'Light at the End of the Tunnel'

2023-04-16

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  • And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English.
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  • Tunnels are long passageways that help us get from one point to another.
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  • We drive through tunnels.
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  • Subways and trains travel through tunnels.
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  • We can walk through tunnels and be protected from bad weather.
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  • Some tunnels are very long.
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  • When we drive through them, we must turn on our headlights.
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  • If not, we cannot see! If you are afraid of long dark tunnels, having lights is important.
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  • And that gives us this expression - light at the end of the tunnel.
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  • This means to have hope that a bad situation will soon come to an end.
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  • Imagine you are traveling through a long, dark tunnel.
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  • You keep going and going but you only see darkness.
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  • Then, finally, you see light up ahead! The end of the tunnel is near!
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  • We use this expression for any difficult situation or long process.
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  • Let's say you are working on a long difficult project.
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  • It feels like you will never finish.
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  • But then, after a long day of working you finally see the light at the end of the tunnel.
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  • There is hope that the project will finally be finished.
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  • Our other tunnel expression for today is not as hopeful.
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  • Tunnel vision is an actual condition where your field of vision is limited.
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  • You have a narrow field of vision resulting in loss of side vision.
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  • That is the medical condition.
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  • As an expression, to have tunnel vision means you are narrow-minded.
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  • You have a small or narrow viewpoint on a certain subject.
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  • It can also mean that you are single-minded, meaning you are only able to think of one thing.
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  • Tunnel vision is usually not considered a good thing.
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  • But sometimes having tunnel vision temporarily helps you to finish something.
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  • Used this way, tunnel vision means to be extremely focused on something or on a part of something while ignoring other things.
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  • So, again, that can be helpful.
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  • When talking about people who have tunnel vision, we can also say they have blinders on.
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  • They are not willing to see certain things.
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  • As with tunnel vision, having blinders on can also help you finish something difficult or meet a goal.
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  • "Tunnel" can also be used a verb.
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  • It means to dig or bore through something.
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  • It is quite an act to tunnel through a mountain when making a tunnel.
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  • But you can also dig through things like work.
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  • If I tunnel through a pile of documents, it means I was buried in work but worked my way out.
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  • And that's all the time we have for this Words and Their Stories.
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  • Until next time.I'm Anna Matteo.