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Hi, teachers.I transcribed one of the questions in an interview with an economic experts which I hardly understood first time and replayed several times.Could you tell me what the interviewer says at the highlighted parts in my transcript that leave me non the better? T.t[14:30-15:03]???????????????????????????????????????????DAVID WESTINMICHAEL FEROLI (JPMORGAN CHIEF U.S. ECONOMIST)RETURN TO PRE-PANDEMIC GROWTHFEROLI: DON’T EVEN EXPECT RETURN BY END OF 2021D:So, so, as you said Michael, the real big question ?(1)a lot of people’s moneys‘when do we get back to where we were’ and ?(2)a lot of people insure like kids back at the car ‘when do we get there, dad? mom?’ Are you stretching out that number for you, because initially ?(3)people are saying maybe about the end of this county year  ?(4)there was the first quarter of next year, 2021. What are you JPMorgan looking at now for when you think is the realistic time in the ?(5)bell curve to basically be back to where we were?M:So we don’t have growth getting back above, uh, the levels we saw on the fourth growth last year, even through the end of next year.???????????????????????????????????????????Thank you for reading my post.I hope to get your answer, teacher

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ANNE202 ?(1)a lot of people’s moneys‘

"on a lot of people's mind is" It should be "minds", but he says "mind".

ANNE202?(2)a lot of people insure like kids

"and a lot of us are sort of like the kids in the back of the car that say 'When are we going to get there?'" I wish this guy would mind what he's saying. He meant "the kids in the back seat (of the car)", and those kids say "Are we there yet?", not "When are we going to get there?" These kids are part of the American cultural landscape, pestering their parents on a long drive because they're bored.

ANNE202 ?(3)people are saying maybe about the end of this county year

"people were saying maybe by the end of this calendar year" The calendar year ends at the end of December. He says "calendar" because there is also a fiscal year that ends arbitrarily, and they are talking economics.

ANNE202?(4)there was the first quarter of

"and then there was the first quarter of" He is using that old Howard Stern stutter-slur that many talking heads imagine makes whatever they say sound important and true. In reality, he talks so fast and so indistinctly that he barely forms some of the words.

ANNE202?(5)bell curve

Right. The graph of many real-world phenomena form what is called a bell curve after its shape. The distribution of IQ over a populace is a well-known example. I don't know what phenomenon he is referring to, and I suspect he doesn't, either.

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