Hi everybody, this is Shuma from Japan and you're listening to EbiBuddy ESL.
Welcome to episode 388 of Everybody ESL, the podcast for everybody who wants to improve their English, practice their English, or just learn more English.
My name is Ben and I have a mini episode for you today where I am going to teach you about one English topic.
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Okay, let's get on with this mini episode.
In this episode, I am going to teach you an interesting and useful expression.
The expression is Fair Share.
Fair Share. That's spelled F -A -I -R S -H -A -R -E.
Fair Share. Before I talk about this expression and what it means, let me talk about the word Share.
Share is usually a verb, but in this expression, Fair Share, it is a noun.
When Share is a noun, it means a piece or a portion of something.
People will talk about having a share of something or doing a share of the work.
For instance, if somebody owns stock in a company, that person owns some shares of the company.
In other words, that person owns some pieces of the company.
That's what a share is.
It is a piece or a portion of something.
Knowing that meaning of the noun share means that understanding Fair Share will be easy because Fair Share means a share, a piece or a portion of something that is fair.
It is appropriate and reasonable.
It is equal. It is according to the rules or according to what is right.
Imagine that there is some big job to do.
This is a big job that requires the work of many people.
Everybody on the team has to do part of the work.
You could say that each person has to do his or her Fair Share.
Each person has to do the amount of work that is fair.
Each person has to do a share or portion of the work that is equal or that is appropriate or that is right or proper.
If you do your Fair Share, that means you do a part or portion of the work that is fair.
It is reasonable and right and equal.
You will also hear people use Fair Share in this kind of sentence.
I know that my life is good, but I have had my Fair Share of bad luck.
I have had my Fair Share of bad luck.
In other words, bad luck happens to everybody sometimes.
Bad things happen to everybody.
They happen to me also.
I have had an amount or a portion of bad luck that is fair.
It is appropriate. It is equal to the amount of bad luck that other people have.
The portion of bad luck that I have experienced is reasonable.
It is fair. It is equal to what other people have experienced.
I have experienced my Fair Share of bad luck.
And so Fair Share means a piece or a portion of something bigger that is reasonable, appropriate, or equal.
And that is Fair Share, a common, interesting, and useful expression that I think you should know.
This is the end of episode 388 of Everybody ESL.
Remember if you have questions about English or if you have comments from me or if you would like to record an introduction that I can play at the beginning of future episodes the same way Shuma recorded the introduction you heard at the beginning of this episode, send an email to everybodyesl at gmail .com.
I'll be back soon with a new episode and until then keep going, keep practicing, and keep learning.
I'll see you soon. Goodbye.
