'Light at the End of the Tunnel'
2023-04-16
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1And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English.
2Tunnels are long passageways that help us get from one point to another.
3We drive through tunnels.
4Subways and trains travel through tunnels.
5We can walk through tunnels and be protected from bad weather.
6Some tunnels are very long.
7When we drive through them, we must turn on our headlights.
8If not, we cannot see! If you are afraid of long dark tunnels, having lights is important.
9And that gives us this expression - light at the end of the tunnel.
10This means to have hope that a bad situation will soon come to an end.
11Imagine you are traveling through a long, dark tunnel.
12You keep going and going but you only see darkness.
13Then, finally, you see light up ahead! The end of the tunnel is near!
14We use this expression for any difficult situation or long process.
15Let's say you are working on a long difficult project.
16It feels like you will never finish.
17But then, after a long day of working you finally see the light at the end of the tunnel.
18There is hope that the project will finally be finished.
19Our other tunnel expression for today is not as hopeful.
20Tunnel vision is an actual condition where your field of vision is limited.
21You have a narrow field of vision resulting in loss of side vision.
22That is the medical condition.
23As an expression, to have tunnel vision means you are narrow-minded.
24You have a small or narrow viewpoint on a certain subject.
25It can also mean that you are single-minded, meaning you are only able to think of one thing.
26Tunnel vision is usually not considered a good thing.
27But sometimes having tunnel vision temporarily helps you to finish something.
28Used this way, tunnel vision means to be extremely focused on something or on a part of something while ignoring other things.
29So, again, that can be helpful.
30When talking about people who have tunnel vision, we can also say they have blinders on.
31They are not willing to see certain things.
32As with tunnel vision, having blinders on can also help you finish something difficult or meet a goal.
33"Tunnel" can also be used a verb.
34It means to dig or bore through something.
35It is quite an act to tunnel through a mountain when making a tunnel.
36But you can also dig through things like work.
37If I tunnel through a pile of documents, it means I was buried in work but worked my way out.
38And that's all the time we have for this Words and Their Stories.
39Until next time.I'm Anna Matteo.