Whizz-kid

Feifei Hello and welcome to The English We Speak. I’m Feifei.

Rob And I’m Rob.

Feifei Hey Rob, have you ever wondered what you’d be doing if you weren’t here?

Rob Hmmm… Lying on the sofa, watching TV I expect.

Feifei No Rob. I mean in your career - if you weren’t a talented presenter like you are?

Rob I’d be a financial whizz-kid: investing in the stock market, making loads of money.

Feifei A whizz-kid? You mean someone young, very clever and successful at doing something?

Rob Yes, that’s a whizz-kid! I don’t know why I didn’t do it.

Feifei Do you want me to tell you?

Rob No. Let’s just hear about some other whizz-kids who are young, intelligent and successful, just like me…

Examples: My nephew is a computer whizz-kid: he earns a fortune fixing people’s laptops!

Our new financial whizz-kid has come straight from university and he’s doing really well.

She was a whizz-kid at university, so it’s no wonder she’s now a partner at one of the top legal firms.

Feifei So they are whizz-kids - clever, successful or skilful people - and most of all, they are young, like kids! And there’s the problem Rob.

Rob A problem?

Feifei Yes, you’re not young anymore.

Rob OK, clever then!

Feifei Hmm, I’m not so sure about that.

Rob Alright, successful - one out of three isn’t bad.

Feifei Well, erm, errr…

Rob OK. Perhaps I’d never be a financial whizz-kid. Maybe I’ll stick to my other plan.

Feifei Which is?

Rob Sitting on the sofa, watching TV. I’m off to do it now. Bye.

Feifei Hmm, not a whizz-kid then, just a lazy man. Bye.