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Inheritance Samsung from the BBC World Service explores the real-life dramas of the Lee family.
There's a succession-style drama underneath of all this.
Inheritance, Samsung.
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Hello and welcome to Authentic, Real English, where we explain phrases and expressions used by fluent English speakers so that you can use them too.
I'm Feifei.
And I'm Phil.
Feifei, I found out something really cool last week.
Really?
What's that?
I found out that I went to primary school with a famous comedian.
Really?
Well, I was aged four in the nursery when he was eleven in year six.
Ah, so you were like seven years apart in different buildings.
I think it's a bit of a stretch to say that you went to school with him.
OK, well then let's forget my story and we'll just look at that expression, a bit of a stretch.
Yes, if something is a bit of a stretch, then you are exaggerating.
It's not completely untrue, but it's not 100% true either.
For example, you say you wrote a whole presentation when really you just helped someone else do it.
Another example you might say you can speak German, when really you just know how to say hello in German.
Let's hear some other people using a bit of a stretch.
Neil said he could be a professional guitarist but to be honest, I've heard him play and I'd say it's a bit of a stretch.
He told me he was an excellent chef but I've tasted his food and I think that's a bit of a stretch.
People said that building is one of the most beautiful buildings they've ever seen.
I think that's a bit of a stretch.
你正在收听的是BBC英语教学制作的地道英语节目。 在本期节目中,我们正在学习表达a bit of a stretch的用法。 单字stretch的意思是伸展延长。 想象一下,为了够到远处而使尽拉长身体伸长手臂的动作,就不难理解a bit of a stretch的意思。
他实际形容的是对一件事有些夸大其词牵强附会的描述。 这个描述并非完全是假话,但也不全是事实。 Yes, we can also use stretch as a verb with the same meaning.
That stretching it a bit means I don't think that's completely true.
是的。
我们还可以把这个表达中的stretch用作动词来描述夸张的形容或讲述一件事的行为。 比如如果一个人听上去像是在说大话吹牛,你就可以用I think you're stretching it a bit来告诉对方我觉得你有些夸大其词了。
OK, we've learned a bit of a stretch in this programme.
Join us next time to learn more English phrases and expressions.
Now it might be a bit of a stretch to say that you'll learn all the English you'll ever need from the next episode, but it'll definitely help.
That's right.
See you then.
Bye.
Their company's success helped build a nation.
The company is such a big part of Korea's economy.
But who are the family behind one of the world's tech giants?
The major corporate empire that we now know today.
Samsung.
Inheritance Samsung from the BBC World Service explores the real-life dramas of the Lee family.
There's a succession-style drama underneath of all this.
Listen on BBC.com, the BBC app, or wherever you get your BBC podcasts.