The English We Speak: Peaks and troughs

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  Hello, and welcome to the English we speak, where we explain phrases used by fluent english speakers so that you can use them, too.

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  I'm fei fei, and I'm here with Neil.

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  Hi, fei fei.

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  How are you?

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  I'm well, thank you.

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  Now, Neil, have you ever experienced the peaks and troughs of life?

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  Oh, of course, yes.

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  Life is full of peaks and troughs, isn't it?

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  Highs and lows.

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  So peaks and troughs is the expression were looking at in this program.

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  But what exactly do we mean by it?

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  Well, in this expression, peaks refer to the high points in life, moments of success, happiness or achievement.

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  I suppose that comes from the top of a mountain, which is called a peak.

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  Well, troughs are the low points.

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  So moment of difficulty or challenges.

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  Yeah.

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  So we're talking about the ups and downs of life.

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  That's right.

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  Life is like a roller coaster with its peaks and troughs.

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  You said you've experienced the peaks and troughs of life.

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