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ESLPod_1132_WE_1939 Defending Your Ideas at Work In this podcast, the phrase "attention span" means how long someone can concentrate on a particular topic or thing without becoming distracted and beginning to think about something else: "Young students have a short attention span, so teachers often introduce new ideas and activities every few minutes." A "time span" is the amount of time between two dates or events: "They doubled the number of employees over a very short time span." The phrase "life span" refers to the entire life of a person or animal: "Over its life span, this insect could produce thousands of eggs." Finally, a "wing span" is the distance from the tip of one wing to the tip of another wing: "The wing span of an Andean condor can be more than 10 feet!"

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ESLPod 1132 attention span Business

Id	ESLPod_1132_WE_1939
Episode Id	ESLPod 1132
Episode Title	Defending Your Ideas at Work
Phrase	attention span
Text	In this podcast, the phrase "attention span" means how long someone can concentrate on a particular topic or thing without becoming distracted and beginning to think about something else: "Young students have a short attention span, so teachers often introduce new ideas and activities every few minutes." A "time span" is the amount of time between two dates or events: "They doubled the number of employees over a very short time span." The phrase "life span" refers to the entire life of a person or animal: "Over its life span, this insect could produce thousands of eggs." Finally, a "wing span" is the distance from the tip of one wing to the tip of another wing: "The wing span of an Andean condor can be more than 10 feet!"
Topics	Business

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