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Today's expression is fantastic.
It is a stroke of luck, a stroke, S -T -R -O -K -E of luck, L -U -C -K.
So a stroke, S -T -R -O -K, that word has many many possible definitions, so I don't think of it as just that word. think of it as the expression a stroke of luck a stroke of luck now what does this phrase mean it means something that happened by pure luck by 100 % chance it was lucky lucky lucky unbelievably lucky okay so let me give you an example a long time ago back in 1989.
I was in San Francisco just by chance just for two days I think maybe just one day yeah no I it was just one day and I was just doing some meeting some people and then I left and the day after the San Francisco earthquake occurred and many many people were died many people were injured it was a complete tragedy for the city in 1989 and once again I was there the day before I got so lucky that I was not there on the day of the earthquake it was a stroke of luck it was complete luck thank God I was very lucky.
I'll give you another example I used to be in the army yeah I was a US soldier long time ago and this is back in 1986 and when I was in the army I decided that I wanted to be airborne and that means you You know, an army soldier that also jumps out of airplanes with a parachute.
I thought that would be really cool.
So in order to be accepted for airborne, you had to take two tests, a physical test and a written test. And well, I'm a smart guy.
I wasn't worried about the written test, but the physical test was actually pretty tough.
So, Monday was the physical test, and Wednesday was the written test. So, I took my test on Monday, and on Tuesday, yes, I passed.
Tomorrow is a written test, so I was thinking to myself, yes, the written test will be easy.
I am going to be airborne.
I'm so excited. You know, it was gonna be a great opportunity.
I was thinking about, boy, I should buy a car.
I was thinking about a lot of crazy things and then on Tuesday afternoon the day before the written test my Commander came up to me and said Shane You, now have orders to go to korea The us army was not going to send me to the airborne school They were going to send me to South Korea, and I was so sad.
No, I want to be airborne.
I want to be cool and jump out of airplanes.
But, no, I had to go to Korea.
But you know what? Thanks to my going to Korea, I became an English teacher.
I met Korean people.
I realized that they have a difficulty in learning english and I realized I had fun teaching english It was a stroke of luck.
It was pure Chance it was an unbelievable lucky situation That I was sent to Korea because of that.
I'm your english coach. It was a stroke of luck pure P -U -R -E.
Pure luck. Pure chance.
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How did you get such a perfect picture of a UFO?
It was a stroke of luck.
I was trying to film the full moon.
And the UFO just came into the shot?
Exactly! In and out in two seconds.
Amazing, huh? Oh, that would be really cool.
UFO, you know, aliens, E .T.
up there in the sky.
I would love to see a UFO and I would love to actually take a video of a UFO or at least a picture and that's the case in this dialogue.
The guy was trying to film the moon, he was filming the moon but inside that screen, a A UFO came, and he actually has a video of a UFO.
That's so cool. Would you like to see, would you like to see a UFO, really?
I don't know actually.
Think about it. If we actually see a UFO, and it really is something from another world, that probably means they have unbelievable technology and could kill us, Like that.
That's really scary.
Maybe I don't want to see a UFO.
Anyway, a stroke of luck.
Absolutely a stroke of luck.
So how did you find me?
Did you find my podcast first?
Did you search iTunes?
Did you find me on YouTube first?
Did you search YouTube did you Google search me and just find me somehow my blog how I'm really curious as to how you found me anyway the important thing is you did find me and I found you and because we now know each other to me I think that's a stroke of luck it's pure chance it's pure luck and I absolutely love it check the dialogue two more times, have a fantastic day, and together let's master English!
How did you get such a perfect picture of a UFO?
It was a stroke of luck.
I was trying to film the full moon.
And the UFO just came into the shot?
Exactly! In and out in two seconds.
Amazing huh? Huh? How did you get such a perfect picture of a UFO?
It was a stroke of luck.
I was trying to film the full moon.
And the UFO just came into the shot?
Exactly! In and out in two seconds.
Amazing huh? you
