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Emily Seebohm
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How much training do athletes do?
This week we meet Australian swimmer Emily Seebohm and hear about her training schedule.
Emily won a gold medal in the last Olympics in Beijing and wants to win another medal next year.
Join Natalie in this week's video to learn about the phrase 'pretty tough' and hear about Emily's training schedule.
Learning point
Vocabulary: 'session' and 'pretty tough'
Now tell us what you think
What do you find pretty tough?
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"pretty tough"
Ok, I'm going to training english every day.
"The training will be pretty tough!"
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I think in this period of economic crisis, to find a job which adapts to your needs and capabilities is pretty tough. But if you give your best and try it hard, there is nothing that can stop you.
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Working at the reception means you will face a lot of persons with many kinds of tempers. The job is pretty tough.
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Pretty tough is to feel young while you're not anymore.
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Hi,
We've seen the athlete mentioning about her training sessions and I've got a doubt: she used the term 9k, 6k, 12k....and my question is about the letter K. What does it stand for?
Another point is about Nathalie's accent. Where does she come from? Is it Cokney accent?
Take care,
Cheers from Brazil!
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My departure time to singapore is coming closer and closer,I get 5 sessions of studying english a day,well,that's alright for i'm attached to english and have fun learning it.Nevertheless,some parts of the sessions are exceeding knotty,for instance,listening,it's pretty tough to comprehend a text excluding having known all the words in it.But i'm just struggling to make myself understand it.Nothing is essentially pretty tough if you look on the pretty side.
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Getting technical service in industry is pretty tough especially in summer season.
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Finding a new job after 2-3 week rest is pretty tough. Especially if you have to pay for your apartment and there's nobody to count on.
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now i am triving for job-hunting. it is pretty tough.
by the way , i have a question which is the same as the one from the guy of number 5.
in the crip, she said many times 6k or 12k..
what does (k) mean?
cheers.
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Hi !
Thanks a lot for all the exercises, lessons and podcasts in the website BBC Learning English, quite useful and open acces. :) Seems that this time someone forgot to put the answers in the worksheet, Just sayin', no really a problem :)
Cheers,
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I'm reading 2 books a week. Read several books is pretty tough.
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i have spended much time on studying english. 6 sessions a week. it takes about one hour every session. but i find it is pretty tough to make a progress rapidly in short time. maybe i should have more patience on this.
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Learing articles is pretty tough. Oh, dear..
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It's pretty tough to find sincere friends nowadays.
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I actually consider trying to predict market changes is pretty tough because there are a lot of variables that are acting in different moments in a lot parts of the world.
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I find balancing both job and family issue well is pretty tough.
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learning E is pretty tough. I'm trying . :D
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making new friends to seek information for work is pretty tough, especially when people find that i have nothing they can take advantage.
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It's pretty tough to become a surgeon.
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