
b) _ wish I had followed my dreams? or
c) _ wish Id made more money?
Well, Ill guess its b) they wish they had followed their dreams.
OK, Beth. ___ reveal the correct answer at the end of the _______.
The first dreamer were going to meet lives in _________, a peace-loving community in New
Zealand where everyone shares __________. Riverside members work for the communitys
businesses, including a ____, a hotel, and a café. All the money they ____ is collected and
shared between everyone equally.
Daisy, who ___ born in East Germany, joined Riverside in 2004. Here ___ explains her
belief in sharing to BBC World Service _________, The Documentary.
What I think I always believed in __ that the sharing of resources can provide a group __
people with quite a great advantage, but it doesn’t ______ how many hours you work or
what work you __, everyone is getting the same amount. And that is _________ that many
people outside of Riverside struggle with, and _____ we’re often getting this ‘communism’
label attached to us _______ it’s so… it seems so outlandish for people. Riverside ____ a
communist community. In fact, people with many different _________ views live there. But
Daisy says that local people ________ with the idea that everything is shared. If you
________ with an idea, you find it difficult to accept __ think about it.
Daisy also says some local people ____ Riverside outlandish - strange and unusual.
Our second group __ dreamers are a family - the Zapps. In 2000, _________ sweethearts,
Herman, and Candelaria Zapp, bought a vintage car ___ set off from Argentina to travel
around the world ____ less than 3.500 dollars in their pockets. Twenty-two years ___ three
children later they have visited over a hundred _________, meeting with countless people
and experiences on the way.
____, Herman Zapp explains to BBC World Service’s, The Documentary, ___ following his
dream has changed him for the better.
_ am so happy with the Herman there is now, ____ I know now - not the one who wanted __
conquer the world, but the one who was conquered __ the world. I learn so much from
people, and ___ amazing how the more you meet people, the more ___ know stories, how
much more humble you become because ___ notice that you are a beautiful, tiny piece of
____, but a very important piece of sand like everyone __, right?
After many years travelling, meeting new people and _______ their stories, Herman is more
humble - not proud __ arrogant. He no longer wants to conquer the world - to control it by
force; rather, he has been _________ by his experiences.
Herman compares himself to a beautiful ___ tiny piece of sand and uses the phrase 'a _____
of sand' to describe things which are insignificant in __________, but at the same time are an
important part __ the whole.
Daisy and Herman are rare examples of ________ who followed their dream and found a
happy life, _____ without regret - which reminds me of your question, ____.
Yes, I asked about Bronnie Wares book, The Top ____ Regrets of the Dying. What do you
think the ______ one regret was, Beth?
I guessed it was b) ___ following your dreams.
Which was the right answer! Not ______ the courage to follow your dreams was listed as
___ top life regret. At least we have people like _____ and Herman to remind us dreams can
come true!
__, lets recap the vocabulary from this programme, starting with '______' - a perfect world
where everyone is happy.
If ___ 'struggle with an idea', you find it difficult to ______.
The adjective, outlandish, means strange and unusual.
'To conquer' _________ means to control it by force.
Someone who is '______' is not proud or arrogant.
And finally, the phrase '__ grain of sand' describes something which is both insignificant ___
somehow important.
Once again, our six minutes are up. ___ for now!
Goodbye!

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